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Dear Math Educators and Puzzle Fans,
It is time to go to Banff:
The sixteenth annual BIRS Math Fair Conference 2018:
The Ted Lewis Workshop on SNAP Math Fairs 2018
at the beautiful conference center above the town of Banff in Alberta. The
dates are April 27, 28, 29 of 2018. We start on Friday evening with a puzzle
social in the Corbett Hall lounge area. The conference continues all day
Saturday and we will finish on Sunday at lunchtime.
We will become inspired about math fairs in our schools and how they
benefit the students as they celebrate mathematics education in all
levels. How to make a SNAP math fair happen in your school is the objective
of this puzzle-filled 2-day workshop in the mountains. Presentations and talks
get occasionally interrupted by the deer outside the windows and the
delicious meals we share in this world class facility!
BIRS (Banff International Research Station) provides the accommodations for
24 participants as well as the meeting facility. The SNAP Mathematics
Foundation hosts lunch and dinner on Saturday. We will see and hear
presentations from experienced math fair directors. We do not give out
Oscars at the end but everyone goes home refreshed and inspired from the
experience.
The details of the program are being ironed out as we speak but we need to
get the registration process on the way. Please contact me as soon as
possible if and when you know that you are able to come. The official
registration and the room booking information will take place on-line through
the BIRS website as soon as I hear back from you.
We have been restricted by BIRS to limit the number of conference
participants to 24. As a result, we strongly encourage individuals who can
commit to only part of the conference to postpone their attendance to a
future year.
To learn more about math fairs look up the SNAP-website www.mathfair.com.
I hope to hear from you soon!!
On behalf of the SNAP Mathematics Foundation,
Sean Graves, Mathematics Lecturer, University of Alberta
sgraves@ualberta.ca