[cat.fr] A Colloquium in Honour of Jean Benabou

[Andrei Rodin <>]

Category Theory Yesterday, Today (And Tomorrow?) : A Colloquium in  
Honour of Jean Benabou

Further to the previous announcement, this Colloquium will take place  
on Friday 3rd June and Saturday 4th June 2011

Place :
The Salle Cartan of The Departmetn of Mathematics, Ecole Normale  
Superieure Paris, 45, Rue D'Ulm, Paris.

Details of the programme and other Information are at

http://www.archmathsci.org/conferences-and-workshops/category-theory-yesterday-today-and-tomorrow-a-colloquium-in-honour-of-jean-benabou/

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Speakers and Order of Talks

Day One Friday 3rd June

Professor Pierre Cartier (IHES, CNRS) :

TITLE :  GROUPOIDES HIER ET AUJOURD HUI

Professor Rene Guitart (Univ. Paris 7 Denis Diderot)

Title :  DISTRIBUTEURS ET CARRES EXACTS, AVEC APPLICATIONS A LA  
COHOMOLOGIE

Professor Francois CHARGOIS (Universite Nancy 2, Archives Henri  
Poincare) :

Title :  "BOURBAKI, GROTHENDIECK ET LA THEORIE DES CATEGORIES"

Professor Thomas STREICHER (Darmstadt)

Title : FIBERED THEORY of GEOMETRIC MORPHISMS

Professor Christian HOUZEL (CNRS)

Title TBA

Professor Andree C. EHRESMANN (Amiens)

Title :  DES ESPECES DE STRUCTURES LOCALES AUX DISTRUCTURES ET  
SYSTEMES GUIDABLES

Day Two Saturday 4th June

Professor Martin HYLAND (Univerity of Cambridge)

Title :   KLEISLI BICATEGORIES

Jacques ROUBAUD :  Title : REMEMBRANCE OF CATEGORIES' PAST

Professor Andre JOYAL (Univ of Montreal)

Title :  (Universal) FIBRATIONS

Professor Jean BENABOU

Title :  A NEW APPROACH TO THE NOTION OF “BEING CARTESIAN”

Round Table Discussion between Jean Benabou and the other speakers   
followed by questions from the Floor