ICMI was established in 1908, during the International Congress of Mathematicians held in Rome, with the aim of supporting interest among mathematicians in school education. Its first president was Felix Klein.
The Italian community of mathematicians and mathematics educators has generously offered to host a symposium on the occasion of the centennial of ICMI. This symposium will be held in Rome on March 5-8, 2008. The venue of the symposium is the Accademia dei Lincei (on March 5-7) and the Istituto dell'Enciclopedia italiana (on March 8).
The symposium will be addressed to a selected group of participants (150-200 people), under the title
Starting out from a historical analysis of the principal themes regarding the activities of ICMI (reforms in the teaching of the sciences, teacher training, relations with mathematicians and with research, and so on), discussions will focus on identifying future directions of research in mathematics education and possible actions to be taken to improve the level of scientific culture in various countries.
The chair of the International Programme Committee in charge of this symposium is Professor Ferdinando Arzarello (ferdinando.arzarello@unito.it) and the chair of the Local Organising Committee is Professor Marta Menghini (marta.menghini@uniroma1.it).
More information can be obtained from the website of the ICMI Centennial Symposium.