“Flexibility in Mathematics Education” has been chosen as the theme of the conference. Flexibility is highly related to creativity, multiplicity, and adaptation. In the current era, rapid changes in economy, environment and society have been facilitated by the rapid development of technology and engineering. Flexibility in mathematical thinking, problem solving, teaching methods, evaluation, teacher education and mathematics education research is a key to empowering learners, teachers, educators and researchers to tackle the complexity and uncertainty, and to giving them the capacity and motive to change in the innovative era.

Feng-Jui Hsieh (Chair of EARCOME8), Yuan-Shun Lee and Pi-Jen Lin (Local Co-chairs of EARCOME8), and the Local Organizing Committee are pleased to invite you to attend the ICMI‐East Asia Regional Conference on Mathematics Education (EARCOME8) in Taipei, Taiwan from May 7 to May 11, 2018.

This conference welcomes participants not only from the East Asia region but also from around the globe, especially, scholars who have interests in finding collaborative partners or special works to share with the East Asia scholars.