Dear colleagues, It is a pleasure to announce the "Summer School in Algebra and Topology" that will take place at the Universite catholique de Louvain, from Wednesday 12 September to Saturday 15 September, 2018. The speakers will be professors Maria Manuel Clementino ( http://www.mat.uc.pt/~mmc <http://www.mat.uc.pt/~mmc> ), Alberto Facchini ( http://www.math.unipd.it/~facchini/ <http://www.math.unipd.it/~facchini/> ) and Tim Van der Linden ( https://perso.uclouvain.be/tim.vanderlinden/ <https://perso.uclouvain.be/tim.vanderlinden/> ). The mini-courses will be addressed to Master and PhD students, and will also be of interest for experienced researchers in the fields of algebra, category theory and topology. The programme will consist in three mini-courses: Maria Manuel Clementino - Topological algebras Alberto Facchini - Commutative monoids, noncommutative rings and modules Tim Van der Linden - Non-associative algebras This event is part of a joint project of the Universite catholique de Louvain with the universities of Coimbra, Padova and Poitiers, promoting the collaboration within the "Coimbra Group" ( http://www.coimbra-group.eu <http://www.coimbra-group.eu/> ). A second announcement will be sent at the beginning of the coming year, when the website of the summer school will be published. With best regards, Marino *********************************************************** Marino Gran Université catholique de Louvain Chemin du Cyclotron 2 B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve Webpage : https://perso.uclouvain.be/marino.gran <https://perso.uclouvain.be/marino.gran> [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]