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 June 13, starting at 5:30. The scientific program starts on June 14, and consists of four tutorials aimed at students and newcomers to category theory, as well as two and a half days of research talks. There will be an excursion on one of the afternoons, and a conference dinner on Friday. The meeting ends at mid-day on June 17.
| Post Conference |
Thanks to all the speakers and participants for making this a
successful workshop. Many speakers have agreed to make copies of
their slides available. If you are a speaker and haven't yet sent
your slides, you are still welcome to do so and I will post them.
And here are some pictures. Please email me if you have taken pictures at the workshop and would like them to be added here.
Pictures by Brett Giles:
Picture by Ernie Manes: |
| 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 Robin Cockett's 60th birthday. The special session organizers are Rick Blute, Pieter Hofstra, and Robert Seely. |
| Program |
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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 Friday night at a restaurant (to be announced). The dinner will be partially, but probably not completely, subsidized. |
| Excursion |
We have scheduled a hike for Saturday
afternoon
and depending on the level of interest there are three options:
In order to know how many cars we will need for this excursion, participants are invited to let us know their first choice for the excursion. |
| 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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| Research talks |
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Participants are encouraged to give a research talk. If you wish to give a talk please send a title and abstract to selinger@mathstat.dal.ca as soon as possible. At this point, talks will be considered on a space-available basis. All submissions will be acknowledged by return email.
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| Student support |
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Graduate student participation is encouraged at FMCS. Students will pay a reduced registration fee. We have been able to offer limited support for travel and accommodations to a number of students. The deadline for applications for student support has now passed. |
| 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 $19.50. You can get off at a number of downtown locations. 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 $45
per night for a single room, and $65 for a double
room. Reservations can be made by sending an e-mail to tim.ross@ukings.ca
including your name, address, dates, and a credit card number, or
calling (902)422-1275, ext 106. It's best to reserve this soon, as
there are several big meetings in Halifax around this time, and we
don't know when it might be filling up.
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 selinger@mathstat.dal.ca. There will be an on-site registration fee of $100 to cover meeting costs. A discounted registration fee is available for students and for 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), Hamilton (2007), Halifax (2008), Vancouver (2009), Kananaskis (2010), and Kananaskis (2011). |
| Sponsors |
| We gratefully acknowledge financial support from: |
| Links |
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| Contact |
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For further information about FMCS 2012, please email selinger@mathstat.dal.ca.
Peter Selinger (Dalhousie University, Halifax) |
Tutorial speakers:
Robin Cockett
Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine
Ernie Manes
Simona Paoli
Organizing committee:
Robin Cockett
John MacDonald
Phil Mulry
Dorette Pronk
Robert Seely
Peter Selinger
Local Organizers:
Dorette Pronk
Peter Selinger
Special Session Organizers:
Rick Blute
Pieter Hofstra
Robert Seely
Links:
Program
Abstracts
Campus map
Area map
Airport shuttle
Pictures
Sponsors:
