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Expressed interest in funding YRM 2012.

Contact:
Professor Tom Mullin FRSE FAPS,
Director, Manchester Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics,
Tel: 0161-275-4070 Fax: 0161-275-4056
tom@reynolds.ph.man.ac.uk

Our contact: Marine Barons

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Email conversation:

From: Tom Mullin [mailto:tom@reynolds.ph.man.ac.uk]
Sent: 08 June 2011 14:29
To: Barons, Martine
Subject: Re: YRM2011

Dear Martine,

Many thanks for sending me your report on this meeting. It looks to have
been a very successful event. We had a committee meeting on Monday and I
circulated your report at the meeting. The feeling of the committee is
that we would like to be associated with events such as YRM. Our budget is
limited but if we can help in any way, we will be pleased to do so.

Many thanks
Regards
Tom

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From: "Barons, Martine" <M.Barons@warwick.ac.uk>
To: "Tom Mullin" <tom@reynolds.ph.man.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 10:12:57 +0100
Subject: YRM2011

Dear Tom,

Many thanks for offering to help fund YRM2011. We managed to find sufficient funding for this year from other sources. It would be much appreciated, however, if you would look kindly on requests in future years.

I am pleased to announce that the conference will be held at Bristol University in 2012. See their link on our page for details: www.go.warwick.ac.uk/yrm2011.

I reproduce below a debrief document for your interest:

As you may be aware from personal involvement, YRM 2011 was a great success, with over 190 student delegates attending and 93 student talks covering areas ranging from Mathematical Biology to Number Theory. In addition, 14 of the UK's most eminent mathematicians attended to give keynote and plenary talks, and the conference is on track to move to Bristol University in 2012.

A major aim of YRM is to facilitate networking and collaboration between young researchers. To attempt to measure our success in this area we asked our delegates to complete a feedback form. Around half said that they had had conversations which had helped their research, and nearly 40% said they had met other researchers with whom they might collaborate in future. Particular comments included `Discussing my work with others inspired me to prove an extension' and `we had a very interesting conversation about gene regulatory networks'; more examples can be found on our website. go.warwick.ac.uk/yrm2011/debrief2011

Several keynote speakers commented on the very high standard of the student talks. The structure of the conference works well; students have commented that the length of the talks (40 minutes) is `perfect, long enough to get into the details of my work'. Dividing the conference into 13 tracks with up to 8 running in parallel allows talks to be focused and subject-specific, and results in `very fruitful feedback'.

Although we only advertised YRM within the UK as we were unable to subsidise accommodation or travel for other students, approximately 30 students from other countries including the US and Australia attended.

We have succeeded in attracting 5 new sponsors to the conference this year, enhancing the ability of YRM to be self-sustaining and institution-independent; delegates expressed enthusiasm for the 2012 event in Bristol.

It is expected that the impact of YRM2011 will include enhancement of delegates' PhD research through interaction with others working in similar fields, interaction with keynote speakers and the formation of collaborations. The opportunity to attend research talks across the broad range of pure and applied mathematics enables early career mathematicians to see their own work in context, and to produce new links with the theories and techniques of other areas.

The provision of workshops to enhance teaching in HE plus the careers event provided an element of CPD and career planning for delegates.

The conference organisation over these many months has proved to be of suitable calibre; the problems that arose during the conference were very minor, most had been anticipated and plans made to mitigate them worked very well. The experience of running a sizeable conference has now been extended to a further 8 early career mathematicians at Warwick, who are equipped with new skills to contribute to the mathematics community for the future. A further 13 benefited from the training we provided, and the experience of chairing the various subject-specific tracks, including undertaking the research necessary to provide a suitable biographic introduction of their keynote speaker. These valuable learning experiences will be enjoyed by successive committees, each committing to assist the subsequent committee. Various sponsors required event feedback, and the necessary reports have been sent.

Based on the feedback received, we are confident that the reputation of the University of Warwick has been enhanced by the hosting of YRM2011 here. The many positive comments on the subject of research progress are matched by appreciation of the quality of the organisation, facilities, accommodation and catering. All delegates seem to have found YRM2011 an enjoyable experience on all levels.

Best wishes,
Martine

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From: Tom Mullin [mailto:tom@reynolds.ph.man.ac.uk]
Sent: 09 July 2010 11:09
To: Barons, Martine
Subject: RE: IMA West Midlands Branch Talk

Hi Martine,

A quick reply as I am going on holiday for two weeks from today. The
Nonlinear and Complex Physics Group has partly sponsored meetings on
'complexity' in the past few years. Our total budget is small and hence we
can only offer ~£100 to £200 per event. I can put it to our committee if
this is the kind of sums you had in mind. They are sure to ask how many
IOP members will be involved and it would be helpful to know this.

If you are seeking more substantial support, then you ought to contact
Claire Copeland <Claire.Copeland@iop.org> for advice.

I hope this helps

Regards

Tom