Math4NL Community Event - Previous editions
Math4NL community event 2025
The 2025 Math4NL Community Event took place on Friday December 5 at the TU Eindhoven.
This year’s Math4NL annual event offered two exciting opportunities to learn, connect, and collaborate — both focusing on how mathematics builds bridges between academia, industry, and society.
In the morning, young researchers joined a practical workshop on how to build and use a professional network — skills they immediately applied during the afternoon.
In the afternoon, the Math4NL Community Event brought together mathematicians from universities, industry, and government to explore the theme:
“From University to Practice: Mathematicians Making Impact”.
Both sessions brought inspiring stories, real-world applications, and excellent networking opportunities.
More detail on this edition can be found here.
Math4NL community event 2024
The 2024 Math4NL Community Event took place on Friday October 11 at the CBS. The theme for this event was “simulation techniques and synthetic data”.
Keynote speaker was Klaas-Jan van Heeringen
Klaas-Jan van Heeringen is an operational water management engineer at Deltares, specialized in real-time Flood Early Warning Systems, with personal focus on flash-flood conditions, real-time control or transboundary river basins.
Statistics Netherlands (CBS)
As a society, we want rapid information based on reliable figures so we know what is going on in the world around us. Statistics Netherlands (CBS) provides relevant and independent figures on a wide range of societal issues. This requires a high degree of flexibility from CBS, something our staff work hard on to achieve every day. Whether the issue is climate change, sustainability, the housing challenge or poverty, we respond to the need for transparent and accessible information.
More detail on this edition can be found here.
Math4NL community event 2023
In 2023 the Math4NL Community Event took place at the Mathematical Institute in Leiden. The theme of this event was Decision-making under uncertainty. Keynote speaker Kateřina Staňková spoke about her research in game theory, which is among others applied in the field of cancer treatment.
During Pitch&Discuss representatives of CBS, Chipsoft, Demcon and Firan shared some of their experience and challenges with regards to decision-making under uncertainty. And of course the final of the Best Thesis in Applied Math Award was held. More information on the Thesis in Applied Math Award, the finalists and the winners can be found on the webpage of the Innovation Committee.
More detail on this edition can be found here.
Math4NL community event 2022
The 2022 Math4NL Community Event was held at the ProRail office the Inktpot in Utrecht. The theme of this event was Digital Twins. Dirk Hartmann, who is among many other things a Siemens Technical fellow and thought leader in the field of Simulation and Digital Twin, was our keynote speaker.
During Pitch&Discuss representatives of ASMPT, ProRail, Reden and Signify shared some of their experience and challenges with regards to digital twinning. Also the final of the Best Thesis in Applied Math Award was held.
More detail on this edition can be found here.
Math4NL community event 2021
Due to COVID the 2021 Math4NL Community Event was a hybrid event, hosted by VORTech. Keynote speaker of the event was Stella Kapodistria, who explained how fundamental research can solve industry problems.
A short video summarising the event can be found here.
