Summary
The 2026 Great Plains Operator Theory Symposium (GPOTS) is a conference to be held at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, May 26–30, 2026. GPOTS is a major international conference series in operator theory and operator algebras, attracting mathematicians at all career stages from around the world each year. The 2026 meeting will feature invited and contributed talks spanning a broad range of topics in these areas. Participants will present significant new developments and identify directions and open problems for future research. GPOTS highlights recent advances in operator algebras and o