Report on UKIESIAM Activities (August 1999 to July 2000)
---------------------------------------------------------

Background.
The United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland section of SIAM was
established at the end of 1996. (The petition was approved by the
council on 13th December, 1996.) There have been four elections of
officers since inception and the current postholders are

          President: J.T  Stuart     (until 31/3/01)
     Vice-President: D.J. Higham     (until 31/3/01)
Secretary/Treasurer: P.K. Jimack     (until 31/3/02)

All SIAM members resident in the UK and Republic of Ireland are
automatically members of the section (no section fees are levied).
The section currently has 225 members (versus 187 when the section
was founded).

Sponsored meetings. 
The section has provided financial support for the following
meetings, which are listed in chronological order.

Jan 2000 Annual section meeting, Imperial College.
         This was another successful meeting, attended by 39
         participants. A full report, written by James Blowey, was
         published in SIAM news.  

Apr 2000 British Applied Mathematics Colloquium, UMIST, Manchester.
         SIAM sponsored the invited lecture given by Jim Yorke of The
         University of Maryland whose presentation was entitled "The
         double pendulum, an unmodellable physical system".

Jul 2000 Numerical Analysis Summer School, Durham.
         The section sponsored two prizes for the best presentation by
         a Ph.D. student in each of the two weeks of the Summer School.
         A report on the Summer School, written by Alan Craig and
         including details of the student prize winners appeared in the
         November issue of SIAM News.

Plans for the future.

1. Following discussion at last year's annual meeting it was decided that,
   for the time-being at least, we should not seek to expand the section
   to include members from European countries.

2. Discussions referred to in last year's report concerning the
   possibility of holding a future SIAM annual meeting in either the UK or
   in Ireland have so far failed to come up with a suitable venue. Members
   suggestions on this matter would be most welcome. SIAM is however
   holding a joint conference with the European Mathematical Society (EMS)
   in Berlin in September and clearly the degree of success of this will 
   influence SIAM's views on holding future conferences in Europe.

3. To continue towards enhancing the visibility of the section we will
   again sponsor a keynote speaker at this year's BAMC conference in
   Reading in April. We are also seeking to sponsor prizes for best
   student papers or best posters at other conferences in the UK and
   Ireland.

4. We are continuing to look at further ways of supporting relevant
   meetings, workshops and conferences in the UK and Ireland. Requests for
   such support are most welcome and will be considered at any time.

Peter Jimack (20/11/2000).