(July 12), Ding, August 9, 1897, the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Zurich, Switzerland.

International Congress of Mathematicians (ICM) is a quadrennial international mathematical community gatherings. The first meeting was held in Zurich, Switzerland, on August 9, 1897, there were only about 200 people to participate. In the future, in addition to the first, during World War II had stopped, generally four years to convene a. Has held a total of 21 times.
the agenda of the International Congress of Mathematicians arrangement specified by the International Mathematical Union Advisory Committee decided to invite a group of mathematicians in the General Assembly for one hour of academic reports and disciplinary group packet to make a 45-minute academic report , who attended the International Congress of Mathematicians mathematicians can apply in the the packet meeting for the 10-minute academic report. Generally divided into groups of about 20 subjects.
International Mathematical Union so far responsible for the three mathematical Award: established in the 1932 Fields Medal ", established in 1982, the field of information science within the Nevanlinna Prize in 2006 for the first time issued by the field of applied mathematics Gauss Award. " (On www.TodayOnHistory.com)