Anand Patel giving a talk at the MXRI.
A few weeks ago, I attended the Moduli Crossroads Retreat (Part I), aka MXRI, in Madison, Wisconsin. This conference was organized by Richard Kent, and funded by his CAREER grant. Richard said he wanted to model it after the Mathematics Research Communities, but to also allow a bit more time for informal conversations, networking, and professional development stuff. In particular, he wanted an opportunity for early career mathematicians and advanced graduate students to interact with each other. In a sense, he said, these are the people you will form collaborations with and see at conferences in the future.
