Welcome: On 2 December 2020, we hope to welcome you to the 63th annual congress of the South African Mathematical Society. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 SAMS congress will be held as an online congress, just on 2 December with various plenary speakers as well as the AGM. There will be no registration fee. However, to keep track of participants, registration will be required.

Plenary speakers:

• Carolina Araujo (Instituto Nacional de Matemática Pura e Aplicada, Brazil)

• Vasuthavan G. (Nico) Govender (AMESA, South Africa)

•  Lloyd N. (Nick) Trefethen (University of Oxford, UK)

Registration deadline: 25 November

Contact: With any questions or comments, please contact the organizers by sending an e-mail to:  SAMS2020@nwu.ac.za

Satellite event: On 7-8 December a satellite event is organized on Group Theory and Applications. For more information see the website:

  https://sams63groupssatellite.weebly.com/

 If you would like to participate, please inform the organiser Bernardo Rodrigues (bernardo.rodrigues@up.ac.za). 

Virtual Organizing Committee:tee:

• Christian Budde

• Sanne ter Horst

• Karin-Therese Howell