Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC), from 2016–2019 called The Perl Conference (TPC), from 2020 on The Perl and Raku Conference, is a series of conferences discussing the

Perl Perl is a family of two high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages. "Perl" refers to Perl 5, but from 2000 to 2019 it also referred to its redesigned "sister language", Perl 6, before the latter's name was offici ...

programming language A programming language is a system of notation for writing computer programs. Most programming languages are text-based formal languages, but they may also be graphical. They are a kind of computer language. The description of a programming ...

, usually organized under the auspices of

The Perl Foundation The Perl Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Holland, Michigan. It is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl and Raku (programming language) programming languages through open discussion, collaboration, design, an ...

and

Yet Another Society The Perl Foundation (TPF) is a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization based in Holland, Michigan. It is dedicated to the advancement of the Perl and Raku (programming language) programming languages through open discussion, collaboration, design, a ...

, a "non-profit corporation for the advancement of collaborative efforts in computer and information sciences". The name is an homage to

yacc Yacc (Yet Another Compiler-Compiler) is a computer program for the Unix operating system developed by Stephen C. Johnson. It is a Look Ahead Left-to-Right Rightmost Derivation (LALR) parser generator, generating a LALR parser (the part of a com ...

, " Yet Another Compiler Compiler". The first YAPC was held at

Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. One of its predecessors was established in 1900 by Andrew Carnegie as the Carnegie Technical Schools; it became the Carnegie Institute of Technology ...

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Wester ...

, US on June 24 and June 25, 1999. Organizer Kevin Lenzo assembled 31 different speakers into the schedule on various Perl-related topics. The idea of a low-cost Perl conference quickly spread with a

Europe Europe is a large peninsula conventionally considered a continent in its own right because of its great physical size and the weight of its history and traditions. Europe is also considered a Continent#Subcontinents, subcontinent of Eurasia ...

an version of YAPC established in 2000,

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

in 2003,

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

in 2004,

Asia Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an area ...

and

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

in 2005, and

Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a List of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia, Northern Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the ...

in 2008. The only continents never to have hosted a YAPC are

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and

Antarctica Antarctica () is Earth's southernmost and least-populated continent. Situated almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle and surrounded by the Southern Ocean, it contains the geographic South Pole. Antarctica is the fifth-largest contine ...

. In 2016, YAPC rebranded itself as The Perl Conference, which is the former name of

O'Reilly Open Source Convention The O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON) was an American annual convention for the discussion of free and open-source software. It was organized by publisher O'Reilly Media and was held each summer, mostly in Portland, Oregon, from 1999 to ...

(OSCON). As of 2020, it is now calling itself The Perl and Raku Conference to reflect the renaming of Perl 6 to Raku.

Locations

North America

* 1999:

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States, and the county seat of Allegheny County. It is the most populous city in both Allegheny County and Western Pennsylvania, the second-most populous city in Pennsyl ...

(June 24 – June 25, 1999
YAPC::NA 1999
* 2000: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 21 – June 23, 2000
YAPC::NA 19100
* 2001: Montréal, Québec, Canada (June 13 – June 15, 2001
YAPC::NA 2001
* 2002: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (June 26 – June 28, 2002
YAPC::NA 2002
* 2003: Canada:

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...

(May 15 – May 16, 2003) (held as YAPC::Canada
YAPC::Canada
* 2003: America: Boca Raton, Florida, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2003
YAPC::NA 2003
* 2004: Buffalo, New York, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2004
YAPC::NA 2004
* 2005:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the anchor ...

(June 27 – June 29, 2005
YAPC::NA 2005
* 2006: Chicago, Illinois, USA (June 26 – June 30, 2006) 2006
YAPC::NA 2006
* 2007: Houston, Texas, USA (June 25 – June 27, 2007
YAPC::NA 2007
* 2008: Chicago, Illinois, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2008
YAPC::NA 2008
* 2009: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 22 – June 24, 2009
YAPC::NA 2009
* 2010: Columbus, Ohio, USA (June 21 – June 23, 2010
YAPC::NA 2010
* 2011: Asheville, North Carolina, USA (June 27 – June 30, 2011
YAPC::NA 2011
* 2012: Madison, Wisconsin, USA (June 13 – June 15, 2012
YAPC::NA 2012
* 2013: Austin, Texas, USA (June 3 – June 5, 2013
YAPC::NA 2013
* 2014:

Orlando, Florida, USA Orlando () is a city in the U.S. state of Florida and is the county seat of Orange County. In Central Florida, it is the center of the Orlando metropolitan area, which had a population of 2,509,831, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures relea ...

