Preliminary Call for Papers  APPIA-GULP-PRODE'96

	 1996 JOINT CONFERENCE ON DECLARATIVE PROGRAMMING


		   Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
			July 15 - 18, 1996


Following the GULP-PRODE'94 in Pen~iscola (Spain) and the GULP-PRODE'95 in 
Marina di Vietri (Italy), next GULP and PRODE conferences will be held 
jointly in Donostia-San Sebastian (Spain) in July 15-18, 1996. In this and 
subsequent editions the joint conference will also benefit of the 
collaboration of APPIA, the Portuguese Association for AI.

The aim of the Conference is to foster scientific meetings between Italian, 
Portuguese and Spanish researchers, to improve the knowledge of the state of 
the art of declarative programming (through the invited talks and tutorials) 
and to show the ongoing research done mainly in these three countries (through
presentations of papers).
 

Invited Speakers:
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Steffen Hoelldobler  	T.U. Dresden	(Germany)
Rob R. Hoogerwoord  	Eindhoven U.T. 	(The Netherlands)

Tutorialists:
Pedro Barahona		U.N. Lisboa (Portugal)
Fernando Orejas  	U. P. Catalunya (Spain)


Conference Chair:
Marisa Navarro  	U. Pais Vasco	(Spain)

Program Chair: 
Maurizio Martelli  	U. Genova	(Italy)


Program Committee:

Jaume Agusti		IIIA Barcelona	(Spain)
Jose J. Alferes 	U. Evora	(Portugal)
Maria Alpuente		U.P. Valencia	(Spain)
Patrizia Asirelli	IEI-CNR, Pisa	(Italy)
Leopoldo Bertossi   	P.U.C. Chile	(Chile)
Luis Damas 		U. Porto	(Portugal)
Moreno Falaschi 	U. Udine	(Italy)
Maurizio Gabbrielli 	U. Pisa		(Italy)
Laura Giordano 		U. Torino	(Italy)
Teresa Hortala		U.C. Madrid	(Spain)
Evelina Lamma 		U. Bologna	(Italy)
Nicola Leone		T.U. Wien	(Italy)
Paqui Lucio  		U. Pais Vasco	(Spain)
Luis Monteiro 		U.N. Lisboa	(Portugal)
Juan J. Moreno  	U.C. Madrid	(Spain)
Roberto Nieuwehuis 	U.P. Catalunya	(Spain)
Mario Ornaghi 		U. Milano	(Italy)
Luis M. Pereira 	U.N. Lisboa	(Portugal)
Ernesto Pimentel  	U. Malaga	(Spain)
Antonio Porto 		U.N. Lisboa	(Portugal)
Maurizio Proietti 	IASI-CNR Roma	(Italy)
Maria J. Ramirez  	U.P. Valencia	(Spain)
Gianfranco Rossi 	U. Parma	(Italy)
Juan J. Ruz	  	U.C. Madrid	(Spain)
Rosa Viccari   		U.F. Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
            
Organizing Committee:
Luis M. Alonso
Rosa Arruabarrena 
Montserrat Hermo 
Arantza Illarramendi 
Ana Sanchez


Topics:

The technical program for the conference will include two tutorials,
three invited lectures and presentations of papers. Papers will be 
reviewed and accepted submissions will be published as a Technical Report.
Please  specify whether this work is submitted or accepted for presentation
in other meetings.
Submissions of papers are welcome on all aspects of declarative programming,
including, but not limited to: 

. Theoretical Foundations  	. Applications
 
. Implementation Issues 	. Extensions 


Papers must not exceed 12 double-spaced pages (page margin: 2.5 cms all around),
including a 200 word abstract, keywords, references and figures, and can be
written in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish or, preferably, in English. The cover 
page of the submission should include the title of the paper, the abstract, 
author's name, address, and phone number, as well as the electronic address 
and fax number, when available. 
Accepted papers must be presented at the conference. 
Authors are invited to send 4 copies of each submitted paper (do not send papers
electronically or by fax) to:

	APPIA-GULP-PRODE'96 Organization
        (to the att. of Marisa Navarro)
	Departamento de L.S.I.
        Facultad de Informatica 
        Apdo 649- 20080 San Sebastian, Spain

        E-mail:	apgulpro@si.ehu.es
        Fax: 	+34 43 219306
        Phone: 	+34 43 218000


Important Dates: 

Submissions: 			March 1, 1996 
Notification of acceptance : 	April 25, 1996 
Deadline for final text:	May 15, 1996 


Conference Site:

The Conference is organized by the Basque Country University, in Donostia-
San Sebastian, one of the most beautiful cities in the country. 
It is worth to mention its three beaches, especially ``La Concha'', its 
modernist buildings, its famous restaurants with excellent food and its 
``pinchos'' in the bars of the historical center.