Polytopal Element Methods in Mathematics and Engineering (POEMS 2026), KAUST, 9-12 November 2026

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The development and analysis of numerical methods for the approximation of the solution to Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) on polygonal and polyhedral meshes have undergone an explosive interest in recent years among the scientific community. Indeed, polygonal and polyhedral meshes offer a very flexible framework to handle, for instance, hanging nodes, different cell shapes within the same mesh, and non-matching interfaces, resulting thus in improved geometric flexibility to correctly represent complicated geometries, interfaces, and heterogeneous media.
The aim of this Workshop is to bring together experts in this field in order to discuss the most recent developments and to establish common grounds and shared goals.

Registration

Registration is free, but mandatory
Registration form: click here
Registration deadline: September 1, 2026

Confirmed Speakers

Plenary Speakers

Stefano Berrone, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Andrea Cangiani, SISSA, Italy
Long Chen, University of California, Irvine, USA
Zhaonan Dong, INRIA Paris, France
Jérôme Droniou, University of Montpellier, France
Carlo Lovadina, University of Milan, Italy
Lorenzo Mascotto, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Ricardo Ruiz-Baier, Monash University, Australia

Invited Speakers

Fadi Aldakheel, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany
Najwa Alshehri, Jubail Industrial College, Saudi Arabia
Francesca Bonizzoni, MOX - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Juan Gabriel Calvo, University of Costa Rica, Costa Rica
Gang Chen, Sichuan University, China
Fabio Credali, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Franco Dassi, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Ivan Fumagalli, MOX - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Francesca Gardini, University of Pavia, Italy
Sergio Gomez, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Ruchi Guo, Sichuan University, China
Emil Hössjer, University of Montpellier, France
Arbaz Khan, IIT Roorkee, India
Daniele Prada, IMATI-CNR Pavia, Italy
Aurelio Spadotto, University of Montpellier, France
Giuseppe Vacca, University of Bari, Italy
Gang Wang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Call for Posters

A Poster Session is open for contributions.
Submit your poster proposal: click here
Proposal deadline: September 1, 2026

Program

The workshop starts on the morning of November 9 and ends on the afternoon of November 12.

Traveling to KAUST

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International Scientific Committee

Paola F. Antonietti, MOX - Politecnico di Milano, Italy
Lourenco Beirao da Veiga, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Susanne Brenner, Louisiana State University, USA
Daniele Di Pietro, University of Montpellier, France
Paul Houston, University of Nottingham, UK
Eun-Jae Park, Yonsei University, Korea
Alessandro Russo, University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
N. Sukumar, University of California, Davis, USA
Marco Verani, MOX - Politecnico di Milano, Italy

Local Organizing Committee

Daniele Boffi, KAUST, Saudi Arabia and University of Pavia, Italy
Fabio Credali, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Matteo Parsani, KAUST, Saudi Arabia
Stefano Zampini, KAUST, Saudi Arabia

Contact: poems26@kaust.edu.sa

Previous editions

2024 - Paris, France
2022 - Milano, Italy
2019 - Marseille, France
2017 - Milano, Italy
2015 - Atlanta, USA
2012 - Milano, Italy