The first greater Kansas City Mathematics Technology EXPO was held in 1991 at Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, KS. Initial sponsorship for the conference was provided by the Kansas City Regional Council for Higher Education (KCRCHE). The EXPO has been an annual conference ever since. The second EXPO moved to Kansas City Kansas Community College where all the succeeding EXPOs were held until 1997, when the EXPO moved to the new Richardson Science Center at Rockhurst University. The name of the EXPO also been changed that year to the Kansas City Regional Mathematics Technology EXPO.

Our keynote speakers have been:

• 1991 Darrell Thoman, William Jewell College
• 1992 Jerry Johnson, Oklahoma State University
• 1993 Deborah Hughes/Hallett, Harvard and University of Arizona
• 1994 Ed Dubinsky, Purdue University
• 1995 Keith Devlin, St. Mary College - California
• 1996 Stan Wagon, Macalester College
• 1997 Wade Ellis Jr., West Valley College - California
• 1998 Frank Wattenberg, Montana State University
• 1999 Gene Klotz, Swarthmore College
• 2000 Keith Stroyan, University of Iowa

Our Saturday invited speakers have been:

• 1995 Jerry Glynn, MathWare Inc.
• 1996 L. Carl Leinbach, Gettysburg College
• 1997 Robert Devaney, Boston University
• 1998 Warren Esty, Montana State University
• 1999 Susan Holmes, Stanford University
• 2000 V. Fredrick Rickey, USMA

During this time, the EXPO has grown from a one day event with an attendance of 56 people to a 2 day event with an attendance of over 140 people. When KCRCHE was dissolved in 1994, the EXPO became a non-profit self-supporting event.