******************************************************************** *** Scottish Category Theory Seminar *** First Meeting *** Friday 27 November 2009, 2pm *** University of Glasgow, Scotland ******************************************************************** Dear All, We are pleased to announce the first meeting of the Scottish Category Theory Seminar which will be a forum for discussion of all aspects of category they, be they straight category theory or applications to computer science or physics etc. We envisage meeting for an afternoon once every few months, at some congenial location in Scotland. Talks by Scots and by visitors are welcome. Please contact us if you would like to host a meeting or give a talk. Meetings are open, and all are welcome to attend. The first meeting will take on Friday 27 November at the University of Glasgow at 2pm. At the first meeting, we are pleased to announce the following invited speakers * Martin Hyland, Universty of Cambridge * Nicola Gambino, University of Palermo * Alexander Kurz, University of Leicester * Willem Bernard Heijltjes, University of Edinburgh This meeting will receive financial support from the Complex Systems Engineering theme of SICSA, the Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance and from the Department of Mathematics at the University of Glasgow. More details can be found at http://personal.cis.strath.ac.uk/~ng/sct.html If you wish to attend, or want more information about the Scottish Category Theory Seminar, please email scotcats@cis.strath.ac.uk Neil Ghani Tom Leinster Alex Simpson