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Important dates and locations of the next two International Congresses on
Mathematics Education - a message from Bernard Hodgson, Secretary-General
of ICMI.<br>
Best wishes<br>
Eric<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>This message concerns the ICMEs 10
and 11.<br><br>
1-) ICME-10<br>
First, a reminder that the first deadline for registration to the Tenth
International Congress on Mathematical Education (ICME-10), to be
held in Copenhagen on July 4-11 of this year, is FEBRUARY 28. This
"early bird" registration deadine comes with a substantially
reduced registration fees. You are especially invited to urge your
colleagues wishing to obtain lower-priced accommodations to take action
quickly.<br><br>
2-) ICME-11<br>
As announced earlier, the Executive Committee of ICMI has received during
2002 three declarations of intent to present a bid for hosting ICME-11 in
2008, namely from China, Korea and Mexico. The SARS problem in 2003
prevented our Chinese colleagues from completing the preparation of their
formal bid. Sites visits to Korea and Mexico by a delegation of
members of the Executive Committee of ICMI were organised in 2003, which
allowed the EC to appreciate the quality of the local infrastructure, the
support the project was receiving in the country as well as the expertise
of the organising team.<br><br>
The ICMI Executive Committee is pleased to announce its decision of
accepting the invitation from Mexico. We hope the international
mathematical education community will enthusiastically receive the
invitation of our Mexican colleagues for 2008, so to make ICME-11 a
memorable event from Mexican, Latin American and international
perspectives. The precise dates and site of ICME-11 will be
announced soon.<br><br>
The ICMI Executive Committee wishes to express its gratitude to the
mathematics education and mathematics communities in the three countries,
and especially the committee that prepared the Korean bid, chaired by
Professor Sung Je Cho, ICMI Representative from Korea and President of
Korean Sub-Commission for ICMI, and the committee that prepared the
Mexican bid, chaired by Professor Carlos Signoret, President of the
Mexican Mathematical Society. The EC was highly impressed by the
quality of the two dossiers they presented and hopes that the enthusiasm
of those who supported these bids will reflect not only in ICME-11, but
in future ICMEs as well.<br><br>
Best wishes,<br><br>
Bernard<br>
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Bernard R. Hodgson<br>
Secretary-General of ICMI -- Secrétaire général de la CIEM<br>
(International Commission on Mathematical Instruction /<br>
Commission internationale de l'enseignement mathématique)<br>
Département de mathématiques et de statistique<br>
Université Laval Québec G1K 7P4
Canada<br>
Téléphone : +1 418 656 2131, poste 2975<br>
Télécopie : +1 418 656 2817<br>
Courriel : bhodgson@mat.ulaval.ca<br>
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Eric Muller <br>
ICMI representative for Canada<br>
Department of Mathematics <br>
Brock University <br>
St Catharines, ON
<x-tab> </x-tab>phone:- 905 688 5550
ext. 1 3297 <br>
L2S 3A1
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905 682 9020 <br>
email:- emuller@spartan.ac.brocku.ca <br>
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