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Scientific Program

The scientific program of the Butler Conference consists of a variety of formats.

The Butler Memorial Lectures

Each Butler Conference will feature a Butler Speaker, a distinguished researcher who will deliver three Butler Memorial Lectures throughout the conference. The Butler Speaker for 2011 will be Professor Jianhong Wu of York University. Previous Butler Speakers were Professors Paul Waltman, Jean Mahwin, Jack Hale, and Gail Wolkowicz.

Plenary Lectures

One-hour plenary lectures are given by leaders in differential equations and mathematical biology. They represent a broad spectrum of research expertise with emphasis on interdisciplinary research.
  • Arno Berger (Alberta)
  • Gerda de Vries (Alberta)
  • Josef Hofbauer (Vienna)
  • Yang Kuang (Arizona State)
  • Yuan Lou (Ohio State)
  • Philip Maini (Oxford)
  • Shigui Ruan (Miami)
  • Yasuhiro Takeuchi (Japan)
  • Horst Thieme (Arizona State)
  • Wendi Wang (China)
  • Gail Wolkowicz (McMaster)
  • Yingfei Yi (Georgia Tech)

Oral Presentations

These include thirty-minute invited talks and twenty-five-minute contributed talks on original research in any area of differential equations, mathematical biology and their interactions. We hope that, by bringing together researchers from these two broad research fields in close contact for a concentrated period, the Butler Conference will help to promote and nurture cross-disciplinary collaborations and interdisciplinary research.

The deadline for submission of talk abstrat is June 30, 2011.

Poster Sessions

We welcome poster presentations on original research within the scinetific scope of the Butler Conference. Accepted posters will be displayed at the conference venue throught the conference. Participants will have a special period dedicated to viewing the posters during a wine-and-cheese reception.

The deadline for submission of poster abstract is June 30, 2011.

Social Activities

As a tradition, the Butler Conference will provide a variety of social activities to facilitate exchange of ideas among participants and foster research collaborations. In addition to morning and afternoon coffee breaks, there will a welcome reception, a wine-and-cheese reception, a BBQ dinner, and the conference banquet. These social activities will come at no extra cost to participants who have paid their registration fees.