Dear all, This is the second announcement of the Conference on Homotopy Theory, K-theory, and Topological Data Analysis that will be held at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ont. from June 8 to 12, 2026. The conference honours the work of John F. (Rick) Jardine, a professor at the University of Western Ontario. Details can be found on the website: http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/activities/25-26/homotopy-theory but here is a TL;DR. Program. There will be 18 invited talks given by: K. Adamyk (Hamline University) M. Anel (Carnegie Mellon University) A. Asok (University of Southern California) J. Bergner (University of Virginia) G. Carlsson (Stanford University) D.-C. Cisinski (University of Regensburg) E. Elmanto (University of Toronto) J. Heller (University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign) M. Lesnick (State University of New York at Albany) M. Levine (Universität Duisburg–Essen) L. McInnes (Tutte Institute for Mathematics and Computing) E. Purvine (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) M. Rovelli (University of Massachusetts at Amherst) O. Röndigs (Osnabrück University) L. Scoccola (Université du Québec à Montréal) K. Wickelgren (Duke University) B. Williams (University of British Columbia) I. Zakharevich (Cornell University) Funding. Limited funding is available to cover travel and local expenses of students and early career researchers. Priority will be given to applications received before *March 31* with the first decisions announced in mid-April. Accommodation. Discounted rates have been arranged for participants at The Park Hotel and Ontario Hall, the newest residence hall on campus. They will remain available through May 7 and May 8, respectively. However, the number of rooms is limited. Registration. Registration is free but is required to attend. We are looking forward to seeing many of you in the world's second best London! Best wishes, Chris Kapulkin for the organizers You're receiving this message because you're a member of the Categories mailing list group from Macquarie University. To take part in this conversation, reply all to this message. View group files<https://outlook.office365.com/groups/groupsubscription?source=EscalatedMessage&action=files&smtp=categories%40mq.edu.au&bO=true&GuestId=6bf90c14-94d1-45b7-a0b5-9dd447734d27> | Leave group<https://outlook.office365.com/groups/groupsubscription?source=EscalatedMessage&action=leave&smtp=categories%40mq.edu.au&bO=true&GuestId=6bf90c14-94d1-45b7-a0b5-9dd447734d27> | Learn more about Microsoft 365 Groups<https://aka.ms/o365g>