Dear Colleagues We are pleased to announce that registration is now open for the 31st Summer Conference on Topology and its Applications taking place at Leicester University, England during 2nd to 5th August 2016. We will have an Algebraic Topology Session co-chaired by Julie Bergner and Simona Paoli . You can register by following the guidelines on the website: https://sites.google.com/site/summertopology/home We will have the following invited speakers. Will Brian Baylor University Anna Giordano Bruno University of Udine Steven Frankel Yale University Paul Gartside University of Pitsburgh Jean Goubault-Larrecq Ecole Normal Sup'erieure de Cachan Mike Hill UCLA John Hunton Durham University Steve Hurder University of Illinois at Chicago Ieke Moerdijk Utrecht University and University of Sheffield Jimme Lawson Louisana State University Ulrike Tillmann University of Oxford Boaz Tsaban Bar-Ilan University On Monday 1st August 2016 we will also host the Galway Colloquium, a one day event aimed at PhD students, with many of the same speakers as for the conference giving introductory talks on their topics. Also, there will be a careers panel. Registration and more information for this event can be found on the same website. Although the event targets PhD students, others may attend. Events Welcome Reception Monday 1st August 2016 (evening) Conference Dinner Thursday 4th August (evening) Visit to King Richard III Visitor Centre Wednesday 3rd August http://kriii.com/ (evening) There is also a partner plan for those wishing to bring a partner, but please inform us if you are interested in this option. For more information please contact Alison Gibson or Alex Clark on tilings@leicester.ac.uk<mailto:tilings@leicester.ac.uk> . We hope to see you in August, Alex Clark Department of Mathematics University of Leicester University Road Leicester , LE1 7RH United Kingdom [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]