| September 12, 2003 |
Photo album 1, 2 and 3. |
| August 25, 2003 |
A revised
schedule is available.
The general session papers have been divided into two workshop groups.
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| August 9, 2003 |
The first draft
schedule is available.
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| August 6, 2003 |
The general session papers are
online. So are some brief descriptions of the activities.
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| July 31, 2003 |
Registration
is open. The conference begins with a pizza
party the night of Monday, September 8. Official
activities end Friday, September 12, at noon.
There will be self-organized activities on the
weekend for people who care to stay later
(perhaps to get cheaper flights). (The extra
nights are not included in the base registration
price.)
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| May 1, 2003 |
Focus group deadlines have been extended. See below.
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| April 30, 2003 |
Two new focus groups:
Elementary Patterns: Toward a Pattern-Driven CS1 Course and
Enterprise Software Patterns.
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| April 9, 2003 |
The first focus group is ready for submissions: Patterns and Pattern Languages for Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems. |
| April 8, 2003 |
Focus Group page added. |
| February 28, 2003 |
The Call for Papers and Proposals
is out. |
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The Pattern Languages of Programs conference has traditionally been
about helping pattern authors improve the written expression of their
patterns. This year is no exception. Roughly two-thirds of each day
will be devoted to
writers'
workshops. In a writers' workshop, a group
of people gather to discuss a pattern while the author listens. The
author learns what readers understand or do not understand about a
particular pattern, while the whole group deepens their understanding
of patterns in general.
This PLoP will also have afternoon and evening
activities targeted at
pre-authors, non-authors, and just plain pattern users. These
activities will be diverse, and many of them will be organized at the
conference. We will certainly include these:
a roundtable with Ralph Johnson. The topic: improving the next
version of Design Patterns. "pattern mining", in which domain experts and pattern experts will
sit down to identify and discuss some patterns of a specific
domain. opportunities to experiment with the use of patterns, including
especially how
patterns arise through the refactoring required when
adding features to code.
And, perhaps as important, PLoP includes the chance to take long, leisurely
walks with genuinely interesting thinkers.
| General session paper submissions due |
Monday, May 19, 2003 |
| Last day for writer's aid proposals |
Monday, May 26, 2003 |
|
Elementary Patterns
focus group submissions due |
Monday, June 2, 2003 |
| Distributed Real-Time and Embedded Systems focus group submissions due |
Monday, June 2, 2003 |
| Enterprise Software Patterns focus group submissions due |
Monday, July 7, 2003 |
| Last day for activity proposals |
Monday, July 7, 2003 |
| Registration closes |
Friday, August 29, 2003 |
| Conference Starts |
Monday evening, September 8, 2003 |
| Post-Conference Activities |
Friday afternoon through
Sunday morning, September 12-14, 2003 |
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"The
PLoP conference is an excellent venue to get
exposed to the practical use of patterns in OO
programming. Not only is it recognition of the use
of
patterns but also an identification of patterns in
pattern use. Being an open and free environment it
is
a great place to network and share ideas with some
of
the most talented people in the OO programming
society.
There is genius in simplicity as I always say and
George demonstrated that with is team building games.
His games were simple in nature but provided a means
for us to work together as a team in a very fun way.
I left this conference with a better understanding
of
OO design, patterns of patterns, and a better gamer.
I would highly recommend this conference to anyone
wanting to further their skills in object-oriented
technology." |
Paul Saletzki |
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