BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Nina Otter (UCLA) DTSTART:20200603T170000Z DTEND:20200603T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260423T024509Z UID:ACTUCR/7 DESCRIPTION:Title: V alues and inclusivity in the Applied Category Theory community\nby Nin a Otter (UCLA) as part of ACT@UCR\n\n\nAbstract\nSaddened by the current e vents\, we are taking this opportunity to pause and reflect on what we can do to change the status quo and try to bring about real and long-lasting change. \n\nThus\, we are holding a discussion aimed at finding concrete s olutions to make the Applied Category Theory community more inclusive\, an d also to reflect about the values that our community would like to stand for and endorse\, in particular\, in terms of which sources of funding go against our values. While this discussion is specific to the applied categ ory theory community\, we believe that many of the topics will be of inter est also to people in other fields\, and thus we welcome anybody with an i nterest to attend. The discussion will consist of two parts: we will have first several people give short talks to discuss common issues that we nee d to address\, as well as present specific plans for initiatives that we c ould take. We believe that the current pandemic\, and the fact that all ac tivities are now taking place remotely\, gives us the opportunity to invol ve people who would otherwise find it difficult to travel\, because of dis abilities\, financial reasons or care-taking responsibilities. Thus\, now we have the opportunity to come up with new types of mentoring\, collabora tions\, and many other initiatives that might have been difficult to envis ion until just a couple of months ago. The second part of the discussion w ill take place on the category theory community server\, and its purpose i s to allow for a broader participation in the discussion\, and ideally dur ing this part we will be able to flesh out in detail the specific initiati ves that have been proposed in the talks.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/ACTUCR/7/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR