FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CATEGORY THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS (CT2017) July 16-22, 2017 University of British Columbia Vancouver, Canada This conference will be held on the University of British Columbia campus. It will begin with a reception at 4pm on Sunday July 16, 2017, and will end at 1pm on Saturday July 22, 2017. All those interested in category theory and its applications are welcome. The Scientific Committee consists of M. M. Clementino M. Gran G. Janelidze(Chair) P. T. Johnstone J. L. MacDonald S. Mantovani R. H. Street W. P. Tholen This announcement is made for your advance planning purposes only and does not require a response. Some support has been received from the Pacific Institute of Mathematics(PIMS}. Further details will be given in later announcements. Registrations are not yet being accepted. I hope to see many of you in Vancouver next summer. Lauchie MacDonald [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]