APLAS 2026 -- The 24th Asian Symposium on Programming Languages and Systems December 1-5, 2026, Hong Kong SAR, China https://conf.researchr.org/track/aplas-atva-2026/aplas-2026 APLAS 2026 aims to bring together programming language researchers, practitioners, and implementors worldwide, to present and discuss the latest results and exchange ideas in all areas of programming languages and systems. APLAS 2026 is co-located with ATVA 2026. We solicit submissions in the form of regular research papers describing original scientific research results, including system development and case studies. Among others, solicited topics include: - programming paradigms and styles: functional, object-oriented, probabilistic, logic, constraint programming; extensible programming languages; programming languages for systems code; novel programming paradigms; - methods and tools to specify and reason about programs and languages: programming techniques; meta-programming; domain-specific languages; proof assistants; type systems; dependent types; program logics, static and dynamic program analysis; language-based security; model checking; testing; - programming language foundations: formal semantics; type theory; logical foundations; category theory; automata; effects; monads and comonads; recursion and corecursion; continuations and effect handlers; program verification; memory models; abstract interpretation; - methods and tools for implementation: compilers; program transformations; rewriting systems; partial evaluation; virtual machines; refactoring; intermediate languages; run-time environments; garbage collection and memory management; tracing; profiling; build systems; program synthesis; - concurrency and distribution: process algebras; concurrency theory; session types; parallel programming; service-oriented computing; distributed and mobile computing; actor-based languages; verification and testing of concurrent and distributed systems; - applications and emerging topics: programming languages and PL methods in education, security, privacy, database systems, computational biology, signal processing, graphics, human-computer interaction, computer-aided design, artificial intelligence and machine learning; case studies in program analysis and verification. Submissions should not exceed 17 pages, excluding bibliography, in the Springer LNCS format. The accepted papers will be allowed one extra page to accommodate reviewers' feedback. Additional material intended for reviewers but not for publication in the final version, for example, details of proofs, may be placed in a clearly marked appendix that is not included in the page limit. However, the paper must be understandable without the appendix. Reviewers are not obligated to review it. Submitted papers must be unpublished and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers must be written in English. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. APLAS uses a light double-blind reviewing process, with a rebuttal phase to address factual errors and minor misunderstandings. The proceedings will be published as a volume in Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series. APLAS continues the tradition of the best paper award. Important dates, AoE (UTC-12h): Submission deadline: Mon Jun 22, 2026 Author response period: Wed Jul 22 - Fri Jul 24, 2026 Acceptance notification: Tue Aug 4, 2026 Camera-ready deadline: Tue Sep 15, 2026 Submission link: https://aplas26.hotcrp.com/ Further information: https://conf.researchr.org/track/aplas-atva-2026/aplas-2026