Date: Saturday 7th March 2015
Location: University of Sheffield
The IMA Early Career Mathematicians’ Spring Conference will be held at the University of Sheffield on Saturday 7th March 2015. This bi-annual event aims to bring together mathematicians working in academia and industry along with undergraduate and postgraduate students. The day will provide a wide variety of inspirational presentations, talks and activities based on mathematical topics. The relaxed atmosphere encourages those attending to network with each other as well as speakers to learn about others’ experiences and careers involving mathematics. More detailed information will be available soon about the day’s activities and speakers.
Sara Owen AMIMA – ECM Conference Leader & Helen Blue AMIMA – ECM Conference Leader Designate
10:15 – 10:40 | Registration in Hicks Building foyer |
10:45 – 11:00 | Welcome and ECM Update |
11:00 – 11:30 | From Electrons to the Unemployed: A (Rather) Random Walk through Maths, Statistics and Modelling Ashley Buckner (Department for Work & Pensions) |
11:30 – 11:50 | Break |
11:50 – 12:20 | Mathematicians: How to be happy while solving (other people’s) problems Ovidiu Bagdasar (Lecturer in Mathematics, Derby University) |
12:20 – 12:50 | Mathematical Modelling of Pulmonary Vein Action Potentials Harry Green (University of Exeter) |
12:50 – 13:40 | Lunch |
13:40 – 15:45 | A selection of interactive sessions for networking. This will include the unconference, where we will use a method to put control of the programme in the hands of the participants |
15:45 – 16:00 | Erica Tyson (IMA) – University Liaison Officer |
16:00 | Closing remarks |
Conference Fees
IMA Member | £ 25.00 |
Non IMA Member | £ 45.00 |
IMA Student | £ 15.00 |
IMA e-Student | £ 20.00 |
Non-IMA Student | £ 25.00 |
To register for this event, please download, complete and return the application form.
Further information
As you will note, fees are reduced for IMA members and IMA students, not only for this conference, but for all IMA conferences. For further information on joining the IMA, including “IMA Student” grade, please visit:
http://www.ima.org.uk/membership/
And for further information to students, including the “IMA e-Student” grade:
http://www.ima.org.uk/student.cfm.html
For further information, please contact the IMA Conferences Department, e-mail: conferences@ima.org.uk, Tel: +44 (0) 1702 354 020, Fax: +44 (0) 1702 354 111, Institute of Mathematics and its Applications, Catherine Richards House, 16 Nelson Street, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, SS1 1EF, UK.