{"id":953,"date":"2026-06-10T21:47:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/?page_id=953"},"modified":"2026-07-20T11:32:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T10:32:55","slug":"ota2026","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/ota2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Workshop on Operator Theory and Operator Algebras"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-957\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading-100-years.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"187\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-959\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/lms-logo-300x94.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/lms-logo-300x94.png 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/lms-logo-768x240.png 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/lms-logo.png 894w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-965\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/math_building.jpg 1499w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-970\" style=\"letter-spacing: 0.08px\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/pure-and-applied-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/286\/2026\/06\/reading_campus.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>University of Reading, Whiteknights campus<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>16-18 September 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Organisers: <\/strong>Catalin Badea and Jani Virtanen<\/p>\n<p>The aim of the workshop is to report on recent advances and open problems in operator<br \/>\ntheory and operator algebras, to discuss applications of these fields, and, in particular, to<br \/>\nexplore connections between them, which have so far received relatively little attention.<br \/>\nThe workshop will provide a forum for established and early-career researchers from both<br \/>\ncommunities to exchange ideas and identify problems of common interest.<\/p>\n<h2>Invited speakers<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Ghazaleh Asghari, University of Reading, UK<\/li>\n<li>Carlo Bellavita, University of Milano, Italy<\/li>\n<li>Les Bunce, University of Reading, UK<\/li>\n<li>Cristina Camara, University of Lisbon, Portugal<\/li>\n<li>Isabelle Chalendar, Gustave Eiffel University, France<\/li>\n<li>Simon Chandler-Wilde, University of Reading, UK<\/li>\n<li>Ian Charlesworth, Cardiff University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Omar El-Fallah, Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco<\/li>\n<li>Eva Gallardo-Guti\u00e9rrez, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain<\/li>\n<li>Cliff Gilmore, Clermont Auvergne University, France, and Imperial College London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Sophie Grivaux, University of Lille, France<\/li>\n<li>Mehrdad Kalantar, University of Oxford, UK<\/li>\n<li>Sam Looi, California Institute of Technology, USA<\/li>\n<li>Myrto Manolaki, Dublin and Open University, Ireland and UK<\/li>\n<li>Naz Miheisi, King&#8217;s College London, UK<\/li>\n<li>Ryan O&#8217;Loughlin, University of Reading, UK<\/li>\n<li>Maeva Ostermann, University of Lille, France<\/li>\n<li>Felix Schwenninger, Twente University, Netherlands<\/li>\n<li>David Seifert, Newcastle University, UK<\/li>\n<li>Safoura Zadeh, University of Bristol, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Registration form<\/h2>\n<p>To participate in the workshop, please complete the <a title=\"Registration Form\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.cloud.microsoft\/Pages\/ResponsePage.aspx?id=xDv6T_zswEiQgPXkP_kOX_DtS88oLn1AjDJuciLfxXZUMkgwTjhXM0M2MlA2VFJSVExYRFk0WlVQWS4u\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Registration Form<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Visit the University of Reading<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"General travel information\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reading.ac.uk\/about\/visit-us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">General travel information<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Programme<\/h2>\n<p>The detailed programme will be shared as a PDF closer to the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8230;<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"&#104;&#116;&#116;&#112;&#115;&#58;&#47;&#47;&#114;&#101;&#115;&#101;&#97;&#114;&#99;&#104;&#46;&#114;&#101;&#97;&#100;&#105;&#110;&#103;&#46;&#97;&#99;&#46;&#117;&#107;&#47;&#112;&#117;&#114;&#101;&#45;&#97;&#110;&#100;&#45;&#97;&#112;&#112;&#108;&#105;&#101;&#100;&#45;&#97;&#110;&#97;&#108;&#121;&#115;&#105;&#115;&#47;&#111;&#116;&#97;&#50;&#48;&#50;&#54;&#47;\">Read More 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