Registration for WADT 2016 is now open. Early registration ends on: Monday, July 18, 2016. Note that we can offer a number of reduced rate places for students / young researchers to attend WADT'16, who are not registered as an author for a paper. These places are limited to early registration. Link: http://cs.swan.ac.uk/wadt16/ When Sep 21, 2016 - Sep 24, 2016 Where Gregynog, UK Submission Deadline June 17, 2016 (extended) Notification July 3, 2016 (extended) Final Version Due July 15, 2016 AIMS AND SCOPE The algebraic approach to system specification encompasses many aspects of the formal design of software systems. Originally born as formal method for reasoning about abstract data types, it now covers new specification frameworks and programming paradigms (such as object-oriented, aspect-oriented, agent-oriented, logic and higher-order functional programming) as well as a wide range of application areas (including information systems, concurrent, distributed and mobile systems). The workshop will provide an opportunity to present recent and ongoing work, to meet colleagues, and to discuss new ideas and future trends. TOPICS OF INTEREST Typical, but not exclusive topics of interest are: - Foundations of algebraic specification - Other approaches to formal specification, including process calculi and models of concurrent, distributed and mobile computing - Specification languages, methods, and environments - Semantics of conceptual modelling methods and techniques - Model-driven development - Graph transformations, term rewriting and proof systems - Integration of formal specification techniques - Formal testing and quality assurance, validation, and verification INVITED SPEAKERS - Alessio Lomuscio (London, UK) - Till Mossakowski (Magdeburg, Germany) - John Tucker (Swansea, UK) WORKSHOP FORMAT AND LOCATION The workshop will take place over four days, Wednesday to Saturday, at Gregynog Hall in Wales, UK (http://www.gregynog.org). Participants should arrive on Tuesday evening, the workshop will end on Saturday with lunch. Presentations will be selected on the basis of submitted abstracts. IMPORTANT DATES Submission deadline for abstracts: June 17, 2016 (extended) Notification of acceptance: July 3, 2016 (extended) Early registration: July 3, 2016 (delayed) Final abstract due: July 15, 2016 Workshop in Gregynog: September 21-24, 2016 SUBMISSIONS The scientific programme of the workshop will include presentations of recent results and ongoing research. The presentations will be selected by the Steering Committee on the basis of submitted abstracts according to originality, significance and general interest. The abstracts must be up to two pages long including references. If a longer version of the contribution is available, it can be made accessible on the web and referenced in the abstract. The abstracts have to be submitted electronically via the EasyChair system. PROCEEDINGS After the workshop, authors will be invited to submit full papers for the refereed proceedings. All submissions will be reviewed; selection will be based on originality, soundness and significance of the presented ideas and results. The proceedings will be published as a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Springer). SPONSORSHIP The workshop takes place under the auspices of IFIP WG 1.3. WADT STEERING COMMITTEE Andrea Corradini (Italy) Jose Fiadeiro (UK) Rolf Hennicker (Germany) Hans-Jorg Kreowski (Germany) Till Mossakowski (Germany) Fernando Orejas (Spain) Francesco Parisi-Presicce (Italy) Markus Roggenbach (UK) [chair] Grigore Rosu (United States) Andrzej Tarlecki (Poland) ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Phillip James (UK) Markus Roggenbach (UK) CONTACT INFORMATION Email: M.Roggenbach@Swansea.ac.uk Homepage: http://cs.swan.ac.uk/wadt16/