Keynote Addresses. Real-time issues in distributed databases for real-time control, M G Rodd. Invited Papers. Digital design with a distributed environment in mind, J K M Moody. Process control: how to process distributed data in less than a second? S Sedillot. Theoretical Issues. Specification and implementation of concurrency in a simple database system, B Gliss & J Gorski. On priority-based synchronization protocols for distributed real-time database systems, Sang H Son. Modelling and verification of real-time software using interpreted petri nets, P Arendt & B Kluhe. Incidence of parameters in the performance of a distributed database, P Blesa & R Zambardino. Using conversations to implement resilient objects in distributed systems, J A Cerrada et al. A design model of distributed database in real-time control, Fang Bin & Peng Tian Qiang. Integrating logic and object paradigm in HDDBMS, Zhang Xia et al. Application Studies. Intertask-communication inside a real-time database, W Stegbauer. CRDB - a real-time database for distributed system with high reliability, L Tapolcai & Z Sopronfalvi. A distributed database for real-time control/monitoring of power plants, J B Lewoc et al. A real-time distributed database system in cold tandem mill, Jiahua Wang et al. Author index. Keyword index.