Penrose at 95 and Twistors at 60

10 - 12 September  2026

St Antony's College,  62 Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6JF

https://www.sant.ox.ac.uk/

The programme will start Thursday 10th, 9am and finish Saturday 12th mid-afternoon, with arrival on the evening of the 9th September and departure mid-afternoon Saturday 12th (or Sunday).   

All lectures will be in the Nissan lecture theatre at St Antony's College. 

Speakers

Tim Adamo, Bernardo Araneda, Roland Bittleston, Maciej Dunajski, Mike Eastwood, Rod Gover, Mariana Gonzalez, Claude LeBrun, Roger Penrose, Atul Sharma, David Skinner, George Sparling.

Titles and abstracts: titles+abs.pdf

Registration

Attendance is by invitation only.  To register for an invitation please fill in the form here.  Registration is open until July 21st although late applications will be considered, please fill in form and email conference office below to let us know that you have done so.   There will be a registration fee of £50  that will cover the cost of the reception, meals and the conference dinner.    

Board  and Accommodation

There is some Bed and Breakfast accommodation available at Worcester College.

Lunches,  dinner on Thursday and the conference dinner on Friday will be provided at St Antony's College.

Social Events

Drinks Reception and Film

There will be a drinks reception on the evening of Thursday 10 September followed by canteen dinner and a film afterwards:  'A Singular Imagination - Conversations with Sir Roger Penrose' (Directed, edited and produced by Heidi Morstang) at St Antony's College in the Investcorp lecture theatre. 

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner will be held on Friday 11 September at St Anthony's college. 

Committee

Maciej Dunajski, Lionel Mason, Paul Tod

Conference office

Helen McGregor: Helen.McGregor@maths.ox.ac.uk

Funding

This conference is supported by the Simons Foundation.