University of Victoria - Levin Fest

• Public Goods, from Biofilms to Societies - Simon Levin, Public Lecture
• Mathematical ecology: A century of progress, and challenges for the next century - Simon Levin, Plenary Lecture

To celebrate the conferral of UVic Honorary Doctor of Science to Dr. Levin, and to raise the role of mathematical biology at PIMS Universities, members of the UVic Biology and the Math & Stats departments will be hosting "Levin Fest" on Saturday, June 15 2019, at the end of convocation week. The Keynote at this symposium will be given by Professor Levin and the symposium will also include two plenary talks by Mark A. Lewis, Professor and CRC, UofA, and A. Carla Staver, Yale University, who obtained her PhD under the supervision of Professor Levin. Mathematicians, biologists and those working between the areas are invited to give contributed talks, attend the event and have the chance to meet and discuss with Professor Levin. This event is interdisciplinary and a unique opportunity for members of the PIMS community to encourage dialogue in mathematical biology.

Keynote Speaker:

Dr. Simon Levin, Princeton University

Systemic Risk and Opportunity: Alternative Realities in Social and Ecological Systems

Invited Speakers:

Dr. Mark Lewis, University of Alberta

Understanding Animal Movement Patterns with a Mathematical Eye

Dr. Carla Staver, Yale University

Resilience and stability of tropical biome distributions