BeNeLux Mathematical Congress

The BMS, KWG and SML join forces to organise the next BeNeLux Mathematical Congress. 

Dates:  Tuesday April 7th and Wednesday April 8th 2026. 

Venue: University of Antwerp, more detail soon. 

Registration: Will open soon. 

Confirmed keynote speakers:  Jessica Fintzen, Kathlén Kohn and Nathalie Wahl

BeNeLux 26 – Schedule

Plenaries, breaks, and parallel sessions with quick links to inline details.

Tuesday, April 7

10:00–11:00
Plenary lecture: Jessica Fintzen (Bonn)
Plenary
11:00–11:30
Coffee break
11:30–13:00
Parallel sessions
Finite Geometries, graphs and codes: connected fields of research in combinatorics.
Organizers: Aida Abiad, Jan De Beule, Jozefien D’haeseleer, Leo Storme
Recent advances in geometric analysis
Organizers: Bruno Premoselli, David Tewodrose
Microlocal analysis and partial differential equations
Organizers: Andreas Debrouwere, Michal Wrochna
A mathematical perspective on AI
Organizers: Christoph Brune, Leo van Iersel, Tristan van Leeuwen, Tim van Erven
Advances in directional statistics
Organizers: Christophe Ley, Thomas Verdebout
13:00–14:30
Sandwich lunch + poster session
14:30–16:00
Parallel sessions
Mathematical Logic Dependence modeling
Organizers: Alexi Block Gorman, Andreas Weiermann, Christian Michaux
Direct and Inverse Problems for PDEs
Organizers: Karel Van Bockstal, Michael Ruzhansky
Quantum Software Consortium
Organizers: Jonas Helsen
Recent advances in numerical methods for simulation of kinetic plasma physics
Organizers: Julian Koellermeier, Fabio Bacchini, Paul Wilhelm
Advances in directional statistics
Organizers: Alexis Derumigny, Irène Gijbels, Elisa Perrone
16:00–16:30
Coffee break
16:30–17:30
Plenary lecture: Godeaux lecture – Nathalie Wahl (Copenhagen)
Plenary
17:30–19:00
Drink

Wednesday, April 8

09:30–10:30
Plenary lecture: Brouwer Medal Lecture – TBA
Plenary
10:30–11:00
Coffee break
11:00–12:30
Parallel sessions
Categorified structures
Organizers: Kenny De Commer, Geoffrey Janssens, Pedro Vaz
Analysis of PDEs
Organizers: Gil Cavalcanti, Federica Pasquoto, Thomas Rot
Educational innovation
Organizers: Koondanibha Mitra, Stefanie Sonner, Peter van Heijster
12:30–14:00
Sandwich lunch + separate meetings of societies
14:00–15:30
Parallel sessions
Delay Equations
Organizers: 4TU+.AMU (Annoesjka Cabo)
Symplectic Methods Across Topology, Analysis and Dynamics
Organizers: Heiner Olbermann, Jean van Schaftingen, Mark Peletier, Yves van Gennip
Calculus of Variatons across borders
Organizers: Laurent Loosveldt, Ivan Nourdin
Recent Advances in Stochastic Analysis and Probability Theory
Organizers: Daniel Bath, Ignacio Barros
EMW-NL: Versatile Mathematics — Where Research Meets Outreach
Organizers: Svetlana Dubinkina, Marcello Seri
E-Values and Flexible Statistical Inference
Organizers: Arno B.J. Kuijlaars, Alexander Van Werde, Peter Grunwald, Rianne de Heide, Johan Segers
15:30–16:00
Coffee break
16:00–17:00
Plenary lecture: Kathlén Kohn (Stockholm)
Plenary
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Scientific committee: 

 

  • BMS: Tom Mestdag, Sonja Hohloch, Yvik Swan, Céline Esser, Joost Vercruysse
  • KWG: Joris Bierkens, Mireille Boutin, Hermen Jan Hupkes
  • SML: Mark Podolskij, Gabor Wiese, Karin Melnick

 

Local organizing committee: 

 

Sponsors: BMS, KWG, Universiteit Antwerpen, Université de Luxembourg, 4TU.AMIQuantum Software Consortium