Pattern Languages of Programs, People & Practices
30th Anniversary PLoP Conference – October 13-16, 2024
Get all the details for our upcoming 31st international PLoP 2024 fall conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, People & Practices.
11th AsianPLoP Conference –
March 28-31, 2025
Get all the details for our upcoming 11th international AsoamPLoP 2025 conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, People & Practices.
HISTORY
The PLoP Conference
The Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs, People, and Practices (PLoP) was established thirty years ago by The Hillside Group. It gathers people who wish to improve the quality of life through designing and using social and technical systems in a more humane way, effectively articulating professional and other creative practices, and sharing this tacit knowledge more broadly. To achieve this, the conference promotes the use of patterns and pattern languages, as well as the underlying theory of the nature of order.
Originating in the work of Christopher Alexander on building architecture, these ideas have been further developed in computer science, fundamentally changing the perception of software development. Much of the pioneering work in this area originated at this and other PLoP conferences throughout the world. Patterns and pattern languages have expanded to many other areas, including art, well-being, learning, psychology, organizational development and change, sociology, and anthropology. PLoP conferences encourages a variety of submissions regardless of the area they target.
MISSION
The Hillside Group
The mission of the Hillside Group is to improve the quality of life and society as a whole. This includes architects, developers, managers, owners, workers, educators, students, and more. Understanding and helping the human element is critical for achieving success. The Hillside Group believes in making processes and design more humane by paying attention to real people and existing practices.
The Hillside Group promotes the use of patterns and pattern languages to record, analyze, and share knowledge to help achieve its mission. The Hillside Group sponsors a variety of activities to achieve this mission—organizing workshops, hosting PLoP (pattern) conferences, and producing publications for discussing, recording, and documenting successful practices.
Listen to the Hillside PatternCast —>
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New to Patterns?
Hear Kyle Brown’s Pattern Mining for an overview and discussion on the history of patterns.
PLoP SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
Become a PLoP Sponsor
& Supporter
Please contact our Program Co-Chair for Information on sponsorship opportunities for the 2024 PLoP Conference.