2025 Maud Menten Institute HQP Summit | PIMS - Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences

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The 2025 MMI HQP Summit which will be held in Edmonton on July 11-13.

Friday, July 11th

4:00-5:00 PM: Meet at covered area in Emily Murphy Park - Picnic Site 1 (Registration table)
5:00-6:30 PM: BBQ in Emily Murphy Park
6:30-8:30 PM: Ice-breaker activities “speed dating” & games

Saturday, July 12th

8:00 AM: Registration table (2nd floor CAB)
8:30 AM: Working Groups all together for intro & orientation (CAB 239)
9:00 AM: Intro talk – 1 minute presentation of poster (split by WG)
9:30-10:30 AM: Poster session per WG
10:30 AM: Coffee break
11:00 AM: Session with the three groups (activity based on the suggestions from the individual groups) (CAB 239, 269 & 273)
- Reading a scientific paper (Run by HDM working group Clotilde, Ghazale and Alex) – Speaker - Micheal Li (UAlberta)
- Grant proposal writing (someone with experience on a review panel Maria, Esha and Shan) (Run by EEF working group) – Speaker - Troy Day (Queen’s)
- Career advice (Run by QMP working group Dominik, Konstantinos, Negar) – Carlos Contreras (ATB, Edmonton), Valeria Giunta (Swansea), Konstantinos (Washington)
12:15-12:30 PM: Group comes back together for overview (CAB 239)
12:30-1:30 PM: Lunch
2:00-4:00 PM: Hike - Meet outside CAB. High through the river valley to cafe Kaffa (about 1.5 hrs)
5:00 PM: Faculty Club (dinner 6:15 PM to 9:00 PM)
5:00–6:00 PM: 2024 Accelerator Award Recipients – Short talks at Faculty Club before dinner (cash bar)
6:15 PM: Dinner

Sunday, July 13th

8:00 AM: Registration table (CCIS 1-140)
8:30-10:15 AM: EDI session with Lisa Willis (CCIS 1-140)
10:15-10:30 AM: MMI Closing remarks
10:30 AM: Coffee break
10:30 to 11:30 AM: Poster session (all together)
11:30-5:30 PM: Stacey Smith? Early Career Workshop – Joint with SMB (CCIS 1-140)
- 1:00 PM: Lunch
- Continuation of Stacey Smith? Early Career Workshop
- 3:30 PM: Coffee break
- Continuation of Stacey Smith? Early Career Workshop