Apologies for cross-listing, but with Andre Joyal and a few more junior categorical folks among the speakers, I thought this session might be of interest to those already planning to be in Boston for the Joint Meetings. ---------------------------------------- First Announcement: AMS Special Session on Homotopy Theory, Jan. 6th & 7th, 2012 at the Joint Meetings in Boston. Friday, Jan. 6th, 8-10:50 AM (no afternoon session) Saturday, Jan. 7th, 8-10:50 AM and 1-5:50 PM (The previously announced Special Session on Calculus of Functors and Its Applications runs for both halves of the day on Friday, Jan. 6th.) In addition to the session talks, we plan to organize an informal dinner Friday evening and those attending either session are invited to join us. Further details will be posted on our session website https://sites.google.com/site/2012amshomotopytheory/ Speakers: Ricardo Andrade David Ayala Romie Banerjee Paul Baum Anna-Marie Bohmann Daniel Dugger Martin Frankland Matthew Gelvin Bertrand Guillou John E. Harper Samuel B. Isaacson Niles Johnson Andre Joyal William Kronholm Tyler Lawson John Lind Angelica Osorno Kari Ragnarsson Nick Rozenblyum Chris Schommer-Pries Michael Shulman Vesna Stojanoska Questions and/or comments may be addressed to any of the organizers: Mark Behrens Haynes Miller Mark Johnson James Turner Donald Yau (corresponding organizer) We hope to see you in Boston! [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]