About the BMS

About the Belgian Mathematical Society:

The Belgian Mathematical Society's mission is to assemble all Belgian Mathematicians and promote their interests. Foreign members are also welcome. We comment on news items concerning mathematics and give advice to decision makers in Belgium.

The Belgian Mathematical Society is an institutional member of the European Mathematical Society.

How to become a member?!

If you want to become a member, please refer to the information on this page.

Staff and organisation of the Belgian Mathematical Society until December 2026 (as approved by the General Assembly of 17/12/2025):

President: Sonja HOHLOCH (UAntwerpen), sonja(dot)hohloch(at)uantwerpen(dot)be
Vice-President: Joost VERCRUYSSE (ULB), joost(dot)vercruysse(at)ulb(dot)be
Secretary: Laurent LOOSVELDT (Université de Liège), L(dot)Loosveldt(at)uliege(dot)be
Treasurer: Jonas DERÉ (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven), jonas(dot)dere(at)kuleuven(dot)be

Further members of the board of the BMS:

Nero BUDUR (KU Leuven)
Stef CAENEPEEL (VUB, Editor in chief of the Bulletin)
Cyril DE BODT (UNamur)
Andreas DEBROUWERE (VUB, Managing editor of the Bulletin)
Kenny DE COMMER (VUB)
Peter DE MAESSCHALCK (UHasselt)
Jean-Charles DELVENNE (UCLouvain)
Céline ESSER (ULiège)
Wendy GOEMANS (KU Leuven, Managing editor of the Bulletin, Editor of the Newsletter)
Marino GRAN (UCLouvain)
Quentin MENET (UMons)
Tom MESTDAG (UAntwerpen)
Christian MICHAUX (UMons)
Samuel NICOLAY (ULiège)
Leo STORME (UGent)
Yvik SWAN (ULB)
François THILMANY (UCLouvain)
Germain VAN BEVER (ULB)
Jean VAN SCHAFTINGEN (UCLouvain)
Andreas WEIERMANN (UGent)

BMS Statutes (as of 2020):

pdf in french -- pdf in dutch

General assemblies

December 2, 2020: minutes - financial headlines
December 15, 2021: minutes - slides - financial headlines - about the bulletin
March 29, 2023: agenda - minutes - slides - financial report
December 20, 2023: agenda - minutes - financial report
December 18, 2024 : agenda - minutes - financial report
December 17, 2025: [to be posted]