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As every year, at EUC 2013 the Erlang community will reward one Erlang user whose contribution to the development of the Erlang language has been outstanding. You are invited to submit your proposed names with a short motivation until 17 May here.
Nominations will be analysed by a panel headed by Bjarne Däcker and composed of five members: Joe Armstrong, Robert Virding, Kenneth Lundin - head of the Ericsson Erlang/OTP team, Dave Smith - winner of the 2011 award and Fred Hebert - winner of the 2012 award.
Having the inventors of Erlang Mike Williams, Robert Virding and Joe Armstrong all together on the same stage is a very rare occurrence. And when their talk is about their vast experience and how it influenced the developing of Erlang, you know 'Over a century of programming' is one keynote you do not want to miss.
The Early Bird admission will close on 15th of May at 24.00 Sweden Time (GMT+1), so hurry up and get your ticket!
On 19 March at 12.00 Sweden time we have released a promotional batch of 50 tickets at the Very Early bird rates. They are going fast, but hurry up and you might still get some here.
Co-inventor of Erlang Joe Armstrong will be replacing Claes Wikström as a keynote speaker on the 22nd of March at the Erlang Factory SF Bay conference. Joe Armstrong's talk is titled The How and Why of Fitting Things Together.
All videos from the London Erlang Factory Lite have now been uploaded. Watch them in the Talks section
The London Erlang Factory Lite 2012 conference will take place on the 8th of November and will be hosted at the Google Campus. It will be preceeded by three days of courses (5-7 November).
There will be 12 talks and 15 speakers from companies such as Basho, Klarna, VMware and Erlang Solutions. Erlang co-inventors Robert Virding and Mike Williams will give talks; other topics include Google APIs with Erlang, Travis-CI, RabbitMQ and Riak. Listen to case studies on how Erlang is used in radio astronomy and the smart energy sectors. networking opportunities, great company and beer at the Basho-sponsored Erlounge in the evening.
A special Student Discount is available, so check the Offers section for details.
The first meeting was led by Omer Kilic on the 18th of September. The main theme was the RaspberryPi and demonstrating how, by creating a layered architecture for hardware modules and partitioning up complex systems in smaller units, testing becomes much easier, runtime errors are contained, and the architecture becomes maintainable.
The second one is going to take place on 23th of October again at Erlang Solutions' London office. It will feature Torben Hoffmann, who will give a talk on Erlang and multi-core and cloud environments.
The meeting is free to attend but registration is needed! Join the next EUG here.
This year’s Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2012 had an A-list sell-out line-up of speakers which included Erlang Inventors Mike Williams and Robert Virding discussing software approaches used in the industry and the unique features of the Erlang VM and a Keynote talk from Jim Zemlin, Executive Director of The Linux Foundation.
Tickets for the Community Day at this years Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2012 have gone on sale. You can grab a place for only $85 if you haven't already booked your place at the full Erlang Factory. The Community Day consists of a Hackathon, DevOps Bootcamp, ejabberd tutorial, a Proper Tutorial and an UnConference. It is a great opportunity to learn, network and have fun. Book your place now
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the 2012 Erlang User Conference in Stockholm. The dates that you need for your diary are 28 – 29 May for what will this year be a two day conference with a day of tutorials on the 30 May. Early Bird registration will be opening shortly so in the meantime if you wish to submit a talk, we would love to hear from you.
Do you have what it takes to lead a conference session or tutorial? Have you made an interesting innovation, open source application or product with Erlang/OTP? Have you used Erlang in a real-world project and want to present a case study? Or have you developed a cool tool and want to give a hands-on tutorial? Tell us about it.
We are pleased to announce that Creator of the eTorrent project, Jesper Louis Andersen, Chief Architect of R&D at AOL, Pero Subasic and Co-founder of Couchbase, Dustin Sallings plus many more fantastic names will be speaking at the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2012! Book now to save $200! A limited number of places are available at this rate!
We are pleased to announce that Creator of the eTorrent project, Jesper Louis Andersen, Chief Architect of R&D at AOL, Pero Subasic and Co-founder of Couchbase, Dustin Sallings plus many more fantastic names will be speaking at the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2012! Book now to save $400! Only 3 places left on the Very Early Bird Rate!
