More Than 50 Simons Foundation Grantees to Speak at 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians

The International Congress of Mathematics brings together the world’s leading mathematicians for collaboration and inspiration.

A grid of seven portrait photos of mathematicians. — The 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians in Philadelphia will include plenary lectures by seven mathematicians with ties to the Simons Foundation.

More than 50 leading mathematicians who have received funding support from the Simons Foundation have been selected to present at the 2026 International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) in Philadelphia. The ICM takes place every four years, bringing together top mathematicians from around the world for the largest conference on mathematics.

The 2026 ICM speaker lineup includes plenary lectures by:

Peter Bartlett
Director of the NSF-Simons Collaboration on the Theoretical Foundations of Deep Learning

Simon Brendle
2017 Simons Investigator in Mathematics

Dmitry Dolgopyat
2025 Simons Fellow in Mathematics

Jacob Lurie
Principal investigator for the Simons Collaboration on Perfection in Algebra, Geometry and Topology

Ciprian Manolescu
Principal investigator for the Simons Collaboration on New Structures in Low-Dimensional Topology

Hee Oh
Member of the Simons Foundation Mathematics & Physical Sciences Scientific Advisory Board

Horng-Tzer Yau
2012 Simons Investigator in Mathematics

To learn more about the 2026 ICM and to register, visit www.icm2026.org.