DAPSYS'2000 is expected to be a major event for vendors, researchers and teachers to consider present and future topics in distributed and parallel systems. Papers presenting original research, educational methods, new concepts, and results of international projects are being sought. Papers describing clusters, cluster programming, metacomputing and related fields are especially welcome. Typical, but not exclusive, topics include: Operating systems Web Computing Languages Metacomputing Algorithms Java/CORBA Systems Database Systems Cluster Programming Architectures Data Mining I/O Systems Middlewares