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2nd European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2009)
Milan, Italy, May 27-29, 2009 Universita` degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca
www.european-lisp-symposium.org
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CALL FOR PARTECIPATION **********************
REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT www.european-lisp-symposium.org. Take advantage of the early bird registration fee.
Scope and Program Highlights: *****************************
The purpose of the European Lisp Symposium is to provide a forum for the discussion of all aspects of the design, implementation and application of any of the Lisp dialects. We encourage everyone interested in Lisp to participate.
The European Lisp Symposium 2009 program includes presentations of high quality papers about novel research results, insights and lessons learned from practical applications, and educational perspectives, all involving Lisp dialects, including Common Lisp, Scheme, Emacs Lisp, AutoLisp, ISLISP, Dylan, Clojure, and so on.
Kent Pitman will give the keynote address on Thursday, May 28.
The presentations will be divided into two categories.
* Original contributions.
* Work in progress describing ongoing work that will be discussed in the form of a "writers' workshop". The writers' workshops will take place at the symposium in Milan on May 28, 2008.
Social Events: **************
Friday 29th evening, Conference Banquet
Saturday 30th morning, Guided tour to the "Futurismo" Exhibit in the center of Milan; 2009 marks the 100th anniversary of the Futurism Manifesto; stretching it, the harbinger of Lisp 50 years later.
Program Chair: **************
* Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal
Local Chair: ************
* Marco Antoniotti, DISCo, Universita`† Milano Bicocca, Italy
Program committee: ******************
* Giuseppe Attardi, Universita`† di Pisa , Italy * Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium * Irene Durand, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Marc Feeley, Universit` de Montreal, Canada * Ron Garret, Amalgamated Widgets Unlimited, USA * Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada * Scott McKay, ITA Software, Inc., USA * Peter Norvig, Google Inc., USA * Julian Padget, University of Bath, UK * Kent Pitman, PTC, USA * Christian Queinnec, Universite` Pierre et Marie Curie, France * Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK * Robert Strandh, Universite` Bordeaux 1, France * Mark Tarver, Lambda Associates, UK * Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France * JonL White, TheGingerIceCreamFactory of Palo Alto, USA * Taiichi Yuasa, Kyoto University, Japan
Registration Fees: ******************
* Early registration before April 25, 2008: Students EU60, regular EU120. * Late registration before May 16, 2008: Students EU80, regular EU160. * Onsite registration: Students EU100, regular EU220.
Registration will include the proceedings, coffee breaks, the symposium dinner and other amenities. Accommodation is not included.