WIMSIG Conference 2024

WIMSIG Conference 2024 will celebrate the achievements of women, trans and gender diverse people in the mathematical sciences, with plenary speakers and special sessions spanning pure mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, and mathematics in industry.

Tuesday 1 - Wednesday 2 October 2024, Sydney Mathematical Research Institute (SMRI), the University of Sydney.

Earlybird registration opens 1 May 2024, closes 2 September 2024. REGISTER NOW!

Earlybird Full: $250 AUD
Earlybird Student or Unwaged: $150 AUD

See “Program and Events” below for some information about the Welcome Reception, Conference Dinner and LGBTQI+ lunch (you will be asked whether you'd like to attend these events when you register).

Important dates

1 May 2024 - Earlybird registrations open, abstract submissions open
2 September 2024 - Earlybird registrations close
3 September 2024 - Late registrations open
8 September 2024 - Abstract submissions close
20 September 2024 - Late registrations close

You can submit an abstract when you register, or register first and submit your abstract later.

Plenary speakers

Grace Chung (co-lead, Google Research Australia)

Leah Edelstein-Keshet (University of British Colombia)

Antoinetta Mira (Università della Svizzera italiana)

Valentina Wheeler (University of Wollongong)

Program and Events

Monday 30 September: Welcome Reception, around 5pm, somewhere on campus at the University of Sydney (time and venue to be confirmed)

Tuesday 1 October: Conference Dinner at the Darling Rooms, Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf, from 6:30pm.

Wednesday 2 October: LGBTQI+ and Allies Lunch

When you register, please indicate whether you plan to attend these events (no additional charge). We will provide morning tea, lunch and afternoon tea for all conference participants on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Note: due to capacity constraints we are not offering extra conference dinner tickets for guests. We may be able to offer these later.

Satellite event

There will be an AustMS Early-Career workshop on Monday 30 September: more details to come.

Special sessions

A matter of scale: mathematical modelling of infectious disease dynamics at the population, people and pathogen levels

Organisers: Alexandra Hogan (UNSW), Patricia Campbell (Melbourne) and Eva Stadler (Kirby Institute, UNSW)

Algebra and Representation Theory

Organisers: Asilata Bapat (ANU) and Bregje Pauwels (Macquarie)

Building confidence in mathematics of secondary and tertiary students

Organisers: Kerri Morgan (RMIT), Ingeborg Koch (RMIT) and Stella Stylianou (RMIT)

Data Science and applications

Organisers: Sevvandi Kandanaarachchi (Data61) and Ainura Tursunalieva (Data61)

Geometric and analytic properties of partial differential equations

Organisers: Serena Dipierro (UWA) and Valentina Wheeler (Wollongong)

Hybrid modelling: Leveraging the nexus between domain-based modelling and machine learning

Organisers: Rachael Quill (Dept of Energy, Environment and Climate Action) and Melissa Humphries (Adelaide)

Mathematical Histories

Organiser: Rowena Ball (ANU)

Mathematical Physics and Symmetry

Organisers: Justine Fasquel (Melbourne) and Milena Radnovic (Sydney)

Modelling for decision making

Organisers: Isobel Abell (Melbourne) and Lucinda Harrison (Melbourne)

Modelling the immune response to diseases

Organisers: Punya Alahakoon (UNSW) and Claire Miller (Auckland)

Shiny Math Bio: Non-traditional approaches to mathematical biology

Organisers: Angese Barbensi (UQ), Adriana Zanca (Melbourne) and Meagan Carney (UQ)

Statistics [exact title TBA]

Organisers: Shila Ghazanfar (Sydney) and Rachel Wang (Sydney)

Topology

Organisers: Jessica Purcell (Monash) and Zsuzsanna Dancso (Sydney)

Work Integrated Learning (WIL) for Mathematics and Statistics

Organisers: Geetika Verma (RMIT) and Asha Rao (RMIT)

There will also be at least one session of contributed talks.

Organising committee

Harini Desiraju (SMRI)

Kate Doyle (SMRI)

Catherine Greenhill (UNSW Sydney) - Chair

Xiaoping Lu (University of Wollongong)

Catherine Penington (Macquarie University)

Rachel Wang (University of Sydney)