CT2007 - first announcement

CT2007 - first announcement

[Jorge Picado]

CT2007
INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY THEORY CONFERENCE

Hotel Tivoli Almansor, Carvoeiro (Algarve), Portugal
17-23 June 2007

In the tradition of previous meetings held in White Point (2006), Vancouver 
(2004), Como (2000), Coimbra (1999), Vancouver (1997), Halifax (1995), 
Tours (1994), Isle of Thorns (1992), Montreal (1991) and Como (1990), a 
Conference on Category Theory  will be held in Hotel Tivoli Almansor 
(http://www.algarvetivolialmansor.com/), Carvoeiro, a village near the sea 
in the region of Algarve (south of Portugal), from June 17 until June 23, 
2007. We will take this occasion to celebrate the 70th birthday of F. 
William Lawvere.

The arrival day is Sunday June 17. The scientific programme will begin 
Monday morning, June 18, and will finish before lunch on Saturday June 23. 
The programme will consist of conferences delivered by invited speakers and 
contributed talks.

Scientific Committee:
Samson Abramsky (Oxford, UK)
Jirí Adámek (Braunschweig, Germany)
Francis Borceux (Louvain, Belgium)
George Janelidze (Cape Town, South Africa)
Steven Lack (Sydney, Australia)
Michael Makkai (Montreal, Canada)
Manuela Sobral (Coimbra, Portugal)
Ross Street (Sydney, Australia)
Walter Tholen (Toronto, Canada)

Updated information will be provided in the conference web page 
http://www.mat.uc.pt/~categ/ct2007/

The Organizing Committee,
Diana Rodelo, University of Algarve (drodelo@ualg.pt)
Manuela Sobral, University of Coimbra (sobral@mat.uc.pt)
Maria Manuel Clementino, University of Coimbra (mmc@mat.uc.pt)
Jorge Picado, University of Coimbra (picado@mat.uc.pt)
Lurdes Sousa, IPViseu (sousa@infante.ipv.pt)
Maria João Ferreira, University of Coimbra (mjrf@mat.uc.pt)
Gonçalo Gutierres, University of Coimbra (ggutc@mat.uc.pt)