Please circulate to all interested colleagues: SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY THEORY MEETING (CT97) July 13-19, 1997 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada The conference arrival day is Sunday July 13 with a reception in the evening. The scientific program will begin Monday morning July 14 and will finish before lunch on Saturday July 19. PREREGISTRATION IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO, AND PLAN TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE, PLEASE PREREGISTER BY MARCH 15, 1997. To preregister, and thus receive detailed information, please send e-mail to johnm@math.ubc.ca with subject `preregistration'. Please provide your name and a postal address in the body of the message. REGISTRATION FEE The conference registration fee is tentatively set at $225(Canadian) if received before the end of May and $250 if received afterwards. The final figure depends on some cost estimates not yet received but will not vary much (if at all) from this tentative figure. The registration fee includes a reception Sunday evening, morning coffees, a midweek excursion, a banquet Friday evening as well as various fees charged by the University (e.g. meeting room rentals). Tickets to attend any of the events will be available at cost for spouses, children, or other accompanying persons. Final figures as well as method of payment will be sent to those who have preregistered. ACCOMODATION AND MEALS Accomodation is available on the U.B.C. campus in a block of rooms being held for CT97 until one month before the meetings begin. These rooms as well as reasonably priced student eating places and a pub are all located within easy walking distance of the talks. A form for booking rooms on campus will be sent soon to all preregistrants. For your advance information the costs of accomodation are as follows: A single room with shared washroom is $33. per night; A single room with private washroom is $60. per night; A single/double suite (1 double bed) is $95. per night; and A triple suite (2 twin beds, 1 double) is $110. per night. These rates are in Canadian funds and do not include taxes, which will be added to the rates quoted. The accomodation quoted at $60, $95 and $110 includes TV, telephone, kitchenette and private washroom. Breakfast is not included, but is available nearby. Those who prefer to book hotel rooms in downtown Vancouver should allow 20-30 minutes by car to the U.B.C. campus or 40-60 minutes by city bus. The name of a Vancouver travel agent will be included in a future announcement for those wishing to book hotels or tours through a local agent. SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME Abstracts for talks should be sent to stone@math.ubc.ca (or Art Stone, 8942 Ganymede Place, Burnaby, B.C. V3J 1A1, CANADA) before May 1, 1997. Please include a title and limit the abstract to half a page or less in length. Please indicate the amount of time you would like (20, 30 or 50 minutes). People will not be asked to speak for more time than they have requested and, indeed, limited time may compel some compression of talks. The total number of speakers may have to be limited as well. SPECIAL EVENTS A discussion on some topic of general interest will take place on Tuesday evening July 15. For those interested there may be hikes (or longer expeditions) organized to take place on the day (or days) immediately following the formal part of the meeting. There is an outdoor Shakespeare Festival in Vancouver from June 10 until September 21. Bard on the Beach presents "The Winter's Tale" at 8PM on July 15, 16, 17 and "Love's Labour's Lost" at 8PM on July 18, 19. Bard on the Peak presents "The Winter's Tale" at the top of Grouse Mountain at 1PM on July 19. Tickets can be obtained through a travel agent. The 20th annual Vancouver Folk Music Festival will be held near the beach, in Jericho Park, on Friday evening July 18, all day Saturday July 19 and all day Sunday July 20. This is an outdoor event and if you plan to go tickets can be bought at the gate either day by day, or for the entire weekend. Those interested in contemporary live theatre, sporting events, etc. should enquire through a travel agent regarding schedules of events or find out on arrival. There are fine restaurants available off campus in addition to the student places on campus. There are several beaches nearby.