In commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the birthday of  Lev Semenovich Pontryagin (1908—1988), an outstanding mathematician of the 20th century, the Steklov Mathematical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences together with Moscow State (Lomonosov) University are organizing an international conference “Differential Equations and Topology”.

The conference will be held in Moscow, June 17—22, 2008. The goal of the conference is to give a detailed overview of recent achievements in the fields of mathematics related to the works of L.S. Pontryagin. The program of the conference will comprise plenary talks (50 min), section talks (45 min and 20 min) and posters presentations.

The sections are:

• Differential Equations (Chairman: Academician Dmitrii V. Anosov)
• Optimal Control and Differential Games (Chairman: Academician Arkady V. Kryazhimskiy)
• Topology (Chairman: Academician Sergey P. Novikov)