The n-Category Café

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

Submissions

ACT2026 accepts submissions in English, in the following three tracks:

1. Research

2. Software demonstrations

3. Teaching and communication

The detailed Call for Papers is available here.

Extended abstracts and conference papers should be prepared with LaTeX. For conference papers please use the EPTCS style files available here. The submission link is here.

Reviewing is single-blind, and we are not making public the reviews, reviewer names, the discussions nor the list of under-review submissions. This is the same as previous instances of ACT.

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