%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Preliminary Announcement and First Call for Papers ALGEBRAIC AND TOPOLOGICAL METHODS IN NON-CLASSICAL LOGICS III (TANCL'07) 5-9 August, 2007 St Anne's College (University of Oxford) Oxford, England This international conference is the third in the series Algebraic and Topological methods in Non-Classical Logics (TANCL). The first was held in 2003 in Tbilisi, Georgia: http://sierra.nmsu.edu/morandi/TbilisiConference/Home.html and the second in 2005 in Barcelona, Spain: http://www.mat.ub.es/~logica/meeting2005/ AIMS AND SCOPE The topics covered by TANCL'07 lie within a well-established and active area of mathematical logic. It is hoped to attract to the meeting established researchers and also postdoctoral and graduate students, from the UK and overseas. The objectives are (1) to provide a showcase for recent advances in the field; (2) to facilitate the exchange of ideas and expertise between mathematicians, logicians, and theoretical computer scientists working on many facets of non-classical logic; (3) to foster future collaborations. The programme will focus on three interconnecting mathematical themes central to the study of non-classical logics and their applications: algebraic, categorical, and topological methods. Three more specialized satellite workshops are planned (see below). INVITED SPEAKERS Samson Abramsky, University of Oxford, UK Wojciech Buszkowski, Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland Alexander Kurz, University of Leicester, UK Jean-Eric Pin, University of Paris, France Giovanni Sambin, University of Padova, Italy Yde Venema, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands Frank Wolter, University of Liverpool, UK PROGRAMME COMMITTEE Guram Bezhanishvili (Chair), New Mexico State University, USA Leo Esakia, Georgian Academy of Sciences, Georgia Mai Gehrke, New Mexico State University, USA Silvio Ghilardi, University of Milan , Italy Ramon Jansana, University of Barcelona , Spain Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, USA Hiroakira Ono, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Japan Hilary Priestley, University of Oxford, UK Michael Zakharyaschev, Birkbeck, Universty of London, UK CONTRIBUTED PAPERS There will be an opportunity for participants to offer short talks, the selection to be made by the Programme Committee on the basis of submitted half-page abstracts. Details of the procedure will be on the conference homepage. SATELLITE WORKSHOPS It is planned to hold three specialized satellite workshops at Oxford University Computing Laboratory: Categorical Quantum Logic (convened by Bob Coecke) Coalgebraic Logic (convened by Alexander Kurz) Spatial and Spatio-temporal Logics (convened by Michael Zakharyaschev). CONFERENCE ORGANISERS Mai Gehrke and Hilary Priestley They can be contacted by email at tancl07@maths.ox.ac.uk KEY DATES Deadline for submission of abstracts: 1 May Acceptance notification: 15 May Deadline for registration and reservation of accommodation: 1 June VENUE The conference will be held at St Anne's College, Oxford [ http://www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk], one of the colleges of Oxford University. The college has excellent conference facilities and is within 10 minutes' walk of the centre of the city of Oxford. Accommodation of various types will be available. REGISTRATION Registration for the conference and reservation of accommodation will be through the conference homepage. FINANCIAL SUPPORT We hope to be able to provide financial support for a number of graduate students and perhaps for others who can make a strong case. FURTHER INFORMATION AND EXPRESSION OF INTEREST A conference homepage is being set up at http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/notices/events/special/tancl07/ In the meantime, expression of interest by potential participants is welcomed; please email tancl07@maths.ox.ac.uk %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%