Date: March 30 - 31, 2023
Venue: MPIM (Vivatsgasse 7, please contact us for accessibility requirements)
The GROW@Bonn 2023 conference is aimed at women, non-binary and gender diverse undergraduate students who may be interested in learning about opportunities of graduate degree in the mathematical sciences.
The conference is open to bachelors and masters students from universities in Germany and neighbouring EU countries, including international students. Reasonable cost of travel will be refunded and accommodation will be provided by the conference to the selected participants who wish to travel to Bonn for GROW. Priorities will be given to those who have not attended any GROW conference before. The conference will be in English. People are welcome to ask questions in German. We will have plenty of German speaking mentors/volunteers/organizers.
The conference will feature
- lectures
- panel discussions about graduate research in the mathematical sciences
- networking opportunities
- advice on preparing applications for graduate school (masters and PhD)
The due date for registration has expired.
Thursday, March 30
09:30 – 10:15 - Registration
10:15 – 10:30 - Welcome
10:30 – 12:00 - Panel discussion: What is research in mathematics like?
(with Junxian Li, Peter Scholze, Vera Traub, Mauro Varesco)
12:00 – 14:00 - Lunch
14:00 – 14:50 - Research talk: Vera Traub
15:00 – 16:00 - Plenary talk: Karen Vogtmann
16:00 – 16:30 - Coffee
16:30 – 18:00 - Panel discussion: Nuts and bolts of applying to masters/PhD programs
(with Valentin Blomer, Dominique Mattei, Arunima Ray, Florian Richter, Justin Sawon)
19:00 – ... - Conference dinner
Friday, March 31
09:40 – 10:30 - Research talk: Florian Richter
10:30 – 11:00 - Coffee
11:00 – 12:00 - PhD student talks
(with Iulia Cristian, Laura Wakelin, Mingjia Zhang)
12:00 – 14:00 - Lunch with mentors in Hofgarten Mensa and tour of the institute
14:10 – 15:00 - Research talk: Bernd Sturmfels
15:00 – 15:30 - Coffee
15:30 – 17:00 - Panel discussion: What to do with a PhD in mathematics?
(with Theo Raedschelders, Martin Rumpf, Anna Silvanus, Bernd Sturmfels)
17:00 – 17:30 - Goodbye
