2004 Joint Mathematics Meetings
"Mathematical Art Exhibit": Various hours,
Wednesday through Saturday, organized by Robert Fathauer,
Tesselations Company; Nat Friedman, ISAMA and University
at Albany; and Reza Sarhangi, Bridges Conference,
Towson University. A new feature at this year's meeting,
the Mathematical Art Exhibit, provides a break in your
day. On display are paintings, prints, and sculpture by
artists whose work is inspired by mathematics and by mathematicians
who use visual art to express their findings. Fractals,
symmetry and tiling, topology, polyhedra, optical illusions
and unusual perspective systems are some of the ideas
at play here. Don't miss this unique opportunity!
The hours of the exhibit will be Wednesday - noon to
5:30 p.m., Thursday - 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Friday
- 9:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and Saturday - 9:00 a.m. to
noon.
Audio-Visual Equipment: Standard
equipment in all session rooms is one overhead projector
and screen. (Invited 50-minute speakers are automatically
provided with two overhead projectors.) Blackboards are
not available. Organizers of sessions that by their nature
demand additional equipment (e.g., VCR and monitor or
projection panel) and where the majority of speakers in
the session require this equipment should contact the
audio-visual coordinator for the meetings at the AMS office
in Providence at 401-455-4140 or by email at wsd@ams.org
to obtain the necessary approvals. Individual speakers
must consult with the session organizer(s) if additional
equipment or services are needed. If your session has
no organizer, please contact the audio-visual coordinator
directly. All requests should be received by November
4.
Equipment requests made at the meetings most likely will
not be granted because of budgetary restrictions. Unfortunately
no audio-visual equipment can be provided for committee
meetings or other meetings or gatherings not on the scientific
program.
Shuttle: Shuttle service
for meeting participants will be provided, courtesy of
the City of Phoenix. Click
here for schedule.
Special Atlanta Hotel and Registration Raffle:
A raffle for a free hotel room and a free registration
at the Atlanta meeting in 2005 will be held at the
meeting for those participants who turn in a completed
questionnaire by noon on Friday, January 9, 2004. Questionnaires
may be turned in at the Transparencies section of the
Registration Desk or at the Exhibits Coordinator Desk
in the exhibit area. You need not be present to win.
All
participants are invited to the Grand Opening of the
Joint Mathematics Meetings Exhibits on Wednesday,
January 7, 2004 at 12:15 p.m. There will be refreshments
and/or giveaways at participating exhibits. Join us in
making this a special and exciting event!
Childcare: Many hotels will provide recommendations
for in-room childcare for guests through their concierge
or front desks. Call as early as possible for the best
service, and at least one day in advance. Arrangements
represent a contractual agreement between each individual
and the child-care provider. The Joint Meetings assumes
no responsibility for the services rendered.
Email Services: Limited email access for all Joint
Meeting participants will be available. The hours of operation
will be published in the program.
Information Distribution: Tables are 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.
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 $58 (posters are slightly higher) per item. Please
contact the exhibits manager,
MMSB, P.O. Box 6887, Providence, RI 02940, 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: See http://www.visitphoenix.com
for information about the city.
Petition Table: At the request of the AMS Committee
on Human Rights of Mathematicians, a table will be made
available in the exhibit area at which petitions on behalf
of named individual mathematicians suffering from human
rights violations may be displayed and signed by meetings
participants acting in their individual capacities. For
details contact the director of meetings in the Providence
office at 401-455-4137 or by email at dms@ams.org.
Signs of moderate size may be displayed at the table
but must not represent that the case of the individual
in question is backed by the Committee on Human Rightsunless
it has, in fact, so voted. Volunteers may be present at
the table to provide information on individual cases,
but notice must be sent at least seven days in advance
of the meetings to the director of meetings in the Providence
office. Since space is limited, it may also be necessary
to limit the number of volunteers present at the table
at any one time. The Committee on Human Rights may delegate
a person to be present at the table at any or all times,
taking precedence over other volunteers.
Any material that is not a petition (e.g., advertisements,
résumés) will be removed by the staff. At
the end of the exhibits on Saturday, any material on the
table will be discarded, so individuals placing petitions
on the table should be sure to remove them prior to the
close of exhibits.
Telephone Messages: The most convenient method
for leaving a message is to do so with the participant's
hotel. Another method would be to leave a message at the
meetings registration desk from January 7 through 10 during
the hours that the desk is open. These messages will be
posted on the Math Meetings Message Board; 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
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