Summer School 'Category Theory and Algebraic Topology'; Louvain-la-Neuve, September 2013

This is the website of the summer school Category Theory and Algebraic Topology which will be held in September 2013 at the IRMP, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium.

Click here for the poster, and here or here for a group picture.

Programme

12-14 September 2013

Kathryn Hess Bellwald (EPFL)    Hopf-Galois theory and descent
Pascal Lambrechts (UCL) Introduction to Goodwillie-Weiss manifold calculus
Gavin Seal (EPFL) Lax algebras

Registration

Registration is mandatory and free. Please send an email to Marino Gran by the 15th of June 2013.

Schedule

Thursday the 12th Friday the 13th Saturday the 14th
9:30 Registration
10:00 Opening
10:15 K. Hess Bellwald
12:15 Lunch
13:30 G. Seal
15:30 Coffee
16:00 P. Lambrechts
18:00 Informal discussion
19:00 Buffet
9:30 P. Lambrechts
11:30 Informal discussion
12:00 Lunch
13:30 K. Hess Bellwald
15:30 Coffee
16:00 G. Seal
18:00 Informal discussion
20:00 Conference dinner
9:30 G. Seal
11:30 Informal discussion
12:00 Lunch
13:30 K. Hess Bellwald
15:30 Coffee
16:00 P. Lambrechts
18:00 Informal discussion
19:00 End

Organisers

Please contact us for any further details.

Kathryn Hess Bellwald, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Marino Gran, Université catholique de Louvain

Venue

The lectures will take place at the Institut de Recherche en Mathématique et Physique in room CYCL01 (Auditoire Charles de la Vallée Poussin) of the Cyclotron Building (2, Chemin du Cyclotron Louvain-la-Neuve). Click here for a map, on which the green arrow points to the building's main entrance.

The town Louvain-la-Neuve, located in the Belgian province Brabant Wallon, is the main site of the Université catholique de Louvain. The summer school will take place at the

Louvain-la-Neuve is easily reachable by car (via the E411) or by train from Brussels Airport (via Bruxelles/Ottignies/Louvain-la-Neuve Université.

Welcome "buffet"

A light meal will be offered to the registered participants at the Caféteria of the Institut de Recherche de Mathématique et Physique (on Thursday from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.).

Conference dinner

The conference dinner will take place at the Restaurant Le Fellini on Friday 13 September at 8 p.m. The restaurant is located in the centre of Louvain-la-Neuve. The address is Grand Rue 17.

A member of the organising committee will walk to the restaurant from the Cyclotron (the place where the Summer School takes place), leaving from the main entrance of the Cyclotron at 7.45 p.m.

If you wish to participate in the conference dinner please let Marino Gran know by Tuesday 10th September. A contribution of 20€ has to be paid upon registration on Thursday morning (cash, no credit card accepted).

We shall help the participants staying in Wavre to reach their hotel after the conference dinner.

Participants

Arman Arakelyan State Engineering University of Armenia
Matija Bašić University of Zagreb
Pier Giorgio Basile Universidade de Coimbra
María Calvo Cervera Universidad de Granada
José Gabriel Carrasquel Vera Université catholique de Louvain
Giovanni Caviglia Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Andrea Cesaro Université Lille 1
Boris Chorny University of Haifa at Oranim
Anthony Conway Université de Genève
Hector Cordova Bulens Université catholique de Louvain
Ivo Dell'Ambrogio Université Lille 1
Corentin Drugmand Université catholique de Louvain
Philip Egger Northwestern University
Batista Eliezer Université libre de Bruxelles
Valérian Even Université catholique de Louvain
Tomas Everaert Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Artur Duarte Ferreira de Araujo Universidade de Coimbra
Marino Gran Université catholique de Louvain
Jérémy Haut Université catholique de Louvain
Kathryn Hess Bellwald Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pierre-Alain Jacqmin Université catholique de Louvain
Peter Jossen Université Paris Sud
Arye Juhasz Israel Institute of Technology
Gabriel Kadjo Université catholique de Louvain
Varvara Karpova Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Rudger Kieboom Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pascal Lambrechts Université catholique de Louvain
Jeroen Maes Universidad de Sevilla
Paul-André Melliès Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot
Ieke Moerdijk Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen
Olivette Ngaha Université catholique de Louvain
Theo Raedschelders Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Martina Rovelli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Jérôme Scherer Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gavin Seal Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Paul Slevin University of Glasgow
Paul Arnaud Songhafouo Tsopmene Université catholique de Louvain
Marc Stephan Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Tim Van der Linden Université catholique de Louvain
Pedro Vaz Université catholique de Louvain
Joost Vercruysse Université libre de Bruxelles
Enrico Vitale Université catholique de Louvain
Kay Werndli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Abdoulkader Yacouba Barma Université catholique de Louvain
Justin Robert Young Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Dimitri Zaganidis Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Sponsors

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Institut de Recherche en Mathématique et Physique Université catholique de Louvain