20–21 May 2027 · Port Verrin
Two days of signal. No noise.
An independent conference for 600 engineers and designers. 26 talks, 4 workshops and a hallway worth walking, in a converted foundry.
- date
- 20–21 May 2027
- city
- Port Verrin, Norvale
- venue
- The Foundry Hall
- doors
- 08:30 on day one
- from
- €99 student · €249 regular
Doors open in
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600
attendees, one city
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26
talks across three tracks
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4
hands-on workshops
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14
speakers, none of them selling
The people on stage
All 14 speakers- Keynote
Amara Nwosu
Open-source maintainer, Independent
Panel: software that outlives its authors
- Keynote
Marit Haldane
Principal Engineer, Kelvin Forge
Fast systems, slow humans
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Dae-won Seo
Machine Learning Engineer, Parallax Labs
Evaluating models when nobody agrees on the answer
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Felix Brandt-Ruiz
Security Engineer, Quillbase
Threat modeling in twenty minutes
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Ife Adeyemi-Strand
Design Engineer, Brindle
Design tokens that survive a rebrand
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Jonas Kettering
Frontend Lead, Mossgrid
The platform is the framework
Three tracks, one room each
Parallel talks in the Main Hall, the Anvil Room and the Kiln Room, plus workshops in the Lab. Every track has a colour and a shape, so you can read the programme at a glance.
- 01
Systems
Databases, networks, reliability and the unglamorous work that keeps things up.
- 02
Web & Interfaces
The platform, accessibility, design systems and interfaces people can actually use.
- 03
Data & ML
Pipelines, evaluation, small models and analytics that respect their users.
Built around the breaks
Talks are 45 minutes, with 15 minutes between them. The best conversations happen in the gaps, so we protect the gaps.
- 08:30
- Doors, badges, coffee
- 09:30
- Keynote in the Main Hall
- 11:00
- Three tracks in parallel, workshops in the Lab
- 12:45
- A proper lunch, 75 minutes
- 16:15
- Lightning talks, panel and closing
- 19:00
- Evening social in the foundry yard
A foundry, not a convention centre
The Foundry Hall is a restored brick foundry in the Rail Yard district: one level, step-free, with a six-minute walk from Port Verrin Central.
The Foundry Hall, 14 Rail Yard Lane, 40012 Port Verrin
Venue and travelRegular passes are €249. Students €99.
Early bird is sold out. Workshop seats are limited to 60 each and sell separately. Teams of five save 12%.
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