Register now and you can save $400! We only have a limited number of the Very Early-Bird tickets left so don't miss your chance to save $400! With great speakers such as Jesper Louis Andersen, Creator of the eTorrent project, Mike Williams and Robert Virding, co-inventors of Erlang and Chad DePue, creator of ErlangInside.com, everyone who is anyone will be at the Erlang Factory SF Bay 2012! Don't miss out! Register today!
With well over 320 members of the Erlang community in attendance, this year's Erlang User Conference was not only the biggest but possibly the best ever! The 17th International Erlang User Conference welcomed delegates from across the globe with some traveling from as far as the USA.
We would just like to thank everyone who attended and all of the speakers for making the conference not only enjoyable on the day, but also a real pleasure to organise.
November 2011 belonged to the Erlang User Conference!
May 2012 belongs to the Erlang User Conference!
Scott Lystig Fritchie, Pavlo Baron, Dale Harvey, Yurii Rashkovskii and Ulf Wiger have so far been confirmed with many more still to be announced. Keep following us on Twitter, @erlangfactory, for the latest news! Places are filling up fast so don't miss out and book your place now.
For a limited time we have a special Early-Bird rate which will save you SEK 200 off the standard price. So Reserve your place at what will be the biggest Erlang User Conference ever. Last year was a huge success and sold out in record time. With a bigger and better conference planned for this year, you are not going to want to miss your chance to be there!
We have a special Very Early-Bird rate which will save you SEK 400 off the standard price. There are only 10 places left! So Reserve your place at what will be the biggest Erlang User Conference ever. Last year was a huge success and sold out in record time. With a bigger and better conference planned for this year, you are not going to want to miss your chance to be there!
Registration for the Erlang User Conference on the 3 November 2011 is now open. We have a special Early Bird rate for the first 50 people that register which will save you SEK 400 off the standard price. Reserve your place at what will be the biggest Erlang User Conference ever. Last year was a huge success and sold out in record time. With a bigger and better conference planned for this year, you are not going to want to miss your chance to be there!
It is with great pleasure that we announce the launch of the 2011 Erlang User Conference in Stockholm. The date for your diary is 3 November 2011. Early Bird registration will open on 15 August so in the meantime if you wish to submit a talk, we would love to hear from you.
Do you have what it takes to lead a conference session or tutorial? Have you made an interesting innovation, open source application or product with Erlang/OTP? Have you used Erlang in a real-world project and want to present a case study? Or have you developed a cool tool and want to give a hands-on tutorial? Tell us about it.
This years Erlang Factory London was a great success with delegates attending from over 18 countries! Speakers included, Robert Virding and Mike Williams, inventors of Erlang, Kostis Sagonas, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, Marcus Kern, CTO at MIG, Steve Vinoski, distributed systems expert and Scott Lystig Fritchie, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies with many more in attendance.
There are only two weeks left to the Erlang Factory London. If you haven't registered yet, you can still do this by clicking here.
We have confirmed speakers including Robert Virding and Mike Williams (Inventors of Erlang), Tony Falco (COO of Basho Technologies), John Hughes (Inventor of QuickCheck) and Eric Merritt (Author of Erlang and OTP in Action). Many more are listed on the Speakers Page.
You are welcome to follow @erlangfactory on Twitter.
Book your place now at the Erlang Factory London 2011 at the Early Bird Rate of £495 for the conference and £1295 for the University and conference. This is a saving of £100 off the standard price of the conference!Only valid until the 22 May!
Speakers so far include , Kostis Sagonas, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, Marcus Kern, CTO at MIG, Steve Vinoski, distributed systems expert and Scott Lystig Fritchie, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies. Many more speakers are still to be announced.
Book your place now at the Erlang Factory London 2011 at the Early Bird Rate of £495 for the conference and £1295 for the University and conference. This is a saving of £100 off the standard price of the conference! This is only available for a limited time!
Speakers so far include , Kostis Sagonas, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, Marcus Kern, CTO at MIG, Steve Vinoski, distributed systems expert and Scott Lystig Fritchie, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies. Many more speakers are still to be announced.
