This year's meeting will be hosted in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada.
There will be an informal welcoming reception in the evening of May 29, starting at 5:30. The scientific program starts on May 30, and consists of four tutorials aimed at students and newcomers to category theory, as well as a day and a half of research talks. The meeting ends at mid-day on June 1.
| Tutorial lectures |
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Tutorial lectures will be given by:
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| Special session |
| There will be a special session in honor of Ernie Manes's 65th birthday. The special session organizer is Philip Mulry. |
| Program |
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Click here for the program. For those arriving on Thursday, there will be a welcoming reception in the Chase building, room 319. The reception will start at 5:30, and continue until 8, or as long as there are people. There will be a dinner on Saturday night at some restaurant (to be announced). The dinner will be partially, but probably not completely, subsidized. |
| Information for speakers |
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The conference room contains a large blackboard, overhead projector, and we will provide a data projector. We will also provide a laptop with Acrobat Reader for presentation of slides in PDF format. All speakers who will use the data projector should try it out before their talk.
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| Location and arrival |
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The workshop will take place at:
Chase Building, Room 319
The Chase building is marked in red on this
interactive map.
For printing, here is a link to a Campus Map where the Chase building appears as number C280. From the airport, the most economic way to get to Halifax is by the Halifax Airporter Shuttle. This shuttle runs many times per day and reservations are not required. The one-way fare is $18. You can get off at the Lord Nelson Hotel on Spring Garden Road (a short walk to the university; see map above). Alternatively, you can catch a taxi from the airport for $53. |
| Accommodations |
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We have reserved a block of rooms in Alexandra Hall at the King's College
residences (marked in green on the
interactive map above). The rate, including taxes, is $37.37 per night for a
single room, and $56.04 for a double room. Reservations can be made
by sending an e-mail to conferences@admin.ukings.ns.ca
and mentioning "FMCS 2008".
Here is a template you can use. It
is recommended that you make your reservations by April 15 to
ensure availability.
For those not wishing to stay at King's, a list of hotels and bed & breakfasts in Halifax is available. |
| Registration |
| Please register for the meeting by emailing fmcs2008@mathstat.dal.ca. There will be an on-site registration fee of $120 to cover meeting costs. A discounted registration fee will be offered to students and to researchers without grant. |
| Previous meetings |
| Previous FMCS meetings were held in Pullman (1992), Portland (1993), Vancouver (1994), Kananaskis (1995), Pullman (1996), Portland (1998), Kananaskis (1999), Vancouver (2000), Spokane (2001), Hamilton (2002), Ottawa (2003), Kananaskis (2004), Vancouver (2005), Kananaskis (2006), and Hamilton (2007). |
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| Contact |
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To receive further information about FMCS 2008, including information
about housing and registration, please send email to fmcs2008@mathstat.dal.ca.
Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University, Halifax) |
Tutorial speakers:
Pieter Hofstra
(Ottawa)
Ernie Manes
(UMass)
Paul-André Melliès
(Paris 7)
Andrea Schalk
(Manchester)
Organizing committee:
Robin Cockett
John MacDonald
Phil Mulry
Dorette Pronk
Robert Seely
Peter Selinger
Local Organizers:
Dorette Pronk
Peter Selinger
Special Session Organizer:
Phil Mulry
Sponsors:
