Workshop on Categorical Groups, second announcement

[Joachim Kock <kock@mat.uab.cat>]

This is the second announcement of the

         WORKSHOP ON CATEGORICAL GROUPS
              June 16 to 20, 2008
Institut de Matemàtica de la Universitat de Barcelona

an event within the CRM thematic year on Homotopy Theory 
and Higher Categories (http://www.crm.cat/hocat/).

The workshop will focus on recent developments in the theory 
of categorical groups and related topics, as well as their 
applications to higher-order geometry and theoretical physics.

The following have agreed to give keynote talks:

- John Baez (University of California at Riverside)
- André Joyal (Université du Québec à Montréal)
- Behrang Noohi (Florida State University)
- Tim Porter (National University of Ireland and Bangor University)
- Enrico Vitale (Université Catholique de Louvain)

Further information will gradually be made available at
http://mat.uab.cat/~kock/crm/hocat/cat-groups/.
The deadline for registration is May 31, 2008.

The organisers,
   Pilar Carrasco
   Josep Elgueta
   Joachim Kock
   Antonio Rodríguez Garzón