SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT OF CT2009 IN CAPE TOWN Dear Colleagues, Wishing you a Happy New Year, and we - the organizers of CT2009 - look forward to seeing you in Cape Town: Please could you confirm your attendance at the conference as soon as possible and certainly before February 1 by answering the following questions by email to registration@ct2009.info 1. Name, Address/Affiliation, Email Address? (As you would like it to appear in the list of participants) 2. Arrival and Departure dates? (There will be a reception on the evening of Sunday, June 28. The opening and conference talks will begin at 9:00 on Monday, June 29. The conference will close at 13:00 on Saturday, July 4. However, we expect that Cape Town with all its attractions will entice many participants to prolong their stay by either arriving early or staying on after the conference. In particular, depending on the weather, we plan to organize excursions on Table Mountain and/or Cape Point and Cape of Good Hope on Saturday, July 4, and on Sunday, July 5. And any additional information about your plans and wishes would be helpful) 3. Would you like to give a talk? (If yes, please submit your abstract before April 15. If you are familiar with TeX please submit your abstract in the following form: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \def\references#1{\vspace*{5mm}\noindent{\sc References}\list {[\arabic{enumi}]}{\settowidth\labelwidth{[#1]}\leftmargin\labelwidth \advance\leftmargin\labelsep \usecounter{enumi}} \def\newblock{\hskip .11em plus .33em minus .07em} \sloppy\clubpenalty4000\widowpenalty4000 \sfcode`\.=1000\relax} \let\endthebibliog=\endlist \begin{document} \begin{center} {\LARGE Title} \bigskip {\large Author\\\small joint work with Coauthor(s)} \end{center} \medskip Abstract \begin{references}{99} \bibitem{1} Reference 1 \bibitem{2} Reference 2 \end{references} \bigskip\bigskip\noindent{\it Address/Affiliation\\ Email} \end{document} We hope that the selection process will end up with all submitted abstracts accepted with enough time for everyone to give either a 30 min or a 15 min talk. Accordingly, there will be up to three parallel sessions.) 4. Would you like to stay at a residence on campus? (The preferred residence is the recently built Graca Machel Hall, normally used as a residence for female students. It has "clusters" of rooms: each such cluster consists of two double rooms, four single rooms, shared bathroom, and one or two shared toilets. The price per day per person should be 181 Rands (at today's exchange rate this is less than 14 Euros) + 37 Rands (less than 3 Euros) for breakfast. Walking from Graca Machel Hall to the conference venue will take about 15 minutes but there will also be a shuttle bus. Our lunches will be organized at the University Club, but other meals can be organized at Graca Machel Hall. A hotel would be more comfortable of course, and Internet will show you infinitely many hotels and small guest houses in Cape Town with infinite (but not below 500 Rands) range of prices. The only problems with a hotel are: (a) higher prices; (b) non-walking distances from the conference venue; (c) public transport is not easily convenient. Those of you who prefer a hotel and do not intend to rent a car, might prefer to stay near the Waterfront (see http://www.waterfront.co.za ), or near the city centre. The city centre is about 15 minutes by car from the University. If you choose to do this then further information on transport will be forthcoming) 5. Number of accompanying persons? (And small children among them?) The Conference Fee does not have to be paid by February, but it is: Regular: 2250 Rands by April 15, or 3000 Rands after April 15; Student: 1500 Rands by April 15, or 2000 Rands after April 15; Accompanying person (if it is not a small child): 1200 Rands by April 15, or 1600 Rands after April 15 The conference fee includes the cost of the Reception, Lunches, Conference Dinner, and Wednesday Excursion. The payment details are Account Holder: University of Cape Town Name of Bank: Standard Bank of S.A LTD Address: Riverside Centre, Belmont Road, Rondebosch 7700, South Africa Bank Telephone: +27 21 689 8353 Fax: +27 21 686 8025 Branch: Rondebosch Bank Account Number: 071503854 Branch Code Number: 025009 Bank Swift Code: SBZAZAJJ Reference: CT2009 and name of Conference participant Please note that in order for the University to be able to track your payment the following is essential: 1. You reference the payment with CT2009 and your name, and 2. Immediately after you make the payment please send the proof of payment by email to registration@ct2009.info or by fax to +27216502334 The First Announcement is copied below for your convenience. Please also see http://ct2009.info Please do not hesitate to ask any questions, also by email to questions@ct2009.info George Janelidze ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Janelidze" <janelg@telkomsa.net> To: ""Categories"" <categories@mta.ca> Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 11:14 PM Subject: categories: First Announcement of CT2009 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT OF CT2009 AT CAPE TOWN Dear Colleagues, As many of you know from several preliminary announcements, The International Conference in Category Theory CT2009 will be held at the University of Cape Town (South Africa) during the week June 29-July 4 of 2009, which is approved by International Steering Committee in Category Theory. The conference will be dedicated to Saunders Mac Lane, who would turn 100 years old on 4 August 2009. INVITED SPEAKERS: Dominique Bourn Marino Gran Peter T. Johnstone F. William Lawvere Ross H. Street Walter Tholen SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE: Jiri Adamek Dominique Bourn Marino Gran Marco Grandis George Janelidze Peter T. Johnstone Stephen Lack A. John Power Manuela Sobral Ross H. Street Walter Tholen Richard J. Wood Each member of this committee will choose 30 min and 15 min talks for a particular section (although for the first two sections it will be teams of four and three respectively) as follows : GENERAL CATEGORY THEORY: D. Bourn, M. Gran, G. Janelidze, M. Sobral TWO-DIMENSIONAL CATEGORICAL ALGEBRA: S. Lack, A. J. Power, R. J. Wood MONOIDAL AND HIGHER DIMENSIONAL CATEGORIES: R. H. Street TOPOS THEORY AND POINTFREE TOPOLOGY: P. T. Johnstone CATEGORICAL TOPOLOGY - Section dedicated to G. C. L. Brummer's 75th Birthday: W. Tholen HOMOTOPICAL ALGEBRA - Section dedicated to K. A. Hardie's 80th Birthday: M. Grandis APPLICATION OF CATEGORIES IN PHYSICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE: J. Adámek ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Dharmanand Baboolal Bruce Bartlett Guillaume C. L. Brummer Themba Dube John L. Frith Partha Pratim Ghosh Christopher R. A. Gilmour James R. A. Gray Keith A. Hardie David Holgate George Janelidze Tamar Janelidze Zurab Janelidze Hans-Peter A. Kunzi Zechariah Mushaandja Inderasan Naidoo Peter Ouwehand Ingrid Rewitzky Anneliese Schauerte Peter J. Witbooi This large committee includes almost everyone from the Universities of Cape Town, Stellenbosch, KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape, South Africa (UNISA), and Witwatersrand, working or interested in category theory, from senior professors to PhD students. The website of the conference with all relevant information will be made before December 2008. George Janelidze