APL User Groups
Several national and regional user groups organise local and online meetings.
Canada
Groupe APL-J\Québec
APL-JQuébec Group is an APL user group that organises regular meetings. The group is based in Quebec City, Canada.
Contact: Gilles Kirouac
Finland
Finnish APL Association (FinnAPL)
Contact: Göran Koreneff (chairman)
Germany
APL-Germany e.V.
APL-Germany e.V. is a non-profit organisation that aims to promote the programming language APL. The organisation provides a platform for APL users to exchange ideas and actively participate in the dissemination of the APL language. APL Germany e.V. organises talks and discussions during its biannual conferences and publishes the APL Journal. The organisation’s website also provides links to various APL resources.
Contact: Dieter Kilsch
FRAPL – Frankfurt APLers
A meeting of friends of the APL programming language and those who wish to become friends. No fixed agenda, it’s about getting to know each other, exchanging experiences and more.
Contact: Michael Baas
Japan
Tokyo APL/J/K Meetup
The Tokyo APL/J/K Meetup is an informal event gathering APL, J and K developers located in and around Tokyo. The first event took place on July 30, 2020. The goal of the meetup is to provide beginners and experienced developers with the latest information around array programming languages.
Contact: Justus Perlwitz
Spain
APL ∊ BCN
APL ∊ BCN is a user group based in Barcelona started by Michail Liarmakopoulos in late November 2021. Its activities are currently exclusively online due to the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, but plans exist for transitioning to regular physical meetups in Barcelona every second month, with additional online events every one–three months.
Contact: Michail Liarmakopoulos
Sweden
Swedish APL User Group (SwedAPL)
SwedAPL is a group dedicated to the promotion and support of the APL programming language in Sweden. They aim to create a platform for APL enthusiasts, professionals, and learners to exchange ideas, knowledge, and experiences related to APL.
Contact: Gilgamesh Athoraya
United Kingdom
British APL Association (BAA)
The British APL Association is a user group founded in 1984 in England to promote APL, and the publisher of Vector journal. It is funded by its sustaining members, which include corporate users and the APL vendors APL2000, Dyalog Ltd., Kx Systems, and MicroAPL.
The BAA was a Specialist Group of the British Computer Society from its early years (possibly beginning after APL86) until it left in response to increasing requirements made by the BCS in 2008.
Contact: John Jacob
United States of America
Northern California APL ACM Chapter (APLBUG)
SIGAPL activities are run by Northern California SIGAPL of the ACM, informally known as APL BUG (Bay-area User Group), under leadership of Curtis Jones.
Contact: Chuck Kennedy or Curtis Jones
New York Dyalog APL Meetup
A New York based Meetup group for anyone interested in Dyalog APL
Contact: Paul Mansour
