The Third International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics

In this issue you will find Mike McCabe’s report of the third International Conference on the Teaching of Mathematics (ICTM3) which was held recently in Istanbul. Well this is another one - but much shorter! Mike - a typical reasonably diligent(!) delegate - has given a very good overall impression of the conference and his thumbnail sketches of various sessions give an excellent flavour of the meeting. I have my own similar recollections of innovative approaches presented with keen enthusiasm that led to real debate. Only in a few sessions did I find myself succumbing to that peculiarly odd conference anxiety - should I have chosen more wisely among the “parallels”?