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I am pleased to report that the ICM 2018 Satellite Events Subcommittee has approved a great variety of conferences and workshops of the highest scientific level as official ICM Satellite Meetings. The current, nearly final, list of sponsored events can be checked on the ICM 2018 website or by clicking here.

Satellite events comprise one of the most important scientific aspects of the ICM endeavor. These meetings foster an extended forum for researchers to share their exciting new contributions to the field and society, promoting meaningful collaboration among the international mathematics community, and ultimately enriching the ICM participants´ experience.

Satellite meetings are also an endowment to the ICM host country, as local institutions are greatly benefitted by the visit of the world´s leading scientists, who are attracted by ICM´s prestige and momentum. Brazil is proud to host the first-ever ICM in Latin America and I am glad to inform that there will be satellite events all over the Brazilian territory, as well as in nearby countries such as Argentina, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay. This initiative is in compliance with the original Brazilian bid to host the ICM in Rio de Janeiro so as to benefit the entire Latin American mathematical community.

On behalf of the Organizing Committee, I am delighted to invite you all to take part in the ICM celebration in Brazil and to attend one or more ICM Satellite Events.

Best regards, Eduardo Teixeira (Univ. Central Florida)
Chair of the Satellite Events Subcommittee
ICM 2018 Organizing Committee

The Organizing Committee has just published the list of grantees to receive financial support to attend ICM 2018.

All Open Arms grantees must complete their registration and pay the registration fee by March 27, 2018: failure to do so will result in cancellation of the grant and the corresponding resources being assigned to an applicant on the "waiting list" .

There were 1.565 valid applications, as follows: Asia and Pacific = 903, Africa = 280, Eastern Europe = 138, Latin America = 244. The four regional panels were asked to base their evaluations on academic merit, with a special attention to diversity, including gender balance.

Overall, there are 630 travel grants being awarded, as follows: Asia and Pacific = 200 (60 female), Africa = 130 (44 female), Eastern Europe = 100 (49 female), Latin America = 200 (76 female). In all four regions the percentage of women among the grantees matches or surpasses the percentage of female applicants.

Open Arms is sponsored by IMPA - Instituto de Matemática Pura e Aplicada and SBM - Sociedade Brasileira de Matemática, with a generous contribution from IMU - International Mathematical Union.