Great Plains Combinatorics Conference 2026

The Great Plains Combinatorics Conference (GPC) provides an opportunity for combinatorialists in the Great Plains region to present and share their research, to develop connections between different areas of combinatorics, and to explore a sustainable model for future regional combinatorics conferences. The conference welcomes participation of researchers at all career stages, including graduate students and early career scholars. 

The conference consists of six hour-long invited talks and a poster session for graduate students and early career faculty. Participants interested in giving a poster presentation must register by April 1, 2026 for full consideration.

There will be limited funds available to partially cover travel and lodging expenses of conference participants. Priority will be given to participants who have no other federal support, graduate students, postdocs and those in early stages of their careers.

Organizers

• Jeremy Martin, University of Kansas (Chair), jlmartin@ku.edu
• Steve Butler, Iowa State University, butler@iastate.edu
• Mikhail Mazin, Kansas State University, mmazin@math.ksu.edu
• Jessica Striker, North Dakota State University, jessica.striker@ndsu.edu

Local Coordinator

• Gloria Prothe, gprothe@ku.edu

Sponsors

Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, KU Department of Mathematics and the Combinatorics Foundation.