Updates

• 7 June 2025: Programme is announced.
• 4 June 2025: Registration closes.
• 13 April 2025: Abstract submission closes.
• 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 programme and the book of abstracts of the conference are now available on zenodo.

Registration and accommodation

Registration

• All participants must register for the conference.
• Registrations are now closed.
• The registration fee includes: conference activities, coffee breaks, lunches, conference dinner, social events. The registration fee is non refundable.

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. Applications were assessed by the local organizing committee. The cut-off date for applications was 13 April 2025.

Sponsored by:

Abstract submission

• Call for abstracts (talks and posters) closed on 13 April 2025.
• Each oral presentation is scheduled for 20 minutes, followed by an additional 5 minutes allocated for questions.
• 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.

In Groningen, public buses use a tap-in/tap-out system. You can simply tap your contactless credit or debit card on the card reader when boarding and tap again when exiting. The fare is automatically calculated and charged to their card—no need for tickets or local apps. If required e.g. for reimbursement, the OVpay app can show a detailed travel history. Trip details for a specific payment can also be retrieved without an app or account on zelfregelen.ovpay.nl/reisoverzicht.

IMPORTANT: Due to engineering work, shuttle buses are running between Groningen Europapark and Groningen Main Station.

If you are traveling in a group, consider buying an off-peak group ticket instead. You can purchase this ticket through the official website. Off-peak hours are before 6:30 a.m., from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and after 6:30 p.m. They are valid all day on weekends and public holidays.

From the main station, you can reach the Martini Hotel in about 12 minutes on foot; you do not need to take a bus.

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.

Best Presentation and Poster Awards

Thanks to the generous support and sponsorship from the Ridgway Scott Foundation, we are thrilled to announce that the following awards will be presented at the conference:

• Best FEniCS 2025 Presentation by a PhD Candidate
• Best FEniCS 2025 Presentation by a Postdoctoral Researcher
• Best FEniCS 2025 Poster

All eligible presentations and posters will be evaluated by the FEniCS 2025 Award Committee appointed by the FEniCS Steering Council.

Members of the FEniCS 2025 Award Committee

• Jack Hale (University of Luxembourg, representative of the FEniCS steering council)
• Davide Nolte (University of Groningen, representative of the organizers)
• Joseph Dean (University of Cambridge)
• Alena Jarolímová (Charles University)

Grading system for presentations

Judges will use a seven-point scale (0-7) to judge presentations on the following criterion:

Comprehension & Content

• The speaker provided clear background and significance to the research question.
• The speaker clearly described the research strategy/design and the results/findings of the research.
• The speaker clearly described the conclusions, outcomes and impact of the research, and was able to answer audience questions.

Engagement & Communication

• The oration was delivered clearly, and the language was appropriate for a non-specialist audience.
• The presentation slide deck was well-organized and enhanced the presentation.
• The presenter conveyed enthusiasm for their research, articulated thoughtful answers to questions, and captured and maintained the audience’s attention.

The score for each statement will be weighted equally into a final score. The final decision will be made jointly in the judges deliberation session taking the score and other comments into account.

Grading system for posters

Judges will use a seven-point scale (0-7) to judge the the poster and its presentation during the session on the following criterion:

Comprehension & Content

• The poster provided clear background and significance to the research question.
• The poster clearly described the research strategy/design and the results/findings of the research.
• The poster clearly described the conclusions, outcomes and impact of the research, and the presenter was able to answer the questions of the judges.

Engagement & Communication

• The poster used language was appropriate for a non-specialist audience.
• The poster was well-organized and visually appealing.

Nate Sime’s Award for Exceptional FEniCS Visualization

This award is intended to acknowledge the effort scientists place into the presentation of their work.

The winning image or video is judged to be most beautiful according to the committee’s subjective sense of aesthetics. Emphasis is given to the visual appeal of the image or video rather than the impact of the underlying science. Ideally the winning image or video will summarise the complexity of the underlying science for the uninitiated scientist (“a picture tells a thousand words”).

The image or video must be:

• Composed from data generated primarily by using the FEniCS project
• Relevant to the advancement of science

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 & Milano, Italy