ICFP 2008 : The 13th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
September 22-24, 2008

ICFP 2008 provides a forum for researchers and developers to hear about the latest work on the design, implementations, principles, and uses of functional programming. The conference covers the entire spectrum of work, from practice to theory, including its peripheries.

 ICFP 2009 takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland on August 31 — September 2, 2009. 

Information

•  Summary schedule (incl. workshops) (PDF)
•  Final program (PDF)
• Registration for ICFP 2008 is now open -- Early registration deadline: August 20, 2008 (expired); Late registration deadline: September 22, 2008
  • Conference and workshop registrations includes proceedings, continental breakfast, coffee breaks, and lunch for respective days.
  • There is no conference banquet (but there is a conference reception (Tuesday, September 23, 19:00)).
• ACM discounted rates for conference hotel accommodations (Delta Victoria) -- Deadline: August 24, 2008 (expired)
  • If booking through the conference hotel site does not show availablility for specific dates at the ACM discounted rate, please contact the hotel by phone. There appear to be significant limitations regarding the bookings that can be made through the conference hotel site.
  • ACM membership is not required for ACM discount rate.
  • Rates on the conference hotel site are reported in Canadian dollars.
• The ACM does not issue formal invitation letters for visas. However, the ACM can issue a visa support letter. Please send all requests to Laura Bucci (bucci@hq.acm.org) with the following information:
  • Name as it appears on your passport
  • Residence and a ship-to address if different
  • The name of the conference you wish to attend
  • Registration confirmation number
  • If you have any papers accepted for the conference, please indicate whether you are the sole author or a co-author, and provide the full title of the document
  • Fax number (Visa support letters are not issued via email)
• The SIGPLAN Professional Activities Committee offers grants to help defray the cost of attending ICFP
  • Student members: available to student members with a paper
  • Companion travel grant: available to professional members with physical disabilities or small children
• Academic rebates are available for accomodations booked through HotelsCombined.com. (Provided as useful information; there is no affiliation with ICFP or ACM.)
• Invited speakers
  • Butler Lampson: Lazy and Speculative Execution in Computer Systems
  • Olivier Danvy: Defunctionalized Interpreters for Higher-Order Languages
  • Mark Jones: Polymorphism and Page Tables -- Systems Programming From a Functional Programmer's Perspective
• Accepted Papers (with abstracts)
• Travel Information
  • The easiest way to reach Victoria is to fly directly to the Victoria International Airport (YYJ), typically via a connecting flight from Seattle, Vancouver, or Calgary.
  • Additional travel information
  • Reminder: United States citizens must present valid documentation when entering the United States from Canada; see Crossing U.S. Borders and Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative.
• Local Information
  • City of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tourism Victoria
  • Delta Victoria Ocean Pointe Resort and Spa
• 11th ICFP Programming Contest -- Dates: July 11, 2008 - July 14, 2008 (expired)
• Call for Papers (PDF) -- Submission deadline: April 2, 2008; Submission page (expired)
• Call for Workshop Proposals -- Submission deadline: November 21, 2007 (expired)

Conference Organizers

• General Chair: James Hook (Portland State University)
• Program Chair: Peter Thiemann (Universität Freiburg)
• Local Arrangements Chair: George Tzanetakis (University of Victoria)
• Workshop Co-Chairs: Michael Sperber (DeinProgramm) and Graham Hutton (University of Nottingham)
• Programming Contest Co-Chairs: John Reppy (University of Chicago) and Tim Sheard (Portland State University)
• Publicity Chair: Matthew Fluet (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago)

Affiliated Workshops and Events

• ICFP 2008 features the following related workshops and events:

  Saturday, September 20:	ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Generic Programming
  Saturday, September 20:	ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Mechanizing Metatheory
  Saturday, September 20:	ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming
  Sunday, September 21:	ACM SIGPLAN Workshop on ML
  Sunday, September 21:	ACM SIGPLAN Functional and Declarative Programming in Education (FDPE'08)
  Sunday, September 21:	Poster Session (3pm - 6pm)
  Thursday, September 25:	ACM SIGPLAN Haskell Symposium (Haskell'08)
  Thursday, September 25:	Functional Programming Developer Tracks (DEFUN '08)
  Friday, September 26:	Commercial Users of Functional Programming (CUFP'08)
  Saturday, September 27:	ACM SIGPLAN Erlang Workshop
  Saturday, September 27:	Functional Programming Developer Tracks (DEFUN '08)

General Information about ICFP

• The ICFP Steering Committee
• The ICFP Permanent Home Page