[ICMI-News] ICMI Newsletter - September 2024

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**ICMI Newsletter September 2024**
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Editors:
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[Jean-Luc Dorier ](mailto:icmi.secretary.general at mathunion.org)(ICMI Secretary General)
[Merrilyn Goos ](mailto:mgoos at usc.edu.au)(ICMI Vice President)
[Lena Koch](mailto:icmi.administrator at mathunion.org) (ICMI Administrative Manager)

 

Technical support:
Vanessa Chung, IMU Secretariat

 

**The ICMI Newsletter publishing dates:**
March 15, June 15, September 15 and December 15

**Editorial - From the Desk of Anjum Halai, **
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**ICMI Vice-President (2021-2024)**
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Education, and especially in mathematics, is a key strategy to achieve a more equitable, peaceful and sustainable world in the context of an increasingly global and technological world, fraught with challenges such as climate change, conflict and persistent inequities. ICMI is committed to support research and development in mathematics education at all levels worldwide.

ICMI’s commitment towards this end is reflected in the work that it leads or supports. The Capacity and Network Project (CANP) was created in 2011 and has been central in ICMI’s endeavor towards equity and inclusion with its emphasis on initiating and building networks in and across under-represented countries, many of which are also low-income countries. To date ICMI has supported five such projects; CANP1 (Francophone Sub-Saharan African Region), CANP2 (Central America and the Caribbean), CANP3 (Southeast Asia), CANP4 (East Africa) and CANP5 (Andean Region and Paraguay)...

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**New ICMI Executive Committee**
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The General Assembly (GA) of ICMI meets every four years on the day before the opening of the International Congresses on Mathematical Education (ICMEs). The last ICMI GA was held in a hybrid mode in Sydney (Australia) on July 7, 2024, just before the opening of ICME-15. Forty-two country representatives were present and 16 were online and elected the new ICMI Executive Committee.

 

This new committee will be in service from January 1, 2025 for 4 years. It is composed of:

President : Merrilyn GOOS (Australia)
Secretary-General: Jean-Luc DORIER (Switzerland)
Vice-Presidents : Jinfa CAI (U.S.A.) | Betina DUARTE (Argentina)
Members-at-large: Mercy KAZIMA (Malawi) | Nùria PLANAS (Spain) | Susanne PREDIGER (Germany) | Ramaswamy RAMANUJAM (India) | Cristina SABENA (Italy)

Moreover, the ex-President of ICMI, Fredrick K.S. LEUNG, (Hong Kong, SAR, China) as well as the President and the Secretary-General of IMU, Hiraku NAKAJIMA (Japan) and Christoph SORGER (France) are members ex-officio. Paolo PICCIONE (Brazil) is the IMU liaison person for ICMI.

[READ HERE](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeG13DKxOOSBeldS16763/MINbS_IA14zV)

 


**The 2024 Felix Klein, Hans Freudenthal, and **
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**Emma Castelnuovo ICMI Awards**
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ICMI is proud to announce the ninth recipients of the Klein and Freudenthal Awards and the third Emma Castelnuovo, who were made public at the opening ceremony of ICME-15 in Sydney (Australia) on July 8, 2024.

 

Ferdinando Arzarello, Professor Emeritus of the University of Turin, Italy receives the 2024 Felix Klein Award, in recognition of his more than forty years of sustained, consistent, and outstanding achievements in mathematics education research and development.

Ole Skovsmose, Professor Emeritus of Aalborg University, Denmark receives the 2024 Hans Freudenthal Award, for his outstanding contributions to the very foundations of mathematics education through his career-long explorations of Critical Mathematics Education.

Kaye Stacey, Professor Emeritus of the University of Melbourne, Australia receives the 2024 Emma Castelnuovo Award in recognition of her more than 40 years of research-based design, development and implementation of innovative, influential work in the practice of Mathematics Education.

The three full citations can be found on [ICMI's website on the ICMI Awards.](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeG7ufTmLZcL8rSkl4PgJ/AZao4x-IvyPE)

[READ HERE](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGEm7cbIkmUcxI3V2iGZ/y0mP4tWahTgj)

 


**Report on ICME-15**
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The [15th Congress, ICME-15](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGLdZlQFvwe737MF10qp/XudOcU-ABi7A), was held in Sydney (Australia) from July 8 to 14, 2024, with the ICMI General Assembly (GA) on July 7. IMU President, Hiraku Nakajima, and IMU Secretary General, Christoph Sorger, as well as Paolo Piccione, ICMI liaison from IMU EC, followed both events with great interest and interacted with the ICMI Community.

