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First row from left: George Elliott, Dorte Olesen, Masamichi Takesaki, Joachim Cuntz, Matilde Marcolli, Alain Connes, Erling Størmer, Ola Bratteli.
Second row from left: Trond Digernes, Ken Dykema, Sergey Neshveyev, Nadia Larsen, Thierry Giordano, Heidi Dahl, Takeshi Katsura, Mikael Rørdam, Søren Eilers, Erik Alfsen, David Evans, Magnus Landstad, Christian Skau, John Rognes
Last row from left: Anders Hansen, Akitaka Kishimoto, Yosimichi Ueda, Sindre Duedahl, Dimitri Shlyakhtenko, Kjetil Røysland, Stanisław Lech Woronowicz, Georges Skandalis, Toke Meier Carlsen, Eberhard Kirchberg, Erik Bedos, Ragnar Winter, Ryszard Nest.
Christian Skau opens the proceedings
Professor John Rognes, The Norwegian Mathematical Society
Professor Ragnar Winther, Chairman of the Board of The Niels Henrik Abel Memorial
Fund.
Ragnar Winther
Front row from left: Matilde Marcoli, Alain Connes, Stanisław Lech Woronowicz,
Masamichi Takesaki
Alain Connes with predecessors Niels Henrik Abel and Evariste Galois