The ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming (ICFP) is an annual academic conference in the field of computer science sponsored by the ACM SIGPLAN, in association with IFIP Working Group 2.8 (Functional Programming). The conference focuses on functional programming and related areas of programming languages, logic, compilers and software development. The ICFP was first held in 1996, replacing two biennial conferences: Functional Programming and Computer Architecture (FPCA) and LISP and Functional Programming (LFP). The conference location alternates between Europe (odd-numbered years) and North America (even-numbered years). The conference usually lasts 3 days, surrounded by co-located workshops devoted to particular functional languages or application areas. The ICFP has also held an open annual programming contest since 1998, called the ICFP Programming Contest. History 2012: 17th ACM SIGPLAN International Conference on Functional Programming in Copenhagen, Denmark (General Chair: Peter Thiemann, University of Freiburg; Program Chair: Robby Findler, Northwestern University) Affiliated events Commercial Users of Functional Programming (CUFP) Erlang Workshop Haskell Symposium Functional and Declarative Programming in Education (FDPE) Functional Programming Developer Tracks (DEFUN) MEchanized Reasoning about Languages with varIable biNding (MERLIN) Workshop on Approaches and Applications of Inductive Programming Workshop on Curry and Functional Logic Programming Workshop on Generic Programming (WGP) Workshop on Mechanizing Metatheory (WMM) Workshop on ML Workshop on Scheme and Functional Programming Programming Languages meets Program Verification (PLPV) — 2007 only, now affiliated with POPL See also Related conferences FLOPS: International Symposium on Functional and Logic Programming IFL: International Symposia on Implementation and Application of Functional Languages ISMM: International Symposium on Memory Management MPC: International Conference on Mathematics of Program Construction PLDI: Programming Language Design and Implementation POPL: Principles of Programming Languages PPDP: International Conference on Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming TFP: Symposium on Trends in Functional Programming TLCA: International Conference on Typed Lambda Calculi and Applications TLDI: International Workshop on Types in Language Design and Implementation SAS: International Static Analysis Symposium Related journals Journal of Functional Programming Journal of Functional and Logic Programming Higher-Order and Symbolic Computation ACM Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems External links ICFP main site ICFP 2008 conference ICFP 2007 conference ICFP 2006 conference ICFP Programming Contest Functional Programming conference Computer science conferences Functional programming Programming languages conferences