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Dear friends,\
\
we are planning a second Workshop on Polynomial Functors for the week\
March 14-18 2022, online. The next step in the planning is to recruit speakers.\
Since we were very happy with the speakers last time, we write to you all\
to ask if you have suggestions for speakers. Maybe you have students\
working on polynomial functors, maybe you have exciting news to talk about\
yourself, or maybe you just know about interesting recent developments. We\
were thinking of repeating the format from last time, with 16 speakers, so\
we cannot promise to accommodate all suggestions, but the more suggestions\
we get, the better chances we have to put together a varied and balanced\
program! If you have other suggestions than speakers, we are also eager\
to hear them.\
\
We are considering the possibility of involving the Eilenberg-Mac Lane polynomial functor community, but we think it is only a good idea if we have some indication of connections between the two topics. We have not been able to spot any ourselves, but maybe we didn't invest time enough in it. If you know about any connections, or if you think it would be a good idea to involve these people, please speak up.\
\
In any case we hope you will participate! (We apologize for fixing the\
dates before contacting speakers and former speakers, but the\
keep-it-open-as-long-as-possible policy from last time was a bit time\
consuming for the organizers.)\
\
Best regards,\
David and\'a0Joachim.}