The 8th volume of ToPNoC contains revised and extended versions of a
selection of the best workshop papers presented at the 33rd
International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri Nets and
Other Models of Concurrency (Petri Nets 2012). The 10 papers cover a
diverse range of topics including model checking and system
verification, refinement and synthesis, foundational work on specific
classes of Petri nets, and innovative applications of Petri nets and
other models of concurrency. Application areas covered in this volume
are: biological systems, communication protocols, business processes,
collaborative team work, and Petri net education. Thus this volume gives
a good view of ongoing concurrent systems and Petri nets research.