(June 23 – June 25, 2014
YAPC::NA 2014
* 2015:

Salt Lake City, Utah, USA Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the Capital (political), capital and List of cities and towns in Utah, most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the county seat, seat of Salt Lake County, Utah, Sal ...

(June 8 – June 10, 2015
YAPC::NA 2015
* 2016: Orlando, Florida, USA (June 20 – June 22, 2016
YAPC::NA 2016
* 2017: Alexandria, Virginia, USA (June 18 – June 23, 2017
The Perl Conference in DC
* 2018: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (June 17 – June 22, 2018
The Perl Conference in Salt Lake City
* 2019: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 16 – June 21, 2019
The Perl Conference in Pittsburgh
* 2020: Online (due to

COVID-19 Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a contagious disease caused by a virus, the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The first known case was COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei, identified in Wuhan, China, in December ...

) (Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th 2020
Perl and Raku 'Conference in the Cloud'
** Replace
TPCiH 2020 Houston
Tuesday, planned June 23rd through Saturday, June 27th * 2022: The Hilton Houston North, USA (June 22rd through June 24th) TPCiH 2022 Houston

Europe

* 2000:

London, England London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major s ...

(September 22-September 24, 2000
YAPC::EU 2000
* 2001:

Amsterdam, Netherlands Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the capital and most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population of 907,976 within the city proper, 1,558,755 in the urban are ...

(August 2-August 4, 2001
YAPC::EU 2001
* 2002:

Munich, Germany Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the third-largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Ha ...

(September 18-September 20, 2002
YAPC::EU 2002
* 2003:

Paris, France Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), ma ...

(July 23-July 25, 2003
YAPC::EU 2003
* 2004:

Belfast, Northern Ireland Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

(September 15-September 17, 2004
YAPC::EU 2004
* 2005:

Braga, Portugal Braga ( , ; cel-x-proto, Bracara) is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality has a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants (i ...

(August 31-September 2, 2005
YAPC::EU 2005 ''Perl Everywhere''
* 2006: Birmingham, England (August 30-September 1, 2006
YAPC::EU 2006
* 2007:

Vienna, Austria en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ...

(August 28–30, 2007
YAPC::EU 2007 ''Social Perl''
* 2008: Copenhagen, Denmark (August 13–15, 2008
YAPC::EU 2008 ''Beautiful Perl''
* 2009: Lisbon, Portugal (August 3–5, 2009
YAPC::EU 2009 ''Corporate Perl''
* 2010:

Pisa, Italy Pisa ( , or ) is a city and ''comune'' in Tuscany, central Italy, straddling the Arno just before it empties into the Ligurian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa. Although Pisa is known worldwide for its leaning tower, the cit ...

(August 4–6, 2010
YAPC::EU 2010 ''The Renaissance of Perl''
* 2011: Riga, Latvia (August 15–17, 2011
YAPC::EU 2011 ''Modern Perl''
* 2012: Frankfurt, Germany (August 20–22, 2012
YAPC::EU 2012
* 2013: Kyiv, Ukraine (August 12–14, 2013
YAPC::EU 2013 ''Future Perl''
* 2014:

Sofia, Bulgaria Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

(August 22–24, 2014
YAPC::EU 2014
* 2015:

Granada, Spain Granada (,, DIN: ; grc, Ἐλιβύργη, Elibýrgē; la, Illiberis or . ) is the capital city of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the c ...

(September 2–4, 2015
YAPC::EU 2015 ''Art+Engineering''
* 2016: Cluj-Napoca, Romania (August 24–26, 2016
YAPC::Europe 2016
* 2017:

Amsterdam, the Netherlands Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

(August 9–11, 2017
The Perl Conference in Amsterdam
* 2018:

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...

