The scope of PODC is similar to the scope of International Symposium on Distributed Computing (DISC),[2] with the main difference being geographical: DISC is usually organized in European locations,[3] while PODC has been traditionally held in North America.
[4] The Edsger W. Dijkstra Prize in Distributed Computing is presented alternately at PODC and at DISC.
PODC is often mentioned to be one of the top conferences in the field of distributed computing.
Between 1982 and 2009, PODC was always held in a North American location – usually in the United States or Canada, and once in Mexico.
Since 2000, a review of the PODC conference appears in the year-ending issue of the ACM SIGACT News Distributed Computing Column.