FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR TALKS FROM RESEARCH STUDENTS Categories and Companions Symposium 2022 (CaCS2022) 08:00–10:30 and 18:00–22:00, September 19–23, 2022 (UTC+10) at MATRIX in Creswick, Victoria (Australia) and on Zoom Here you can find the registration form as well as updated information about the schedule when available https://categories-and-companions.github.io/ ================================================================= BACKGROUND CaCS2022 is an online event (via Zoom) for research students (Honours/Masters/PhD) in category theory and related disciplines from around the world to meet each other and share their work. Everyone is welcome to attend the event. There will be 50 minute talks from invited speakers and a series of 20 minute contributed talks by research students, split across two sessions each day — the first aimed at Australasian and American time zones and the second at Australasian, African and European time zones. Attendees will also have the opportunity to meet and talk to each other in smaller groups at various times throughout the symposium. There will be an additional in-person component at MATRIX in Creswick, Victoria (Australia) for a small number of Australian-based students, with partially-catered accommodation covered. Those interested in this, please fill the registration form before Saturday, July 23rd. Since places are limited, we ask you to write a short paragraph explaining how you would benefit from attending in person. The decision will be communicated shortly after this deadline. This symposium is supported by MATRIX and AMSI. To support post-symposium research collaboration between PhD student participants, MATRIX and AMSI are providing funding through the MATRIX-AMSI PhD Student Research Collaboration Scheme. For more information, see https://www.matrix-inst.org.au/phd-student-research-collaboration-scheme-gui... . Please share the details of this event with research students in your local academic community. ================================================================= IMPORTANT DATES - Submission of abstracts: Friday, August 19, 2022 23:59:59 Anywhere on Earth. - Registration for in-person attendance: Saturday, July 23, 2022 23:59:59 Anywhere on Earth. - Registration for online attendance: Friday, September 16, 2022 23:59:59 Anywhere on Earth. - Symposium: Monday, September 19 to Friday, September 23, 2022. ================================================================= REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Registration is now open (for both research students and the wider community). The registration form can be found on the website <https://categories-and-companions.github.io/>. When registering, all research students (Honours/Masters/PhD) are encouraged to propose a title and abstract for a 20 minute talk in category theory or category theory adjacent topics. Talks about work in progress, and talks by those who usually have fewer opportunities to present internationally, are very welcome and especially encouraged. Upon submitting the registration form, a link titled "Edit your response" will be presented; talk proposals may be edited using this link up until the August 19 deadline. ================================================================= INVITED SPEAKERS The following invited speakers will each deliver an extended 50 minute talk. Further information, including the titles and abstracts of their talks can be found on the CaCS2022 website: <http://web.science.mq.edu.au/groups/coact/seminar/CaCS2021/> https://categories-and-companions.github.io/. - Dominic Verity (Macquarie University and ANU) - Christina Vasilakopoulou (University of Patras) - Jonas Frey (Carnegie Mellon University) Marcy Robertson (University of Melbourne) will run a workshop on being prepared for the job market which will include discussion of CV and/or research statement preparation, and what you can be doing now to make yourself a compelling candidate. ================================================================= ORGANISERS Jack Crawford (Australian National University) Matthew Di Meglio (University of Edinburgh) Nicola Di Vittorio (Macquarie University) David Farrell (Macquarie University) Eli Hazel (Macquarie University) Yao Tang (Macquarie University) Ivo Vekemans (Australian National University) Paula Verdugo (Macquarie University) For any additional information, please contact us at cacs.committee@gmail.com [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]