There are only 5 chances left to book your place at the Erlang Factory London 2011 at the Very Early Bird Rate of £395 for the conference and £1195 for the University and conference. This is a saving of £200 off the standard price of the conference!When they are gone, they are gone!
Speakers so far include , Kostis Sagonas, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, Marcus Kern, CTO at MIG, Steve Vinoski, distributed systems expert and Scott Lystig Fritchie, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies. Many more speakers are still to be announced.
Be one of the first 50 people to book your place at the Erlang Factory London 2011 at the Very Early Bird Rate of £395 for the conference and £1195 for the University and conference. This is a saving of £200 off the standard price of the conference!
Speakers so far include , Kostis Sagonas, the leader of the HIPE Team at Uppsala University, Marcus Kern, CTO at MIG, Steve Vinoski, distributed systems expert and Scott Lystig Fritchie, senior software engineer at Basho Technologies. Many more speakers are still to be announced.
On the 24th - 25th March 2011, over 170 people gathered in the SF Bay Area for the 3rd Erlang Factory. With two Keynotes this year delivered by, Kostis Sagonas and Dan Ingalls, 10 extra talks compared to last year and a record-breaking number of delegates, this year's conference was nothing short of a tremendous success.
We would like to thank everyone that attended and keep your eyes out for the videos that will be released soon!
We only have 5 places left at the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area so if you haven't booked yet, don't miss out and book now! The OTP Express course has now sold out but there are a few places left on the other courses at the University.
Do you have something you want to share with the programming world? A great project, something new or innovative then we want to hear from you. If you want to give a presentation at the Erlang Factory, you can find more information how to do that, here.
The submission deadline is the 11th April 2011.
You will get the chance to, see some fantastic names from the Erlang world including, Joe Armstrong, Kostis Sagonas, Damien Katz, and Dan Ingalls, network with your fellow programmers and find out what’s new not only in the world of Erlang but in the world of programming.
Register now to receive the Early Bird Rate and save over $200!
You will get the chance to, see some fantastic names from the Erlang world including, Joe Armstrong, Kostis Sagonas, Damien Katz, and Dan Ingalls, network with your fellow programmers and find out what’s new not only in the world of Erlang but in the world of programming.
Register now to receive the Early Bird Rate and save over $200!
We have opened registration for the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area and are offering the first 50 people to register a discount of $400 off the cost of admission.
You will get the chance to, see some fantastic names from the Erlang world including, Joe Armstrong, Kostis Sagonas, Damien Katz, Justin Sheehy, network with your fellow programmers and find out what’s new not only in the world of Erlang but in the world of programming.
Register now to be one of the first 50 to receive the Very Early Bird Rate!
With the latest round of names announced, the Erlang Factory looks set to be full of talent, fantastic speakers and inspiring projects.
We are pleased to announce that speakers include, Geoff Cant, game messaging expert, Cliff Moon, Dynomite author, Noah Gift of AT&T Interactive and merle creator, Joe Williams.
Registration will be opening soon. You can keep up to date with all the latest announcements by checking the website or following us on twitter @erlangfactory.
We are pleased to announce yet another top name from the world of Erlang will be speaking at next years conference.
Dave Smith (Dizzy) who is the author of rebar and bitcask wil be discussing and exploring how to use Rebar in a typical development environment for everything from simple Erlang code to port drivers and embedded Erlang servers. Dizzy is a speaker not to miss!
Registration will be opening soon. You can keep up to date with all the latest announcements by checking the website or following us on twitter @erlangfactory.
We are pleased to announce yet another top name from the world of Erlang will be speaking at next years conference.
Kenji Rikitake who is a self proclaimed Network Security Professional and Erlang/OTP Enthusiast is also a Professor at the Academic Centre for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS) at Kyoto University. His insightful talk entitled, "Erlang/OTP and how the PRNGs work" will look at current status of the PRNGs in Erlang/OTP, the security and performance implications, and how they could be improved by introducing new algorithms and is one not to miss!
Registration will be opening soon. You can keep up to date with all the latest announcements by checking the website or following us on twitter @erlangfactory.
