The end of the USENIX Annual Technical Conference

On the 50th anniversary of the USENIX organization, its flagship AnnualTechnical Conference (ATC) is comingto an end.

For the past two decades, as more USENIX conferences have joined the USENIX calendar by focusing on specific topics that grew out of ATC itself, attendance at ATC has steadily decreased to the point where there is no longer a critical mass of researchers and practitioners joining us. Thus, after many years of experiments to adapt this conference to the ever-changing tech landscape and community, the USENIX Board of Directors has made the difficult decision to sunset USENIX ATC.

Many important technologies first saw the light of day at this event.