Dear all,

We are announcing the 6th edition of the Summer School on Foundations of Programming and Software Systems (FoPSS 2026), co-located with FLOC 2026 and taking place July 13-17.

The 2026 Foundations of Programming and Software Systems (FoPSS) Summer School brings together students and researchers to explore "Emerging Approaches for Reasoning about Programs and Proofs." This week-long school provides a broad and immersive introduction to the latest developments on reasoning about programming. This year’s edition is dedicated to recent methodologies, spanning advanced type systems, proof assistants and logic, and neurosymbolic approaches, that are actively shaping the frontier of software verification and program semantics.

Our program features a distinguished series of lectures designed to equip participants with both a solid grounding in established foundations and a forward-looking perspective on the field's future. By diving into highly active research areas, attendees will gain the theoretical tools necessary to reason rigorously about complex, modern programs. Through engaging instruction and collaborative discussions, the school aims to inspire the next generation of researchers to push the boundaries of what is possible in formal reasoning and program verification.

(Early) Registration is open via FLOC: https://www.floc26.org/registration
Registration includes lunches, coffee breaks and the summer school dinner.

More information about the summer school can be found in the school website: https://lcaires.github.io/fopps2026/


On behalf of the organizing committee,
Luís Caires, José Fragoso Santos, Andreia Mordido and Bernardo Toninho