Workshop on Operator Theory and Operator Algebras

University of Reading, Whiteknights campus
16-18 September 2026

Organisers: Catalin Badea and Jani Virtanen

The aim of the workshop is to report on recent advances and open problems in operator
theory and operator algebras, to discuss applications of these fields, and, in particular, to
explore connections between them, which have so far received relatively little attention.
The workshop will provide a forum for established and early-career researchers from both
communities to exchange ideas and identify problems of common interest.

Invited speakers

• Ghazaleh Asghari, University of Reading, UK
• Carlo Bellavita, University of Milano, Italy
• Les Bunce, University of Reading, UK
• Cristina Camara, University of Lisbon, Portugal
• Isabelle Chalendar, Gustave Eiffel University, France
• Simon Chandler-Wilde, University of Reading, UK
• Ian Charlesworth, Cardiff University, UK
• Omar El-Fallah, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco
• Eva Gallardo-Gutiérrez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain
• Cliff Gilmore, Clermont Auvergne University, France, and Imperial College London, UK
• Sophie Grivaux, University of Lille, France
• Mehrdad Kalantar, University of Oxford, UK
• Sam Looi, California Institute of Technology, USA
• Myrto Manolaki, Dublin and Open University, Ireland and UK
• Naz Miheisi, King’s College London, UK
• Ryan O’Loughlin, University of Reading, UK
• Maeva Ostermann, University of Lille, France
• Felix Schwenninger, Twente University, Netherlands
• David Seifert, Newcastle University, UK
• Safoura Zadeh, University of Bristol, UK

Registration form

To participate in the workshop, please complete the Registration Form.

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Programme

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