 

The Congress gathered nearly 2500 participants from nearly 100 different countries, around 200 being financed through the Solidarity Funds Grant. The [program](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGSV1uFD76nb8weyzJR5/fiWcBfwoOJGY) included 4 plenary lectures and 2 panels, 3 awardees lectures, 59 invited lectures, 56 Topic Study Groups divided in 2 streams, 50 Discussion Groups, 70 Workshops, 5 National Presentations and several other events.


[READ THE FULL ARTICLE](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGZMU34AIGx5Elxixc1L/tJWShDkmyCBd)

 

 


**Statements of ICMI-EC on ICME-15** 
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The ICMI Executive Committee (EC) would like to thank the International Program Committee (IPC) and Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of ICME-15, under the leadership of Convenor Professor Kim Beswick and LOC Chair Mr Will Morony, for their dedicated work in organizing a successful ICME.

On the incident affecting Prof Jayasree Subramanian, the EC is saddened to learn of her being asked to leave the Congress on Friday 12 July 2024. 


[**READ HERE THE FULL ARTICLE AND STATEMENTS**](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGgDwBt7TR6ZKbGSvubb/QdefhKztrMay)

**Report from Michèle Artigue on her experience at ICME-15**
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ICME-15 is the 12th ICME I have attended, the first being ICME-2 in 1972 in Exeter (UK). At that time, I was a young mathematician at the Mathematics Department of the University Paris 7 but I was already doing part of my service at the IREM of Paris. Its director André Revuz, who had been a member of the ICMI Executive Committee under the presidency of Hans Freudenthal, had invited me and a few colleagues to attend the congress. ICME-15 was my 12th ICME but the first in Australia as I had missed ICME-5 in Adelaide in 1984.

 

At this ICME, unlike at many previous ones, I had few obligations. I was simply co-organizer of the Discussion Group on the ICMI AMOR project and I also presented a paper, in TSG 4.4 (In-service mathematics teacher education and mathematics teacher professional development for secondary level), co-authored with two members of my laboratory, Julie Horoks and Blandine Masselin. This allowed me to take advantage of the many opportunities on offer even more than usual. However, there were so many parallel activities that I still missed a lot of the sessions that I was a priori interested in... 
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**A Research Mathematician's Journey at ICME-15 in Sydney**
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Paolo Piccione, University of São Paulo, IMU Liaison in the ICMI EC

 

Participating in ICME-15 was a unique and eye-opening experience for me as a research mathematician. Having never attended a mathematics education meeting before, I was intrigued by the depth and breadth of discussions surrounding the teaching and learning of mathematics. The congress offered a fresh perspective on how mathematical concepts are communicated and understood across different educational contexts. Engaging with educators and researchers from diverse backgrounds allowed me to appreciate the challenges and innovations in mathematics education, an area that, until now, I had only observed from a distance. With over 2,300 participants from 92 countries, I was deeply impressed by the diversity and cultural richness that the organizers of the meeting brought together... 
[**READ THE FULL ARTICLE**](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/SMK1E8tHeGtwqTX1plPXWFrwsVm7/ZCj_qAB0igBP)

**The ICMI Nominating Committee (NC) and the ICMI General Assembly (GA) – A brief personal report**
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Abraham Arcavi, Chair of the Nominating Committee

 

Since 2008, it is an established tradition that the day preceding the opening of any ICME is devoted to the ICMI General Assembly (GA). The GA is constituted by the members of the ICMI Executive Committee and the ICMI Country Representatives, with the attendance of invited guests (Chairs of ICMI Thematic and Regional Affiliate Organizations and past ICMI officers).

 

This time, the GA took place on July 7, 2024 in Sydney. The meeting opened with welcoming addresses by the IMU President, Hiraku Nakajima and the ICMI President, Frederick Leung. The ICMI Secretary General, Jean-Luc Dorier presented a comprehensive quadrennial report of activities and Chairs of all the ICMI Affiliate Organizations presented brief pre-recorded reports. This time, the GA introduced a novel and successful component to the agenda: roundtables of 6-7 attendees who discussed issues of incumbency to the ICMI constituency, offering a space for attendees to know each other and interact... 
[**READ THE FULL ARTICLE**](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsDhYHbMyEvHwHUQb9GTeV/6EqfqZjIBvWN)

**ICME-16 will be held in Prague – July 9–16, 2028**
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After the success of ICME-15, the organizing team is excited to announce that preparations for ICME-16 are now underway. This prestigious event will be held from July 9-16, 2028, in the beautiful and historic city of Prague, right in the heart of Europe.

 

Although hosted by the Faculty of Education at Charles University, ICME-16 will be a collaborative effort, drawing on the expertise of universities that train mathematics teachers not only in the Czech Republic but also in Slovakia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Estonia, Croatia, Lithuania, Serbia, Slovenia, and North Macedonia.

