Conference Booklet

The conference schedule and abstracts can all be found in the conference booklet here. 

Invited Speakers

• Sophie Huczynska (University of St Andrews), "Additive triples in groups of odd prime order"

• Iain Moffatt (Royal Holloway, University of London), "What's a delta-matroid and why should I care?"

• Bridget Webb (Open University), "Homogeneous and omega-categorical Steiner triple systems"

• Daniel Paulusma (Durham University), "A Complexity Framework For Forbidden Subgraphs"

• Sergey Kitaev (University of Strathclyde), "Short-length mesh pattern distributions"

• Jess Enright (University of Glasgow), "Searching and pursuit on graphs"

Schedule

Location

The conference will be held at the University of Glasgow in the Advanced Research Centre (ARC). All talks will take place in Studio 2.

Getting to the venue

• Subway: The ARC is an 8 minute walk from Kelvinhall subway station.

• Train: Partick station is on lines from Glasgow Queen Street and Glasgow Central train station. It has a subway stop there, or you can walk 15 minutes to the venue from  here.

• Bus: There are many buses which operate near the ARC, these are generally less reliable than subway or train options though.

• Bike: Glasgow has decent bike infrastructure. If you want to hire a nextbike, you can find the app through this link. 

• Walk: The ARC is close to Kelvingrove Park, which is lovely to walk through if you are coming from that direction.

Accessibility

All accessibility information regarding the venue can be found at this link. 

The conference dinner will be a short walk from the ARC. It has step-free access.

If you have any other accessibility requirements, please get in touch with organisers at pcc25glasgow@gmail.com. 

Contributed Talks

Attendees are strongly encouraged to give a short talk related to combinatorics. This will give you priority in funding allocation. Please indicate when registering if you would like to give a talk, we will then get in touch with an abstract template. The deadline for abstracts will be 7th April (31st March for those who are applying for funding). Although we will try to accommodate all talks, in case we receive more submissions than slots, abstracts will be selected at the discretion of the organisers.

Funding

We will be able to offer some financial support to all attendees. Please indicate if you'd like to be considered for funding when you register.

Attendees giving contributed talks will be prioritised for funding and guaranteed at least £250 in reimbursement of travel and accommodation (subject to selection and capacity).

Conference Dinner

The conference dinner will be held on Thursday 1st May at 19:30 at Ashoka Ashton Lane. 

Registering for the conference includes attendance at the conference dinner -- please indicate when registering if you wish to attend.

Things to do in and around Glasgow

There are plenty, but we made a start with some suggestions below.  See also our custom map that we made for you with more specific ideas: https://maps.app.goo.gl/ZRmkaajpbkStPPE3A!

Food

• Plenty of food options in the west-end (around University), city centre and Queens Park (for more, see map). 

• For Glasgow's 850th birthday, Taste the Place offers a map of the best food places in the city.

Accommodation

• Check for places in the west-end around University campus, or cheaper options in city center or south of the river. Aim for close proximity to the subway or check that suitable bus or train routes exist. Friendly reminder that we cannot reimburse AirBnB bookings due to University policy, but feel free to book one if you don't expect money from us. 

• In terms of specific hotels, there is a Hilton on Byres Road which is on the pricier side and a budget hotel in Finnieston called the Sandyford which is under 20 mins walk. The university is well-connected to the city center by subway, so the city center is likely a cheaper and more reliable option. There is also a handful of hotels (Premier Inn, Village Hotel) at Pacific Quay which would be a 35min walk or 15mins walk to a subway station.

Sights in Glasgow

• Necropolis, Cathedral, Science Museum, Kelvingrove Art Gallery (for more, see map)

Day Trips (before or after conference :)

• Loch Lomond (for walking, hiking or cold-water swimming), Stirling (for beautiful castle), Great Cumbrae (for a little island feeling), Edinburgh (for historic city)

Weekend Trips

• Loch Lomond (for walking, hiking or cold-water swimming), Oban (for boat trips), Isle of Arran (for island hiking visiting)

If you want to go crazy

• Western Isles (do some combinatorics at Scotland’s most beautiful beaches!), NC500 (~500-mile road trip), West Highland Way (154km hike)

Fees and Registration

Registration is now closed!

Organisers

• Laura Larios-Jones (l.larios-jones.1@research.gla.ac.uk)

• Frederik Glitzner (f.glitzner.1@research.gla.ac.uk)

Contact

For any queries, email us at pcc25glasgow@gmail.com. 

Sponsors

We are grateful for the financial support from the Glasgow Mathematical Journal Learning and Research Support Fund, London Mathematical Society Postgraduate Research Conference Grant, British Combinatorial Committee Conference Grant, University of Glasgow Chancellor's Fund, and Heilbronn Institute for Mathematical Research Small Grants.