ISQGD Special Sessions
This page presents upcoming Special Sessions of the International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD) and provides information for researchers, educators, and qualified academic teams who wish to propose and organize a future Special Session under the auspices of ISQGD. Some Special Sessions are organized independently, while others form part of a broader ISQGD Conference and are identified accordingly by conference and session codes.
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Submit a Special Session Proposal
ISQGD welcomes high-quality proposals for Special Sessions across mathematics, science, engineering, education, data science and artificial intelligence, and interdisciplinary areas. Researchers, educators, professionals, and qualified academic teams interested in organizing a Special Session under the auspices of the International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD) are warmly invited to submit a proposal. A Special Session may be organized independently or as part of an ISQGD Conference.
ISQGD Special Sessions
ISQGD Special Sessions are thematically focused academic programs that bring together invited and contributed talks around clearly defined mathematical, scientific, engineering, educational, technological, or interdisciplinary topics. They are typically organized by researchers, educators, or qualified academic teams and are designed to encourage concentrated scholarly exchange, collaboration, and exploration of emerging directions. Some Special Sessions are independent ISQGD programs, while others are organized as part of an ISQGD Conference; conference-linked sessions retain their conference and session identifiers, such as ISQGD–C03–SS20.
Date: October 10–11, 2026 (Saturday–Sunday)
Format: Online via Zoom
Official Time Zone: U.S. Central Time (America/Chicago)
Event Type: Independent ISQGD Special Session
Special Session Overview and Academic Scope
The International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD) will organize this two-day international Special Session as a welcoming forum for the exploration of Recreational Mathematics, Mathematical Games, Puzzles, and Patterns. The session is intended to bring together researchers, educators, students, independent scholars, puzzle creators, mathematics communicators, and enthusiasts who use recreational ideas to illuminate mathematical structure, creativity, problem solving, education, and outreach.
The session welcomes original research, expository presentations, educational demonstrations, carefully prepared student projects, and mathematically substantive recreational explorations. Representative areas include mathematical games and puzzles; recreational number theory and combinatorics; logic puzzles; number patterns and curiosities; magic squares and Latin squares; Sudoku and related structures; recreational geometry; tilings and tessellations; polyominoes; origami and paper folding; mathematical art; mathematical magic; paradoxes; sequences and patterns; problem-solving strategies; contest and enrichment mathematics; computational experimentation; history of recreational mathematics; mathematics education and outreach; and related areas. The listed topics are representative rather than exhaustive, and interdisciplinary contributions are welcome.
Speaker Registration and Abstract Submission
Title and Abstract Submission Deadline: September 30, 2026
Faculty members, researchers, postdoctoral scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, school teachers, educators, independent scholars, puzzle creators, mathematics communicators, and other qualified participants are welcome to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their talk. As presentation slots are limited, early submission is strongly encouraged.
Speaker Registration & Abstract Submission
Register & Submit AbstractPresentation Format
Each speaking slot is 30 minutes — 25 minutes for the presentation, followed by 5 minutes for questions, discussion, and transition to the next talk.
Limited Speaking Slots
As the number of speaking slots is limited, interested speakers are strongly encouraged to complete their registration and submit their presentation title and abstract at their earliest convenience, and in all cases before the submission deadline.
Speaker Registration Fees
The permanent ISQGD event rates below apply to eligible individuals presenting talks. Active ISQGD Annual Members receive the 20% discounted rates shown below:
• Primary / Middle / High School Student Speaker: USD 10
• Annual Member — Primary / Middle / High School Student: USD 8
• Undergraduate / Graduate Student / Independent Scholar / Teacher / Lecturer Speaker: USD 15
• Annual Member — Undergraduate / Graduate Student / Independent Scholar / Teacher / Lecturer: USD 12
• Faculty / Postdoctoral Researcher Speaker: USD 20
• Annual Member — Faculty / Postdoctoral Researcher: USD 16
Zoom Access and Talk Schedule
Zoom Link: To be assigned
Zoom Meeting ID: To be assigned
Password: To be assigned
Talk Schedule: To be posted after the abstract submission deadline
Organizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
General Special Session Inquiries
✉ office@isqgd.org
Organized as Part of:
December 21–23, 2026 — ISQGD–C03 — International Conference Celebrating the 139th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Algebra, number theory, combinatorics, graph theory, discrete mathematics, coding theory, cryptography, arithmetic and algebraic structures, and related areas. Talks connected with Ramanujan’s mathematics and mathematical legacy, including partitions, q-series, modular forms, continued fractions, and related topics, are especially welcome in this session.
Prospective speakers are invited to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their proposed talk through the official conference registration form. Please select ISQGD–C03–SS20 in the registration form.
Speaker Registration & Abstract SubmissionOrganizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
Organized as Part of:
December 21–23, 2026 — ISQGD–C03 — International Conference Celebrating the 139th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Real and complex analysis, functional and harmonic analysis, operator theory and operator algebras, spectral theory, approximation theory, integral equations, ordinary and partial differential equations, evolution equations, and related areas.
Prospective speakers are invited to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their proposed talk through the official conference registration form. Please select ISQGD–C03–SS21 in the registration form.
Speaker Registration & Abstract SubmissionOrganizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
Organized as Part of:
December 21–23, 2026 — ISQGD–C03 — International Conference Celebrating the 139th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Euclidean and non-Euclidean geometry, differential and metric geometry, geometric analysis, topology, manifolds, dynamical systems, ergodic theory, chaos, fractal geometry, iterated function systems, and related areas.
Prospective speakers are invited to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their proposed talk through the official conference registration form. Please select ISQGD–C03–SS22 in the registration form.
Speaker Registration & Abstract SubmissionOrganizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
Organized as Part of:
December 21–23, 2026 — ISQGD–C03 — International Conference Celebrating the 139th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Applied mathematics, optimization, operations research, numerical analysis, scientific computing, computational mathematics, control and inverse problems, mathematical modeling, mathematical biology, mathematical physics, mathematical finance, and interdisciplinary applications.
Prospective speakers are invited to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their proposed talk through the official conference registration form. Please select ISQGD–C03–SS23 in the registration form.
Speaker Registration & Abstract SubmissionOrganizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
Organized as Part of:
December 21–23, 2026 — ISQGD–C03 — International Conference Celebrating the 139th Birth Anniversary of Srinivasa Ramanujan
Probability theory, stochastic processes, stochastic analysis, random structures, statistical theory and modeling, Bayesian methods, time-series and multivariate analysis, data science, statistical learning, computational statistics, uncertainty quantification, and related areas.
Prospective speakers are invited to register for a presentation and submit the title and abstract of their proposed talk through the official conference registration form. Please select ISQGD–C03–SS24 in the registration form.
Speaker Registration & Abstract SubmissionOrganizer: International Society for Quality Growth and Development (ISQGD)
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