 

We warmly invite mathematics educators, mathematicians, teachers, and researchers from around the globe to join us in our shared mission: to deepen our understanding of the processes of learning and teaching mathematics and to enhance students’ grasp of this essential subject... 
[**READ THE FULL ARTICLE**](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsE9sznnMb1D6XYFyyFDMZ/dVE3jN079vtG)

**Latest news about ICMI Study 27 **
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**“Mathematics education and the socio-ecological”**
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Kate le Roux and Alf Coles, Co-chairs ICMI Study 27

 

The ICMI 27 Study Conference is set to take place from January 22 to 25, 2025, in the Philippines. Over 70 submissions, authored from 29 countries, were received. In July 2024 the International Program Committee (IPC) reviewed most of the papers in our first in-person IPC meeting in Sydney. We are grateful to the full IPC for their reviews, prompting deep engagement with what it might mean to bring mathematics education into relation with the socio-ecological, and to Vince Geiger for organizing the productive thinking space. We also furthered the Conference program planning, including how plenaries and the Conference location itself, Ateneo de Manila University, Quezon City, Philippines might contribute to our creative thinking about the topic... 
[**READ THE FULL NEWS**](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsEcDi0Dkx78Gnc5MnDx4d/YCbPBIAcCyY-)

**News from CDC**
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Ludovic Rifford, CDC Secretary for Policy

 

The next International Congress of Mathematicians ([ICM 2026](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsF4YQCe9JD3R3fukcCgmh/Sm_J3aaxTER7)) will take place in Philadelphia, USA, from June 23 to June 30, 2026. The Commission for Developing Countries (CDC) is actively working with the organizing committee of the ICM 2026, the American Mathematical Society (AMS), and the Simons Foundation, on the funding program that will be offered to mathematicians from developing countries to participate in this exceptional event. We are pleased to announce that the call for ICM travel grant applications opened September 1, 2024.  
[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsFWt8P4XfIybJjk8RBQUl/rm1SUgq_tdPI)


**News from ICMI Country Representatives and **
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**Affiliate Organizations**
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**MERGA last conference**
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The Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia (MERGA) conference was successfully held from June 30 to July 4, 2024, at the Gold Coast, hosted by Griffith University and organized by colleagues from universities across South-East Queensland. The conference theme, "Surfing the Waves of Mathematics Education", aptly reflected both the iconic Gold Coast setting and the dynamic nature of mathematics education.

 

This year's conference attracted an international audience, with delegates from 15 countries including Australia, Canada, Cyprus, Fiji, Germany, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Malawi, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, and the United States of America. The diverse participation underscored the global interest in the MERGA community for advancing mathematics education research and practice...


[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsFzDqbUw1OtlZnZWGAACp/VZ6Oz5P3WSFk)

 

**News from the U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction **
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The U.S. National Commission on Mathematics Instruction (USNC/MI) goals are to plan, recommend, and encourage projects of international importance in mathematical sciences education and to have appropriate participation in ICMI activities.

 

The USNC/MI aims to support the U.S. community of mathematics educators in gaining value from international research, perspectives, and activities. Padhu Seshaiyer (George Mason University), chair of the USNC/MI, was appointed and served as the U.S. delegate in the General Assembly (GA) of ICME-15 held on July 7-14, 2024, in Sydney, Australia. The GA was attended by 58 country representatives. Marta Civil (University of Arizona) is serving as a member at large of the Executive Committee of ICMI until December 31, 2024. At the GA, Jinfa Cai (University of Delaware) got elected as one of the two VPs of ICMI for a term starting January 1, 2025...


[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsGRYYnvKNUovprOu58tut/wuan58Un30N-)

 

**HPM-11 Congress in Sydney**
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Évelyne Barbin, Emeritus professor – Nantes University (France)

 

The 11th meeting of the affiliate group HPM (International Study Group on the Relations Between History and Pedagogy of Mathematics) was held in the vast Campus of the University New South Wales (Kensington) from Monday 1 July 2024 to Friday 5 July 2024. It was hosted by Jim Pettigrew and Donald Shearman and it was organized by Snezana Lawrence, Chair of HPM (2020-2024), and a seven-member team from the HPM Advisory Board. The first HPM satellite congress was organized in Adelaide (Australia) 40 years ago by George Booker. Every four years, the HPM meeting takes place at a location close to those of the ICME congress, usually after it. This time, the HPM congress was very close to that of ICME but before it. It welcomed around fifty participants, with a quarter of new participants from Oceania and Asia.


