Conference Overview 

The International Conference on Banach Algebras and Applications 2026 will take place from 14 to 18 December 2026 at Stellenbosch University, South Africa.

This conference continues a long-standing international tradition devoted to Banach algebras and related areas of functional analysis, and marks the first time that this meeting will be held on the African continent. The event will bring together leading experts, early career academics, and students to showcase recent advances across Banach algebra theory, including homological methods, automatic continuity, amenability, spectral theory, and interactions with operator theory, operator algebras, harmonic analysis, and non-commutative geometry.

This year's conference is dedicated to the memory of Professor Wiesław Żelazko, whose contributions to Banach algebra theory and functional analysis have left a lasting legacy. 

Sponsors

• DSTI-NRF Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Sciences (CoE-MaSS), South Africa

• London Mathematical Society

• National Institute for Theoretical and Computational Sciences (NITheCS)

• Stellenbosch University

• University of Johannesburg