(August 13–17, 2018
The Perl Conference in Glasgow
* 2019:

Riga Riga (; lv, Rīga , liv, Rīgõ) is the capital and largest city of Latvia and is home to 605,802 inhabitants which is a third of Latvia's population. The city lies on the Gulf of Riga at the mouth of the Daugava river where it meets the Ba ...

(August 7–9, 2019
PerlCon
* 2020:

Amsterdam Amsterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Amstel'') is the Capital of the Netherlands, capital and Municipalities of the Netherlands, most populous city of the Netherlands, with The Hague being the seat of government. It has a population ...

(August 10-14 2020
Perl & Raku Con in Amsterdam
- cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic

Israel

* 2003:

Haifa Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropol ...

(May 11, 2003
YAPC::Israel::2003
* 2004:

Herzliya Herzliya ( ; he, הֶרְצְלִיָּה ; ar, هرتسليا, Hirtsiliyā) is an affluent city in the central coast of Israel, at the northern part of the Tel Aviv District, known for its robust start-up and entrepreneurial culture. In it h ...

(February 26, 2004
YAPC::Israel::2004
* 2005: Herzliya (February 17, 2005
YAPC::Israel::2005
* 2006:

Netanya Netanya (also known as Natanya, he, נְתַנְיָה) is a city in the Northern Central District of Israel, and is the capital of the surrounding Sharon plain. It is north of Tel Aviv, and south of Haifa, between Poleg stream and Wingate I ...

. In 2006, YAPC::Israel became OSDC::Israel
OSDC::Israel 2006

Russia & Ukraine

* 2008:

Moscow, Russia Moscow ( , American English, US chiefly ; rus, links=no, Москва, r=Moskva, p=mɐskˈva, a=Москва.ogg) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia. The city stands on t ...

(May 17–18, 2008
YAPC::Russia 2008 ''May Perl''
* 2009: Moscow, Russia (May 16–17, 2009
YAPC::Russia 2009 ''May Perl 2''
* 2010: Kyiv, Ukraine (June 12–14, 2010
YAPC::Russia 2010 ''May Perl + Perl Mova''
* 2011: Moscow, Russia (May 14–15, 2011
YAPC::Russia 2011 ''May Perl + Perl Mova''
* 2012: Kyiv, Ukraine (May 12–13, 2012
YAPC::Russia ''May Perl''
* no event held in 2013, due to YAPC::Europe 2013 taking place in Kyiv * 2014: St. Petersburg, Russia (June 13–14, 2014
YAPC::Russia 2014
* 2015: Moscow, Russia (May 16–17, 2015
YAPC::Russia 2015
* 2017: Moscow, Russia (November 4, 2016) YAPC::Russia 2017

Australia

* The first YAPC::Australia was held as part of the 2004 OSDC in

Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a met ...

from December 1-December 5, 2004, and has been held jointly thereafter.

South America

These events are held in conjunction with CONISLI. * 2006:

Porto Alegre Porto Alegre (, , Brazilian ; ) is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of 1,488,252 inhabitants (2020) makes it the List of largest cities in Brazil, twelfth most populous city in the country ...

/ RS (April 19-April 22, 2006
YAPC::SA::2006
* 2007: Porto Alegre/RS (April 11-April 14, 2007
YAPC::SA::2007
* 2008: Porto Alegre/RS (April 17-April 19, 2008
YAPC::SA::2008
* 2009: Porto Alegre/RS (June 24-June 27, 2009
YAPC::SA::2009

Brazil

* 2005: Porto Alegre/RS (June 1-June 5, 2005) YAPC::Brasil 2005 * 2006:

São Paulo São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for 'Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the state of São Paulo, the most populous and wealthiest Brazilian state, located in the country's Southeast Region. Listed by the GaWC a ...

/SP,

(November 3-November 5, 2006
YAPC::Brasil 2006
* 2007: São Paulo/SP,

(November 9-November 11, 2007
YAPC::Brasil 2007
* 2008: São Paulo/SP,

(October 18-October 19, 2008
YAPC::Brasil 2008
* 2009:

Niterói Niterói (, ) is a Municipalities of Brazil, municipality of the state of Rio de Janeiro (state), Rio de Janeiro in the Southeast Region, Brazil, southeast region of Brazil. It lies across Guanabara Bay facing the city of Rio de Janeiro and forms ...

