Call for Venues — FoCM 2029

Preliminary manifestations of interest (recommended): Aug 15, 2026.
Application deadline: Nov 1st, 2026.
Contact: chair@focm-society.org

We invite applications for hosting the conference Foundations of Computational Mathematics in 2029. Early 2030 is acceptable also. Hosting the conference enhances the reputation of a university or a group of universities, as a center for Computational Mathematics with a broad spectrum. It may also promote locally the subjects related with the conference.

Since 1995, this triennial conference has been held in North America (twice), South America (twice), Central Europe (6 times) and East Asia (once). This partly reflects the diversity of its participants. Because the past three conferences were held in Europe, we will give preference to applications from outside the European continent. You can find additional details on past conferences and the society on our website.

The conference runs on 3 periods of 3 days, with 2 plenary speakers each morning and several parallel workshops in the afternoons. The participation has been growing with up to 850 people registered and 550 peak attendance. Hosting the conference thus requires an auditorium for 500 people and 7 seminar rooms for around 50 people. Those seminar rooms need to be close enough to allow people to circulate between workshops.

The application should contain information about the possible dates, the facilities, a sketch of the budget, the possibilities of local administrative and financial support; some local information like ease of transportation from an international airport, hotels and restaurants nearby, together with their price range, and maybe some cultural information. As we wish to encourage longer participation of all we would welcome the possibility of cheap accommodation like university residences.

While the society will take care of the scientific program, an effective local organizing committee is crucial for the success of the conference. With the experience of recent years, we call attention to the cancellation policies for the facilities, the catering, and other financial commitments; they should be made explicit in the application.

The society will assist you with the budgeting, planning and will try to secure some external funding. We strongly recommend that interested parties contact us as early as convenient, if possible by Aug 15 2026. Please contact the FoCM executive committee: Gregorio Malajovich, Carlos d'Andrea and Melvin Leok.