About:

The Retreat for Women in Applied Mathematics (RWAM) 2024 strategic workshop built on the spectacular success of the pilot event RWAM 2023. The objectives of RWAM 2024 remained the same as those of RWAM 2023 - to create a sense of community amongst female applied mathematicians at all career stages, to support and mentor early career researchers, and to create a unified form for sharing information about scientific opportunities, funding, university teaching, career progression, and more generally all aspects of academic life that contribute to our professional satisfaction. 

The programme comprised research presentations and roundtable discussions where participants could interact with each other for scientific networking, community building, research collaborations and a learning platform from shared experiences.

The overarching goal is to create a UK-wide platform for female applied mathematicians that will act as a support network and a springboard for new scientific ideas and female-led research collaborations, and we hope that this platform will have a lasting legacy in the UK and ultimately further afield. 

Plenary speakers:
David Abrahams, University of Cambridge - Analytic approaches to wave diffraction and scattering
Christina Cobbold, University of Glasgow - Mathematics of mosquitos and other insects: the role of trait variation 
Angela Mihai, Cardiff University - Liquid crystal elastomers: theory and applications
Catherine Powell, University of Manchester - Parametric PDEs: The Importance of Adaptivity 

Roundtable session leaders:
Lindsey Corson, Strathclyde University - Best practices in teaching
Dawn Geatches, Innovate UK KTN - (Inadvertently) Developing a portfolio career: My journey so far….
Jane Lawrie, Brunel University - Career progression
Rachael Warrington, Smith Institute - Careers in mathematics outside academia/in industry