********************************************************* ****** SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT ****** ****** and ****** ****** EARLY CALL FOR PAPERS ****** ****** ****** ****** CATEGORY THEORY 2019 ****** ****** (CT2019) ****** ****** UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH ****** ****** ****** ****** 7-13 JULY 2019 ****** ********************************************************* Dear Colleagues, We are pleased to announce the 2019 International Conference on Category Theory (CT2019), which will take place at the University of Edinburgh from 7-13 July 2019. The preliminary *Invited Speakers* are as follows: • John Baez (Riverside) • Neil Ghani (Strathclyde) • Marco Grandis (Genoa) • Simona Paoli (Leicester) • Emily Riehl (Johns Hopkins) • Mike Shulman (San Diego) • Manuela Sobral (Coimbra) Further invited speakers to be confirmed. We are offering an early round of submissions and decisions to allow for those who need an early decision or want preliminary feedback for a possible resubmission. The *Timetable* is as follows: Early submission opens: January 1 Early submission deadline: March 1 Early decision notifications: April 1 Submission opens: March 1 Submission deadline: May 1 Notifications: June 1 *Submission* for CT2019 is handled by EasyChair through the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ct20190 In order to submit, you will need to make an EasyChair account, which is a simple process. Submissions should be in the form of a brief (1pp.) abstract. *Registration* is independent of paper submission and will be open at a later date. More details can be found on the conference website: http://conferences.inf.ed.ac.uk/ct2019/ *Inquiries* may be directed to the following email address: categorytheory2019@gmail.com We look forward to seeing you in Edinburgh! The Organizing Committee: Steve Awodey, Richard Garner, Chris Heunen (chair), Tom Leinster, Christina Vasilakopoulou The Scientific Committee: Steve Awodey (chair), Julie Bergner, Bohm Gabriella, John Bourke, Eugenia Cheng, Robin Cockett, Chris Heunen, Zurab Janelidze, Dominic Verity [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]