Global Software Engineering Lab hosted 4th Asian Conference on Pattern Languages of Programs (AsianPLoP 2015) on March 5-7 at Green Computing Systems Research Center, Waseda University. Thanks to all supporters, staffs, shepherds, PC members, authors and participants, it was successfully over! Hope to see you soon at other PLoPs, community gathering, and/or next AsianPLoP on probably next Feb 2016!

On March 5, we had a tutorial and workshop on shepherding led by Joseph Yoder and Rebecca. It was great to learn about shepherding process, nature of how are patterns elaborated, pattern community and culture, and more! After the workshop we had a welcome reception! Do food and drink! That makes our connection tighter and stimulates our ideas and creativity.

On March 6, Hiroshi Nakano san (aka. Super-Hiro) gave us a keynote titled “JAPANESE SPIRITUALITY AND PATTERN LANGUAGE (日本的霊性とパタンランゲージ)”. It was wonderful and thoughtful to learn about the centering process, Japanese spirituality, pattern language and project language. After the keynote we workshopped 10 papers (!) in total in the form of traditional Writer’s Workshop. What a busy day! Finally we had a banquet at Waseda Uni-Cafe next to Okuma-Auditorium. Busy, but great day!

On March 7, the Aleander’s books reading group guides us to some local quiet and beautiful places including Ana hachiman gu, Kan-sen-en and Mizu-inari shrine. During the short excursion we found a lot of properties from Nature of Order and patterns! After the excursion James O. Coplien gave us a great and thoughtful talk on A Challenge to the (Japanese) Pattern Community leading to interesting discussions on club and community, community authoring and more! In addition to the talk and discussions, we hold Writer’s Workshops and interactive workshop on “Processes for Making Lively Things” led by Joseph Yoder and Rebecca. Finally we closed the conference by having some reports, retrospective including hope for the future, concluding game, and a party!