[TYPES/announce] TOOLS 2009 - call for participation

[Philippe.LAHIRE@unice.fr]

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                              TOOLS EUROPE 2009
                         47th International Conference
                     Objects, Models, Components, Patterns

                                co-located with
            *** International Conference on Model Transformation 2009 ***
	     *** International conference on Tests and Proofs 2009 ***
                  *** Software Engineering Approaches for Offshore
                      and Outsourced Development 2009 ***
         	      *** Software composition 2009 ***

                  ETH Zurich, Switzerland 29 June - 3 July 2009

                             http://tools.ethz.ch/
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    Call for Participation


TOOLS EUROPE 2009 invites future participants to register. The event
will be devoted to the combination of technologies that have emerged
as a result of object technology becoming "mainstream". Like its
predecessors, TOOLS EUROPE 2009 combines an emphasis on quality with a
strong practical focus.

Started in 1989, TOOLS conferences, held in Europe, the USA, Australia,
China and Eastern Europe, have played a major role in the development of
object technology field; many of the seminal concepts were first presented
at TOOLS. After twenty years of existence, TOOLS is a yearly event that
gathers the research community to discuss practical topics in OO
technologies and Software Engineering.

Contributions focus on all aspects of object technology and
neighboring fields, in particular model-based development, component-
based development, and patterns (design, analysis and other applications).
For a preview of the program, please refer to the webpage of the conference.

All contributions were subject to a rigorous selection process -
acceptance rate of 25% - by the international Program Committee,
with a stress on originality, practicality and overall quality. The
proceedings should be published in Springer LNBIP.

The conference will also host keynotes from internationally recognized
scientist including Gerti Kappel, Benjamin Pierce, JanVitek, Stéphane
Ducasse, Paul Klint, Carlo Ghezzi, Narayanasamy Ramasubbu.


    Important Dates

Conference: June 29 - July 3, 2009
Tutorials/Workshop proposals: February-March 2009

    Registration

Early bird registration: 31 May 2009 or before
Advance registration: 24 June 2009 or before

After the advance registration date, registration will be on site only. The
registration form can be found on the TOOLS website.


   Accommodation

A list of suggested hotels can be found on the TOOLS website at the
following URL http://tools.ethz.ch/venue.html


    Chairpersons

Conference chair : Bertrand Meyer, Zurich
Program chair: Manuel Oriol, York
Workshop Chair: Alexandre Bergel, Lille and Johan Fabry, Santiago
Publicity Chair: Philippe Lahire, Nice and Marcus Denker, Santiago


    Program committee

Patrick Albert, Balbir S. Barn, Mike Barnett, Claude R. Baudoi,
Bernhard Beckert, Alexandre Bergel, Judith Bishop, Phil Brooke, Cristiano
Calcagno, Ana Cavalcanti, Dave Clarke, Bernard Coulette, Jing Dong,
Stephane Ducasse, Gregor Engels, Patrick Eugster, Manuel Fahndrich, Jose
Luiz Fiadeiro, Michael Franz, Judit Nyekyne Gaizler, Benoit Garbinato,
Carlo Ghezzi, Tudor Girba, Martin Glinz, Martin Gogolla, Jeff Gray, Pedro
Guerreiro, Joseph Kiniry, Ralf Laemmel, Philippe Lahire, Mingshu Li, Dragos
Manolescu, Erik Meijer, Peter Mueller, Jonathan Ostroff, Richard Paige,
Marc Pantel, Alfonso Pierantonio, Alexander Pretschner, Bran Selic,
Anatoly Shalyto, Perdita Stevens, Eric Tanter, Dave Thomas, Laurence Tratt,
Antonio Vallecillo, Roel Wuyts, Amiram Yehudai, Andreas Zeller