FSE 2026
Sun 5 - Thu 9 July 2026 Montreal, Canada

SIGSOFT50 Celebration

This special two-part event celebrates 50 years of ACM SIGSOFT.

The first session, “SIGSOFT at 50: People, Stories, and Turning Points,” (14:00-15:30) will look back at SIGSOFT’s history through visual highlights, video greetings, remembrance, and a historical panel with community leaders.

The second session, “SIGSOFT Futures: Play, Debate, and Design,” (16:00-17:30) will look forward through an interactive SIGSOFT quiz, lightning reflections from emerging leaders, and a participatory workshop on the challenges and opportunities for SIGSOFT’s next 50 years.

Plenary

This program is tentative and subject to change.

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08:30 - 10:30
Day 1 OpeningPlenary Events at H110
08:30
30m
Day opening
Welcome
Plenary Events
Foutse Khomh Polytechnique Montréal, Shin Hwei Tan Concordia University
09:00
40m
Keynote
Keynote 1: Benoit Baudry - Punking Up Dependency Hell
Plenary Events
Benoit Baudry Université de Montréal
09:40
40m
Keynote
Keynote 2: Dickson Tsai - Harness Design for Increasingly Capable Models: How Newer Claude Code Features Shape Agent Trajectories
Plenary Events
Dickson Tsai Anthropic
10:30 - 11:00
Coffee BreakCatering
10:30
30m
Coffee break
Break
Catering

12:30 - 14:00
12:30
90m
Lunch
Lunch
Catering

12:30 - 14:00
FSE Steering Committee (SC) meetingCatering at MB 2.210
12:30 - 14:00
TSE Editorial Board MeetingCatering at MB 3.210
14:00 - 15:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9A
14:00 - 15:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9B
14:00 - 15:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9C
14:00 - 15:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9D
15:30 - 16:00
Coffee BreakCatering
16:00 - 17:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9A
16:00 - 17:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9B
16:00 - 17:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9C
16:00 - 17:30
SIGSOFT 50SIGSOFT 50 at MB 9D