Steven H. Weintraub, Associate Secretary responsible for the AMS program in New Orleans, solicits proposals for Special Sessions for this meeting.  Each proposal must include the full names, email addresses, and institutions of all members of the organizing committee, and identify the one organizer who will serve as the contact person for all communications about the session; the title and a brief (two or three paragraphs) description of the proposed session; and a sample list of speakers whom the proposed organizers plan to invite (please note that it is not at all necessary to have confirmed commitments from these speakers).  All proposers are advised to see the AMS Manual for Special Session Organizers at www.ams.org/meetings/specialsessionmanual.html, especially section 4.d, which describes speaker selection. 

In general, Special Sessions will be allotted between 5 and 10 hours in which to schedule speakers. In order to allow the maximum movement between sessions for all participants, Special Session speakers will be scheduled for either a 20-minute talk, 5-minute discussion, and 5-minute break; or a 40-minute talk, 10-minute discussion, and 10-minute break.  All talks must begin on the hour or half hour.  Any combination of 20-minute and 40-minute talks is allowed, provided the schedule conforms to beginning on the hour and half hour (except on the first afternoon, when sessions begin at 2:15 p.m. so talks will begin on the quarter or three-quarter hour).

Proposals for AMS Special Sessions must be submitted by email to the AMS Associate Secretary, Steven H. Weintraub (shw2@lehigh.edu), and received by the deadline for organizers, April 1, 2010.  No decisions will be made on individual Special Sessions until after the submission deadline has passed. Late proposals will not be considered.

N. B. There is limited space available for Special Sessions on the AMS  program. Because of the large number of proposals expected, not all proposals may be accepted. Please be sure to submit as detailed a proposal as possible for review by the Program Committee.  All proposed organizers will be notified of acceptance or rejection no later than May 1, 2010.