Report on UKIE SIAM Activities (August 2008 to July 2009)
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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 President and Vice-President of the Section:

   President: David Silvester
   Vice-President: Alan Hegarty

Both were elected unopposed. They took up their positions on 1 April.

The current officers are:

          President: D. Silvester                 (until 31/3/11)
     Vice-President: A. Hegarty                   (until 31/3/11)
Secretary/Treasurer: S. Thorne (nee Dollar)       (until 31/3/10)

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 450 (versus 187 members when 
founded and 405 last year). 239 of these are non-student members.

Sponsored meetings. 

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

Jan 2009 Annual section meeting, University of Limerick
         Full details can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/SIAM09report.pdf

Jan 2009 Meeting honouring the retirement of David Porter, held at the 
         University of Reading. The section provided £150 support for this 
         meeting.
         
Apr 2009 BAMC held at the University of Nottingham.
         The section sponsored prizes totalling £250 for the best presentations
         by a PhD student.  A list of prizewinners can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/prizes.html

Jul 2009 23rd Biennial Conference on Numerical Analysis, held at the University
         of Strathclyde. The section sponsored two prizes totalling £100 for the
         best presentation by a PhD student.   
         Details of the prizewinners can be found at 
         http://www.numerical.rl.ac.uk/people/hsd/ukiesiam/prizes.html

Plans for the future.

1. The ANNUAL MEETING will be held at the National e-Science Centre, Edinburgh
   on Friday January 8th 2009. 

2. We intend to sponsor student prizes at future BAMC.

3. We are keen to support other relevant meetings, workshops and 
   conferences in the UK and Ireland. 

   Requests for such support are welcome at any time.

Sue Thorne
Secretary, UKIESIAM 
November 2009