The Third Software
Product Line Conference
Announcement
SPLC 2004
During the SPLC 2004 conference, the SPLC Steering Committee met and discussed the need to unite the software product line community worldwide to achieve greater impact. As a start, the committee decided beginning in 2006 to merge SPLC with its European counterpart, the Product Family Engineering (PFE) conferences, sponsored to date by the European Union. The plan is that the SPLC Steering Committee will lead three conferences, tentatively called SPLC-Europe (formerly PFE), SPLC-Americas, and SPLC-Asia. ESI will sponsor SPLC-Europe; the SEI will sponsor SPLC-Americas; and the Korea Software Institute will sponsor SPLC-Asia. The Steering Committee expanded its constituency to address its broader agenda.
SPLC 2004 ended with an announcement that the next SPLC-Americas, sponsored by the SEI, will be held in August 2006. John McGregor (Clemson University/SEI) will be the conference chair. Robert Nord (SEI) and Frank van der Linden (Philips Medical Systems) will be program co-chairs. PFE-6 will be held in France in 2005.
The SEI will establish an internet site, www.splc.net, to provide a focal point for capturing and announcing PFE and SPLC conferences.
