Form Developer's Workshop 2026

22 Jun 2026, 10:00 → 26 Jun 2026, 16:00 Europe/Amsterdam

Veltman Centre (Nikhef)

This workshop is an opportunity for developers and users of the FORM computer algebra system to come together and discuss the status of the code and its cutting-edge applications, as well as ideas for future development directions.

This meeting will be held at:

Nikhef, Veltman Centre, Science Park 105 1098 XG Amsterdam

Previous editions:

• Liverpool 2025 https://conference.ippp.dur.ac.uk/event/1459/overview
• Zurich 2024 https://indico.cern.ch/event/1386443/
• Madrid 2023 https://indico.ift.uam-csic.es/event/17/

Monday, 22 June

13:00 → 13:15 Welcome and general information

13:15 → 14:00 Form v5 update

Speaker: Takahiro Ueda

14:00 → 14:45 Form sources (I)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

14:45 → 15:15 Break

15:15 → 16:00 Debugging Form

Speakers: Coenraad Marinissen, Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

16:00 → 17:00 Hands-on session: internals

Tuesday, 23 June

09:00 → 10:00 Documentation, test suite and coverage

Speakers: Coenraad Marinissen, Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

10:00 → 10:45 HyperFORM -- A FORM package and the lessons we learnt writing it

Speaker: Adam Kardos (University of Debrecen)

10:45 → 11:15 Break

11:15 → 12:00 Talk by Form user expert

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:30 Open issues

Speaker: Takahiro Ueda

14:30 → 15:00 Break

15:00 → 16:00 Gong show: present your Form problem

16:00 → 18:00 Drinks

Wednesday, 24 June

09:00 → 10:00 Form sources (II)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

10:00 → 10:45 History talk: from Schoonschip to Form 5

Speaker: Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

10:45 → 11:15 Break

11:15 → 12:00 Padics - Form development and ai

Speaker: Coenraad Marinissen

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:15 Talk by Form user expert

14:15 → 15:00 Hands-on session

15:00 → 15:30 Break

15:30 → 17:00 Hands-on session

Thursday, 25 June

09:00 → 10:00 Form sources (III)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

10:00 → 10:45 Talk by Form user expert

10:45 → 11:15 Break

11:15 → 12:00 ANATAR with Form 5.0: Recent Developments

Speaker: Pooja Mukherjee

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch

13:30 → 14:15 Talk by Form user expert

14:15 → 15:00 Hands-on session

15:00 → 15:30 Break

15:30 → 17:00 Hands-on session

19:00 → 22:00 Workshop dinner

Friday, 26 June

09:00 → 10:00 Performance benchmarks for Form

Speaker: Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

10:00 → 10:45 Parallel scalings

Speaker: Ana Costa-Pereira

10:45 → 11:15 Break

11:15 → 12:00 Final discussion and next workshop announcement

12:00 → 13:30 Lunch