The first joint meeting between the Canadian Mathematical Society (CMS) and the Sociedad Matemática Mexicana (SMM) will be held in Guanajuato, Mexico. The meeting will take place during September 21 – 23, 2006. Of particular interest to the commutative algebra community will be a Session on Algebra, organized by Ragnar-Olaf Buchweitz (Toronto), José Antonio de la Peña (UNAM) and Arturo Pianzola (Alberta). Confirmed speakers for the Session include:
- Michael Barot (UNAM),
- Raymundo Bautista (UNAM),
- Yuly Billig (Carleton),
- Thomas Bruestle (Sherbrooke),
- James Carrell (UBC),
- Vladimir Chernousov (Alberta),
- Xavier Gomez Mont (CIMAT),
- Ivan Gutman (Kragujevac, Serbia & Montenegro),
- Srikanth Iyengar (Nebraska – Lincoln, USA),
- Graham Leuschke (Syracuse, USA),
- Shiping Liu (Sherbrooke),
- Roberto Martinez (UNAM),
- Juan Rada (Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela),
- Dieter Vossieck (UNAM).