/RJ,

(October 30-November 1, 2009
YAPC::Brasil 2009
* 2010:

Fortaleza Fortaleza (, locally , Portuguese for ''Fortress'') is the state capital of Ceará, located in Northeastern Brazil. It belongs to the Metropolitan mesoregion of Fortaleza and microregion of Fortaleza. It is Brazil's 5th largest city and the t ...

/CE,

(October 25-October 31, 2010
YAPC::Brasil 2010 ''Perl: Solução e Integração de Negócios''
* 2011:

Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro ( , , ; literally 'River of January'), or simply Rio, is the capital of the state of the same name, Brazil's third-most populous state, and the second-most populous city in Brazil, after São Paulo. Listed by the GaWC as a b ...

/RJ,

(November 4-November 6, 2011
YAPC::Brasil 2011
* 2012: São Paulo/SP,

(October 19-October 20, 2012
YAPC::Brasil 2012 ''A revolução dos dados''
* 2013:

Curitiba Curitiba () is the capital and largest city in the state of Paraná (state), Paraná in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the List of cities in Brazil by population, eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in ...

/PR,

(November 15-November 16, 2013
YAPC::Brasil 2013 ''Universo Científico e Perl Hacking''
* 2014:

Itapema Itapema is a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil. History Colonization The Azoreans already in the communities of São Miguel and Santo Antônio were responsible for the settlement of the bay of Porto Belo, where they helped found the parish of ...

/SC,

(September 19-September 20, 2014
YAPC::Brasil 2014 ''Soluções Tecnológicas para Gestão Pública''
* 2015:

Taubaté Taubaté is a medium-sized city in the State of São Paulo, in southeastern Brazil. Location Its strategic location between the two most important Brazilian cities (São Paulo away, and Rio de Janeiro away), connected to both by the Presiden ...

/SP,

(September 18-September 20, 2015
YAPC::Brasil 2015 ''Perl Community and CPAN''

Asia

* 2004:

Taipei Taipei (), officially Taipei City, is the capital and a special municipality of the Republic of China (Taiwan). Located in Northern Taiwan, Taipei City is an enclave of the municipality of New Taipei City that sits about southwest of the n ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

(March 27-March 28, 2004
YAPC::2004::Taipei
* 2005: Taipei, Taiwan (March 26-March 27, 2005) (held as YAPC::Taipei
YAPC::2005::Taipei
* 2006:

Tokyo, Japan Tokyo (; ja, 東京, , ), officially the Tokyo Metropolis ( ja, 東京都, label=none, ), is the capital and List of cities in Japan, largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, ...

(March 29-March 30, 2006
YAPC::Asia 2006
* 2007: Tokyo, Japan (April 4-April 5, 2007
YAPC::Asia 2007
* 2008: Tokyo, Japan (May 15-May 16, 2008
YAPC::Asia 2008
* 2009: Tokyo, Japan (September 10-September 11, 2009
YAPC::Asia 2009
* 2010: Tokyo, Japan (October 15-October 16, 2010
YAPC::Asia 2010
* 2011: Tokyo, Japan (October 14-October 15, 2011
YAPC::Asia 2011
* 2012: Tokyo, Japan (September 27-September 29, 2012
YAPC::Asia 2012
* 2013: Tokyo, Japan (September 19-September 21, 2013
YAPC::Asia 2013
* 2014: Tokyo, Japan (August 28-August 30, 2014
YAPC::Asia 2014
* 2015: Tokyo, Japan (August 20-August 22, 2015
YAPC::Asia 2015
* 2016: Hokkaido, Japan (09-10 December 2016
YAPC::Hokkaido
* 2017: Kansai (3-4 March 2017
YAPC::Kansai 2017
* 2017: Fukuoka (30th June - 1st July
YAPC::Fukuoka 2017
* 2018: Okinawa (2-3 March 201
YAPC::Okinawa 2018
* 2019: Tokyo, Japan (25-26 January 2019
YAPC::Tokyo 2019
* 2020: Kyoto, Japan (March 27 - 28 2020
YAPC::Kyoto 2020

External links

YAPC Official Site

YAPC::Europe Foundation

YAPC::Russia

YAPC Conference Surveys

YAPC::Asia
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