This year's edition of the international federated conferences on Distributed Computing Techniques took place in Lisbon during June 9-11. It was hosted by the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon and formally organized by the Institute of Telecommunications, the research center I am associated with. The DisCoTecconferences jointly coverthe completespectrum ofdistributed computing subjects ranging from theoretical foundations to formal speci?cation techniques to practical considerations. The event this year comprised the 11th...