ANNOUNCEMENT OF SPECIAL SESSION IN HONOR OF THE WORKS OF MAC LANE AND EILENBERG and REMINDER OF UPCOMING DEADLINES International Category Theory Conference CT 2006 June 25 - July 1, 2006 White Point, Nova Scotia http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/ct2006/ * * * SPECIAL SESSION ON THE WORKS OF MAC LANE AND EILENBERG ------------------------------------------------------ A special commemorative session in honor of the two founders of category theory, Saunders Mac Lane and Samuel Eilenberg, will be held at CT 2006. Contributors who are interested in having their talk be part of this special session should indicate so when they submit their abstract. Since the special session will be one-half day, only a limited number of talks can be accommodated. UPCOMING DEADLINES: ------------------- February 27: Submission of Abstracts ------------ Prospective speakers should submit an abstract of up to one page. Abstracts should be sufficiently detailed to allow the scientific committee to assess the merits of the work. Submissions should be in plain text, Postscript, or PDF format, and must be sent to ct06@mathstat.dal.ca by FEBRUARY 27. (Proposals for talks at the special session on Mac Lane and Eilenberg will be accepted until March 15). Receipt of all submissions will be acknowledged by return email. Authors will be notified by March 30 of the acceptance of their talks. March 1: Early (=cheaper) Registration -------- This is a reminder that participants have to register by MARCH 1 to take advantage of the cheaper rate of $120 (regular) or $75 (reduced). After March 1, the registration fees will increase to $150 (regular) and $100 (reduced). So please register now at: https://sigma.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/ct2006/registration.php In case someone needs to cancel their registration, it will be possible to do so (for a full refund of the registration fee) until April 20. We also recommend that you book your rooms at Whitepoint as soon as possible. See the CT 2006 website for details. * * * (The remainder of this announcement contains information repeated from previous announcements.) The International Category Theory Conference (CT) covers all areas of pure and applied category theory. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: higher dimensional categories, categorical logic, applications of categories in algebra, topology, combinatorics, and other areas of mathematics, applications of category theory to computer science, physics and other mathematical sciences. Previous meetings in this series were held in Vancouver (2004), Como (2000), Coimbra (1999), Vancouver (1997), Halifax (1995), Tours (1994), Isle of Thorns (1992), Montreal (1991), and Como (1990). CT 2006 will be held at White Point Beach Resort (http://www.whitepoint.com/), a seaside resort in Nova Scotia (Canada), about 100 minutes' drive from Halifax. It will be an active research-oriented conference, in something of an "Oberwolfach style". All those interested in category theory and its applications are welcome. INVITED SPEAKERS: (updated) Invited lectures will be given by: Kathryn Hess (EPF Lausanne) Steve Lack (University of Western Sydney) Tom Leinster (University of Glasgow) Steve Schanuel (SUNY Buffalo) Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University) REGISTRATION: The registration fees for CT 2006 are as follows: If registering by March 1 (early registration): Regular -- $120 Reduced (*) -- $75 If registering after March 1 (late registration): Regular -- $150 Reduced (*) -- $100 (*) the reduced registration fee applies to students, postdocs, and researchers without grant. Please register at: https://sigma.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/ct2006/registration.php ACCOMMODATIONS, ARRIVAL, DEPARTURE: Please book your rooms at White Point Beach Resort as soon as possible. We encourage all participants to book this by the end of January; keep in mind that it can be canceled later for a $5 fee. The normal arrival date is Sunday, June 25, and the normal departure date is Saturday, July 1. There will be an informal opening reception / buffet dinner on June 25 from 6:30-10:30pm. The normal check-in time is 2pm and check-out time is 11am. If you need to make special arrangements for early arrival or late departure, please make them by contacting White Point directly. The conference venue offers a choice of accommodation, both in comfortable finished cabins and in "hotel-style" rooms. All meals are included in the price of the rooms. Subject to availability, White Point Beach Resort has agreed to extend the conference rates to the weeks before and after the conference in case any guests wish to stay longer. If you would like to arrange this, please contact White Point directly. For reservations, please contact White Point Beach Resort: Tel: 1-800-565-5068 (U.S. and Canada) Tel: +1-902-354-2711 (international) Fax: +1-902-354-7278 Email reservations: greatday@whitepoint.com AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION: We will arrange for shared transportation between Halifax International Airport and White Point Beach Resort on the days of arrival and departure, at no extra charge to conference participants and their guests. To take advantage of this, please let us know, at ct06@mathstat.dal.ca, your arrival and departure times, airline, and flight numbers, as soon as you have this information. Please note that White Point Beach Resort is 100 minutes driving distance from the airport, and there is no convenient alternative transportation available except for renting a car. IMPORTANT DEADLINES: Jan 25, 2006: early booking of rooms Feb 15, 2006: application for graduate student support Feb 27, 2006: submission of abstracts Mar 1, 2006: early registration Mar 15, 2006: proposals for special session talks Mar 30, 2006: notification of authors Apr 20, 2006: booking of rooms Apr 20, 2006: cancellation of registrations SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Jiri Adamek John Baez Michael Barr Eugenia Cheng Maria Manuel Clementino Marcelo Fiore Peter Freyd Jonathon Funk Peter Johnstone Steve Lack Susan Niefield Phil Scott Ross Street Walter Tholen (chair) Enrico Vitale ORGANIZERS: Robert Dawson (rdawson@cs.stmarys.ca) Dorette Pronk (pronk@mathstat.dal.ca) Peter Selinger (selinger@mathstat.dal.ca) CONFERENCE EMAIL AND WEBSITE: ct06@mathstat.dal.ca http://www.mathstat.dal.ca/~selinger/ct2006/