The Community, through its membership, research and other activities, is recognized as The International Study Group for Mathematical Modelling and Applications (ICTMA) by its affiliation to the International Commission on Mathematical Instruction (ICMI). International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematical Modelling and Applications is held biennially on the aegis of ICTMA.

The International Executive Committee of ICTMA
Dr. Peter Galbraith, University of Queensland, Australia, is the current President.
The other members are: Prof. Christopher Haines, (UK); Prof. Werner Blum (Germany); Prof. Gabriele Kaiser (Germany); Prof. Thomas. Lingefjärd (Sweden); Toshikazu Ikeda (Japan); Prof. Marta Anaya (Argentina); Dr. Heinrich Abel (Germany); Prof. Jinxing Xie, (China); Prof. Richard Lesh (USA); Prof. Bhadra Man Tuladhar (Nepal).
More details of the ICTMA activities can be found at:
http://www.ictma.net/

In view of the trend for globalization of its activates and to attract participants from many more countries, the ICTMA executive Committee made a decision in June 2006 that the 2007 ICTMA 13 conference be held in two locations as follows:

June 24 to 29, 2007 at Kathmandu University, Nepal as a satellite conference in the same sprit and plan as described in the First Announcement made in July 2005.(www.ku.edu.np/ictma13.htp)

July 22 to 27, 2007 at Indiana University, Bloomington, USA as described in the announcement in the web site www.ictma13.org. Prof. Richard Lesh is the LOC Chairperson for this event.