BCAM co-hosted the 7th RSME Young Researchers' Congress which made Bilbao the epicentre of mathematics

• From 13 January to 17 January, 487 international young people gathered in Bilbao for this congress in which the UPV/EHU was the host institution, together with the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) and the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society (RSME).

The VII. Congress of Young Researchers of the RSME was held for the first time in Bilbao from Monday 13th January until 17th January. The
University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) was the host institution, co-organising together with the Basque Center for Applied Mathematics (BCAM) and the Spanish Royal Mathematical Society (RSME). The Congress brought together a total of 487 young international researchers in the town, in sessions held at the Bizkaia Aretoa and the Faculty of Science and Technology in Leioa.

The congress featured seven plenary sessions given by Jon Asier Bárcena-Petisco (UPV/EHU), Robert Cardona (University of Barcelona), Marina Leal Palazón (Miguel Hernández University), Javier Álvarez Liébana (Complutense University of Madrid), María Cumplido (University of Seville) and María Inés de Frutos Fernández (University of Bonn). 

There were also 38 parallel sessions, including a total of 366 talks, and one session with 22 posters covering almost all branches of mathematics: algebra (AL), mathematical analysis (MA), data science (DS), geometry and topology (GT),
geometry and topology (GT), applied mathematics (MA) and other topics (OT).

The opening ceremony was attended by Luis Vega (PI of the Severo Ochoa Accreditation), as well as Kontxi Claver, Councillor for Economic Development, Trade, Employment and Tourism of the Bilbao City Council, as this congress is also part of the collaboration between BCAM and the Bilbao City Council ‘BILBOMATH’. 

The RSME Young Researchers' Congress is held every two years, where young researchers from all over the world linked to the mathematical community meet to share their latest research results, but, above all, to create new links and to continue weaving networks of collaboration between those who will form the future mathematical community.