16^th European Finite Element Fair 2018

June 8 - 9, 2018, Mathematikon, Heidelberg

The 16^th European Finite Element Fair will be held at Heidelberg University. It will be hosted in the new Mathematikon building on the science campus Im Neuenheimer Feld.

The conference will begin June 8^th at 14:00 (on-site registration opening at 12:30) and end June 9^th in the afternoon.

Registration

In order to help with preparations, we would like to ask participants to register in advance by email to sekretariat.kanschat@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de with subject EFEF 2018 Registration. Please indicate in your email whether you plan to

1. give a presentation,
2. participate in the conference dinner.

Registration and participation is free. Nevertheless, we will have to ask you to pay for your dinner. We have not chosen a restaurant yet and will post more information as soon as it is available.

Please, register for participation and dinner by April 8th, 2018, even if you are not sure about giving a talk

Please follow the link for accommodation above to learn about hotel options.

Local Organizers

• Daniel Arndt
• Peter Bastian
• Guido Kanschat
• Steffen Müthing

The EFEF Meetings

The European Finite Element Fair (EFEF) is an annual series of completely informal small workshops throughout Europe with equal initial conditions for each speaker. EFEF provides a platform for high-level discussions on current research on finite element approximation, in the broadest sense, of partial differential equations. Authors are encouraged to present one new idea rather than review a full research project. In this spirit, the communication of recent and new results, even not yet published, is very welcome. A few, but strict, rules apply to EFEF in order to distinguish it from existing workshops and minisymposia in the field.

Format of the Meeting

• Speakers at EFEF are volunteers from the audience. Provided that they are present throughout the meeting, all participants are invited to talk. Potential participants are strongly encouraged to attend at least one meeting before volunteering to speak.
• Based on the number of speakers the time available will be divided into slots for the talks. The order of the speakers will be determined through random choice, by drawing names out of a hat. Speakers cannot request a specific time to talk.
• The Presentations. Bring your presentation as a pdf-file on a USB-stick. That will make life/technical support much more relaxed and easier during the conference.
• Each speaker should introduce himself or herself, the title and topic, and is expected to leave sufficient time, within the allocated time-slot, for discussion. Speakers have to prepare a talk that can be trimmed to various lengths (from seconds to 20 minutes). For a smooth meeting, the time table will be strictly enforced.
• The Book. Since EFEF 2005, a book has been available (in the Oberwolfach tradition) to record new analytical and numerical results presented during EFEF. Results can be hand-written or typeset and glued into the book.

European Organizing Committee

Christine Bernardi	Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
Daniele Boffi	Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy
Carsten Carstensen	Humboldt-Universität, Berlin, Germany
Alexandre Ern	ENPC and INRIA, Paris, France
Stig Larsson	Chalmers Tekniska Högskola, Göteborg, Sweden
Ilaria Perugia	University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
Christoph Schwab	ETH Zürich, Switzerland
Rolf Stenberg	Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland

Previous Finite Element Fairs

EFEF 2017: Milano
EFEF 2016: Bonn
EFEF 2015: Praha
EFEF 2014: Wien
EFEF 2013: Heraklion
EFEF 2012: Bilbao
EFEF 2011: Paris (joint FE Fair/Circus/ Rodeo)
EFEF 2010: Warwick
EFEF 2009: Helsinki
EFEF 2008: Göteborg
EFEF 2007: Marseille
EFEF 2006: Zürich
EFEF 2005: Pavia
EFEF 2004: Berlin
EFEF 2003: Cambridge