UNION COLLEGE MATHEMATICS CONFERENCE Schenectady, New York Saturday and Sunday December 3 - 4, 2016 This is the third announcement for the 15th Union College Mathematics Conference. This year the conference topics are category theory, algebraic and applied topology, differential geometry, and number theory. In addition to featured lectures, there will also be shorter contributed talks in parallel sessions. WEB PAGE: www.math.union.edu/~toddg/ucc/ SCHEDULE: The conference begins with a welcoming reception and registration 7:30-9:00 Friday evening in Bailey Hall 204. There will also be coffee and registration Saturday morning 8:00-9:00. Talks will begin on Saturday morning at 9:00 and continue on Sunday, ending in the afternoon. Please check the conference web page at the end of November for a more detailed schedule. REGISTRATION FEE: There will be a conference fee (cash or check) of $25 for faculty, $15 for post-docs/retired faculty, and $10 for students. ABSTRACTS: The abstract deadline is Friday, November 4. If you would like to give a talk and have not yet submitted an abstract, please contact me directly (niefiels@union.ed) once the deadline has passed. ACCOMODATIONS: The deadline has passed to reserve a room in one of the blocks, but there is still availability at the hotels via the Hilton web site and at Hotels.com. The Double Tree is the hotel closest to campus, about a half mile away. Those of you who have been here before may recognize the location as that of the old Holiday Inn, but the building was completely renovated when Hilton took over last year. The Hampton Inn in downtown Schenectady is also walking distance to campus, about a mile away. If neither of these is available, a new hotel (Marriott Courtyard Schenectady at Mohawk Harbor) just opened last month at the site of the future Rivers Casino. It, too, is only a mile from campus but the area is not yet as developed as the downtown. [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]