Northeast Conference on Categorical Methods

About this event

Northeast Conference on Categorical Methods

Dates: November 6– 7 , 2026

Location: CMSA G10, 20 Garden St., Cambridge MA 02138

This conference is intended to bring together researchers in all areas of mathematics and mathematical physics whose work involves the use of methods from categorical algebra, abstract homotopy theory, and higher category theory. Our goal is to showcase new, exciting research and offer an avenue for researchers from the Northeast US to discuss their work and collaborate with people in this ever-growing community.

There will be time for 4 short talks by early-career mathematicians.

Registration for in-person participation and funding is now closed.

Remote participation is still available. Sign up using this link: Zoom Webinar Registration

Cambridge Links

• Recommended Lodging

• Restaurants

• Transportation: MBTA

Invited Speakers

• Andrew Blumberg, Columbia University

• Soren Galatius, Columbia University

• Tony Pantev, University of Pennsylvania

• Nick Rozenblyum, University of Toronto

• Tomer Schlank, Harvard University

• Brian Williams, Boston University

• Inna Zakharevich, Cornell University

Early-career Speakers

• Alexandra Ballow, Montana State University

• Connor Malin, MPIM

• Azélie Picot, Columbia University

• Shubhankar Sahai, UCSD

Organized by Dan Freed , Harvard Math & CMSA; Owen Gwilliam , UMass Amherst; and Lorenzo Riva , Harvard CMSA

Schedule Outline

Friday, November 6, 2026

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 am Talk 1

10:00 – 10:15 am break

10:15 – 11:15 am Talk 2

11:15 – 11:30 am break

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Short talk 1

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 2:00 pm Short talk 2

2:00 – 2:15 pm Coffee break

2:15 – 3:15 pm Talk 3

3:15 – 3:30 pm break

3:30 – 4:30 pm Talk 4

Saturday, November 7, 2026

8:30 – 9:00 am Registration and breakfast

9:00 – 10:00 am Talk 5

10:00 – 10:15 am break

10:15 – 11:15 am Talk 6

11:15 – 11:30 am break

11:30 am – 12:00 pm Short talk 3

12:00 – 1:30 pm Lunch break

1:30 – 2:00 pm Short talk 4

2:00 – 2:15 pm break

2:15 – 3:15 pm Talk 7

From Dan Freed