UCSD Computer Science and Engineering, the Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory, and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) are inviting submissions of proposals for presentation at the first annual Persistent Programming in Real Life (PIRL) conference. 
PIRL brings together software development leaders interested in learning about programming methodologies for persistent memories and sharing their experiences with others. This is a meeting for developer project leads on the front lines of persistent programming; not sales, marketing, or non-technical management.
PIRL is small, with attendance limited to under 100 people, including speakers. It will discuss what real developers have done, and want to do, with persistent memory. It will involve what worked, what didn’t, what was easy and hard, what was surprising, and what others can learn from the experience. Presenters are encouraged, and even expected, to show and write code live in the presentation in a comfortable and dynamic peer environment.
Possibilities for presentations include, but are not limited to:
• Experiences on a particular project
• Live code development showing new concepts
• Code challenges
• New tools for programming
All attendees will be provided access to a development environment to respond to code challenges, or to show their own work in small forums. This is intended to be a competition-free atmosphere for peers to network with each other to advance the use of persistent memory in the industry and academia. By combining many of the industry leaders with the academic lights driving practical applications of new technology, peers at PIRL will encourage forward progress for adoption of persistent memory in the marketplace.
Keynote speakers include key personnel from Dreamworks, VMWare, Oracle, Eideticom, and Intel.
PIRL will be hosted by the Non-Volatile Systems Laboratory at the University of California, San Diego. It will be held at Scripps Forum on July 22nd to 23rd, 2019, with optional events starting July 21st. Pre-registration will be $400.
We’re excited to present this new conference, and we’re excited for you to participate. Submit your presentation or code challenge idea today. Submissions are due by Monday, June 10th.