===================================================================== Second Announcement-Octoberfest '05 ======================================== The "not-quite-annual" Octoberfest has been a great tradition among category theorists for several decades now. This weekend conference has always been held at McGill University, but this year is moving down the highway to the University of Ottawa. It will be hosted by the Logic and Foundations of Computing group (LFC). See our website at www.mathstat.uottawa.ca/lfc. The conference will be held on the weekend of October 22nd-23rd. The Octoberfest webpage is: http://aix1.uottawa.ca/~scpsg/Octoberfest05/Octoberfest.final1.htm We will be having a special lecture from Rick Jardine (Western). He will also be giving a special Distinguished CRM lecture to the Ottawa-Carleton Mathematics Institute, at 3:30 Friday afternoon, October 21, and early arriving Octoberfest participants are cordially invited to attend. The Math Department is at 585 King Edward Ave. (See the webpage for campus maps). We have booked 2 blocks rooms at nearby hotels. WE STRONGLY SUGGEST TO BOOK EARLY (Rates are only guaranteed until around mid-September). We have 15 rooms at: Quality Hotel Downtown Ottawa 290 Rideau Street Ottawa, ON K1N 5Y3 (P) 613-789-7511 These rooms are held for Friday and Saturday nights. The group number is 104704 and the group name is "Category Theory Conference". The rate is the University of Ottawa Friends and Family rate of $97.00 plus 15% tax. Guests may phone the hotel directly at 613-789-7511 to reserve and may quote either the group name or number to get the preferred rate. We have also booked some good apartment suites: Cartier Place Suite Hotel, (across the Laurier Bridge, over the Canal), (180 Cooper St, off Elgin Street. 613-236-5000. These are modern apartment suites, with cooking facilities. We have reserved at special govt./university rates for Friday and Saturday nights: 10 single apartments and 5 double-bedroom apartments under the name Category Theory Conference, U. Ottawa. Rates on available apartments are: 4 standard 1 bedroom @ $109/night, 6 superior 1 bedroom @ $112/night, 5 two bedroom @ $149/night, plus 15% tax. Here are some B&B's near U. Ottawa: Home Sweetland Home B&B: 62 Sweetland Avenue, Ottawa, ON K1N 7T6 Phone: (613) 234-1871 Reservations: 1-877-299-3499 (web: http://www.bbexpo.com/sweetland) Benners B&B 541 Besserer 613-789-8320 Olde Bytown Bed & Breakfast, 459 Laurier Ave E Ottawa, Ontario K1N6R4 Gasthaus Switzerland 89 Daly Avenue Ottawa ON K1N6E6 Canada Phone: 613-237-0335 Fax: 613-594-3327 Toll-free: 888-663-0000 (www.gasthausswitzerlandinn.com) Ottawa Centre Bed and Breakfast 62 Stewart Street Ottawa, Ontario K1N 6J1 Phone: 613-237-9494 Tool Free: 866-240-4659 We ask that all attendees send us an email, so that we may have an idea as to the number attending. (Anyone wishing to give a talk should also send us a title and abstract.) We intend to continue the tradition of keeping the registration fees extremely low, especially for students. Sincerely, Rick Blute Phil Scott --