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Distinguished Speaker Symposium on Prime Numbers and Cryptography

Distinguished Speaker Symposium on Prime Numbers and Cryptography

4 December 2024
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We’re thrilled to share highlights of the second Distinguished Speaker Symposium of the year, which was held on the 21st November at the stunning Outernet, London.

The event was an incredible success with a packed out audience hearing fascinating talks from two renowned mathematicians, Cliff Cocks and James Maynard, on Prime Numbers and Cryptography.

Our Speakers

  • Cliff Cocks, former Chief Mathematician at GCHQ (the UK’s intelligence, security and cyber agency)
  • James Maynard, Field Medallist 2022

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The G-Research Distinguished Speaker Symposium

The Distinguished Speaker Symposium is our flagship event and the 2024 edition – on Prime Numbers and Cryptography – was the third in our history.

In January 2024, our last Symposium focused on the Future of Chips and Electronics, when we heard from Professor Sir Andre Geim, Michael Kagan (CTO at NVIDIA) and journalist and author, James Ashton at the Odeon, Leicester Square, London.

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