CONFERENCES

Below is a list of forthcoming conferences which will be held in Australia, New Zealand and other countries in the region.

The information in this section is complemented by similar information in the IMU Canberra Circular, where detailed information on international conferences may also be found. If you wish to be on the distribution list for the Circular write to Emeritus Professor B.H.Neumann, Mathematics Research Section, School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, GPO Box 4, Canberra, ACT 0200 (email: bhn102@phys.anu.edu.au). The Circular is sent free of charge to those who ask for it. Further information regarding the conferences below may be obtained from the contact, indicated by C.

MISG 1996 (the 12th Mathematics-in-Industry Study Group)

Venue: University of Melbourne

Dates: 29 January to 2 February 1996

Contact: Dr Kerry Landman, University of Melbourne, phone (03) 344 6762, fax (03) 344 4599, email: misg@maths.mu.oz.au

ANZIAM 96. 32nd Australasian Applied Mathematics Conference

Venue: Solway Park Conference Centre, Masterton, NZ

Dates: 4--8 February 1996

Contact: Dr Robert McKibbin, Department of Mathematics, Massey University, Private Bag 11-222, Palmerston North, NZ. fax~64~6~350-5611; tel.~64~6~350-4173; email: R.McKibbin@massey.ac.nz

Special One Day Conference on Mathematics and Computation to mark the retirement of Dr John Pollard

Venue: ANSTO, Sydney

Dates: February 29, 1996

Contact: Dr Jerard Barry, ANSTO, Private Mail Bag 1, Menai NSW 2234. tel. (02)~717 3317, fax (02)~717 9273, e-mail: jp-conf@atom.ansto.gov.au

40th Annual Meeting of the Australian Mathematical Society

Venue: Flinders University of South Australia, Adelaide

Dates: 7--12 July 1996

Contact: Director: Dr Raj Huilgol, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Flinders University of South Australia, PO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001. tel. (08)~201 2938, fax (08) 201~2904, email: raj@ist.flinders.edu.au

Sydney International Statistical Congress

Venue: Sheraton-Wentworth Hotel, Sydney

Dates: 8--12 July 1996

Contact: Director SISC-96, CSIRO DMS, Locked Bag 17, North Ryde, NSW 2113, fax: (02) 325 3200, email: sydney96@syd.csiro.dms