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.

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
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 P. Lambrechts
15:30 Coffee
16:00 K. Hess Bellwald
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 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 Institut de recherche en mathématique et physique. Click here for a map, on which the green arrow points to the building's main entrance.

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

Accommodation

If you wish we can book a room for you in Hotel Ibis (ex-Mercure, the only hotel in Louvain-la-Neuve) at the special rate for UCL visitors. Please contact us by the 15th of June 2013.

Provisional list of participants

Pier Giorgio Basile Universidade de Coimbra
María Calvo Cervera Universidad de Granada
José Gabriel Carrasquel Vera Université catholique de Louvain
Anthony Conway Université de Genève
Hector Cordova Bulens Université catholique de Louvain
Corentin Drugmand Université catholique de Louvain
Mathieu Duckerts 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
Julia Goedecke University of Cambridge
William Gollinger Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Marino Gran Université catholique de Louvain
Kathryn Hess Bellwald Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Gabriel Kadjo Université catholique de Louvain
Varvara Karpova Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Adeel Ahmad Khan Freie Universität Berlin
Rudger Kieboom Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Pascal Lambrechts Université catholique de Louvain
Paul-André Melliès Université Paris 7 Denis Diderot
Olivette Ngaha Université catholique de Louvain
Bregje Pauwels University of California, Los Angeles
Martina Rovelli Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Pedro Santos London Metropolitan University
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
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