Report on UKIESIAM Activities (August 2002 to July 2003)
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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.) This year saw an election for the posts of
President and Vice-President.  The current officers are:

          President: M. Stynes       (until 31/3/05)
     Vice-President: J. Aitchison    (until 31/3/05)
Secretary/Treasurer: A. Ramage       (until 31/3/04)

All SIAM members resident in the UK and Republic of Ireland are
automatically members of the section (no section fees are levied).
The current membership stands at 279: this number has increased steadily 
each year since the section was founded in 1996 (with 187 members).

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

Jan 2003 Annual section meeting, University of Bath
         This meeting was well-attended and featured a programme of five
         excellent speakers. Full details can be found on the section webpage
         or in the March 2003 edition of SIAM news.  

Jun 2003 5th Dublin Differential Equations Conference
         The section made a contribution to the support of postgraduate
         and postdoctoral attendees at this meeting, organised by Eugene
         O'Riordan.

Plans for the future.

1. The 2004 Annual Meeting will take place at the University of Sheffield on January
   9th. The invited speakers are 

        Jack Dongarra, University of Tennessee
        Alistair Fitt, University of Southampton
        Pat Fitzpatrick, University College Cork
        David Thomson, The Met Office
        Lucy Wyatt, University of Sheffield.

Full details can be found at http://www.maths.strath.ac.uk/ukiesiam/sheffield.html.

2. Arrangements are currently underway for holding a joint SIAM-LMS-IMA-RSS Meeting
   in the UK, possibly in September 2005. UKIESIAM has been represented at early
   planning meetings, and we expect this close involvement to continue.

3. We aim to return to sponsoring prizes for the best student presentations 
   at the BAMC conference (to be held at the University of East Anglia in 2004).
   This was not done at Southampton in 2003 due to an administrative muddle, but
   tentative arrangements have already been made with the organisers at UEA.

4. We intend to sponsor student prizes at the Durham Numerical Analysis Summer
   School in July 2004.

5. We are always keen to support other relevant meetings, workshops and 
   conferences in the UK and Ireland. Requests for such support are welcome 
   at any time.

Alison Ramage
Secretary, UKIESIAM
October 2003