Young Researchers Conference

This conference is the largest annual graduate student event in mathematics and statistics in Western Canada and the Pacific Northwest. It is an excellent occasion for graduate students and other aspiring young researchers to meet and connect for a few days and exchange their research ideas. This year's edition will be held June 13–16, 2016 at its birthplace, the University of Alberta. All participants are invited to present their current research or another subject that is of interest to a general audience of mathematicians and statisticians.

The student presentations are an excellent way to improve your presentation skills and to get an overview of the broad diversity of subjects studied by your fellow students. This year we have increased the length of the student talks to 40 minutes, and presenters are encouraged to use the additional time to motivate their subjects for non-experts in the field. In addition to the student talks, we are excited to host plenary lectures by these amazing researchers at the forefront of research in their respective fields.

We continue the tradition of offering workshops aimed at the improvement of our participants' professional skills. This year's topics are networking and academic writing skills. In addition, we will be hosting a panel discussion on employability after a graduate degree in mathematics or statistics with professors of the University of Alberta and representatives from industry.

To make this conference also a great social experience we will receive all our participants with our opening barbecue on the university quad and we will host a conference banquet on the closing night of the conference. Tuesday night is free so you have the opportunity to explore Edmonton with your new local friends!

The 2016 PIMS Young Researchers Conference will be held at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. We hope to see you this Spring!

We would like to thank Maplesoft for generously providing us with Maple certificates for raffling to participants