Report from the Executive Committee Meeting in Rome

[摘要] On Friday evening, the committee was greeted by CiroCiliberto, President of the Italian Mathematical Union(UMI), our hosts for the weekend. He gave us a briefhistory of his society, which was founded in 1922, withSalvatore Pincherle as its first President. The UMI hasalways been headquartered in Bologna, where it hostedthe 1928 International Congress of Mathematics. In 1954,the UMI founded the Centro Internazionale MatematicoEstivo: an annual summer school of higher mathematics, through which thousands of participants from aroundthe world have now passed. The UMI produces a number of publications on mathematics and associated cultural and educational topics. It currently has around 2000members, with several active standing committees andworking groups; the UMI awards mathematical prizes atall levels. Shortly after this meeting, the UMI would behosting the 2018 European Girls’ Mathematical Olympiad in Florence.