UPDATE: There will be a special, pre-Octoberfest lecture by Prof. Dana Scott on Friday 27 October, 4:30 - 6pm. *** Second Announcement *** Category Theory Octoberfest 2017 28-29 October 2017 Carnegie Mellon University The 2017 Category Theory Octoberfest will be held on the weekend of Saturday the 28th and Sunday the 29th at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. Following the tradition of past Octoberfests, this is intended to be an informal meeting, covering all areas of category theory and its applications. Talks by PhD students and young researchers are particularly encouraged! Details and travel information can be found here: https://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/awodey/CToctoberfest/Octoberfest.html Registration: There is no registration fee. Registration is optional, but participants are requested to contact the organizers in advance, especially if they would like to give a talk. To register and/or submit a talk, please send email to the organizers with the following information: your name, will you give a talk (yes or no), the title of your talk (if yes). Organizers: Steve Awodey (awodey@cmu.edu) Jonas Frey (jonasf@andrew.cmu.edu) Hope to see you in Pittsburgh! Steve and Jonas [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]