The aim of the conference was to bring together leading mathematicians and young researchers (graduate students), to discuss modern advances in the vast diversity of topics professor Borisenko contributed to. The primary goal of the event was to boost through the broad list of participants the development of geometry in Kharkiv region, Ukraine and some neighboring countries (Belarus, Poland, Serbia, Russia). As the secondary goal, the conference served as a platform that will gather together several generations of mathematicians for an intense scientific exchange and collaboration.

GeToPhyMa is a series of summer schools organized since 2011 by the research group Moroccan Area of Algebraic Topology (MAAT : http ://algtop.net). The school is essentially intended for students and young researchers in geometry, topology and mathematical physics. Researchers in other fields can take advantage of introductory courses and are cordially invited to join the school.

The SEAMS School “Topics in Stochastic Analysis” is organized by Sanata Dharma University (USD) at Yogyakarta, Indonesia. It was held at Kampus III USD in Paingan, Yogyakarta from August 3 to August 11 of 2016. The school started on August 3. The opening ceremony took place on the main building of Kampus III USD including speeches given by the rector of Sanata Dharma University (Johanes Eka Priyatma, Ph.D) and the representative of the lecturers of the school (Prof. Ludwig Streit).

The International Conference of Applications of Mathematics to Non-linear Sciences (AMNS-2016) was successfully held in Kathmandu, Nepal from May 26 to 29 of 2016. In addition, a Mathematical Biology Workshop was organized on the first day of the conference. The conference drew more than 200 participants from 17 countries around the world. Among these participants, 87 of them also attended the Mathematical Biology Workshop.

The IMU has been very sensitive to the needs of mathematicians working in developing and economically disadvantaged countries. In order to consolidate the efforts of the IMU to help such mathematicians through its various agencies, it established the CDC in 2011, which is responsible for all IMU initiatives to help mathematicians from developing countries.

The CIMPA school (International Center for Pure and Applied Mathematics) took place between 2016-07-11 - 2016-07-21.

Winners of the inaugural AMMSI-Phillip Griffiths Prize were announced in Nairobi, Kenya on 19th April 2016. The award comprises a certificate with a citation on thwinner's scientific achievement as well as a cash prize of USD 6,000.

The two winners are:

Thanks to a generous donation by the winners of the Breakthrough Prizes in Mathematics – Ian Agol, Simon Donaldson, Maxim Kontsevich, Jacob Lurie, Terence  Tao and Richard Taylor – IMU with the assistance of FIMU (Friends of the IMU)  and TWAS (The World Academy of Sciences) is launching a fellowship program to  support postgraduate studies, in a developing country, leading to a PhD degree  in the mathematical sciences. The IMU Breakout Graduate Fellowships will offer a  limited number of grants for excellent students from developing countries.