Animation and exchanges in the Petri Nets community

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The International Workshop on Petri Nets for Adaptive Systems 2026 (PNAS’26) 
in Hamburg, Germany, June, 22-23, 2026 is a satellite event of PETRI NETS 
2026, the 47th International Conference on Application and Theory of Petri 
Nets and Concurrency.

https://pnas26.di.unimi.it/

This year we celebrate the 100th birthday of Carl Adam Petri. The conference 
takes place in Hamburg where Petri held an honorary professorship.


== Scope

Classical Petri nets are foundational for concurrent and distributed systems, 
but they stumble when tasked with capturing the essence of complex, reactive, 
and reconfigurable behaviors. Since Valk's groundbreaking introduction of 
self-modifying nets, the last three decades have witnessed a surge of 
innovative extensions designed to elegantly and succinctly model these 
dynamic systems. From dynamic interconnectivity reminiscent of the 
Pi-calculus to the nets-within-nets concept, and sophisticated higher-order 
net formalism, the landscape has exploded with a variety of Petri 
net-centered frameworks. However, this expansion often lacks clear goals and 
is shackled by limited analytical tool support.

The objective of this workshop is to unite the community of researchers who 
are engaged in various approaches to modeling reconfigurable and reactive 
systems from a formal standpoint, especially highlighting Petri nets. The 
goal is to establish a systematic and cohesive framework for this research 
domain. This encompasses theoretical frameworks or formalisms crafted for 
distinct objectives. The employment of hybrid methods, for instance, merging 
rewriting techniques with Petri nets, appears to hold specific practical 
significance. Additionally, the workshop aims to devise innovative methods 
and explore potential applications while fostering a shared viewpoint on the 
topic.

== Topics

We welcome contributions describing original research in modeling of 
adaptable systems using Petri nets and related models. We also welcome papers 
studying the analysis of such systems - either qualitatively or 
quantitatively.

In case that you still have doubts if your contribution will fit - just 
contact the PC-Chairs: address@concealed


== Important Dates (AoE)

Abstracts (mandatory) :                 23      March   2026
Deadline for papers:                    30      March   2026
Notification of paper acceptance:       30      April           2026
Deadline for posters:                   4       May             2026
Notification of poster acceptance:      6       May             2026
Deadline for final revisions:           8       May             2026



== Submissions

The program committee invites submissions of full contributions (10 to 16 
pages; not counting references) or short contributions (5 to 9 pages; not 
counting references). Ongoing work (up to 4 pages including references) can 
also be presented in a special poster session; authors should prepare a 
poster and bring it to the conference.

All papers will undergo a strict peer reviewing procedure. We plan to publish 
all accepted contributions online at CEUR-WS.org. Papers must follow the 
CEURART LaTeX style [http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip]. Note that 
Overleaf provides an CEURART template.

For your submission please use the PNAS'26 track via the online conference 
management system: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=petrinets2026

The best papers from the workshop will be invited for submission of a revised 
version the journal "Transactions on Petri Nets and Other Models of 
Concurrency" (ToPNoC). 


== PC Chairs

Lorenzo Capra, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Michael Köhler-Bussmeier, University of Applied Sciences Hamburg, Germany


Contact:  address@concealed