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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=en-NL link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Following the last three years' successful editions of Declarative Amsterdam, we are preparing a new edition to take place on 7 and 8 November 2022 at CWI, Science Park, Amsterdam.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We anticipate by November that we will be able to hold the conference on-site, but we are planning to broadcast and interact on-line as well.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The first day will feature tutorials, combining presentations and hands-on sessions to give an introduction to specific topics.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The second day is a symposium, and will consist of shorter presentations. Speakers can discuss new ideas, frameworks, applications of declarative methods, and best practices.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Call for Presentations</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>We invite practitioners, software architects and engineers, academic researchers and others to submit a proposal for a tutorial or a presentation.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Tutorials can be between 1.5 and 2.5 hours, and preferably include hands-on sessions for participants. Presentations on the second day can be between 30 and 45 minutes. We plan to create the possibility of online presentation via video.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Proposals should at least include a title, duration and summary (90 - 200 words), but may also be a full paper. Speakers have the option of submitting a full paper or slides, to be published on the Declarative Amsterdam website.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please submit your proposals here:</span><span lang=en-NL><a href="https://declarative.amsterdam/submit?model=da-call-for-presentations"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>https://declarative.amsterdam/submit?model=da-call-for-presentations</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Timeline</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Submission deadline: 31 July</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Acceptance: Middle of September</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Conference: 7 and 8 November.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>For papers and topics from previous years, see the website:</span><span lang=en-NL><a href="http://declarative.amsterdam/"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>http://declarative.amsterdam/</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A Declarative Challenge</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='margin:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>This year, we also feature a declarative challenge! </span><span lang=en-NL style='font-size:12.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The challenge is: <b><span style='background:#FBFBFB'>Create a (small) application that makes use of invisible XML</span></b><span style='background:#FBFBFB'>. </span></span><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>See</span><span lang=en-NL><a href="https://declarative.amsterdam/show?page=da-challenge"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>the web page</span></a></span><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> for full details.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2 style='mso-margin-top-alt:18.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:4.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Declarative Amsterdam 2021 presentation videos, slides, papers</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></h2><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The submitted papers, presentation videos, and slides from last year's edition are online: see the links on</span><span lang=en-NL><a href="https://declarative.amsterdam/program-2021"><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC'>Declarative Amsterdam 2021</span></a></span><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> to the respective papers.</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-NL><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>All the best,</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:12.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:12.0pt;margin-left:0cm'><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Declarative Amsterdam 2022 organising committee</span><span lang=en-NL><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=en-NL style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=331 height=95 style='width:3.45in;height:.9916in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/IgdjbCrChJUsNGHdZpDgwM2bqP_ZSRc1_PHmIXS2BhbZ2-KAN1x8PiohX7ZeR4ADPSBugpk59OxR0NuFXIWoCzkUhvVzPURomFRx0y-xAElAHLQ6Z88XQzpff_0h2qYDrKeDwQfe7xNHovs8Wg"></span><span lang=en-NL style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>