OOPSLA

OOPSLA
Abbreviation	OOPSLA
Discipline	Object-oriented programming
Publication details
Publisher	ACM
History	1986–present
Frequency	annual

OOPSLA (Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages & Applications) is an annual ACM research conference. OOPSLA mainly takes place in the United States, while the sister conference of OOPSLA, ECOOP, is typically held in Europe. It is operated by the Special Interest Group for Programming Languages (SIGPLAN) group of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).

OOPSLA is an annual conference covering topics related to object-oriented programming systems, languages and applications. Like other conferences, OOPSLA offers various tracks and many simultaneous sessions, and thus has a different meaning to different people. It is an academic conference, and draws doctoral students who present peer-reviewed papers. It also draws a number of non-academic attendees, many of whom present experience reports and conduct panels, workshops and tutorials.

OOPSLA has been instrumental in helping object-oriented programming develop into a mainstream programming paradigm. It has also helped incubate a number of related topics, including design patterns, refactoring, aspect-oriented programming, model-driven engineering, agile software development, and domain specific languages.

The first OOPSLA conference was held in Portland, Oregon in 1986. As of 2010, OOPSLA became a part of the SPLASH conference. The website states that "SPLASH isn't just a new name for our favorite conference—SPLASH has a new charter and mission: To bring together practitioners and researchers who are passionate about software, programming, design, and software engineering to explore the frontiers of software and software practice." SPLASH stands for Systems, Programming, Languages, and Applications: Software for Humanity. OOPSLA will be a premiere research conference for technical papers and presentations within SPLASH. This change was intended to serve as a framework for organizing and streamlining the efforts so that topics that would traditionally be presented at OOPSLA maintain their focus while allowing other conferences (within SPLASH) to highlight new trends and challenges in the world of software.

Locations and organizers

Year	Location	Conference Chair	Program Chair
2023	Cascais, Portugal	Vasco Vasconcelos
2022	Auckland, New Zealand	Alex Potanin
2021	Chicago, Illinois, USA	Hridesh Rajan
2020	Virtual	Hridesh Rajan
2019	Athens, Greece	Yannis Smaragdakis	Eelco Visser
2018	Boston, Massachusetts, USA	Jan Vitek	Manu Sridharan
2017	Vancouver, Canada	Gail Murphy	Jonathan Aldrich
2016	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Eelco Visser	Yannis Smaragdakis
2015	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA	Jonathan Aldrich	Patrick Eugster
2014	Portland, Oregon, USA	Andrew Black	Todd Millstein
2013	Indianapolis, Indiana, USA	Antony Hosking, Patrick Eugster	Cristina V. Lopes
2012	Tucson, Arizona, USA	Gary T. Leavens	Matt Dwyer
2011	Portland, Oregon, USA	Cristina V. Lopes	Kathleen S. Fisher
2010	Reno, Nevada, USA	William R. Cook	Martin Rinard
2009	Orlando, Florida, USA	Shail Arora	Gary T. Leavens
2008	Nashville, Tennessee, USA	Gail E. Harris	Gregor Kiczales
2007	Montreal, Quebec, Canada	Richard P. Gabriel	David Bacon
2006	Portland, Oregon, USA	Peri Tarr	William R. Cook
2005	San Diego, California, USA	Ralph Johnson	Richard P. Gabriel
2004	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	John Vlissides	Doug Schmidt
2003	Anaheim, California, USA	Ron Crocker	Guy L. Steele, Jr.
2002	Seattle, Washington, USA	Mamdouh Ibrahim	Satoshi Matsuoka
2001	Tampa Bay, Florida, USA	Linda Northrop	John Vlissides
2000	Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA	Mary Beth Rosson	Doug Lea
1999	Denver, Colorado, USA	Brent Hailpern	Linda Northrop
1998	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	Bjorn Freeman-Benson	Craig Chambers
1997	Atlanta, Georgia, USA	Mary Loomis	Toby Bloom
1996	San Jose, California, USA	Lougie Anderson	James Coplien
1995	Austin, Texas, USA	Rebecca J. Wirfs-Brock	Mary Loomis
1994	Portland, Oregon, USA	Jeff McKenna	J. Eliot B. Moss
1993	Washington, D.C., USA	Timlynn Babitsky and Jim Salmons	Ralph Johnson
1992	Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada	John Pugh	Rebecca J. Wirfs-Brock
1991	Phoenix, Arizona, USA	John Richards	Alan Snyder
1990	Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (co-located with ECOOP)	David Thomas and Pierre Cointe	Akinori Yonezawa
1989	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA	George Bosworth	Kent Beck
1988	San Diego, California, USA	Alan Otis and Larry Tesler	Kurt Shmucker
1987	Orlando, Florida, USA	Adele Goldberg and Chet Wisinski	Jerry L. Archibald
1986	Portland, Oregon, USA	Daniel G. Bobrow and Alan Purdy	Daniel Ingalls

External links

• Official website
• OOPSLA history
• Official website—SPLASH