Where: NWO Utrecht;
Winthonlaan 2, 3526 KV
When: 24th of October, 2024
Programme:
10:00 – 10:15 Opening by AIM board
10:15 – 11:15: Pitches by:
– Janusz Meylahn [slides]
– Patrick Forré [slides]
– Peter Bloem [slides]
– Evgeny Verbitskiy
– Christoph Brune
11:15 – 11:30: Coffee break
11:30 – 12:30: Speed dates
Participants rotate in pairs or small groups every 5-10 minutes to give participants a broad understanding of who is in the room and identifying initial matches for collaboration.
12:30 – 14:00: Lunch break
14:00 – 15:00: Panel discussion
A moderated discussion to learn from the experiences and advice of previous successful large consortia, with the panel consisting of:
– Jim Portegies (UNRAVEL)
– Remco van der Hofstad (NETWORKS)
– Nelly Litvak (NETWORKS)
– Bart Verheij (Hybrid Intelligence)
15:00 – 15:30: Coffee break
17:00 – 17:15: Ending and Drinks
The goal of the workshop is to facilitate the formation of potential new research collaborations between mathematicians within the AIM Network, serving the overarching ambition of forming consortia for large collaborative research grants (e.g. Open Competition ENW-M2, NWO’s Open Competition XL [expected deadline pre-proposals September 2025] or “Zwaartekracht”).
Registration
The AIM Board cordially invites you to attend the AIM Matchmaking Session on October 24th at Winthonlaan 2, 3526 KV Utrecht (NWO building). Should you wish to attend, please register using the SurveyMonkey form by 15 October 2024.
In case you have a clear central research idea for a potential collaborative application, please send an email to the AIM board including your research idea (aim@nwo.nl) before 11 October 2024. AIM will inform you on 15 October 2024 about the acceptance of the pitches. During the workshop, you will then have time to present your research idea (time depending on number of pitches, you will informed in advance). Please note: if not all pitches can be presented due to time-constrains, alternatives to share the research ideas will be provided.
Program
The matchmaking will start at 10:00 on October 24, 2024. After a short welcome by the AIM board, researchers will have the chance to pitch their research ideas. During various sessions, discussion and consortium-building will be facilitated. Additionally, the program will include a panel discussion with researchers that have already succesfully secured a collaborative research grant. We hope that this program will inspire and encourage our community to come up with new and exciting scientific ideas and impactful research proposals!