ETAPS2008wasthe11thinstanceoftheEuropeanJointConferencesonTheory and
Practice of Software. ETAPS is an annual federated conference that was
established in 1998 by combining a number of existing and new
conferences. This yearit comprised?ve conferences (CC, ESOP, FASE,
FOSSACS, TACAS), 22satelliteworkshops(ACCAT, AVIS, Bytecode, CMCS, COCV,
DCC, FESCA, FIT, FORMED, GaLoP, GT-VMT, LDTA, MBT, MOMPES, PDMC, QAPL,
RV, SafeCert, SC, SLA++P, WGT, andWRLA), ninetutorials, andseveninvited
lectures (excluding those that were speci?c to the satellite events).
The ?ve main conferences received 571 submissions, 147 of which were
accepted, giving an overall acceptance rate of less than 26%, with each
conference below 27%. Congratulationsthereforetoallthe
authorswhomadeittothe ?nalprogramme! I hope that most of the other
authors will still have found a way of participating in this exciting
event, and that you will all continue submitting to ETAPS and
contributing to make of it the best conference in the area. The events
that comprise ETAPS address various aspects of the system - velopment
process, including speci?cation, design, implementation, analysis and
improvement. The languages, methodologies and tools which support
these - tivities are all well within its scope. Di?erent blends of
theory and practice are represented, with an inclination towards theory
with a practical motivation on the one hand and soundly based practice
on the other. Many of the issues involved in software design apply to
systems in general, including hardware s- tems, and the emphasis on
software is not intended to be exclusive.