3rd European Lisp Symposium ===========================

May 6-7, 2010, Fundacao Calouste Gulbenkian Lisbon, Portugal

Call for Participation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration for the 3rd European Lisp Symposium (ELS 2010) is now open at [http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org/].

Scope and Programme 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.

As well as presentations of the accepted technical papers and tutorials, the programme features the following highlights:

- Kent Pitman of HyperMeta Inc. will offer reflections on Lisp Past, Present and Future;

- Pascal Costanza will lead a tutorial session on Parallel Programming in Common Lisp;

- Matthias Felleisen of PLT will talk about languages for creating programming languages;

- A TI Explorer Lisp Machine, having been unplugged for the best part of two decades, will be demonstrated;

- there will be opportunities for attendees to give lightning talks and demos of late-breaking work.

Social events ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - Symposium banquet (included with registration) - Excursion to Sintra (optional, Saturday May 8): for six centuries the favourite Summer residence of the Kings of Portugal, who were attracted by cool climates and the beauty of the town's setting.

Programme Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christophe Rhodes, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Local Chair ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal

Programme Committee ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + Marco Antoniotti, Universita Milano Bicocca, Italy + Giuseppe Attardi, Universita di Pisa, Italy + Pascal Costanza, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium + Irene Anne Durand, Universite Bordeaux I, France + Marc Feeley, Universite de Montreal, Canada + Ron Garret, Amalgamated Widgets Unlimited, USA + Gregor Kiczales, University of British Columbia, Canada + Antonio Leitao, Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal + Nick Levine, Ravenbrook Ltd, UK + Scott McKay, ITA Software, Inc., USA + Peter Norvig, Google Inc., USA + Kent Pitman, PTC, USA + Christian Queinnec, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France + Robert Strandh, Universite Bordeaux I, France + Didier Verna, EPITA Research and Development Laboratory, France + Barry Wilkes, Citi, UK + Taiichi Yuasa, Kyoto University, Japan

Registration ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Registration is open at [http://www.european-lisp-symposium.org/] and costs EUR120 (EUR60 for students) *until 22nd April*, and EUR200 (EUR120 for students) afterwards.

Registration includes a copy of the proceedings, coffee breaks, and the symposium banquet. Accommodation is not included.