Monday, 19 November 2007

08.45-09.15

Registration of Participants

09.15-10.15

Welcoming Addresses

Susanne Reichrath, Vice-Minister of Education of Saarland

Alfons Lauer, Mayor of Merzig

Volker Linneweber, President of Saarland University

Martina Ghosh-Schellhorn and Maximilian Herberger

10.15-10.30

Alain le Pichon "Le débat épistémologique dans le champ de la connaissance réciproque"

10.30-11.15

Keynote Speech

Ahmed Djebbar "History of Mathematics in Islamic Cultures"

11.15-12.00

Keynote Speech

Shahid Rahman "Poincaré against the Logicians"

12.00-13.30

Lunch (Café-Kaufhaus Kahn, Kirchplatz 15, 66663 Merzig)

13.30-15.00

15.30-17.00

AFTERNOON SESSION

Moderator: Ahmed Djebbar

Introductory Lectures

François Nizery "L’Europe et la transculturalité: acte II – Europe en chiffres, culture en friches?"

Bernard Randé "The Work of Srivanasa Ramanujan"

Patrick Deshayes "Multiperspectival Reflections on Natural and Mathematical Languages, Based on Examples from Africa and Amazonia"

Open Discussion: school pupils, university students, mathematics teachers, mathematics professors, symposium participants and the

Transcultura Response Panel, comprising Moussa Sow, Balveer Arora, Jesus Garcia Ruiz, Gajanana Prabhu-Gaunkar

Concluding Remarks

18.00-19.30

Closing Event

Review of the Year of the Humanities (2007), preview of activities planned for the Year of Mathematics (2008), and wine reception.

Organized by the Saarland Ministries of Education and Research.