*********************************************** Note: the meeting is rather exceptional, both for the quality of the speakers and the form of the talks (mostly reflections on history and development of concepts) *********************************************** LAST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION FORMAL DESCRIPTION OF PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS: IFIP WG 2.2 Anniversary Meeting 11-13 September 2006 Udine, Italy http://www.dimi.uniud.it/ifip06/ Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration page: http://www.dimi.uniud.it/ifip06/ registration.html Registration deadline: 31 August 2006. The meeting fee is 150 Euros. The workshop fee includes lunches, coffee-breaks, the social dinner and the excursion on Sunday afternoon. About the WG 2.2 ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The IFIP Working Group 2.2 was established in 1965 as one of the first IFIP Working Groups. The primary aim of the WG is to explain programming concepts through the development, examination and comparison of various formal models of these concepts. The WG thus explores the theory and the practice of formal methods for the specification, verification and the design of software and systems. Earliest members of the WG included Dana Scott, Erwin Engeler, Jaco de Bakker, Raymond Abrial, Peter Lauer, Manfred Paul, Erich Neuhold, Maurice Nivat, Ed Blum. Throughout the years, members of the WG shaped various styles of semantics, comprising denotational, operational, algebraic, and logical semantics. About the meeting ~~~~~~~~~~~~ The anniversary meeting commemorates the 40-th birthday of WG. In the meeting, a number of keynote speakers and current members of the WG will give tutorial presentations on topics relevant to the WG, focusing on history (of these topics, or of the WG), but also on current outlook and future developments. Keynote speakers: Amir Pnueli, Igor Walukiewicz, and Ernst-Rudiger Olderog (as current WG members), Dana Scott, Manfred Paul, and Hans Langmaack (as founding WG members), Leslie Lamport and Gordon Plotkin (as past WG members) . Programme and Speakers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Sunday 10 September, afternoon Excursion: San Daniele countryside (and ham) Monday 11 September * 09.00-10.00: Amir Pnueli * 10.00-10.30: coffee break * 10.30-11.30: Hans Langmaack * 11.30-12.00: Maciej Koutny * 12.00-14.00: lunch * 14.00-15.00: Igor Walukiewicz * 15.00-15.30: coffee break * 15.30-16.30: Ugo Montanari * 16.30-17.00: Catuscia Palamidessi * 17.00-17.30: Andrzej Tarlecki * 17.30-18.00: Rocco De Nicola Tuesday 12 September * 09.00-10.00: Gordon Plotkin * 10.00-10.30: coffee break * 10.30-11.30: local speaker * 11.30-12.00: Mariangiola Dezani * 12.00-14.00: lunch * 14.00-15.00: Dana Scott * 15.00-15.30: coffee break * 15.30-16.30: Egon Boerger * 16.30-17.00: Markus Muller-Olm * 20.00- : Social Dinner Wednesday 13 September * 09.00-10.00: Leslie Lamport * 10.00-10.30: coffee break * 10.30-11.00: Manfred Paul * 11.00-11.30: J Strother Moore * 11.30-12.00: Peter Mosses * 12.00-14.00: lunch * 14.00-15.00: Ernst-Rudiger Olderog * 15.00-15.30: coffee break * 15.30-16.30: Shigeru Igarashi * 16.30-17.00: Stephan Merz * 17.00-17.30: Anders P. Ravn * 17.30-18.00: Philippe Darondeau ***********************************************