CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Commercial Users of Functional Programming (CUFP) Sept 18, 2004 Co-located with ICFP http://www.galois.com/cufp/ Functional languages have been under academic development for over 25 years, and are still proving to be very fertile ground for programming language research. Consequently, most of the development focus of these languages is driven by academic and theoretical questions. More recently, however, functional languages have been very successfully used in commercial, industrial, and government settings, where their advantages have been able to be leveraged dramatically. The goal of CUFP is to act as a voice for commercial users of functional programming languages and technology. It aims to help functional programming become increasingly viable as a technology for use in the commercial, industrial, and government space, by providing a forum for FP professionals to share their experiences and ideas, whether business, management or engineering. It also aims to enable the formation and cementing of relationships and alliances that further the commercial use of functional languages. Providing user feedback to language designers and implementers is not a primary goal of the meeting, though it will be welcome if it occurs. The meeting will last a full day, with a mix of invited and submitted presentations, plus discussion sessions. There will be no published proceedings. The meeting is intended to be more of a discussion forum than a technical interchange. Committee Koen Claessen Byron Cook David Fox John Lalonde John Launchbury (Chair)