John Lyon has written a few personal sentences on his summer school experience. Feel free to comment and share!
I was impressed by the high level of conversation and the genuine intellectual interest of the participants. It was amazing to see such a wide geographic spectrum of the Russian Federation represented, yet in spite of that geographic diversity to see such consistent quality of thinking and discussion. And I was most grateful for the generosity and interest that the participants showed to the ideas of someone from outside their country. I felt that there was a strong sense of collaboration and cooperation that transcended geographic, national, and linguistic differences.