Invited speakers  Olivier Carton, Paris Manfred Droste, Leipzig Søren Eilers, Copenhagen Zoltán Ésik, Szeged Javier Esparza, Stuttgart Tero Harju, Turku Thomas Henzinger, Klosterneuburg Michal Kunc, Brno Christof Löding, Aachen Nicole Schweikardt, Frankfurt am Main Olivier Serre, Paris Jeffrey Shallit, Waterloo Pedro Ventura Silva, Porto Wolfgang Thomas, Aachen Mikhail Volkov, Ekaterinburg Igor Walukiewicz, Bordeaux Thomas Wilke, Kiel  Special Guest Hermann Maurer, Graz