============================================================ INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY THEORY CONFERENCE 2008 (CT08): First Announcement Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Calais, France, 22-28 June 2008 In the tradition of previous meetings held in Carvoeiro (2007), White Point(2006), Vancouver (2004), Como (2000) and Coimbra (1999), an International Conference on Category Theory will be held at the Laboratoire de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées J. Liouville of the Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale from June 22 until June 28, 2008. The scientific programme will begin on Monday morning, June 23, and will finish before lunch on Saturday June 28. The programme will consist of conferences delivered by invited speakers and contributed talks. The main scientific topics of the conference will include: General Category Theory Topos Theory Higher Categorical Structures and Homotopy Theory Categories in Algebra and Logic Descent and Galois Theory. Categorical Topology Categories in Computer Science The members of the Scientific Committee are: Clemens Berger (Université de Nice, France) Dominique Bourn (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France) George Janelidze (University of Cape Town, South Africa) Peter Johnstone (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) Manuela Sobral (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal) Robert Walters (Università dell'Insubria, Italy) Updated information (deadlines, fees, registration, abstract submissions, accommodation, social program, etc.) will be provided in the conference web page http://saxo.univ-littoral.fr/CT08/ The Organizing Committee, Dominique Bourn, Marino Gran and Shalom Eliahou