DISC 2017 The 31st International Symposium on Distributed Computing October 16-20th, 2017, Vienna, Austria http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2017/ Early registration deadline: August 14th http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2017/registration/ HIGHLIGHTS Invited speakers: Anne-Marie Kermarrec (INRIA, Rennes, France) Dana Randall (Georgia Tech, USA) Christian Cachin (IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland) Accepted papers: http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2017/accepted-papers/ Workshops: October 16th: FRIDA: Formal Reasoning in Distributed Algorithms Workshop on Blockchain Technology and Theory TPC: Workshop on the Theory and Practice of Concurrent Data Structures October 20th: ADGA: Workshop on Advances in Distributed Graph Algorithms CoDyn: Workshop on Computing in Dynamic Networks HDT: Workshop on Hardware Design and Theory Celebration of Yoram Moses's 60th birthday The talks in honor of Yoram will be held on the afternoon of October 17th by Joe Halpern (Cornell University, USA), Moshe Tenenholtz (Technion, Israel), Moshe Vardi (Rice University, USA), Shafi Goldwasser (MIT, USA), and Sergio Rajsbaum (UNAM, Mexico). VENUE AND REGISTRATION DISC’17 will be held at Austria Trend Hotel Park Royal Palace, at Schlossallee 8, 1140 Wien (Vienna), in close proximity to the Vienna Technical Museum, and with views of Schönbrunn Palace. We cordially invite you to register under http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2017/registration/ Please note also that the number of rooms guaranteed for DISC participants drops by 50% after August 14, and by the remaining 50% after September 14. Since Vienna is busy with many conventions in October, we hence suggest that you book your room in time! For information on the venue, hotels, and travelling, please see: http://www.disc-conference.org/wp/disc2017/local-arrangements/