All members are invited to participate in the General Assembly planned to be held at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, on 14 July 2022.

The General Assembly will be in hybrid form with a physical presence in Porto or a virtual presence via Zoom.

Topic: SIS-Symmetry General Assembly
Time: Jul 14, 2022 06:00 PM London

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If we do not have the majority of members at that time, i.e., we do not have a quorum, the General Assembly will be on the same day at the same (physical and virtual) place at 6:15 PM. By law, in this second case, the General Assembly may make valid decisions, even if we do not have a quorum.

Agenda for the GA:

1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Election of Chair of the meeting.
3. Election of minute-takers for the meeting.
4. Election of officers.
5. Modifying the Charter (Articles) of SIS.
6. Discussing the annual membership fees and ways of collecting them.
7. Financial Report of 2021.
8. Discussion of questions related to the symmetry-sites and the journal Symmetry: Art and Science.
9. Discussion of the protection of the SIS heritage. Report of actions undertaken and authorisation for possible legal actions (Iannis, Denes, Ted).
10. Discussion on the site of the next congress and other meetings.
11. Others.

All members are invited to participate in the General Assembly via Skype in the virtual room https://join.skype.com/dhUIEJPcjvcE on Sunday, 29 May 2022, at 10:00 a.m. UTC.

If we do not have the majority of members at that time, i.e., we do not have a quorum, the General Assembly will be on the same day, Sunday 29 May 2022, at 11:00 a.m. UTC, with the same agenda. By law, in this second case, the General Assembly may make valid decisions, even if we do not have a quorum.

Agenda for the GA:

1. Opening of the meeting.
2. Election of Chair of the meeting.
3. Election of minute-takers for the meeting.
4. Report on the forthcoming 12^th Symmetry Congress (Vera, Dénes).
5. Modifying the Charter (Articles) of SIS, as requested by the Court in Hungary (Dénes).
6. Discussing the annual membership fees and ways of collecting them (Iannis).
7. Financial Report of 2021.
8. Discussion of questions related to the symmetry-sites and the journal Symmetry: Art and Science.
9. Discussion of the protection of the SIS heritage. Report of actions undertaken and authorisation for possible legal actions (Iannis, Denes, Ted).
10. Others

The General Assembly of SIS will be held online on 7th March 2021 at 9.30 UTC-time through Skype at the address https://join.skype.com/dhUIEJPcjvcE.

If the majority of members would not be present in that time, i.e., we do not have a quorum, the General Assembly will be held online on the same day at 10:00 UTC-time through Skype with the same agenda. By law, in this second case, the General Assembly may make valid decisions, even in that case if we do not have a quorum.

Suggested Agenda for the GA:

1 Opening of the meeting.
2 Election of Chair of this meeting.
3 Election of minute-takers for this meeting.
4 Reports by the Officers.
5 Election of officers.
6 Issues of Protection of the SIS Legacy.
7 Report on forthcoming events.
8 Others.

Symmetry: Art and Science
11th Congress and Exhibition of SIS
Special Theme:
Fusing: Symmetry and Katachi 形.

November 25 – 30, 2019, Kanazawa, Japan

Venue

Kanazawa Institute of Technology

Main Theme

The SIS regular Congress-Festival Symmetry: Art and Science is devoted to the study of patterns in a sense of symmetry in sciences and the arts. These patterns pervade many fields of natural sciences and the humanities. SIS
has a tradition of interesting and productive scientific meetings in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere, attracting leading researchers and professionals in a variety of fields which exhibit the importance of such patterns.

The 11th SIS Congress-Festival Symmetry: Art and Science is devoted to the same circle of problems traditionally discussed in the triennial SIS meetings; however, this year we have an additional special topic, i.e.
Fusing: Symmetry and Katachi 形.

The Eastern concept, “Katachi 形” includes meanings of “form” , “shape” , “figure” , and “pattern” . “Katachi” is regarded as a compound word of “Kata” and “Chi” . “Kata” means originally a mold to produce same objects, hence it means also universal or common form. “Chi” means vital force and energy. That is, “Katachi” means visible form with essence of things. The Western concept “Symmetry” is regarded as a compound word of “Sym” (meaning “share” or “common”) and metry” (meaning “measure”).　Therefore, “Katachi” and “Symmetry” correspond to each other. They may play similar roles of interdisciplinary ‘bridges’ between various fields of art and science in the corresponding cultural circles.

Website: http://symmetry2019.org/index.html

The ISSC 2018 conference, which is also a mid-congress of the International Symmetry Society, had a great success. The lecturers came not only from only from EU/EEA countries, but also from Argentina, Canada, India, Iran, Japan, Russia, Turkey, Taiwan, Ukraine, USA.

Orthodox Academy of Crete, Kolymbari, Crete, 11-18 August 2018.
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/logicsofimage2/home
Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/ISSC2018/[ngg_images