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Supported by the National Science Foundation, the Shanks Endowment, and Vanderbilt University

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Spyros AlexakisUniversity of TorontoIoan BejenaruUniversity of California, San DiegoAndrea BertozziUniversity of California, Los AngelesDieter BotheTU DarmstadtPeter ConstantinPrinceton UniversityJoachim EscherLeibniz Universität HannoverPierre GermainCourant InstituteMatthias HieberTU DarmstadtIrena LasieckaUniversity of MemphisNader MasmoudiCourant InstituteAnna MazzucatoPenn StateWilhelm SchlagUniversity of ChicagoSteve ShkollerUniversity of California, DavisJared SpeckMITDaniel TataruUniversity of California, BerkeleyEdriss TitiTexas A&MVlad VicolPrinceton University

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

Herbert AmannUniversität ZürichPeter ConstantinPrinceton UniversityMarcelo DisconziVanderbilt UniversityIrena LasieckaUniversity of MemphisGieri SimonettVanderbilt UniversityVladimir SverakUniversity of MinnesotaDaniel TataruUniversity of California, Berkeley

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Marcelo DisconziVanderbilt UniversityGieri SimonettVanderbilt University

International Conference on EVOLUTION EQUATIONS

in conjunction with The 31st Annual

SHANKS LECTURE honoring Baylis and Olivia Shanks

With a special tribute to the work of Jan Prüss on the occasion of his 65th birthday

Featuring Shanks Lecturer

Lawrence C. EvansUniversity of California, Berkeley

Monday, May 16 to Friday, May 20, 2016

Postal Mail:Shanks 2016 Conference Coordinator

Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics1326 Stevenson Center

Nashville, TN 37240Phone: 615 322-6672, Fax: 615 343-0215

VANDERBILT UNIVERSITYDepartment of Mathematics, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

Email:shanks2016@vanderbilt.eduWeb:https://my.vanderbilt.edu/shanks2016