Release Notes v2026.1
June 15-18 in Berlin, including: the Go team, HW, AI and all your favorite instructors. Tickets are on sale, CFP+diversity applications are open.
‘Tis the season to be jolly, we get to celebrate together another major bump of GopherCon Europe 2026!
To keep things simple and predictable, we’ll meet at almost the same place, at almost same time and follow almost the same timeline.
Place and Time
The location is Festsaal Kreuzberg. You might already want to reserve accommodation. This year too, the hotels we contacted cannot match their own offering on booking platforms, so the cheaper option, that also comes with an option for free cancellation, is to book directly.
The dates are Monday-Thursday, June 15-18 2026.
(Past years: June 16-19 2025, June 17-20 2024)It’s again conveniently planned for Berlin’s best time of the year - summer solstice, switching from spring to summer, and the Fête de la Musique, where music is celebrated all over the city.
Agenda & CFP
Our first confirmed speakers, workshop instructors and community projects include:
Members of the Go team, for talks and the Fireside Chat
World class instructors, including: Bill Kennedy, Ronna Steinberg and Daniel Mahlow.
Community and AI projects in Go, including TinyGo.
This year we will follow the following scheudle:
Monday-Tuesday, June15-16: 2 talks day
Wednesday, June 17: workshops day
Thursday, June 18: community day & contributors summit + HeyAI summit
The full agenda will be published on Monday March 2 on our website.The CFP is open until EOD Sunday January 31, here’s the link. For inspiration, all past talks are available on our YouTube channel.
Tickets
Are on sale! The page is also linked from our website.
If you are paying out of pocket, the Self Payer rate is for you. Get the Early Bird rate while it lasts, with the code EARLY for the combined pass, and EARLY-CONF for the conference pass (all case sensitive).
If your company is paying for your ticket, the Corporate Gopher rate is for you.
All the above rates apply until end of Sunday May 31.
Starting Monday June 1, only the Late Gopher rate will be available.
Diversity Scholarships
As every year, it is important for us to include as many members from underrepresented communities as possible. This requires a lot of time for the bureaucracy and a lot of money for covering everything: visa costs, travel, accommodation, personal expenses, etc
Here’s the application form, open until Saturday January 31 EOD.
Please help us spread the word!If you or your company want to help us in this mission, please contact us at team@gohpercon.eu to sponsor directly. Alternatively, please donate to our long term partner GoBridge (legal structure: a US-based non-profit).
Sponsorships
We are excited to welcome our first sponsor:
Additional sponsors will be announced soon!
If your company wants to join onboard as a sponsors this year, please contact us at team@gophercon.eu
That’s all folks!
As always, if you have any questions, please reach out to team@gophercon.eu
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