A Regional Conference Series in Mathematical String Theory will be held in North Carolina at Duke University during September 1 and June 1 each year.

每年两次，数学弦理论的区域会议在北卡罗来纳州中部的杜克大学举行。这些会议通过定期将孤立的研究小组聚集在一起进行合作和听取研究报告，并通过向学生和博士后提供广泛的思想以及为他们提供一个自己发表演讲的论坛来培训他们，从而大大有助于培训和研究工作，从而以低廉的价格满足了一种关键需求。这些会议的地点可以产生重大影响，因为杜克大学是三所主要大学之一，彼此在40分钟的车程内，所有这些大学都有研究人员在相关领域工作，并且位于中心位置，与许多其他大学和相关研究人员在开车距离内。杜克大学现有的设备将用于录制讲座并将其发布到网上，从而产生更大的影响。正在努力让更多代表性不足的少数民族和性别的人作为参与者和发言者。这些会议的部分经费将在今后三年以参加者支助的形式提供。此外，经费可用于为从本区域以外旅行的发言者提供旅费支助。这种支持将提高这些会议的质量及其对区域合作的贡献。它将特别有助于培养该地区的学生和博士后，他们将更容易参加。如果能够为外部发言者提供旅费支助，将有可能吸引外部访客，包括代表性不足的少数民族成员。

Twice annually, regional meetings on mathematical string theory are held in central North Carolina at Duke University. These meetings inexpensively fill a critical need, by regularly bringing together isolated research groups to collaborate and hear research talks, and also by training students and postdocs both by exposing them to a wide array of ideas as well as giving them a forum in which to themselves give talks, thereby substantially aiding both training and research efforts. The location of these meetings allows for substantial impact, as Duke is one of three major universities within a forty-minute drive of one another, all of which have researchers working in related areas, and is centrally located with regards to a number of other universities and related researchers within driving distance. Duke's existing facilities will be used to record lectures and post them on the web, allowing for even greater impact. Efforts are being made to involve more underrepresented minorities and genders, both as participants and as speakers. Partial funding for these meetings in the form of participant support is awarded for the next three years. In addition, funds may be used to provide travel support for speakers traveling from outside the region. The support will enhance the quality of these meetings and their contribution to regional collaborations. It will especially contribute to the training of students and postdocs in the region who will be more readily able to attend. The availability of travel support for outside speakers will make it possible to attract outside visitors, including members of under-represented minorities.