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OOPSLA (Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications) is an annual ACM conference.

OOPSLA is an annual conference covering topics on object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications. Like other conferences, OOPSLA offers various tracks and many simultaneous sessions, and thus has different meaning to different people. It is more academic than some conferences, with doctoral students presenting papers for credit, and less academic than others.

The first OOPSLA was held in Portland, Oregon in 1986. It operates under the auspices of the Special Interest Group for Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) group of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

OOPSLA’s venue changes every year, and the categories of its program vary. Historically OOPSLA has combined the presentation of academic papers with comparatively practical experience reports, panels, workshops and tutorials.

OOPSLA helped object-oriented programming develop into what is now mainstream programming, and helped incubate a number of related disciplines, including design patterns, refactoring, aspect-oriented programming, Model Driven Engineering, agile software development, and Domain Specific Language.

The sister conference of OOPSLA in Europe is ECOOP

• 2007: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
  • Richard P. Gabriel, Conference Chair
  • David Bacon, Program Chair
• 2006: Portland, Oregon
  • Peri Tarr, Conference Chair
  • William Cook, Program Chair
• 2005: San Diego, California
  • Ralph Johnson, Conference Chair
  • Richard P. Gabriel, Program Chair
• 2004: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • John Vlissides, Conference Chair
  • Doug Schmidt, Program Chair
• 2003: Anaheim, California
  • Ron Crocker, Conference Chair
  • Guy L. Steele, Jr., Program Chair
• 2002: Seattle, Washington
  • Mamdouh Ibrahim, Conference Chair
  • Satoshi Matsuoka, Program Chair
• 2001: Tampa Bay, Florida
  • Linda Northrop, Conference Chair
  • John Vlissides, Program Chair
• 2000: Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • Mary Beth Rosson, Conference Chair
  • Doug Lea, Program Chair
• 1999: Denver, Colorado
  • Brent Hailpern, Conference Chair
  • Linda Northrop, Program Chair
• 1998: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Bjorn Freeman-Benson, Conference Chair
  • Craig Chambers, Program Chair
• 1997: Atlanta, Georgia
  • Mary Loomis, Conference Chair
  • Toby Bloom, Program Chair
• 1996: San Jose, California
  • Lougie Anderson, Conference Chair
  • James Coplien, Program Chair
• 1995: Austin, Texas
  • Rebecca J. Wirfs-Brock, Conference Chair
  • Mary Loomis, Program Chair
• 1994: Portland, Oregon
  • Jeff McKenna, Conference Chair
  • J. Eliot B. Moss, Program Chair
• 1993: Washington, D.C.
  • Timlynn Babitsky and Jim Salmons, Conference co-Chairs
  • Ralph Johnson, Program Chair
• 1992: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • John Pugh, Conference Chair
  • Rebecca J. Wirfs-Brock, Program Chair
• 1991: Phoenix, Arizona
  • John Richards, Conference Chair
  • Alan Snyder, Program Chair
• 1990: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (co-located with ECOOP)
  • David Thomas and Pierre Cointe, Conference co-Chairs
  • Akinori Yonezawa, Program Chair
• 1989: New Orleans, Louisiana
  • George Bosworth, Conference Chair
  • Kent Beck, Program Chair
• 1988: San Diego, California
  • Alan Otis and Larry Tesler, Conference co-Chairs
  • Kurt Shmucker, Program Chair
• 1987: Orlando, Florida
  • Adele Goldberg and Chet Wisinski, Conference co-Chairs
  • Jerry L. Archibald, Program Chair
• 1986: Portland, Oregon
  • Daniel G Bobrow and Alan Purdy, Conference co-Chairs
  • Daniel Ingalls, Program Chair

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