Dear Colleagues, This is the first announcement for CT 2016 which will be held at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada,on August 7 - 13, 2016. We are still in the process of finalizing some of the details concerning accommodations, registration and invited speakers. Details will be posted at the CT 2016 Conference website as they are confirmed: http://mysite.science.uottawa.ca/phofstra/CT2016/CT2016.htm We intend to have limited funding to partially support graduate students attending the conference. In order to be considered for support, send your CV and a letter of support by your current supervisor to Richard Blute at rblute@uottawa.ca<mailto:rblute@uottawa.ca> before May 15. We hope to see you all there, The Organizers Richard Blute Robin Cockett Pieter Hofstra (chair) Robert Dawson Dorette Pronk [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]