Toni Pou

Invitado de Honor

Toni Pou holds a degree in physics from the University of Barcelona and is a science writer. He coordinated the science supplement of the newspaper Ara for seven years and is a regular contributor to magazines such as El Món d’Ahir and to various programmes on Catalunya Ràdio and other media outlets. He is co-director of the Postgraduate Programme in Science Communication at the University of Vic and co-founder of the science communication agency Eduscopi. He has curated L’Àrtic es trenca (The Arctic Is Breaking), a travelling exhibition produced by CosmoCaixa and the Radical Science series at the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), and he has served as deputy director of the podcast Radicals lliures on Catalunya Ràdio. He is the author of several popular science books and a science-themed novel, and he is the scriptwriter and executive producer of the audio drama Impura sang (3Cat). His work has been recognised with several awards.

Other activities involving the participant:

Lecture: “When he woke up, the cheesecake was still there”

Aubín Arroyo

(Mexico, 1974)

He is a mathematician and a visual artist. He is a researcher at the Institute of Mathematics, Cuernavaca Campus of UNAM, where he specializes in dynamical systems, tropical geometry and number theory. He obtained his PhD in 2002 at the Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics (IMPA), in Brazil. His research has been key to describe the dynamics of singularly hyperbolic attractors and characterize their bifurcations, confirming a conjecture of Jacob Palis.
As a visual artist, Arroyo has fused mathematics and art in his visual work, which has been exhibited internationally in spaces such as the Kirchner Cultural Center and the Museum of Fine Arts in Paris. His innovative approach allows to visualize abstract concepts, transforming mathematical theories into aesthetic expressions. He currently coordinates the Virtual Museum of Mathematics (Mumat), a pioneering project in the dissemination of mathematics from an interdisciplinary perspective. He has also curated exhibitions such as Imaginario Matemático at Universum, reaffirming its commitment to bringing the beauty of mathematics to diverse audiences.

Other activities involving the participant:

A tour of MUMAT, the Virtual Mathematics Museum