Important Dates

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July 12
Paper submissions due.
July 25
Shepherding begins
August 30
Second draft due for review
September 4
Notification of acceptance
September 4
Deadline focus group / workshop proposals
September 10
Registration Opens
September 25
Conference Versions Due
October 12-16, 2020
PLoP Conference Days
February 9, 2021
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27th CONFERENCE ON PATTERN LANGUAGES OF PROGRAMS

Proceedings are online.

PLoP 2020 will be chaired by Rebecca Wirfs-Brock. PLoP is shaping up to be, once again, a great experience. Check back as the program is updated with more details!

PLoP will be held virtually this year. The PLoP conference days will be scheduled for sometime this fall.

The International Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs

Pattern Languages of Programs (PLoP) conference is a premier event for pattern authors and pattern enthusiasts to virtually gather, discuss and learn more about patterns and software development.

The conference program offers pattern authors an unique opportunity to have their pattern languages reviewed by fellow authors, which occurs mainly in the form of Writers' Workshops.

Authors and non-authors will find in the different PLoP activities (Writers' Workshops, Focus Groups, BoF sessions, Games) many opportunities to learn more about patterns and pattern writing.

As a whole, the conference provides a friendly and effective environment to give and get feedback, to share expertise, and to allow the participants to improve their patterns and make them more useful and more publishable.

Call For Submissions

PLoP promotes development of pattern languages on all aspects of software, including design and programming, software architecture, user interface design, domain modeling, software processes, project management, and more. As well as software patterns, we encourage patterns about collaboration, education, and creativity in broader sense toward better quality of work and life.

Paper submissions may include short papers containing one or more patterns, longer pattern languages or sequences, or works-in-progress by writers wishing to get in-depth shepherding by an experienced author at the conference. Patterns and pattern languages on other topics, essays on patterns, and visions for the future are encouraged.

In addition, you may submit proposals for online discussion groups or workshops bringing together people interested in a hot topic related to online learning about patterns or proven practices. Non-conventional formats and virtual online experiences that stretch our brains are encouraged and welcomed.

Suggestions or proposals for activities are welcome and encouraged. Please contact the chairs with your ideas.

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PLoP20 submissions are peer reviewed and digitally archived at ACM. Papers discussed at writer's workshop at this conference qualify for submission to the journal "TPLoP - Transactions on Pattern Languages of Programming" published by Springer. See Springer's pages on TPLoP for details of this journal.

More information

For more information, please contact the organizers: Rebecca Wirfs-Brock and Joseph Yoder.

At the Hillside Group web site you can learn more about patterns, writing patterns, PLoP conferences, and previous PLoP's.

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