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Scientific Program


The theme of the 46th PME conference is: Mathematics education for global sustainability


Plenary Lectures

There will be four plenary lectures from invited speakers. Each lecturer will have 60 minutes for presentation, and a reactor will then comment on the presentation for 10 minutes. Following the reactor intervention, the lecturer will have up to 5 minutes to respond. In all plenary sessions, there will be time left for questions and comments from the audience. 

The plenary speakers for PME 46 are:

Abraham Arcavi

Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel

Alf Coles

Alf Coles

University of Bristol, UK

Patricio Felmer

Patricio Felmer

University of Chile, Chile

Paola Valero

Paola Valero

Stockholm University, Sweden

Plenary Panel

The Plenary Panel will consist of editors of mathematics education journals and its topic is: A manuscript's relationship to global sustainability (e.g., The U.N. Global Sustainability goals, https://sdgs.un.org/ should be a criterion in determining its acceptance for a mathematics education journal.


The panel will follow the structure of an Oxford style debate, hosted by a moderator, and will take place between two teams, the “proponents” and the “opponents” of the claim.


The Plenary Panel will include the following editors of mathematics education journals: 

Rina Zazkis

Rina Zazkis (Chair)

Editor, Journal of Mathematical Behavior

Simon Fraser University, Canada 

Pat Herbst

Pat Herbst

Editor, Journal for Research in Mathematics Education 

University of Michigan, United States

Gabrielle Kaiser

Gabriele Kaiser

Editor, ZDM Mathematics Education

University of Hamburg, Germany

Despina Potari

Despina Potari

Editor, Journal of Mathematics Teacher Education

University of Athens, Greece

David Wagner

David Wagner

Editor, Educational Studies in Mathematics

University of New Brunswick, Canada

Personal presentations and group activities

Personal presentations

Group activities

More details about personal presentations and group activities can be found in the 2nd announcement and in ConfTool.