Tuesday, December 5, 2017

[DMANET] SIAM-DM18 Conference: Call for Minisymposium Proposals

This is a call for proposals for Minisymposia at the upcoming SIAM Conference on Discrete Mathematics. The SIAM-DM conferences are bi-annual internationally prominent gatherings of the broad Discrete Math community. The conferences are known for the high quality of the talks and for strong attendance. (DM16 in Atlanta attracted roughly 350 registrants.) SIAM-DM18 will be held June 4-8, 2018, in Denver, USA, with sessions taking place at the University of Colorado Denver. See http://www.siam.org/meetings/dm18/

There will be a slate of nine invited talks by internationally prominent researchers. Minisymposia (MS) form the heart of the DM conference, where experts on many topics attend and speak, attracting even more people to come hear them (and perhaps contribute their own talks).

The deadline for MS proposals is January 8; please see http://www.siam.org/meetings/dm18/submissions.php for instructions. To make it simple for proposers (and what is not clear from the website) is that we only ask for proposed speakers (they don't have to be invited yet). For titles, proposers can enter TBD. The actual speakers and talk titles can be worked out later after the proposal is accepted. A typical MS at DM-18 will consist of from one to three sessions of five talks each. Each talk is 25 minutes, with 5 additional minutes for questions.

If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us. Thank you for your consideration!

Jerry Griggs and Ravi Kumar

j@sc.edu<mailto:j@sc.edu> ravi.k53@gmail.com<mailto:ravi.k53@gmail.com>

SIAM-DM18 OC co-chairs

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