Suprema news no. 7, August 14th 2006 This newsletter goes mainly to the participants in the Strategic university program in pure mathematics (Suprema). The Suprema masterclass lectures with Jacob Lurie, on Elliptic cohomology and derived algebraic geometry, take place Friday August 18th, August 25th and September 1st, from 10.15 to 14.00 in room B1036. A convenient reference is Lurie's survey http://www.math.harvard.edu/~lurie/papers/survey.pdf There will be a lunch break around noon for registered participants. Please write to rognes@math.uio.no to register, if you have not already done so. A number of supplementary lectures start Tuesday August 15th, from 14.15 to 16.00 in room B70. There will be a coffee break with baked goods. Please see http://folk.uio.no/rognes/suprema/lurie-program.html and http://folk.uio.no/rognes/suprema/lurie.html for more information about the masterclass program, and the following workshop. - John