BeNeLux Mathematical Congress
The BMS, KWG and SML join forces to organise the next BeNeLux Mathematical Congress.
Poster of the event
Dates: Tuesday April 7th and Wednesday April 8th 2026.
Venue: The conference will take place in building R of the “stadscampus" of Universiteit Antwerpen. Directions and a campus map can be found here.
Registration is open: Please use this link
Registration fee:
- Free for session organizers, speakers and poster presenters
- 20 eur for members of any of the 3 societies
- 50 eur for others
Deadlines:
- Registration with poster presentation: February 10, 2026
- Registration withut poster presentation: March 10, 2026
- Deadline for payment of registration fee (no fee required for session organizers, speakers and poster presenters): March 17, 2026
Keynote speakers: Jessica Fintzen, Kathlén Kohn, Christophe Thiele and Nathalie Wahl
Scientific committee: Tom Mestdag, Sonja Hohloch, Yvik Swan, Céline Esser, Joost Vercruysse (BMS), Joris Bierkens, Mireille Boutin, Hermen Jan Hupkes (KWG) and Mark Podolskij, Gabor Wiese, Karin Melnick (SML)
Local organizing committee: Sonja Hohloch, Tom Mestdag
Accomodation: Participants wishing to stay in Antwerp during the conference are advised to book their accommodation through standard hotel booking websites. Several hotels are located near Antwerp Central Station, which is about a 15-minute walk from the conference venue. Please note that the organizers have no agreements with any hotels and will not arrange accommodation on behalf of participants. Be alert to phishing emails that claim to offer hotel arrangements in the name of the conference—these are not sent by the organizers. For junior participants, we can recommend the following two youth hostels. They are popular and tend to fill up quickly: ASH and Pulcinella.
Documents: Book of abstracts (soon)
Timetable
Tuesday 7 April
10:00–11:00
11:00–11:30
11:30–13:00
A1 - Finite Geometries, graphs and codes: connected fields of research in combinatorics.
Organizers: Aida Abiad, Jan De Beule, Jozefien D’haeseleer, Leo Storme
Speakers: Matteo Bertuzzo, Linda Cook, Sam Mattheus
A2 - Recent advances in geometric analysis
Organizers: Bruno Premoselli, David Tewodrose
Speakers: Andoni Royo Abrego, Lucas Lavoyer, Artemis Vogiatzi
A3 - Microlocal analysis and partial differential equations
Organizers: Andreas Debrouwere, Michal Wrochna
Speakers: Leonard Busch, Lorenzo Carletti, Marcello Seri
A4 - A mathematical perspective on AI
Organizers: Christoph Brune, Leo van Iersel, Tristan van Leeuwen, Tim van Erven
Speakers: Felix Lucka, Kerstin Bunte, Jannis Kurtz
A5 - Reliable Simulation of Complex Systems: Uncertainty, Multiscale Effects, and Coupled Models
Organizers: Victorita Dolean, Iuliu Sorin Pop
Speakers: Stéphane Bordas, Giovanni Samaey, Laura Scarabosio
A6 - Advances in directional statistics
Organizers: Christophe Ley, Thomas Verdebout
Speakers: Davy Paindaveine, Chiara Passamonti, Sophia Loizidou
13:00–14:30
14:30–16:00
B1 - Mathematical Logic
Organizers: Alexi Block Gorman, Andreas Weiermann, Christian Michaux
Speakers: Juan Aguilera, Elliot Kaplan, and Tingxiang Zou
B2 - Mathematical foundations of non-conservative systems: integrating dynamics and geometry
Organizers: Federico Zadra, Marcello Seri
Speakers: Alessandro Bravetti, Mark Peletier and David Martin de Diego
B3 - Direct and Inverse Problems for PDEs
Organizers: Karel Van Bockstal, Michael Ruzhansky
Speakers: Frederick Maes, Le Van Chien, Bolys Sabitbek
B4 - Quantum Software Consortium
Organizers: Quantum Software Consortium, Jonas Helsen
Speakers: Jop Briet, Lisa Kohl, Dmitry Grinko
B5 - Recent advances in numerical methods for simulation of kinetic plasma physics
Organizers: Julian Koellermeier, Fabio Bacchini, R.-Paul Wilhelm
Speakers: Klaas Willems, R.-Paul Wilhelm, Julian Koellermeier
B6 - Dependence modeling
Organizers: Alexis Derumigny, Irène Gijbels, Elisa Perrone
Speakers: Anneleen Verhasselt, Christophe Ley, Phyllis Wan
16:00–16:30
16:30–17:30
Godeaux lecture: Nathalie Wahl (Copenhagen)
17:30–19:00
Wednesday 8 April
09:30–10:30
10:30–11:00
11:00–12:30
C1 - Categorified structures
Organizers: Kenny De Commer, Geoffrey Janssens, Pedro Vaz
Speakers: Hankyung Ko, Lucas Hataishi, Léo Schelstraete
C2 - Symplectic Methods Across Topology, Analysis and Dynamics
Organizers: Gil Cavalcanti, Federica Pasquoto, Thomas Rot
Speakers: Joel Fine, Lauran Toussaint, Jagna Wisniewska
C3 - Analysis of PDEs
Organizers: Koondanibha Mitra, Stefanie Sonner, Peter van Heijster
Speakers: Anna Geyer, Michael Ruzhansky, Vincent Laheurte
C4 - Evidence-Based Practices in Teaching Mathematics at the University Level
Organizers: 4TU+.AMI, Annoesjka Cabo
Speakers: Tracy Craig, Jos Hageman, Stephanie Bridoux
C5 - Calculus of Variations across borders
Organizers: Heiner Olbermann, Jean van Schaftingen, Mark Peletier, Yves van Gennip
Speakers: Marcello Carioni, Annika Bach, Clément Cancès
C6 - Recent Advances in Stochastic Analysis and Probability Theory
Organizers: Laurent Loosveldt, Ivan Nourdin
Speakers: Hélène Halconruy, Céline Lacaux, Francesca Pistolato
12:30–14:00
Lunch + meetings of societies
14:00–15:30
D1 - Recent advancements in algebraic geometry
Organizers: Daniel Bath, Ignacio Barros
Speakers: Tom Biesbrouck, Emma Brakkee, Luca Giovenzana
D2 - EMW-NL: Versatile Mathematics — Where Research Meets Outreach
Organizers: Svetlana Dubinkina, Marcello Seri
Speakers: Relinde Jurrius, Raffaella Mulas, Marcello Seri
D3 - Delay Equations
Organizers: Peter De Maesschalck, Bram Lentjes
Speakers: Otti D'Huys, Evert Provoost, Bram Lentjes
D4 - Random Matrices and Random Graphs
Organizers: Arno B.J. Kuijlaars, Alexander Van Werde
Speakers: Christophe Charlier, Remco van der Hofstad, Alexander Van Werde
D5 - Sequential Decision Making
Organizers: 4TU+.AMI; Anne Zander, Janusz Meylahn
Speakers: Joachim Arts, Ann Nowé, Ward Romeijnders
D6 - E-Values and Flexible Statistical Inference
Organizers: Peter Grunwald, Rianne de Heide, Johan Segers
Speakers: Rianne de Heide, Volodya Vovk, Nick Koning
15:30–16:00
16:00–17:00
