International Category Theory Conference 2008

International Category Theory Conference 2008

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INTERNATIONAL CATEGORY THEORY CONFERENCE 2008 (CT08): First Announcement

Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, Calais, France, 22-28 June 2008

In the tradition of previous meetings held in Carvoeiro (2007), White
Point(2006), Vancouver (2004), Como (2000) and Coimbra (1999), an
International Conference on Category Theory will be held at the
Laboratoire de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées J. Liouville of the
Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale from June 22 until June 28, 2008.

The scientific programme will begin on Monday morning, June 23, and will
finish before lunch on Saturday June 28. The programme will consist of
conferences delivered by invited speakers and contributed talks.

The main scientific topics of the conference will include:

General Category Theory
Topos Theory
Higher Categorical Structures and Homotopy Theory
Categories in Algebra and Logic
Descent and Galois Theory. Categorical Topology
Categories in Computer Science

The members of the Scientific Committee are:

Clemens Berger (Université de Nice, France)
Dominique Bourn (Université du Littoral Côte d'Opale, France)
George Janelidze (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
Peter Johnstone (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
Manuela Sobral (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Robert Walters (Università dell'Insubria, Italy)

Updated information (deadlines, fees, registration, abstract submissions,
accommodation, social program, etc.) will be provided in the conference
web page

http://saxo.univ-littoral.fr/CT08/

The Organizing Committee,

Dominique Bourn, Marino Gran and Shalom Eliahou