<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">M-F Roy</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:marie-francoise.roy@univ-rennes1.fr">marie-francoise.roy@univ-rennes1.fr</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 12:19 AM<br>Subject: UNESCO proclaims March 14 as the International Day of Mathematics<br>To: <br></div><br><br>
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<p>Dear CWM ambassadors<br>
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<div>The proclamation of March 14 as
the International Day of Mathematics (IDM) is wonderful news for
the mathematical community.</div>
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<div>Thanks in particular to
Christiane Rousseau, the driving force behind the project, gender
balance and visibility of girls and women in math is a priority of
IDM, as can been seen clearly on the website
<a href="https://www.idm314.org/" target="_blank">https://www.idm314.org/</a><br>
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<div>Moreover, several organizations
for women in mathematics are listed among IDM supporters.</div>
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<div>We encourage you to disseminate
the good news and get actively involved in the celebrations of the
first year, and the years to come<br>
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<div>Cheers, <br>
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<div>Marie-Francoise Roy, Carolina
Araujo and Betul Tanbay<br>
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> To: The Adhering Organizations of the International
Mathematical Union (IMU)<br>
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> Dear colleagues,<br>
><br>
> For the last years, IMU has led the project to
have UNESCO proclaim <br>
> March 14 (Pi Day) as the International Day of
Mathematics (IDM).<br>
> The IMU is pleased to announce that today the
40th General <br>
> Conference of UNESCO approved the Proclamation by UNESCO
of March 14<br>
> as the International Day of Mathematics.<br>
><br>
> *Official launch of the IDM*<br>
><br>
> Since March 14, 2020 is a Saturday, the international
official <br>
> launch will take place on Friday March 13, 2020. There
will be <br>
> two parallel<br>
> international events: the first one in Paris at the
UNESCO <br>
> Headquarters, and the second one, an African launch, as
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> a plenary event at<br>
> the Next Einstein Forum 2020 (March 10–13, 2020) in
Nairobi, Kenya.<br>
><br>
> *Website of the IDM*<br>
><br>
> The IDM website is <a href="http://www.idm314.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.idm314.org</a>
<<a href="http://www.idm314.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.idm314.org</a>>.
Countries <br>
> and organizations are invited to announce their
celebrations. A <br>
> media page, very soon<br>
> to be online, will contain material to be used by the
organizers <br>
> (logo and flyers in different languages). Open Source
material <br>
> related to<br>
> the theme will also be available.<br>
><br>
> *IDM theme for 2020*<br>
><br>
> The theme for IDM 2020 is /Mathematics is everywhere/. <br>
> Descriptions in several languages can be found on the
website<br>
> <a href="http://www.idm314.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">www.idm314.org</a>
<<a href="http://www.idm314.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.idm314.org</a>>.<br>
><br>
> *Invitation to celebrate*<br>
><br>
> We invite your Adhering Organization to spread the word
in your <br>
> country and invite your community to celebrate at
different levels:<br>
> schools, public, media or national celebrations.
Invitations to <br>
> celebrate in several languages can be found in the
media page on<br>
> the website as soon as it is online.<br>
><br>
> The IMU is deeply grateful to Christiane Rousseau for
taking <br>
> the initiative to create the IDM, for leading the process
all the <br>
> way to<br>
> the successful proclamation by UNESCO, as well as
agreeing to chair <br>
> the IDM Governing Board.<br>
><br>
> Regards,<br>
> Helge Holden<br>
><br>
> Prof. Helge Holden<br>
> Secretary General of the International Mathematical Union<br>
> <a href="https://www.mathunion.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mathunion.org</a>
<<a href="http://www.mathunion.org" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://www.mathunion.org</a>><br>
> Phone:+47-92038625<br>
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