The IEEE Software Engineering Workshop (SEW) is the oldest Software Engineering event in the world, dating back to 1969, and with the last 36th workshop organized in Gdansk, Poland, 11-14 September 2016. The workshop was original run as the NASA Software Engineering Workshop and focused on software engineering issues relevant to NASA and the space industry. After the 25th edition, it became the NASA/IEEE Software Engineering Workshop and expanded its remit to address many more areas of software engineering with emphasis on practical issues, industrial experience and case studies in addition to traditional technical papers. Since its 31st edition, it has been sponsored by IEEE and has continued to broaden its areas of interest.