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 took place in building S.R (briefly "R") of the “stadscampus" of Universiteit Antwerpen. Directions and a campus map can be found here.
Equipment of the lecture halls: Each lecture hall is equipped with a blackboard (+ chalk and sponge) and a projector and a docu cam. There will be at least 1 mathematician from the University of Antwerp in each lecture hall to help with the projector (login via desktop, transfer of files via USB-stick or browser/email, laser pointer etc.) and microphone. It is also possible to connect a laptop via HDMI or mini-USB directly to the projector.
Registration is closed.
Keynote speakers: Jessica Fintzen, Kathlén Kohn, Christoph 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.
Poster session: Usual poster format is A0 portrait (but smaller formats are also fine). Pins to fix the posters to the boards will be provided.
Titles and Abstracts: Keynote and Parallel Session Talks and Poster Session
Timetable
Tuesday 7 April
09:00–09:45
09:45–10:00
10:00–11:00
Jessica Fintzen (Bonn) [Room S.R.001]
11:00–11:30
11:30–13:00
A1 - Finite Geometries, graphs and codes: connected fields of research in combinatorics. [Room S.R.001]
Organizers: Aida Abiad, Jan De Beule, Jozefien D’haeseleer, Leo Storme
Speakers: Matteo Bertuzzo, Linda Cook, Sam Mattheus
A2 - Recent advances in geometric analysis [Room S.R.002]
Organizers: Bruno Premoselli, David Tewodrose
Speakers: Andoni Royo Abrego, Lucas Lavoyer, Artemis Vogiatzi
A3 - Microlocal analysis and partial differential equations [Room S.R.004]
Organizers: Andreas Debrouwere, Michal Wrochna
Speakers: Leonard Busch, Lorenzo Carletti, Marcello Seri
A4 - A mathematical perspective on AI [Room S.R.014]
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 [Room S.R.201]
Organizers: Victorita Dolean, Iuliu Sorin Pop
Speakers: Stéphane Bordas, Giovanni Samaey, Laura Scarabosio
A6 - Advances in directional statistics [Room S.R.230]
Organizers: Christophe Ley, Thomas Verdebout
Speakers: Davy Paindaveine, Chiara Passamonti, Sophia Loizidou
13:00–14:30
14:30–16:00
B1 - Mathematical Logic [Room S.R.001]
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 [Room S.R.002]
Organizers: Federico Zadra, Marcello Seri
Speakers: Mats Vermeeren, Mark Peletier and David Martin de Diego
B3 - Direct and Inverse Problems for PDEs [Room S.R.004]
Organizers: Karel Van Bockstal, Michael Ruzhansky
Speakers: Frederick Maes, Le Van Chien, Bolys Sabitbek
B4 - Quantum Software Consortium [Room S.R.014]
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 [Room S.R.201]
Organizers: Julian Koellermeier, Fabio Bacchini, R.-Paul Wilhelm
Speakers: Klaas Willems, R.-Paul Wilhelm, Julian Koellermeier
B6 - Dependence modeling [Room S.R.230]
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) [Room S.R.001]
17:30–17:40
Awards Poster session [Room S.R.001]
17:40–19:00
Wednesday 8 April
09:00–09:30
09:30–10:30
Brouwer Medal Lecture: Christoph Thiele (Bonn) [Room S.R.001]
10:30–11:00
11:00–12:30
C1 - Categorified structures [Room S.R.001]
Organizers: Kenny De Commer, Geoffrey Janssens, Pedro Vaz
Speakers: Hankyung Ko, Lucas Hataishi, Léo Schelstraete
C2 - Symplectic Methods Across Topology, Analysis and Dynamics [Room S.R.002]
Organizers: Gil Cavalcanti, Federica Pasquoto, Thomas Rot
Speakers: Joel Fine, Lauran Toussaint, Jagna Wisniewska
C3 - Analysis of PDEs [Room S.R.004]
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 [Room S.R.014]
Organizers: 4TU+.AMI, Annoesjka Cabo
Speakers: Tracy Craig, Jos Hageman, Stephanie Bridoux
C5 - Calculus of Variations across borders [Room S.R.201]
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 [Room S.R.230]
Organizers: Laurent Loosveldt, Ivan Nourdin
Speakers: Hélène Halconruy, Céline Lacaux, Francesca Pistolato
12:30–14:00
Sandwich lunch + meetings of societies [KWG in S.R.001; BMS in S.R.004]
14:00–15:30
D1 - Recent advancements in algebraic geometry [Room S.R.001]
Organizers: Daniel Bath, Ignacio Barros
Speakers: Alberto Cobos Rábano, Emma Brakkee, Luca Giovenzana
D2 - EMW-NL: Versatile Mathematics — Where Research Meets Outreach [Room S.R.002]
Organizers: Svetlana Dubinkina, Marcello Seri
Speakers: Relinde Jurrius, Raffaella Mulas, Marcello Seri
D3 - Delay Equations [Room S.R.004]
Organizers: Peter De Maesschalck, Bram Lentjes
Speakers: Otti D'Huys, Evert Provoost, Bram Lentjes
D4 - Random Matrices and Random Graphs [Room S.R.014]
Organizers: Arno B.J. Kuijlaars, Alexander Van Werde
Speakers: Christophe Charlier, Remco van der Hofstad, Alexander Van Werde
D5 - Sequential Decision Making [Room S.R.201]
Organizers: 4TU+.AMI; Anne Zander, Janusz Meylahn
Speakers: Joachim Arts, Ann Nowé, Ward Romeijnders
D6 - E-Values and Flexible Statistical Inference [Room S.R.230]
Organizers: Peter Grunwald, Rianne de Heide, Johan Segers
15:30–16:00
16:00–17:00
