SMRI seminar by Professor William Casselman (University of British Columbia) Title: Remarks on the origin of Langlands’ conjectures Abstract: This will be largely an historical talk, attempting to explain what led Langlands to arrive at his conjectures in 1967, and what his unique contributions to the subject of automorphic forms at this time were. Date & time: Tuesday 29th October 2019, 4-6pm Location: Carslaw Lecture theatre 273, F07