The 5th Asian Mathematical Conference

The 5th Asian Mathematical Conference (AMC) was held on June 22–26, 2009 at the Putra World Trade Center, Kuala Lumpur. It was organized by Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), the Malaysian Mathematical Sciences Society (PERSAMA) and mathematics departments of Malaysian public universities in collaboration with the Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia. The AMC series is a major activity of the Southeast Asian Mathematical Society (SEAMS) held every four or five years in an Asian country. The first AMC was held in Hong Kong in 1990, and subsequent conferences in Thailand (1995), Philippines (2000) and Singapore (2005). These meetings attracted great interest from the mathematical community and the conference in Kuala Lumpur was no exception. More than 600 participants from over 40 countries attended.