About the workshop
The 21st International Workshop on Multi-scale Unstructured mesh numerical Modeling (IMUM) for coastal, shelf, and global ocean dynamics will be held in Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, from October 28th to 30th, 2024. The initial IMUM workshop was also convened in Louvain-la-Neuve in 2002, and in the years since, these annual workshops have become a highly respected platform for sharing and advancing knowledge about unstructured-mesh modelling of the ocean, spanning various scales and interactions. The workshops are characterized by a relaxed and interactive atmosphere and strive to strike a balance between presentations and brainstorming about the latest advancements, benchmarking, and application of models.
Workshop topics include:
- Finite-volume, finite-element, spectral methods, high-order schemes.
- Time discretization: split-explicit, semi-implicit, IMEX schemes.
- Stability/accuracy analyses.
- Vertical discretization and vertical coordinates.
- Mesh generation and adaptive meshes.
- Parallel methods and high-performance computing.
- Multiphysics applications including coupling to atmospheric, biogeochemical, wave, or sediment transport models.
- Data assimilation.
- Connecting the coastal to the global ocean.
- Model applications.
Committees
Scientific committee:
- Dr Marco Bajo (CNR-ISMAR, Venice, Italy)
- Prof. Sergey Danilov (AWI, Bremerhaven, Germany)
- Prof. Pierre Lermusiaux (MIT, Boston, USA)
- Prof. Julie Pietrzak (TUDelft, Netherlands)
- Prof. Matthew Piggott (Imperial College, London, UK)
Organising committee:
- Prof. Emmanuel Hanert (UCLouvain)
- Prof. Marilaure Grégoire (ULiège)
- Dr Jonathan Lambrechts (UCLouvain)
- Dr Thomas Dobbelaere (UCLouvain)
- Dr Olivier Gourgue (Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences)
Venue
The workshop will be held at UCLouvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.
The town of Louvain-la-Neuve, located in the Belgian province Brabant Wallon, is the main site of the Université catholique de Louvain.
Louvain-la-Neuve is easily reachable by car (via the E411 highway) or by train (via Ottignies, which lies on the line between Brussels and Namur). Beware: Leuven (= Louvain in French) is a different town!
If you come by plane, the closest airport is Brussels Airport. It is a 20-minute drive from Louvain-la-Neuve. From there, you can take a taxi directly to Louvain-la-Neuve. It will cost you about 60€. The airport is also connected by train to the train station ‘Bruxelles-Nord’ in Brussels. From ‘Bruxelles-Nord’, you can take a direct train to Louvain-la-Neuve.
The conference will be held at the Earth and Life Institute, building de Serres, room Ocean, next to the square « Croix du Sud ».
Accommodation
Here are some places to stay in Louvain-la-Neuve. Please be aware that accommodation in Louvain-la-Neuve is limited, so it makes sense to book as soon as possible. Alternatively, many options are available in and around Louvain-la-Neuve on AirBnB.
In the town center, ~10 min walk from conference venue. We have negotiated a special rate of 123€ per night for a single room and 145€ for a double, incl. breakfast. 10 rooms have been block-booked at that rate until 7 October. Reservations should be made by emailing aline.debuyser@martinshotels.com and simon.mertes@martinshotels.com, and mentioning the negotiated rate with the code « IMUM24 UCL ».
On the outskirts of town, ~20 min walk from the conference venue. We have negotiated a special rate of 99€ per night for a single room and 109€ per night for a double/twin room, incl. breakfast. Reservations should be made by emailing h2200-sb2@accor.com with the code « 2200B00353 – UCL Faculty of Bioscience Engineering ».
In the town center, ~10 min walk from the conference venue. There are currently still shared rooms with 4 or 6 beds available at a very cheap rate of 108,80€ and 163,20€ per night, respectively, for the entire room, including breakfast.
Workshop registration
Registration for the conference is now open, until 15 September 2024. To register, please fill out the form below. There will be a registration fee of 100€ (before 1 Sept.) and 150€ (after 1 Sept.), which includes coffee breaks, the Welcome Drink on Monday evening, lunches from Monday to Wednesday, and the Conference Dinner on Tuesday evening. We will send you an invoice with the payment details once you have completed your registration.
Important Notice: Due to recent attacks on its web servers, our university has recently increased the security level on all hosted websites. This may cause the form not to be submitted correctly. As a result, we encourage you to submit all the information by email to imum2024@gmail.com. If you use the form below, please ensure your submission by checking for a confirmation message on this page and looking for a confirmation email. If you don’t receive these, send your details via email. Thank you for your understanding.
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