incorporating
LLU+ 7th National Numeracy Conference July 6th - 9th, 2009 at the LLU+ / London South Bank University Schedule The conference starts on Monday with registration from 5pm and a drinks reception at 6pm. The main conference input will be 9.30am-4.30pm on Tuesday to Thursday. The AGM will be on Wednesday afternoon with the conference meal in the same evening. Thursday will also be the LLU+ 7th National Numeracy Conference. Key Note Speakers
• Terezinha Nunes, Professor of Mathematics Education, University of Oxford, biography & abstract
• Robin Wilson Professor of Mathematics at the Open University. biography & abstract • Tine Wedege, Professor in Mathematics Education, Malmö University biography & abstract
Topic Group A Please down load two background papers for topic group A - the topic groups are on-going discussion groups which meet at each conference. If you are interested in joining topic group A this year you might find these documents useful. Topic Group A at the previous two ALM conferences and Topic Group A at ALM 12 CALL FOR SESSIONS It's not too late to have some more proposals (use the call for sessions form below). Conference leaflet Download here Call for sessions Download here Registration / booking forms Download from LLU+ site Promotional video Download here (Note : mpg - 33Mb !!) UK Bursaries UK members can apply for bursaries to cover the cost of attendance at the conference if they give a talk, run a workshop or produce a poster presentation. Application form download here.
Maths Trails For a short promotional video showing London sights on some Maths Trails that we have planned for the conference click here (file is 33Mb mpg) to download or here for Youtube. Famous names : Michael Faraday, Florence Nightingale, Charles Babbage, Alice Liddle, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Isaac Newton. Find out about theses names and their link to the area. Famous places : Westminster Abbey, Lambeth Palace, St Thomas' Hospital, The Tower of London. Find out about the mathematical connections. Format of contributions for the proceedings Contributions should be between 2000 and 5000 words and should be presented in Word using A4 paper with 3 cm margins and using Times New Roman 12 point font. Each contribution should include the title, author's name, institution and brief abstract. Authors should also include full postal address, email address and a short biographical note (less than 50 words). Avoid the use of footnotes. References should be in the APA style.
Alternatively, those authors familiar with the use of style sheets can access the ALM template provided here. The instructions for use are written in the template.
|