On the 16th November 312 people gathered in Stockholm for the 16th International Erlang User Conference. Delegates from across the globe were treated to 14 excellent talks from by expert speakers from across the industry.
The Erlang User of the Year award for 2010 was presented to Kresten Krab Thorup for his work in the development of Erjang.
At the end of the conference, delegates participated in a traditional Erlounge involving beer, wine and good food.
Over 50 people attended the tutorials which were held at the Ericsson headquarters which gave attendees the chance to get hands on with Erlang.
For talk presentations click here. Videos will be up in due course. To see what people were saying about the conference search twitter for #euc2010.
The programme has been finalised for the Erlang User Conference. With talks from Motorola, Google, Basho, Gemini Mobile and many more, this year's conference is packed full of exciting talks, with great speakers such as Simon Thompson, Kenneth Lundin, Tino Breddin and Joseph Wayne Norton.
In addition to the conference itself, there will be a day of Erlang Tutorials on the 15th. Tutorials include, McErlang: A model checker for Erlang, Nitrogen for Beginners and Testing OTP Libraries with QuickCheck Mini.
So far each Erlang User Conference has been met with great interest so don't waste time and register before it sells out!
Registration for the Sixteenth International Erlang User Conference and Erlang University courses are now open. Register now for the Early Bird Discount and pay only SEK 1,000 including VAT! DON’T MISS OUT as last year's conference sold out.
The 2010 Erlang User Conference in Stockholm will be held on Tuesday 16th November 2010. The venue will again be the Old Astoria Cinema in Nybrogatan.
On Monday November 15th there will be a day of tutorials. This will allow delegates to again optimise their visit to Stockholm to take in both these events.
We have opened the submissions page. To submit a proposal for a talk or tutorial, visit the Talk Submission page.
More details will be forthcoming in the near future. Keep a look out or join the Erlang Factory Mailing list!
The 2010 Erlang User Conference in Stockholm will be held on Tuesday 16th November 2010. The venue will again be the Old Astoria Cinema in Nybrogatan.
On Monday 15th November there will be a ProTest (Property-based Testing) seminar series held at the Ericsson conference faciilities. This will allow delegates to again optimise their visit to Stockholm to take in both these events.
More details will be forthcoming in the near future. Keep a look out!
There are still a few remaining places left on the Erlang University training courses: Erlang Express, Erlang OTP Express and Web Programming with Erlang.
If you haven't registered yet, you can still get a last minute seat - Book Now!
There are only 2 weeks left to the biggest Erlang gathering in London. List of the speakers, the tracks and talks as well as the programme of the conference are now available on www.erlang-factory.com/conference/London2010
Don't miss out and register today.
We have new confirmed speakers: Peter Andersson
(Developer at Erlang/OTP),Mariano Guerra (creator of the Efene programming language), Erik Stenman (CTO of Klarna) and Daniel Widgren and Michael Nordström (Erlang hackers at Klarna).
'I'm attending', 'I'm speaking' and 'See you there' banners are now available here. You can add them to your blog, Twitter page or any website. You are also welcome to follow @erlangfactory on Twitter.
To see all Speakers please click here.
Hurry! The Very Early Bird offer for the Erlang Factory London 2010 has been extended to Friday 7th May. Take advantage of this and book soon to save up to £400 off the standard price!
To see all Speakers please click here.
Reminder: The Very Early-Bird Discount for the Erlang Factory London 2010 Expires This Friday! Register now and save up to £400!
Be aware! Each day there are more and more people registering for the Erlang Factory London 2010. Register before it sells out!
Don't miss out Very Early-Bird discount - register by Friday, 30th April 2010 and save £200!
- The presentation slides are available here
(please click on the icon underneath the individual talk description)
- The photos are available on Flickr and also on Facebook
The videos of the talks will be made available over the next few weeks. As they become available, you will find the icon for them adjacent to the slides icon as above.
From 18:00-19:30 on Thursday 25th, in an environment of beer, cool drinks and snacks, there will be a series of 10-minute talks as the first part of the Erlounge. User-groups and other Erlang interested parties will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves , their interests, their projects etc. If you wish to give a 10-minute talk, please submit your talk here.
