Dear Colleagues, This is the: *2nd announcement for the **International Category Theory Conference ??? CT2018* *8-14 July 2018*??? University of Azores, Ponta Delgada (S. Miguel Island), Portugal * * *Invited speakers* - *James Borger* <http://maths-people.anu.edu.au/%7Eborger/>(Australian National University, Canberra, Australia) - *James Gray* <http://academic.sun.ac.za/jamesgray/>??(Stellenbosch University, South Africa) - *Anders Kock* <http://home.math.au.dk/kock/>??(Aarhus Universitet, Denmark) - *Tom Leinster* <http://www.maths.ed.ac.uk/%7Etl/>**(University of Edinburgh, UK) - *Ignacio L??pez Franco* <https://www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk/%7Eill20/>??(Universidad de la Rep??blica, Maldonado, Uruguay) - *Lurdes Sousa* <http://www.estgv.ipv.pt/paginaspessoais/sousa/>??(Instituto Polit??cnico de Viseu, Portugal) * * *Important dates* - Deadline for abstract submission: *May 25, 2018* - Deadline for early registration: *June 10, 2018* *Accommodation*: book your accommodation as soon as possible! S. Miguel (and Azores) is a very touristic destination and the conference takes place during the high season. Also, there is a limited number of rooms with special rates secured for the CT participants; you may find those, and others, at http://www.mat.uc.pt/~ct2018/accommodation.html <http://www.mat.uc.pt/%7Ect2018/accommodation.html>. These special rates are guaranteed for bookings made until *March 31, 2018*. Reservations should be dealt directly with each hotel. *Abstract submission: *follow the indications at http://www.mat.uc.pt/~ct2018/dates.html <http://www.mat.uc.pt/%7Ect2018/dates.html>to submit an abstract. Acceptance of abstracts will be communicated by *June 6, 2018*. Talks are 30min (25min exposition + 5min discussion). *Registration*: fill the registration form found at http://www.mat.uc.pt/~ct2018/registration.html <http://www.mat.uc.pt/%7Ect2018/registration.html> and make a bank transfer to pay the fee. Early registration fee - 200??? (by *June 10, 2018*); late registration fee - 250??? (after June 10, 2018). The fee includes conference documentation, welcome reception (Sunday evening), coffee breaks and lunches, excursion (Thursday afternoon) and conference dinner (Friday evening). All information concerning CT2018 may be found at http://www.mat.uc.pt/~ct2018/. Looking forward to seeing you all there! Best regards, OC -- Category Theory :: ct2018@mat.uc.pt [For admin and other information see: http://www.mta.ca/~cat-dist/ ]