Top 10 Erlang & Elixir events of 2018

Code BEAM SF — San Francisco, CA

The BEAM lands in San Francisco this March with Code BEAM SF. Remember Erlang & Elixir Factory? In 2018 we re-thought a few things and re-launched it as the Code BEAM SF. Learn more about the transition here. First two keynotes Kostis Sagonas and Richard Cook are already confirmed!

What you need to know Location: Marines’ Memorial Club & Hotel, San Francisco Dates: Thursday 15 — Friday 16 March 2018 Ticketed event: Early bird tickets available

Lonestar ElixirConf 2018 — Austin, TX

Elixir comes to Texas this February with Lonestar ElixirConf. Back for its second year, Lonestar features keynotes from Phoenix Framework alchemist Chris McCord, Nerves core team member Tim Mecklem, and Aaron Patterson, Ruby core team member.

What you need to know Location: Norris Conference Center, Austin, TX Dates: Thursday 22 — Friday 23 February 2018 Ticketed event: Standard tickets available until 3 February

EMPEX LA 2018 — Los Angeles, CA

EMPEX is a sophisticated conference series for the Elixir programming language and ecosystem held in LA. This year, EMPEX will present a single track of technical talks, including keynotes from Emma Cunningham and Sarah Gray in a fun space in downtown LA.

What you need to know Location: 1827 South Hope Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015 Time & Date: 09:00 PST, Saturday 10 February 2018 Ticketed event: get tickets here

Lambda Days — Kraków, Poland

Lambda Days is a one of a kind experience in the functional programming world. Keynotes Mary Sheeran and Philip Wadler will be joined by Heather Miller and José Valim at Lambda Days this February over two days divided into six tracks.

What you need to know Location: Auditorium Maximum UJ, Kraków Dates: Thursday 22 February — Friday 23 February 2018 Ticketed event: Regular tickets still available

ElixirDaze 2018 — Denver, CO

ElixirDaze is a conference for building the Elixir community with top talks and helpful hacking. Hot off the press, this year’s keynotes will be Rob Conery and Fred Hebert

What you need to know Location: Ophelia’s Electric Soapbox, 1215 20th St, Denver Dates: Thursday 1 — Friday 2 March 2018 Ticketed event: Only Standard tickets left!

Code BEAM Lite — Milan, Italy

Code Sync meets Coders51 at Code BEAM Lite in Milan this April. Call for Talks is still open! This event will be bursting with great talk ideas around the themes of tools, BEAM, frameworks, distribution, concurrency and multi-core, curated by the stellar programme committee of Francesco Cesarini, Gabriele Santomaggio, Gianluca Randazzo, and Paolo Laurenti. Already confirmed are Mike Williams, Erlang co-inventor, and Georgina McFadyen, software consultant.

What you need to know Location: VENINI42, Via Giulio e Corrado Venini, Milan Date: Friday 6 April 2018 Ticketed event: Early bird tickets available

ElixirConf EU — Warsaw, Poland

Following a hugely successful ElixirConf EU 2017 in Barcelona last year, ElixirConf EU is back on the continent this year, this time in Warsaw! One of the leading European conferences for Elixir, ElixirConf EU’s keynotes include José Valim, Chris McCord, and Evadne Wu. Training is also available.

What you need to know Location: Hilton Warsaw Hotel & Convention Centre, Warsaw Dates: Monday 16 — Wednesday 18 April 2018 Ticketed conference: Early bird tickets still available

EMPEX NYC 2018 — New York City, NY

Empire City Elixir Conference 2018, the NYC-based one-day conference for curious programmers is back this May! Brooklyn Zelenka has already been announced as a keynote speaker. Want to get involved? Call for Papers is still open!

What you need to know Location: Subculture, 45 Bleecker St, New York City Date: Saturday 19 May 2018 Ticketed conference: Keep your eyes peeled for ticket release

Code BEAM STO — Stockholm, Sweden

This May marks the inaugural edition of Code BEAM STO conference (formerly known as the Erlang User Conference), which now belongs to Code Sync family of tech conferences. Keep your eyes peeled for the first round of speaker announcements!

What you need to know Location: Munchenbryggeriet Events & Conferences, Stockholm Dates: Thursday 31 May — Friday 1 June 2018 Ticketed conference — Early bird tickets still available

Coming up later in 2018

Code Elixir 2018 — London, UK

ElixirLDN is back on 16 August under a new name: Code Elixir.

Learn more →

ElixirConf US 2018 — Bellevue, WA

Get excited! ElixirConf returns to Bellevue on 4–7 September!

ElixirConf site →

Gig City ElixirConf — Chattanooga, TN

26–27 October. Featuring Chris McCord, Dave Thomas, Bruce Tate, and James Edward Gray II.

Website coming soon

Code Mesh 2018 — London, UK

London’s leading alternative programming conference. 8–9 November 2018.

Learn more →

Want more from the world of functional programming? We’re at Code BEAM SF 2018 in March!

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