Applied Category Theory 2026
Posted by John Baez
The next annual conference on applied category theory is in Estonia!
- Applied Category Theory 2026, Tallinn, Estonia, 6–10 July, 2026. Preceded by the Adjoint School Research Week, 29 June – 3 July.
For more details, read on!
The conference particularly encourages participation from underrepresented groups. The organizers are committed to non-discrimination, equity, and inclusion. The code of conduct for the conference is available here.
Deadlines
- Registration: TBA
- Abstracts Due: 23 March 2026
- Full Papers Due: 30 March 2026
- Author Notification: 11 May 2026
- Adjoint School: 29 June – 3 July 2026
- Conference: 6 – 10 July 2026
- Final versions of papers for proceedings due: TBA
Program Committee Chairs
- Geoffrey Cruttwell, Mount Allison University, Sackville
- Priyaa Varshinee Srinivasan, Tallinn University of Technology, Estonia
Program Committee
- Alexis Toumi, Planting Space
- Bryce Clarke, Tallinn University of Technology
- Barbara König, University of Duisburg-Essen
- Bojana Femic, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Chris Heunen, The University of Edinburgh
- Daniel Cicala, Southern Connecticut State University
- Dusko Pavlovic, University of Hawaii
- Evan Patterson, Topos Institute
- Fosco Loregian, Tallinn University of Technology
- Gabriele Lobbia, Università di Bologna
- Georgios Bakirtzis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris
- Jade Master, University of Strathclyde
- James Fairbanks, University of Florida
- Jonathan Gallagher, Hummingbird Biosciences
- Joe Moeller, Caltech
- Jules Hedges, University of Strathclyde
- Julie Bergner, University of Virginia
- Kohei Kishida, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
- Maria Manuel Clementino, CMUC, Universidade de Coimbra
- Mario Román, University of Oxford
- Marti Karvonen, University College London
- Martina Rovelli, UMass Amherst
- Masahito Hasegawa, Kyoto University
- Matteo Capucci, University of Strathclyde
- Michael Shulman, University of San Diego
- Nick Gurski, Case Western Reserve University
- Niels Voorneveld, Cybernetica
- Paolo Perrone, University of Oxford
- Peter Selinger, Dalhousie University
- Paul Wilson, University of Southampton
- Robin Cockett, University of Calgary
- Robin Piedeleu, University College London
- Rory Lucyshyn-Wright, Brandon University
- Rose Kudzman-Blais, University of Ottawa
- Ryan Wisnesky, Conexus AI
- Sam Staton, University of Oxford
- Shin-Ya Katsumata, Kyoto Sangyo University
- Simon Willerton, University of Sheffield
- Spencer Breiner, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Tai Danae Bradley, SandboxAQ
- Titouan Carette, École Polytechnique
- Tom Leinster, The University of Edinburgh
- Walter Tholen, York University
Teaching & Communication
- Selma Dündar-Coecke, University College London, Institute of Education
- Ted Theodosopoulos, Nueva School
Organizing Committee
- Pawel Sobocinski, Tallinn University of Technology
- Priyaa Varshinee Srinivasan, Tallinn University of Technology
- Sofiya Taskova, Tallinn University of Technology
- Kristi Ainen, Tallinn University of Technology
Steering Committee
- John Baez, University of California, Riverside
- Bob Coecke, University of Oxford
- Dorette Pronk, Dalhousie University
- David Spivak, Topos Institute
- Michael Johnson, Macquarie University
- Simona Paoli, University of Aberdeen
