The year 2022 marks the 100th birthday of Olga Alexandrovna Ladyzhenskaya. To celebrate this event and honor her, the Ladyzhenskaya Prize in Mathematical Physics (OAL Prize) was established, with funding provided by the Simons Foundation. It will be awarded, in its inaugural edition, in a joint session of  (WM)² 2022 and the Probability and Mathematical Physics ICM satellite event.,