Miscellaneous Information
Audio-Visual Equipment: Standard equipment in all session rooms is one overhead projector and screen. Invited 50-minute speakers are automatically provided with an ELMO visual presenter (document camera/projector), one overhead projector, and a laptop projector; AMS Special Sessions and Contributed Papers, and MAA Invited and Contributed Paper Sessions, are provided with the standard equipment and a laptop projector. Blackboards are not available, nor are Internet hookups in session rooms. Any request for additional equipment should be sent to meet@ams.org and received by November 1.
Equipment requests made at the meetings most likely will not be granted because of budgetary restrictions. Unfortunately no audiovisual equipment can be provided for committee meetings or other meetings or gatherings not on the scientific program.
Child Care: The AMS and the MAA will provide approximately 40 reimbursement grants of US$250 per family to help with the cost of child care for a number of registered participants at JMM2015. The funds may be used for child care that frees a parent to participate more fully in the JMM. See details here.
Email Services and Wi-Fi Access: Limited email access for all Joint Meetings participants will be available in the email center located next to the JMM Registration Desk, East Lobby, on the first level in the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center. The hours of operation will be: Friday, 3:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Saturday, 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m.; Monday, 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.; Tuesday, 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Complimentary basic Wi-Fi will be available in the following public areas of the center: main entrance lobby, east & west registration, Fountain View, Parkview, Tower View, and the seating area outside rooms 1066, 1067 and the boardroom. The SSID or name of this wireless network is FREE INTERNET, no password needed. This free service is provided at 128K up and 256K down bandwidth and is suited for checking email and internet browsing, but does not support VPN (Virtual Private Networks) or video streaming. It is not uncommon for the Wi-Fi technologies included in many mobile devices to present compatibility issues with 802.11b and 802.11g Wi-Fi protocols. There are a number of additional factors which may also produce variances in service quality. Slower than expected performance may be experienced as a direct result of both the signal strength in the specific user location, as well as the number of other user sessions during that same time frame.
Participants should be also be aware that additional Wi-Fi hotspots will be available in the a) networking center located in Bridge Hall, first level of the convention center (compliments of Maplesoft); and b) main hallway outside session rooms 208 – 215 (compliments of Springer).
Mobile App: There is a mobile app for this meeting and details on how to download it are located in the program book.
Information Distribution: Tables will be set up in the exhibit area for dissemination of general information of possible interest to the members and for the dissemination of information of a mathematical nature not promoting a product or program for sale. Information must be approved by the AMS Director of Meetings and Conferences prior to being placed on these tables.
If a person or group wishes to display information of a mathematical nature promoting a product or program for sale, they may do so in the exhibit area at the Joint Books, Journals, and Promotional Materials exhibit for a fee of US$50 (posters are slightly higher) per item. Please contact the exhibits manager, MMSB, P.O. Box 6887, Providence, RI 02940, or by email at cpd@ams.org for further details.
The administration of these tables is in the hands of the AMS-MAA Joint Meetings Committee, as are all arrangements for Joint Mathematics Meetings.
Local Information: For information about the city see visitsanantonio.com.
Photograph and Video Policy: The videotaping of any AMS or joint sponsored events, talks, and sessions is strictly forbidden without the explicit written permission of the AMS Director of Meetings and Conferences. The policy for videotaping of any MAA events, talks, and sessions is posted at http://www.maa.org/about-maa/policies-and-procedures/recording-or-broadcasting-of-maa-events. Photographs and videos of meeting interactions will be taken by professional photographers hired by the Joint Mathematics Meetings or by AMS and MAA staff. These photographs and videos may occasionally be used for publicity purposes.
By participating in the Joint Mathematics Meetings, participants acknowledge that their photograph or a video that includes them may be published in material produced by the Joint Meetings, AMS or MAA. AMS and MAA are not responsible for unauthorized photographs or other images not taken by professional photographers hired by the Joint Mathematics Meetings or AMS and MAA staff.
Telephone Messages: It will be possible to leave a message for any registered participant at the meetings registration desk from January 10 through 13 during the hours that the desk is open. These messages will be posted on the Mathematics Meetings Message Board in the networking center; however, staff at the desk will try to locate a participant in the event of a bona fide emergency. The telephone number will be published in the program and daily newsletter.