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Newsford, Maxwell, and Kelvin. Some of these were publishedin the Proceedings, but this was not automatic: from thebeginning, there was a strict refereeing process! Paperswhich survived this process included Maxwell’s 1871 paperOn the mathematical classification of physical quantities,and Turing’s 1937 paper On Computable Numbers,with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem.Of the many distinguished mathematicians who haveserved as President, we may single out Hardy as havinghad a particularly significant effect: the Society wasalready international in outlook, but he vigorously promotedthis, which we remember today in our Hardy Fellowship.He worked very hard for the Society throughouthis career, and gave a considerable bequest to the Society,which has helped us to remain a strong independentvoice. 1Today the top priority for the Society remains supportfor research in mathematics, through its research grantsschemes, through its advocacy of good research policy toresearch councils and government, and of course throughits publications.On the 16th of January 2015 we will be holding a bigmeeting in London to launch a year of celebrations ofour 150th anniversary. It will be on the theme of Mathematics:Unlocking Worlds, and it is planned to make it accessibleon the web. This will be the first of many events,some of them completely new for us, and some of themthings that we usually do but that we plan to make evenbetter during our anniversary year. Please look at www.lms.ac.uk/2015-events-listing for all the details, but hereare two examples.The Society has had women members since the 1880s,so it is especially appropriate that from the 14th to the17th of April there will be a Women in Mathematics Celebrationheld in the Mathematical Institute at the Universityof Oxford. Young mathematicians, from those justleaving school to postdoctoral researchers, will hear talksfrom some of the most eminent women mathematiciansof recent years, demonstrating what a career in mathematicscan achieve. As well as these inspiring mathematicaltalks, there will be opportunities for networking andsocialising.From the 11th to the 13th of September there will bean LMS/EMS Joint Mathematical Weekend held at BirminghamUniversity. This also celebrates the 25th Anniversaryof the European Mathematical Society! Theemphasis of the meeting will be on Algebra, Analysis,and Combinatorics, and the interactions between theseareas and probability theory. In addition, the Societiesare keen to promote participation by young researchersfrom across Europe via a session for postdoctoral researchersand a poster session for PhD students.Members of the European Mathematical Society arevery welcome indeed to take part in our celebrations.1For those interested in the history of the Society, a goodsource is the introduction in Oakes S, Pears A, Rice A, TheBook of Presidents 1865–1965 London Mathematical Society2005.Stephen Huggett was the Programme Secretary of theLondon Mathematical Society from 2001 to 2011, and hasbeen its General Secretary since 2012.Call for Nominations for theOstrowski Prize, 2015The aim of the Ostrowski Foundation is to promote the mathematical sciences. Every second year it provides aprize for recent outstanding achievements in pure mathematics and in the foundations of numerical mathematics.The value of the prize for 2015 is 100.000 Swiss francs.The prize has been awarded every two years since 1989. The most recent winners are Ben Green and Terence Taoin 2005, Oded Schramm in 2007, Sorin Popa in 2009, Ib Madsen, David Preiss and Kannan Soundararajan in 2011and Yitang Zhang in 2013. Seefor the complete list and further details.http://www.ostrowski.ch/index_e.php?ifile=preisThe jury invites nominations for candidates for the 2015 Ostrowski Prize. Nominations should include a CV of thecandidate, a letter of nomination and 2–3 letters of reference. The Chair of the jury for 2015 is Christian Berg ofthe University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Nominations should be sent to berg@math.ku.dk by April 15, 2015.EMS Newsletter December 2014 9