preliminary announcement

preliminary announcement

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                      PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT
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                                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 program will consist of conferences delivered by invited speakers and
contributed short talks. 

Scientific Committee:
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Jiri Adamek (Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Germany)
Bernhard Banaschewski (McMaster University, Canada)
Peter T. Johnstone (University of Cambridge, UK)
Andre Joyal (Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Canada)
F. William Lawvere (SUNY at Buffalo, USA)
Ross Street (Macquarie University, Australia)
Walter Tholen (York University, Canada)


Organizing Committee:
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Manuela Sobral (Universidade de Coimbra)
Maria Manuel Clementino (Universidade de Coimbra)
Jorge Picado (Universidade de Coimbra)
Lurdes Sousa (Instituto Politecnico de Viseu)
Goncalo Gutierres (Universidade de Coimbra)



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             School on Category Theory and Applications
                      Department of Mathematics
                        University of Coimbra
                          Coimbra,  Portugal
                           July 13-17, 1999


In the framework of Centro Internacional de Matematica (http://www.cim.pt)
the Department of Mathematics of the University of Coimbra is also
organizing a School on Category Theory and Applications from 13th to 17th of
July, 1999.
This school will consist of the following intensive courses, at a
postgraduate level:

n-Categories
  by John Baez (University of California, USA)

Algebraic Theories
  by M. Cristina Pedicchio (University of Trieste, Italy)

Chu Spaces: duality as a common foundation for computation and mathematics
  by Vaughan Pratt (Stanford University, USA).

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A detailed announcement of both events will be made in October.
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For further information mailto:ct99@mat.uc.pt