EMS Meeting of Presidents, Cyprus on March 29-30, 2025

The gathering of the presidents of the EMS corporate members will convene in person for the first time after the pandemic in Cyprus on March 29-30, 2025 following the kind invitation from the Cyprus Mathematical Society.

The EMS Meeting of Presidents is an annual event hosted by EMS corporate member(s) and serves mainly as a forum, where the EMS corporate members can share their experiences, strategic plans, and worries, and are able to discuss them with the EMS officers. Please check the pages of the former meetings https://euromathsoc.org/presidents-meeting to get a better idea.

PROGRAMME AND AGENDA:

Day 1, Saturday, March 29, 2025

13:15 - 13:45 Reception and registration
14:00 Meeting starts
16:00 Coffee break
18:00 Meeting ends

19:00 (or 20:00) Dinner (venue to be announced)

Day 2, Sunday, March 30, 2025

09:00 Meeting starts
10:30 Coffee break
12:00 Meeting ends

AGENDA (PDF): TBA

REPORT (PDF): TBA

Hybrid participation

The hybrid participation is also possible. Join Zoom Meeting:
https://cesnet.zoom.us/j/96124063623?pwd=eTKvhWddQ7AJKNyhz612aCaHHs7UEy.1

Meeting ID: 961 2406 3623
Passcode: 338609

General discussion

The main part of the meeting is a general discussion. To give it some focus, we usually suggest a theme you might wish to comment on without restricting your freedom to raise any issue you regard important. For this year we suggest to focus on the topics:

  • Political engagement: Several European Countries, often in collaboration with EMS member societies, made or are in the process of making reports on the economic impact of Mathematics. It seems appropriate for the EMS to collect and coordinate these efforts to give a unified European picture. This may be a platform for EMS to increase its political engagement. In this connection we may also discuss how to increase the awareness of the PISA report.
  • EMS career activities: EMS already runs a job posting service, but wants to discuss expanding it and even consider whether it would make sense to have career fairs for both academic and non-academic jobs.

Presentations: There will be time for 3 presentations. If you have anything important that you would like to share briefly with your EMS colleagues, you can make a presentation (2-5 minutes) and inform the EMS Office (ems-office@helsinki.fi) about it before March 24, 2025 the latest.

Hotel and venue information guidelines

The meeting will take place at the Constantinos the Great Hotel in Protaras beach resort.

There are special rates for the EMS participants:

  • Single Room €110 per room per night with breakfast
  • Double Room €120 per room per night with breakfast

Please make your booking before January 31, 2025:
https://www.topkinisis.com/#!/guide/mathematical_society/index

Dinner on Saturday March 29, 2025

TBA

General guidelines for arrival to Cyprus

The Republic of Cyprus does not have an airport in Nicosia.
Please use the official airports Larnaca and Pafos, with Larnaca being the closest to the meeting venue.

Meeting registration

Please register for the meeting before March 15, 2025.
https://elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/132720/lomakkeet.html