The XVI Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra will be held 1 August 2005 -- 9 August 2005, in Hotel El Mirador, Colonia del Sacramento, Colonia, Uruguay.

Organizing Committee:
Walter Ferrer (coord.), Gerard González-Sprinberg, Alfredo Jones, Alvaro Rittatore, Andrea Solotar.

Local Comittee:
Andrés Abella, Marco Farinati, Matías Graña, Marcelo Lanzilotta, Ángel Pereyra.

The series of "Coloquios Latinoamericanos de Álgebra" was originally organized by Orlando Villamayor and others from 1980 to 1994. In 2001, this series of mettings was restarted, with the XIV Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra --La Falda, Sierras de Córdoba, Argentina--. The XV Coloquio Latinoamericano de Álgebra took place in Cocoyoc, México, in July 2003.

The main purposes of the "Coloquios Latinomericanos de Álgebra" are:

• to promote the development of the subject through academic exchange between latinoamerican researchers;
• to update the knowledge of the local mathematical comunity by inviting senior researchers from the region and outside.
• to introduce graduate and advanced undergraduate students to the current research in the field.

For more information, see the CLA website.