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• Public Lecture
• Plenary and Panel Speakers
• Working Group 1: Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software
• Working Group 2: Mathematics for Active Citizenship
• Working Group 3: Popularization of Mathematics
• Working Group 4: Learning in the Presence of Technology
• Working Group 5: Making it Interesting
• Working Group 6: Mathematics and Intuition
• Working Group 7: Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges
• Working Group 8: The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education
• Working Group 9: Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers
• Working Group 10: Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages
• Working Group 11: Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences
• Working Group 12: In-Service Secondary Teacher Education
• Working Group 13: Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes
• Working Group 14: The Visual at the Core of Mathematics
• Working Group 15: Teaching Mathematics at College Level
• Working Group 16: Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses

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Public Lecture

• Jean-Marie De Koninck - Le plaisir des mathématiques

Plenary and Panel Speakers

• Hyman Bass and Deborah Ball - A practice-based theory of mathematics knowledge for teaching
• Going to the Second Forum
• Jean-Pierre Kahane - Est-il bien utile d'enseigner les mathématiques?
• Frederick Leung - Do East Asian Teachers Teach Better?
• Opening
• Panel, moderated by Tom O'Shea - Presentation of Regional Situations
• How to Bring the Ideas of the Forum to the Public?
• Ravi Vakil, Corinne Jetté, André Deschênes and Kanwal Neel - Panel: Mathematics in the Modern School: Goals and Challenges

Working Group 1: Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software

• Ysbrand De Bruyn, Gila Hanna and Margaret Sinclair - Teaching Geometry Effectively with Dynamic Software

Working Group 2: Mathematics for Active Citizenship

• Nadine Descamps-Bednarz, Geoff Roulet and Richard Pallascio - Mathematics for Active Citizenship

Working Group 3: Popularization of Mathematics

• Katherine Heinrich - Changing Attitudes: Developing an Appreciation of Mathematics
• Ron Lancaster - How to involve teachers in popularization of mathematics?
• David Reid and Ralph Mason - Making mathematics appealing

Working Group 4: Learning in the Presence of Technology

• Jonathan Borwein, France Caron and Tom Steinke - Learning in the Presence of Technology

Working Group 5: Making it Interesting

• Sandy Dilena - How to Interest Students in Statistical Thinking?
• Yvan Saint-Aubin and Christiane Rousseau - Mathematics and Technology
• Nathalie Sinclair - Software for Learning: Tools for Developing Mathematical "Pulsation"

Working Group 6: Mathematics and Intuition

• Brent Davis, Gary Flewelling, and Klaus Hoechsmann - Mathematics and Intuition

Working Group 7: Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges

• Malgorzata Dubiel, Claude Gaulin and Caroline Lajoie - Education of Elementary School Teachers: Goals and Challenges

Working Group 8: The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education

• Bradd Hart, Rick Caron and Scott Davis - The Needs of Industry in a Mathematical Education

Working Group 9: Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers

• Elaine Simmt, Luis Radford and Harley Weston - Educating Secondary Mathematics Teachers

Working Group 10: Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages

• Carolyn Kieran, George Gadanidis and Tom Salisbury - Mathematics Teacher Training, Algebra, and Teacher Shortages

Working Group 11: Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences

• Edward Doolittle - Teaching Mathematics to Aboriginal Students: the Importance of Building on the Aboriginal Cultural Differences
• Corinne Jetté, Jim Barta and Dawn Wiseman - Until the Numbers Dance: Indigenous Cultures, Educational Perspectives, Science and Mathematics
• Louise Poirier - Mathematics and Aboriginal Culture

Working Group 12: In-Service Secondary Teacher Education

• Olive Chapman, Bill Higginson and Lesley Lee - In-Service Secondary Teacher Education

Working Group 13: Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes

• Edward Barbeau, Denis Tanguay and Peter Taylor - Rethinking Math Thinking in Secondary Maths Classes

Working Group 14: The Visual at the Core of Mathematics

• Shirley Dalrymple, Lily Moshe, Anna Sierpinska and Walter Whiteley - The Visual at the Core of Mathematics

Working Group 15: Teaching Mathematics at College Level

• Dave Lidstone, Marie Blain and Vincent Papillon - Teaching Mathematics at College Level

Working Group 16: Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses

• George Bluman, Philip Loewen, Maureen Tingley and Ross Willard - Preparation for University Engineering and Science Courses