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

1 Welcome and general information

2 Form v5 update

Speaker: Takahiro Ueda

3 Form sources (I)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

14:45 Break

4 Debugging Form

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

5 Hands-on session: internals

Tuesday, 23 June

6 Documentation, test suite and coverage

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

7 HyperFORM -- A FORM package and the lessons we learnt writing it

Speaker: Adam Kardos (University of Debrecen)

10:45 Break

8 Talk by Form user expert

12:00 Lunch

9 Open issues

Speaker: Takahiro Ueda

14:30 Break

10 Gong show: present your Form problem

16:00 Drinks

Wednesday, 24 June

11 Form sources (II)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

12 History talk: from Schoonschip to Form 5

Speaker: Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

10:45 Break

13 Padics - Form development and ai

Speaker: Coenraad Marinissen

12:00 Lunch

14 Talk by Form user expert

15 Hands-on session

15:00 Break

16 Hands-on session

Thursday, 25 June

17 Form sources (III)

Speaker: Jos Vermaseren

18 Talk by Form user expert

10:45 Break

19 ANATAR with Form 5.0: Recent Developments

Speaker: Pooja Mukherjee

12:00 Lunch

20 Talk by Form user expert

21 Hands-on session

15:00 Break

22 Hands-on session

19:00 Workshop dinner

Friday, 26 June

23 Performance benchmarks for Form

Speaker: Joshua Davies (University of Liverpool)

24 Parallel scalings

Speaker: Ana Costa-Pereira

10:45 Break

25 Final discussion and next workshop announcement

12:00 Lunch