This is a one-day mathematics conference held once or twice a year, usually in April and October, on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The format consists of four hour-long talks, with a one-and-a-half or two hour lunch. between the 2nd and 3rd talk. The first talk typically starts at 11:00 am and the last talk finishes about 5:00 pm.
The conference first met in March of 1994; the April 2009 meeting represents the fifteenth year and the nineteenth meeting. (There have not been two meetings every year.)
It is jointly organized by the Mathematics Departments of Drake University, Iowa State University, The University of Iowa, and The University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Faculty and students from a number of other nearby universities also attend. All are welcome. There is no registration fee. If you have any questions, please contact one of the organizers.
Speakers and titles will be posted as they are confirmed.
The known speakers are: none, as of yet.
A special meeting was held in Lincoln, in connection with V.F.R. Jones's Rowlee Lecture.