[cmath] Fwd: ICME-11

[Peter Taylor]

ICME-11 First Announcement.
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Information concerning the Eleventh International 
Congress on Mathematics Education [ICME-11] in 
Mexico.  See  http://icme11.org/node/12  -- Click 
on  FirstAnnouncementWeb.pdf to download the 
colorful First Announcement. NOTE: Main ICME-11 
Congress website is at  http://icme11.org/ . 
There is a great deal of information available already.
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FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

ICME-11:  Monterrey, Mexico, July 6 - 13, 2008

The International Program Committee (IPC) for 
ICME11 extends its warmest greetings to all 
readers of this First Announcement. We are 
pleased to inform you that planning for ICME 11 
is well under way, bringing a wide array of 
specialists in Mathematics Education from all 
over the world to Monterrey (Mexico) in the 
Summer of 2008. ICMEs have evolved from one 
edition to the next, and this one is no 
exception. We will be able to offer a wide 
variety of activities covering many topics of 
current interest that will respond to the demand 
of the international community of math educators. 
This is the first time that ICME comes to Latin 
America, so we are sure that many math educators 
from the region will take advantage of this 
opportunity, first one for many of them, to 
engage with top researchers and practitioners 
from all over the world. ICME attendees will not 
only be able to learn about the latest work in 
the various fields, but will also have the 
opportunity to share their unique experiences as 
educators facing the challenges of various 
cross-cultural settings and to establish working 
relationships with others sharing similar 
interests and concerns. The ICME-11 team - 
national and international organizers, members of 
the more than seventy teams, and numerous 
lecturers - is striving to create an 
international gathering that will provoke, 
question, enrich, and inspire all attending 
international mathematics education community members.

Well aware of the successes of past editions of 
the congress ICME 10 in Denmark, ICME 9 in Tokyo, 
and the previous ones we are eager to meet the 
challenge of making 2008 the best ICME ever. We 
are being careful to maintain all successful 
components of past editions of the congress, but 
we are also striving to enrich our dialogs by 
addressing a wider range of topics, especially 
regarding group activities, including those that 
arise due to the rapid changes that are occurring 
in our technologically driven world. The congress 
will offer activities addressing both theoretical 
and practical matters in mathematics education. 
We are hoping that the ambiance Mexico provides, 
a country with an unusually rich mixture of 
western and indigenous cultures, will enable 
congress attendees to consider and study 
educational issues stemming from the frequent 
cultural encounters in an intensely migrating world.

We briefly present you with the main components 
of the scientific program below. Soon you will be 
able to find more information on our web site, 
and keep up with the preliminary work done by the 
teams before the congress. We will be updating 
the page with any changes that occur before the 
congress. No names of speakers or organizers will 
be given at first; however, we will include these 
as soon as the corresponding invitations have 
been accepted and final decisions have been made. 
Please direct yourself to the Chair of the IPC if 
you have any questions or suggestions pertaining to the program.

The members of the IPC hope you will be able to 
join us. We sincerely look forward to seeing you in Monterrey for ICME 11!

Marcela Santillán
Chair of the International Program Committee
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Peter Taylor
Professor and Head,
Department of Math & Stats
Queen's University.
Kingston, ON  K7L 3N6
(613) 533 2428
peter.taylor at queensu.ca
http://www.mast.queensu.ca/~peter/
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