Dear Categories, This is a preliminary save-the-date announcement that OctoberFest 2018 will take place in New York City at City College, which is part of the City University of New York, during the weekend of October 27/28, 2018. As usual, the meeting will start Saturday morning and end Sunday early afternoon. In conjunction with OctoberFest we are planning a special NYC category theory seminar at the CUNY Graduate Center on the evening of Friday, October 26. We will share details regarding accommodation, venue, webpage, etc. as soon as we can. Looking forward to seeing you in NYC! Organizers: Gershom Bazerman Jonathon Funk Pieter Hofstra Benjamin Steinberg Noson Yanofsky [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]