The 40th Session of the UNESCO General Conference has proclaimed the date of March 14th as International Day of Mathematics to hightlight the important role that Mathematical sciences play in the understanding of major societal and planetary challenges such as climate change, reversing biodiversity loss, counteracting sea level rise, and forecasting population growth worldwide and associated food needs. 

Veszprém is amongst the 66 new cities that were designated UNESCO Creative Cities at the end of October 2019 by the decision of Secretary General Audrey Azoulay. Veszprém, designated UNESCO Creative City in the field of music, is the first of its field in Hungary and second Creative City: the first being Budapest, in the field of design. 

07-10 November 2019

The venue: Bartók Hall in the Institute of Musicology, the Academy of Sciences in the Buda Castle (address: Táncsics M. st. 7, Budapest)

The language of the conference: English.

At its 39th session, the General Conference of UNESCO proclaimed every 16 May as the International Day of Light.