Scientific societies, universities, research institutes, and foundations from all corners of the globe have banded together and dedicated 2013 to the Mathematics of Planet Earth.

The global mission of the MPE project is to:

• Encourage research in identifying and solving fundamental questions about planet earth;
• Encourage educators at all levels to communicate the issues related to planet earth;
• Inform the public about the essential role of the mathematical sciences in facing the challenges to our planet.

Mathematicians are specialists at modelling and problem solving — as are many scientists. Fostering a year that emphases the mathematics of climate change and sustainability, geophysics, ecology and epidemiology, biodiversity, and the global organisation of the planet by humans will attract researchers with a wide range of expertise. And hopefully deliver some outstanding research and perhaps even solutions to some of these problems.

Events, 2012

• Australian Academy of Science, Selby Lecture
  Shine Dome, Canberra; 6:00–7:00pm; 5 November 2012
  Professor Richard de Grijs
  Out and about in the Universe
• Caring for Australian Countryside series lecture
  Shine Dome, Canberra; 6:00–7:00pm; 6 November 2012
  Professor Margaret Alston OAM
  Rural policy, people and place: sustainability in an uncertain future
• Public Lecture hosted by University of Melbourne
  The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre; 7:30–8:30pm; 9 Nov. 2012
  Professor Brian Cox, OBE
  Exploring the Universe with Brian Cox
• Best of the Best: Women in Science
  Public Lecture at the State Library of Victoria; 5:30–7:00pm; 26 Nov. 2012
  Baroness Prof Susan Greenfield CBE, Prof Fiona Stanley AC, Marita Cheng.
• BioInfoSummer 2013
  University of Adelaide; 3–7 December, 2012
• Public Lecture: Flentje Lecture Theatre, Horace Lamb Building, University of Adelaide; 6:00–7:30pm on 6 Dec. 2012
  The rise of bioinformatics with new genome technologies

Events, Summer 2013

• AMSI Summer School
  University of Melbourne, Parkville; 7 Jan.–1 Feb. 2013.
• International Workshop Mathematical Models of Tumour–Immune Dynamics
  Eastern Avenue Auditorium and Lecture Theatre Complex, University of Sydney
  7–10 January 2013.
• Simons Public Lecture: hosted by University of Melbourne
  Sidney Myer Asia Centre; 5:45–7:15pm; 29 Jan. 2013
  Professor Simon Levin (Princeton University, USA)
  The Challenge of Sustainability
• ANZIAM 2013
  University of Newcastle, NSW; 3–7 February 2013.
• Young Statisticians Conference
  Trinity College, University of Melbourne; 7–8 February 2013.
• SPOM2013 South Pacific Optimization Meeting
  Noah's on the Beach, Newcastle; 9–12 February 2013.
• Optimization of Planet Earth Afternoon
  Noah's on the Beach, Newcastle; 2:00–8:00pm, 11 February 2013.

Events, Autumn 2013

• Australian Acadamy of Science, Public Lecture
  Shine Dome, Canberra; 5:30–7:15pm on 5 March 2013
  Professor Brian Schmidt (ANU) — Winner, 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics
  Australia’s pioneering work in astronomy
• Pi Day, AGR National Seminar
  AGR National Seminar; 3:14–4:30pm on 14 March 2013
  Professor Jon Borwein (University of Newcastle)
  The Life of Pi: A Talk for Pi Day 2013

Events, Winter 2013

• IGA/AMSI Workshop: Representation Theory and Operator Algebras
  University of Adelaide; 1–5 June 2013.
• Optimisation in Industry workshop
  RMIT University, Melbourne; 5–7 June 2013.
• Climate Science Winter School: Modelling the Climate System
  University of NSW; 17–21 June 2013.
• Mathematics of Transportation Networks
  Monash University, Victoria; 19–21 June 2013
• 2013 AMSI Winter School
  School of Mathematics and Physics, University of Queensland, St Lucia, QLD;
  24 June – 5 July 2013
• Australia New Zealand Applied Probability Workshop, University of Queensland; 8–11 July 2013.
• MPE Australia 2013, RMIT University, Melbourne; 8–12 July 2013.
• Symposium: New Opportunities at the Interface between Ecology and Statistics
  University of NSW; 11–12 July 2013

Events, Spring 2013

• Representation Theory in Geometry, Topology, and Combinatorics Conference, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC;
  4 Nov 2013
• 5th Annual Phylomania Workshop on Theoretical Phylogenetics, University of Tasmania, Sandy Bay;
  6 Nov 2013
• Public Lecture Melbourne, the maths capital of the world
  The Edge theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne.
  8 Nov 2013
  Burkard Polster (Monash University)
• Public Lecture Maths goes to the movies
  The Edge theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne.
  15 Nov 2013
  Burkard Polster (Monash University) & Dr Marty Ross (itinerant mathematician)
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  The Edge theatre, Federation Square, Melbourne.
  22 Nov 2013
  Dr Marty Ross (itinerant mathematician)
• DELTA Conference 2013, Kiama, New South Wales
  24 Nov 2013
• Workshop: Recent developments of nonlinear partial differential equations, Australian National University, Camberra, ACT;
  25–29 Nov 2013

Events, End-of-Year 2013

• “Limits to Growth” Symposium, NIDA/University of NSW, Sydney
  11–12 December 2013

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International events

• Mathematical Congress of the Americas