Updates

• 31 January 2025: Abstract submission and registration open.
• 10 September 2024: Conference website goes live.

Description

The FEniCS 2025 conference is an opportunity for all those interested in the FEniCS Project and related projects to exchange ideas, communicate their results and network with the automated scientific computing community. It will be hosted at Bernoulliborg, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.

We welcome developers, existing and potential users of the FEniCS ecosystem as well as mathematicians, computer scientists and application domain specialists interested in numerical methods, their implementation and applications.

The FEniCS 2025 conference will emphasize an open and inclusive atmosphere, contributed talks from a diverse range of scientific areas, and dedicated time for discussions and coding.

Links to previous FEniCS conferences can be found here.

Important dates

• Abstract submission deadline: 13 April 2025.
• Application for travel support: 13 April 2025.
• Acceptance of abstracts: 25 April 2025.
• Notification of awards of travel support: 4 May 2025.
• Early bird registration deadline: 11 May 2025.
• Standard registration deadline: 4 June 2025.
• Conference: 18-20 June 2025.

Features

• Single track session for talks.
• Dedicated poster session.
• Plenty of time for informal discussions and coding.
• Best student and postdoc presentation prizes.

Conference venue

The conference will be held at:
Bernoulliborg, University of Groningen
Nijenborgh 9
9747 AG Groningen
The Netherlands

Schedule

The scientific program will run approximately from 1 PM of June 18 to 1 PM of June 20. A detailed scheduled will be posted here in June 2025.

Registration and accommodation

Registration

• All participants must register for the conference.
• Early bird registration fee is 200 € and expires on 11 May 2025.
• Standard registration fee is 250 € and expires on 4 June 2025.
• The registration fee includes: conference activities, coffee breaks, lunches, conference dinner, social events. The registration fee is non refundable.
• Participants have to compile this form to register. Instructions on how to pay the registration fee are provided there upon completing the registration form.

Accommodation

The FEniCS conference registration fee does not include accommodation.

A discounted conference rate is offered to conference attendees staying at Martini Hotel:

• Price for 1 person: €129.50 per night
• Price for 2 people: €149.50 per night
• Prices are per room per night, including breakfast and excluding city tax of €4.00 per person per night.
• Free cancellation up to 28 days before the first reserved night.
• Booking reference: FEniCS Martini Hotel.

To book contact the hotel and state the booking reference listed above:
Martini Hotel
Gedempte Zuiderdiep 8
9711 HG Groningen
+31 50 312 99 19
info@martinihotel.nl

Travel awards

Flax & Teal have kindly offered to support travel awards for attendees who would otherwise struggle to come to the conference for financial reasons, e.g. junior students and researchers or those working in countries with a less developed research infrastructure. Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit an abstract to the conference.

• To apply for a travel award, send a letter of motivation, an estimation of travel costs, CV and if applicable, the title of the submitted conference abstract to fenics25@karlin.mff.cuni.cz.
• Applications will be assessed by the local organizing committee. The cut-off date for applications is 13 April 2025.

Sponsored by:

Abstract submission

• Call for abstracts (talks and posters) is now open, and closes on 13 April 2025.
• Conference delegates will be notified about abstract acceptance after abstract submission closes.
• The length of talks will depend on registration numbers, but is expected to be around 15 minutes.
• There will be a dedicated poster session. Thanks to Flax & Teal for sponsoring the poster session.
• Presenting is not a prerequisite for attending: you are welcome to register for the conference and attend without talking/presenting a poster.

Getting there

If you arrive by airplane at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, there are trains to Groningen running every 30 minutes, either direct or with a change in Zwolle. Check the website www.ns.nl for the precise schedule once you land. If you are traveling by train from elsewhere in the Netherlands, check the same webpage for details. If you are coming from Germany by train, we strongly advise entering the Netherlands by train via Utrecht or Hengelo/Almelo, and then checking the train connections to Groningen.

Code of conduct

We expect all attendees of FEniCS 2025 to follow the FEniCS Project code of conduct. Instances of abusive, harassing, or otherwise unacceptable behavior may be reported by contacting the conference organizers or the FEniCS Steering Council.

Sponsors

We acknowledge the generous support from the Flax & Teal to sponsor travel awards and poster session.

We further thank sponsorship from the Ridgway Scott Foundation to support Best Presentation and Poster Awards.

Organizing committee

• Cristóbal Bertoglio, University of Groningen, The Netherlands (chair)
• David Nolte, University of Groningen, The Netherlands
• Jaroslav Hron, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Francesco Ballarin, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy