Past Events

XP 2021

June 14-18, 2023 | Online

XP is the premier Agile software development conference to combine both research and practice. It is a unique forum where Agile researchers, practitioners, thought leaders, coaches, and trainers get together to present and discuss their most recent innovations and research results.

XP 2021 Keynotes

XP 2021 Program Team

Conference Chair

XP 2021 Organizers

Casper Lassenius
Academic Program
Co-Chair

Xiaofeng Wang
Academic Program
Co-Chair

Seb Rose
Industry and Practice Track
Co-Chair

Jen Krieger
Industry and Practice Track
Co-Chair

Rebecca Wirfs-Brock
Experience Reports
Co-Chair

Lise Hvatum
Experience Reports
Co-Chair

Ademar Aguiar
Academic Workshops
Co-Chair

Eduardo Guerra
Academic Workshops
Co-Chair

Noel Carrol
Posters
Co-Chair

Kashumi Madampe
Posters
Co-Chair

Maarit Laanti
Lightning Talks
Co-Chair

Martin Kropp
Lightning Talks
Co-Chair

Steven Fraser
Panels
Co-Chair

Dennis Mancl
Panels
Co-Chair

Deepti Jain
Gamification & Facilitation Track Co-Chair

Jutta Eckstein
Gamification & Facilitation Track Co-Chair

Ilaria Lunesu
Publicity and Social Media
Co-Chair

Jorge Melegati
Publicity & Social Media
Co-Chair

Mark Lochrie
Virtualization
Co-Chair

Ben Hudson
Virtualisation
Co-Chair

Bruce Scharlau
Social Program
Co-Chair

Bedour Alshaigy
Social Program
Co-Chair

Nour Ali
Empirical Studies Co-Chair

Silvia Bordin
Empirical Studies
Co-Chair

Kati Kuusinen
Volunteers
Co-Chair

Maduka Uwadi
Volunteers
Co-Chair

Philippe Kruchten
Proceedings
Chair

XP 2021 Session Videos

The Stories We Tell: Experience, Research, or Patterns
This panel brings together practitioners and academics to share their perspectives on experience reports, research papers, and patterns. While the format varies – these stories communicate experience for future generations.  Each format is characteri…
Broken promises – how to keep your word and your sanity too
How often in your working life do you or your team break your promises? Javascript promises are about committing to a particular action. But asynchronicity demands that they make no assertion about WHEN the promise will be fulfilled. When we are a…
Top Ten Tips for Making Remote Work Actually Work Right Now
Shakespeare knew what he was talking about when he wrote, "Some are born great remote workers, some achieve great remote work, and some have great remote work thrust upon them." Ok, maybe that's not exactly what he wrote. Whether you love working …
Joy, Inc. in Japan!
How I built a Joy Dojo in the land where Kaizen was born. A 8-year journey to transform our culture of the company. Around 2013, we experienced many problems within our company, and I felt we were at rock bottom both in our corporate culture …
Agile Sustainability: What if the World is our Customer?
Agile Sustainability: What if the world is our customer? In agile development, we often talk about that our highest priority is to satisfy the customer or that we welcome change for the customer's competitive advantage. However, we always assume t…
How to write ethical user stories
The growing importance of Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems as a part of software services, and the failures of these systems, have emphasized the importance of ethical consideration in engineering AI based software systems. Despite the growing nu…

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