We will hold two summer schools + a one-day conference for graduate students and postdocs interested in combinatorial aspects of moduli of curves in genus 0, including recent connections to Chow rings of matroids.

Organizers:

Spencer Backman (University of Vermont)
Maria Gillespie (Colorado State University)
Jake Levinson (Université de Montréal)
Alejandro Morales (Université du Québec à Montréal)

Minicourses: Two minicourses will be held May 11-14, 2026, mornings and afternoons. Participants will attend both.

1. Maria Gillespie: Combinatorics and geometry of moduli spaces of genus-0 stable curves.

2. Shiyue Li: Chow rings of matroids and connections to moduli spaces of genus-0 curves.

One-day conference: A one-day conference will be held May 15, 2026.

Speakers: see the program.

Registration and travel funding: See the Registration tab. A limited amount of travel funding will be available for participants from outside Montreal, prioritizing early-career participants. The registration deadline is March 15 for consideration for funding. The deadline has now passed and all available funding has been allocated.

Reimbursements: see this page for instructions on reimbursements.

Accommodation. Airbnb, University of Montreal dorms.