Details of the location of the Erlounge you can find here.
To see all Speakers please click here. The programme of the conference is available here.
Reminder: The Erlang Factory in SF Bay Area is just over a week away! Do not miss out on what will be the biggest gathering of Erlang expertise in the USA, register today!
'I'm attending', 'I'm speaking' and 'See you there' banners are now available here. You can add them to your blog, Twitter page or any website. You are also welcome to follow @erlangfactory on Twitter.
When registering, you can also sign up for the Erlang University courses and choose from: Erlang Express, Erlang OTP Express, QuickCheck for Erlang developers and Web Programming with Erlang. The discount applies to the courses as well.
Don't miss out - book your place today!
To book for the special Erlang Factory rate click HERE.
The discount applies to the conference and to the Erlang University courses: Erlang Express, Erlang OTP Express, QuickCheck for Erlang developers and Web Programming with Erlang.
We have new confirmed speakers: Kresten Krab Thorup (CTO of Trifork and Creator of Erjang), Cliff Moon (Dynomite creator and committer), Kenji Rikitake (Expert researcher in network security), Kevin Smith (Pragmatic Programmer author), Dave Smith (software engineer at Basho) and Joe Williams (Developer at Cloudant and creator of Erlang Memcached client).
If you want to be among them and give a presentation at the Erlang Factory, you have time until 31st January to submit your talk for review by the Conference committee.
Last but not least, registration for the Erlang Factory SF Bay Area 2010 is now open. Sign-up before 30th January 2010 and SAVE $400 with the Early-Bird offer!
Keep a look out and follow us on Twitter @erlangfactory
If you want to give a presentation at the Erlang Factory, please submit your talk for review by the Conference committee by 31st January. If your talk is accepted, you get free entry to the conference.
Keep a look out and follow us on Twitter @erlangfactory
* SF Bay Area:
25-26 March 2010
* London:
10-11 June 2010
Registration will be opening soon and we are currently accepting talk proposals. If you want to give a presentation at the Erlang Factory, you can find more information how to do that, here. Keep a look out and follow us on Twitter @erlangfactory
- The presentation slides from the EUC2009 are available here
- The tutorial slides can be found here
- The photos taken at the EUC2009 are here
- The photos taken at the Tutorials Workshop are here
If you want to see more photos from the EUC2009 and previous Erlang User Conferences, they are all available on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/erlang-consulting/ Please feel free to comment and tag the photos if you have Flickr account.
The videos of the talks will be available soon on our website.
Follow us on Twitter: @erlangfactory to be up-to-date with the conference and to read other interesting comments type #EUC into search.twitter.com
We will taking names of people interested in attending this tutorial during the Erlang User Conference tomorrow and will arrange the timing o fthe tutorial on Friday later in the day based on demand.
Come and see Joanna at the Registration desk tomorrow and book your place.
Don’t forget:
Registration
The registration starts at 08:00 and the conference itself at 09:00 on Thursday, 12th November.
Directions
For those wanting to travel by tube in Stockholm (Tunnelabana) we have prepared a printable map. It is available here.
Erlounge
Erlounge starts at 18:30 and the Conference Dinner at 19:00.
See you in three days!
The programme for the 15th International Erlang User Conference has been finalised and can be found here. As always it is a long day packed with great speakers and topical talks.
Erlounge Details announced!
After the very intensive day of the Erlang User Conference delegates and speakers are invited to an Erlounge and Dinner that will be held also at the Astoria. Due to the move to this great venue it is now possible for the whole event to be held in the same location. There will be drinks and a buffet dinner provided courtesy of the sponsors. The Erlounge will start at 18:30 and end around 22:00. See you there!
So hurry up and sign up before these places sell out!
There was an overwhelming number of talk submissions, and the programme is now almost complete. You can see more about the programme here.
'I'm attending', 'I'm speaking' and 'See you there' banners are now available on our website. You can add them to your blog, Twitter page or any website. There is also an event on Facebook and LinkedIn you can register for and you can follow @erlangfactory on Twitter.
