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Updated external link to the current intended url. Added years 2026-2030 to the MAA Mathfest location table.

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[[File:MathFest Conference 2016 10.jpg|thumb|Exhibit booth at the MathFest Conference 2016]]
'''MathFest''' is a [[mathematics]] [[Convention (meeting)|conference]] hosted annually in late summer by the [[Mathematical Association of America]]. It is known for its dual focus on [[teaching]] and [[research]] in mathematics, as well as for student participation.

== MathFest Locations ==

{| class="wikitable"
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! Year !! Location<ref>''MathFest Abstracts.'' http://www.maa.org/abstracts/, retrieved 22 August 2012.</ref><ref>''National Meetings of the MAA.'' http://www.maa.org/meetings/mathfest, retrieved 31 March 2014.</ref><ref>''Spring 2001 MAA Student Newsletter.'' http://www.maa.org/maa-student-chapters-newsletters-spring-2001</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Upcoming Events - Mathematical Association of America |url=https://connect.maa.org/events/calendar |access-date=2024-07-29 |website=connect.maa.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=MAA MathFest |url=https://maa.org/event/mathfest/ |website=Mathematical Association of America |access-date=1 July 2025}}</ref>
|-
|2030 || New York, NY
|-
|2029 || Chicago, IL
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|2028 || San Diego, CA
|-
|2027 || New Orleans, LA
|-
|2026 || Boston, MA
|-
|2025 || Sacramento, CA
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|2024 || Indianapolis, IN
|-
| 2023 || Tampa, FL
|-
| 2022 || Philadelphia, PA
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| 2021 || virtual
|-
| 2020 || canceled
|-
| 2019 || Cincinnati, OH
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| 2018 || Denver, CO
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| 2017 || Chicago, IL
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| 2016 || Columbus, OH
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| '''2015''' || '''Washington, DC'''
|-
| 2014 || Portland, OR
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| 2013 || Hartford, CT
|-
| 2012 || Madison, WI
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| 2011 || Lexington, KY
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| 2010 || Pittsburgh, PA
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| 2009 || Portland, OR
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| 2008 || Madison, WI
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| 2007 || San Jose, CA
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| 2006 || Knoxville, TN
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| 2005 || Albuquerque, NM
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| 2004 || Providence, RI
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| 2003 || Boulder, CO
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| 2002 || Burlington, VT
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| 2001 || Madison, WI
|}

The 2015 meeting in Washington, D.C. was an extra day long in order to include events to mark the centennial anniversary of the MAA.

The 2020 meeting in Philadelphia, PA was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The 2021 meeting was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

== Events ==
MathFest features many annual lectures, such as the [[Earle Raymond Hedrick]] Lecture Series, which consists of up to three lectures by the same presenter, on three consecutive days,
<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/lecture-awards/hedrick-lectures|title=Hedrick lectures|website=www.maa.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref> and the [[AWM/MAA Falconer Lecturer|AWM-MAA Falconer Lecture]], which is given by a distinguished female mathematician or mathematics educator.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.maa.org/programs-and-communities/member-communities/maa-awards/lecture-awards/awm-maa-falconer-lectures|title=Falconer lecture|website=www.maa.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-17}}</ref>

== Notes ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://maa.org/event/mathfest/ List of national Mathfest meetings of the MAA]

[[Category:Mathematics conferences]]
[[Category:Mathematical Association of America]]
[[Category:Mathematics education in the United States]]
[[Category:Festival organizations in North America]]

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MathFest - Revision history

imported>EulerianTrail: Updated external link to the current intended url. Added years 2026-2030 to the MAA Mathfest location table.