Please circulate to all interested colleagues. =================================================================== SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT =================================================================== CT99 International Category Theory Meeting Department of Mathematics University of Coimbra Coimbra, Portugal July 19-24, 1999 The Department of Mathematics of the University of Coimbra is organizing an International Meeting on Category Theory to be held at the University of Coimbra, from 19th to 24th of July, 1999. The conference arrival day is Sunday July 18. The scientific program will begin Monday morning July 19 and will finish before lunch on Saturday July 24. The conference will consist of 10 invited lectures and 25mn contributed talks. It will open with the lecture "Eilenberg and categories" by Saunders Mac Lane. INVITED SPEAKERS ================ Steve Awodey (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Michael Batanin (Macquarie University, Australia) Carsten Butz (McGill University, Canada) Pilar Carrasco (University of Granada, Spain) Jonathon Funk (University of British Columbia, Canada) Saunders MacLane (University of Chicago, USA) Ieke Moerdijk (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Jiri Rosicky (Masaryk University, Czech Republic) Stephen Schanuel (SUNY at Buffalo, USA) Enrico Vitale (Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium) SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE ==================== Jiri Adamek (Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany) Bernhard Banaschewski (McMaster University, Canada) Peter T. Johnstone (University of Cambridge, UK) Andre Joyal (University of Quebec at Montreal, Canada) F. William Lawvere (SUNY at Buffalo, USA) Dana Scott (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Ross Street (Macquarie University, Australia) Walter Tholen (York University, Canada) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ==================== Manuela Sobral (Universidade de Coimbra) Maria Manuel Clementino (Universidade de Coimbra) Jorge Picado (Universidade de Coimbra) Lurdes Sousa (Instituto Superior Politecnico de Viseu) Goncalo Gutierres (Universidade de Coimbra) SATELLITE EVENT =============== SCTA: School on Category Theory and Applications, University of Coimbra, July 13-17, 1999. e-mail: scta@mat.uc.pt Web page: http://www.mat.uc.pt/~scta/ (A detailed announcement of the school will be sent out next week.) CALL FOR PAPERS =============== Participants are invited to present a 25mn talk. They are due to prepare an Abstract occupying no more than one page, written in English, with the following format: Title of the talk Author's names Authors' Institutions Abstract If the talk has several authors, the name of the speaker should be underlined. Abstracts may be sent either by e-mail (in TeX, LaTeX, AMSTeX) - preferably in an attached file -, by fax or postal mail. REGISTRATION FEE ================ The conference registration fee is set at 30000 PTE. Students will pay a reduced fee of 20000 PTE. This amount covers conference documentation, welcome reception, coffee breaks and lunchs, as well as the conference dinner. Payment must be made (before March 31) by bank transfer to ------------------------------------------- | Bank: Banco Portugues do Atlantico | | Branch: Celas, Coimbra | | Address: Praca Machado de Assis, 7 | | 3000 Coimbra, Portugal | | Account number: 0017-0309-00045281906-24 | | Account name: Category Theory 99 | ------------------------------------------- Please do not forget to indicate the name of sender and keep a copy of the transfer; note that you have to pay all the bank charges. Registrations can be made directly at the Conference Web Page or by electronic or postal mail, filling in the Registration Form below. ACCOMMODATION ============= Please keep in mind that July is high season here and that to ensure accommodation after April 30 can be difficult. Please reserve your accommodation as soon as possible. You may book your hotel room in the following conference hotels: HOTEL CAT. SINGLE DOUBLE Qta. Lagrimas **** 15000 17000 Tivoli **** 10000 12000 Astoria *** 7700 9900 Braganca *** 6400 8500 Ibis ** 8600 9500 Resid. Botanico *** 5900 7500 In order to do that you must fill in the Hotel Reservation Form below and send it by postal mail or fax to the following address: ------------------------------------------------- | Profissional Tours | | Av. Afonso Henriques, 45 | | 3000 Coimbra, Portugal | | Phone: 351-39-402011 | | Fax: 351-39-704317 | | email: profissional.comercial@beta-viagens.pt | ------------------------------------------------- There will be a few rooms available at Students Residences. The students interested on them should send an email to mailto:picado@mat.uc.pt IMPORTANT DATES =============== Registration: March 31, 1999. Abstract submission: April 20, 1999. CONFERENCE HOMEPAGE =================== The Registration and Hotel Reservation Forms, as well as up-to-date information, are available at our web page http://www.mat.uc.pt/~ct99/ CONFERENCE ADDRESSES ==================== All correspondence must be sent to one of the following addresses: E-mail address: ct99@mat.uc.pt Postal address: CT99 Departamento de Matemática Apartado 3008 3000 Coimbra, PORTUGAL Please find below the Registration and Hotel Reservation Forms. They may also be sent to you by fax, upon request. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATEGORY THEORY 99 Coimbra, Portugal, July 19-24, 1999 REGISTRATION FORM (Please send before March 31, 1999) Family name: _________________________________ First name: __________________________________ Institution (full postal address): _____________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ e-mail address: ________________________________________________ Fax number: ____________________________________________________ Registration Fee: Non-student (30000 PTE): ____ Student (20000 PTE): ____ I need a receipt: YES ____ NO _____ addressed to (Name or Institution): _______________________________________ I plan to give a 25 minute talk: YES ____ NO ____ Title: ____________________________________________________________________ I will send the abstract: in TeX (LaTeX, AMSTeX) by e-mail ____ by fax ____ by mail ____ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ CATEGORY THEORY 99 Coimbra, Portugal, July 19-24, 1999 HOTEL RESERVATION FORM (Please send before April 30, 1999) Accommodation prices: All prices indicated are in Portuguese escudos (1 EURO=200.482 PTE) and per room per day, including breakfast. Deadline for guaranteed room is April 30, 1999. HOTEL CAT. SINGLE DOUBLE Room Type Priority Choice ROOM ROOM S / D 1 2 3 Qta. Lagrimas **** 15000 17000 ______ __ __ __ Tivoli **** 10000 12000 ______ __ __ __ Astoria *** 7700 9900 ______ __ __ __ Braganca *** 6400 8500 ______ __ __ __ Ibis ** 8600 9500 ______ __ __ __ Resid. Botanico *** 5900 7500 ______ __ __ __ * The organization will not allocate people to double rooms. So, if you are sharing a room, please indicate the name (surname, initials) of the person you will be sharing with. Date of arrival: ___/___/___ Date of departure: ___/___/___ Number of nights: _____ METHOD OF PAYMENT: By cheque # in Portuguese escudos, payable to: PROFISSIONAL TOURS # personal cheques are not acceptable and bank draft cheques or money orders in escudos are accepted only when free of charges to the organization. By credit card: VISA ____ MASTERCARD ____ EUROCARD ____ Please charge my credit card to the total amount of _______________________PTE Card Number _________________________________ Expiry date _____/_____ Signature ___________________________________ PLEASE FILL BELOW, INDEPENDENTLY OF YOUR METHOD OF PAYMENT Name _________________________________________________ Fax __________________ Full address _________________________________________ Country ______________ PLEASE SEND TO PROFISSIONAL TOURS - Av. Afonso Henriques, 45 - 3000 COIMBRA - PORTUGAL Phone (+351 39)402011 - Fax (+351 39)704317 e-mail: profissional.comercial@beta-viagens.pt ------------------------------------------------------------------------------