With 20 speakers and 14 talks, you will walk away from the conference knowing much more about Erlang and its applications. If you would like to prepare for the conference we recommend the three-day Erlang training courses (Erlang Express, ErlangOTP) or QuickCheck for Erlang Developers, which will be just before the Conference. What's more, the day after the conference you are welcome to participate in the Erlang and Test-Driven Development Tutorials. These tutorials are part of the EU-funded ProTest project.
So much for so little! So don't miss out and register today.
Be aware! Each day there are more and more people registering for the Erlang User Conference and since there are a limited number of places we recommend that you register before it sells out!
We have great speakers who will share all that with YOU. This conference has become one of the best Erlang networking events in Europe.
The Erlang User Conference 2009 will be held on 12th November at the Astoria on Nybrogatan in Stockholm.
In addition to the conference itself, there will be three-day Erlang training courses from 9th to 11th November
and a day of Erlang and Test-Driven Development Tutorials on the 13th.
So far each Erlang User Conference has been met with great interest so don't waste time and register before it sells out!
The venue will be announced soon. The EUC has outgrown the premises at Ericsson in Älvsjö and will be moving to a venue where the larger numbers of delegates can be accommodated. A small registration fee will be charged to cover these costs.
Further information will be available soon together with the ability to register on-line. Watch this space!
From 18:00-19:30 on Thursday 25th, in an environment of beer, cool drinks and snacks, there will be a series of 10-minute talks as the first part of the Erlounge. User-groups and other Erlang interested parties will be given the opportunity to introduce themselves , their interests, their projects etc. If you wish to give a 10-minute talk, please submit your talk here.
Details of the location of the Erlounge you can find here.
There was consensus amongst the almost 120 attendees that it was a brilliant forum of Erlang expertise. Many thanks from the organisers to the Speakers and the Delegates for making it such a success!
Some examples of the comments posted on the web are:
"..I’d like to mention how impressed I was with the whole experience, I talked to a lot of interesting people about their interesting uses of Erlang.." - Andrew on 'OpenCSM Blog'.
"Erlang Factory rocked and you should’ve been there" - Kevin Smith on 'Hypothetical Labs Blog'.
"Every single talk that I went to was of very high quality." - Ted Leung on 'Ted Leung on the Air'
"I attended the Bay Area Erlang Factory last week. It was a great event. I met many Erlang hackers, attended interesting talks, learned about cool projects (CouchDB, QuickCheck, Nitrogen, Facebook Chat), gave a talk about ErlyWeb, and drank beer (without beer, it wouldn’t be a true Erlang meetup) - Yariv Sadan on 'Yariv's Blog'.
The SF Bay Area Factory is on the launch Pad and ready to go. Over 110 speakers and delegates will be speaking, hearing and probably even sleeping Erlang for two days next week. There is a great Erlounge planned and a rumour of some good beer too! See you there!
London
We are honoured to have the manager of the Ericsson Erlang/OTP development team agree to speak. Kenneth Lundin will talk about the latest features of the Erlang/OTP R13B release and its performance with multi-core processors. Other recent accepted talks are from Bhaskar Kode - co-founder of hover.in - who will be discussing the reasons for the choice of Erlang for their platform back-end and Hunter Morris who will show how Erlang was used in the development of the SMarkets sports betting engine. Stay tuned, we are now adding talks on a daily basis.
Lennart Öhman - the inventor of the OTP Design Patterns, Rusty Klophaus - the inventor of the Nitrogen Web Framework and Yariv Sadan, - the creator of ErlyWeb have all confirmed for the Palo Alto Factory. There are now over 30 international speakers and this promises to be the largest collection of Erlang talent ever assembled in one place.
London
Bjarne Dacker and Joe Armstrong have been confirmed for the London Factory! Bjarne was the man who managed the CSLab at Ericsson where Erlang was born. Joe was the chief software architect. Hear about the conception and gestation of Erlang! Keep watching the Speakers for London as they are confirmed. If you enjoyed (or missed!) last year's Erlang eXchange, do not miss this year's Erlang Factory in London!
We have added new speakers and abstracts. Read Cliff Moon's biography and abstract for his talk on Everything you've wanted to know about Dynomite but were afraid to ask and get an update on Richard Carlsson's talk on Eunit HowTo: tips, tricks and news.
