The 5th VERSEN Workshop on Programming Languages in The NetherlandsPLNL 2025

We are happy to invite you to participate in the 5th VERSEN Workshop on Programming Languages in The Netherlands (PLNL 2025) at CWI in Amsterdam. The purpose of PLNL is to bring together researchers in the area of Programming Languages in North-West Europe. The workshop targets Programming Language research in the broad sense. This includes but is not limited to:

• The design, implementation, theory, application, and teaching of Programming Languages.
• Front-ends, including textual languages, domain-specific languages, visual notations, user interfaces, mechanisms, interaction design, and user-centric design.
• Back-ends, including runtimes, just-in-time compilation, bytecode generation and optimization.
• Industry applications, case studies.
• Contributions from adjacent fields that overlap with these topics are also welcome.

Venue

PLNL 2025 will take place at Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, which is located at the Science Park in Amsterdam. All talks take place in the Ada room (CWI L017), located at the ground floor of CWI. To reach the Ada room, you need to enter the entrance numbered 123 on the following map https://www.cwi.nl/documents/199321/Bezoekersplattegrond_Amsterdam_Science_Park_2022.pdf. All breaks, lunch and drinks take place at the CWI Forum (the main hall), directly adjacent to the Ada room. Please see the workshop program for more details.

CWI is easily reachable by public transport. Should you come by car, please register your license plate with CWI’s reception at the front desk before 15:00 to avoid parking costs.

For general information on visiting CWI please see: https://www.cwi.nl/en/about/visitor-information/

Supporters

Accepted Talks

Call for Talk Proposals

Workshop Format

The workshop will consist of a number of contributed talks. We strive to have interactive sessions with plenty of discussion by the audience. Talk slots will be approximately 20 minutes 15 minutes, including 5 minutes for the audience to ask questions and raise discussions.

The coffee and lunch breaks will allow for networking with colleagues and meeting new people. Junior and senior researchers are equally welcome and encouraged to submit a talk proposal, and we also invite industry experts who put theory into practice.

Researchers from neighbouring countries like Belgium or Germany, are also welcome to participate. To accommodate extra travel time, the workshop starts at 10:30. To adjust for the higher number of 18 accepted talks, we will start at the earlier time of 9:30 (walk-in from 9:00). We acknowledge that this complicates traveling from a greater distance, and we hope it does not cause any major inconvenience.

The language of the workshop is English.

Submission Details

Talk proposals should be described in an abstract of at most 400 words. Proposals should be relevant to the area, but need not represent original work. Talks on recently published work, work in progress, or ongoing case studies are also welcome.

Submission deadline has passed.

Registration

Participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory.

PLNL is sponsored by VERSEN and offers a free lunch to registered participants.

Registration is closed.