booklet - CUMC - Canadian Mathematical Society

Committee NotesWelcomeWelcome to Université de Montréal! We are proud to welcome you to the 20th CanadianUndergraduate Mathematics Conference.This year, seven keynote speakers will share their passion about mathematics withyou, as well as 119 students from more than 30 universities. Since more than 200 studentsare attending this event, we decided to print two distinct booklets, French andEnglish, in order to reduce our use of paper. With that in mind, we would like to askyou to use the recycling bins available everywhere on campus. Also, no bottled waterwill be distributed. No worries, many water fountains are located nearby!We wish you a nice stay in the North American city with the most students percapita. We hope that you will be inspired by the people you will meet, as well as thepresentations you will see. Once again, welcome to Montreal! You will love this city somuch, we garantee that you’ll want to come back!Welcome From StudcWith the CUMC leaving its teenage years behind, it is great to see it come back to thecity where it all began in 1994. As a liaison between the Canadian Mathematical Society(CMS) and the CUMC, the CMS Student Committee (Studc) shares the excitement andthe passion of this year’s organizers. Studc not only ensures the continuation of CUMC,it also sponsors student-run regional conferences and seminars, publishes the semiannualstudent publication Notes from the Margin and holds student events at the CMS’swinter and summer meetings. To find out how you can contribute to the Margin, applyfor regional conference and seminar funding, or get involved with our other projects,check us out on the web at studc.cms.math.ca and like our Facebook page (CMS Studc).This year’s energetic CUMC organizing team has done an amazing job: bringingtogether students and keynotes from all over Canada as well as planning unforgettablesocial events that will surely make this conference a great success. Furthermore, theorganizers decided to make CUMC 2013 an eco-responsible event - a tradition we hopeto continue passing on to future editions of the conference!CMS and Studc are proud to see that the enthusiasm and the passion of everchangingorganizing committees keep the CUMC vibrant. So let us celebrate the 20-year anniversary of this wonderful event together - and many more to come!Irena Papst and Kseniya GaraschukChairs of CMS Studc2