SPI Japan 2026
Overview
A specialist software process improvement conference run by the Japan SPI Consortium (JASPIC) since 2000. It travels to a different host city each year, and in 2026 runs for three days at AOSSA in Fukui City. Built around corporate improvement case studies and tutorials, its ¥40,000 main-conference fee marks it as a dense, practitioner-facing event.
Foundation
- Founded
- 2000
- Founder
- Japan SPI Consortium (JASPIC)
Started in 2000 to promote software process improvement across Japan. It rotates its host city each year, repeatedly choosing regional locations, and keeps a format where corporate improvement leads bring their own practice for discussion.
Transition
- 2000 First edition held as SPI Japan
- 2026 Call for presentations opened under the theme Discernment and Execution
- 2026 Held October 14-16 at AOSSA in Fukui City
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