[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsGttH0Lijak65vEHu7dcx/hdzwVM4NmPs1)

 

**News from South Africa and the Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA)**
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Dr VG Govender South Africa Country Representative

 

The [Association for Mathematics Education of South Africa (AMESA)](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsHMDzCm75gfGLz3fj6NL1/cu7RIK35GvoD) was formed in June 1993. The current executive committee was elected at AMESA’s AGM in June 2024 and consists of the following persons:

President: Nkhensani Duba
Vice-President: Zingisiwa Mybert Monica Jojo
Treasurer: Oniccah Molokoane-Thibodi
Secretary: Diapo William Makhubela


**AMESA Congress 2024**

 

This year the AMESA National Congress took place at Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley, in the Northern Cape Province of South Africa from June 17 to 21, 2024. The theme was “Reimagining Mathematics in a Digital Space”. There were approximately 1200 delegates at the Congress. Congress 2024 comprised 6 plenary sessions, regional meetings, AMESA AGM, 1 panel discussion and 6 parallel sessions. There were also evening activities in the form of social functions and an afternoon excursion on June 19. The parallel sessions consisted of 6 follow-up discussions with plenary speakers, 26 long papers, 6 short papers, 10 workshops and 20 Mathematics markets.


[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsHoYhPCVRmaQc2t3Y5735/hC4K2uSBUhz9)

 

**News from CIEAEM (The International Commission for the Study and Improvement of Mathematics Teaching)**
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By Lisa Björklund Boistrup, Secretary and Vice-president of CIEAEM

 

CIEAEM is currently preparing for CIEAEM 76, which will take place in Philadelphia, USA, from July 21-25, 2025. The time is chosen to be suitable for all who plan to go to PME48, in Santiago, Chile, from July 28-August 2.

 

The theme of CIEAEM 76 is planned to be “New Realities, Current Practices and Future Orientations for Mathematics Education”. This theme is following up on the themes of CIEAEM 74 (“Mathematics and practices: Actions for futures”), in Malmö, and CIEAEM 75 ("New frontiers in mathematics education"), in Turin.


[READ THE FULL NEWS](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsDhf93VnC6S5laFttEmEl/n8IutZb4i1bj)

 

**Forty-seventh conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education report**
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Jodie Hunter, Chair of PME 47

 

The 47th conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education was held in Auckland, New Zealand and co-hosted by Massey University, University of Auckland, and Auckland University of Technology. We welcomed over 370 conference participants from 39 different countries beginning the conference with a traditional Māori welcome including a wonderful performance from a Kapa Haka group of primary aged children from a local school.

 

The theme of the conference was “Rethinking Mathematics Education Together” ..


[READ THE FULL REPORT](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsE9zrFwBYCNG1e5HiDVwp/Vhd62OWadf4t)

 

**Conferences to come**


**Congress of the European Society for Research in Mathematics Education (CERME14)**
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Dates: Feb. 4-8, 2025
Location: Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
More information on the [website ](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsEcKZSMZuIIQHhufXCFet/ifBLZ92rodvE)

**l'Espace Mathématique Francophone (EMF 2025)**
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Dates: May 26 - 30, 2025
Locartion: Montréal, Canada
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsF4fHemyGODaXlk3MAzMx/rJuHWj1qAoiu).

**Annual Conference of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education (PME)**
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Dates: July 28 - August 2, 2025
Location: Santiago, Chile
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsFWzzrDMcU8knpZRB9j51/45MB2goQz3BI).

**World Federation of National Mathematics Competitions - WFNMC-10**
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Dates: 2026 (Date tbc)
Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsFzKi3dkya3v3tOp08Sn5/h4dy_iPwmXLM).

**International Conference on Teaching on Mathematical Modelling and Application- ICTMA-22**
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Dates: August 10 - 15, 2025
Location: Sweden at Linköping University
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsGRfQG49Kfz5JxECp7CV9/ERnefZRV03r7).

**International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness- (MCG) 14th conference**
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Dates: on June 16 - 18, 2025
Location: Karlstad, Sweden
**The deadline to submit your proposal is November, 1st 2024**
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsGu08SUXgluFa13ae5wDD/mwrPqS_SoSP0).

**9th ICMI-East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education (EARCOME 9) **
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Dates: July 18-22, 2025
Location: Seoul National University, Siheung Campus, Korea, 
The theme of the conference is “RE: Visiting the Essence of Mathematics Education in the Era of Digital Transformation.
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsHMKqeuw2rpPq4syT4fvH/C46zjkQBzOmz).

**International Society for Design and Development in Education - ISDDE **
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Dates: May 19-22, 2025
Lcoation: University of Galway, Ireland
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsHofYrLKOxka68iMI3PdL/OjpZ8xktE4HO).

**Comité Interamericano de Educación Matemática/ CIAEM (Interamerican Committee on Mathematics Education IACME)**
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IV Congreso de Educación Matemática de América Central y El Caribe (IV CEMACYC)
Dates: November 2-7, 2025
Location: Santo Domingo, Domenican Republic
More information on the [website](https://62s8s.r.sp1-brevo.net/mk/cl/f/sh/1t6Af4OiGsDhm0Vec9HcFFg5CdD4p1/XueIC0UTTrz9).


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