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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 offic ...
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, a ...
and Yet Another Society, 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 co ...
, "
Yet Another Among programmers, yet another (often abbreviated ya, Ya, or YA in the initial part of an acronym) is an idiomatic qualifier in the name of a computer program, organisation, or event that is confessedly unoriginal. Stephen C. Johnson is credited ...
Compiler Compiler". The first YAPC was held at Carnegie Mellon University in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylva ...
, US on June 24 and June 25, 1999. Organizer
Kevin Lenzo Kevin Lenzo (born 1967) is an American computer scientist. He wrote the initial infobot, founded The Perl Foundation (and was its chairman until 2007) and the Yet Another Perl Conferences (YAPC)., released CMU Sphinx into Open source, founded C ...
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 subcontinent of Eurasia and it is located entirel ...
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 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 are ...
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 transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eig ...
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 cont ...
. 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 ...
(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 ancho ...
(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 (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 and most populous city of Utah, United States. It is the seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in Utah. With a population of 200,133 in 2020, the ...
(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 identified in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. The disease quickly ...
) (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 States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
(September 18-September 20, 2002
YAPC::EU 2002
* 2003:
Paris, France Paris () is the capital and 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), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. Si ...
(July 23-July 25, 2003
YAPC::EU 2003
* 2004: Belfast, Northern Ireland (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 Birmingham ( ) is a city and metropolitan borough in the metropolitan county of West Midlands in England. It is the second-largest city in the United Kingdom with a population of 1.145 million in the city proper, 2.92 million in the We ...
(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 Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...
(August 13–15, 2008
YAPC::EU 2008 ''Beautiful Perl''
* 2009:
Lisbon, Portugal Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits w ...
(August 3–5, 2009
YAPC::EU 2009 ''Corporate Perl''
* 2010: Pisa, Italy (August 4–6, 2010
YAPC::EU 2010 ''The Renaissance of Perl''
* 2011:
Riga, Latvia 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), Daugava river where ...
(August 15–17, 2011
YAPC::EU 2011 ''Modern Perl''
* 2012:
Frankfurt, Germany Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...
(August 20–22, 2012
YAPC::EU 2012
* 2013:
Kyiv, Ukraine Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...
(August 12–14, 2013
YAPC::EU 2013 ''Future Perl''
* 2014: Sofia, Bulgaria (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 co ...
(September 2–4, 2015
YAPC::EU 2015 ''Art+Engineering''
* 2016:
Cluj-Napoca, Romania ; hu, kincses város) , official_name=Cluj-Napoca , native_name= , image_skyline= , subdivision_type1 = County , subdivision_name1 = Cluj County , subdivision_type2 = Status , subdivision_name2 = County seat , settlement_type = City , le ...
(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 (August 7–9, 2019
PerlCon
* 2020:
Amsterdam 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 ar ...
(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. In 2006, YAPC::Israel became OSDC::Israel
OSDC::Israel 2006


Russia & Ukraine

* 2008: Moscow, Russia (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 Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe. Kyi ...
(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 Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
(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 twelfth most populous city in the country and the center of Brazil's fif ...
/ 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 Ga ...
/SP,
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 ...
(November 3-November 5, 2006
YAPC::Brasil 2006
* 2007: São Paulo/SP,
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 ...
(November 9-November 11, 2007
YAPC::Brasil 2007
* 2008: São Paulo/SP,
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 ...
(October 18-October 19, 2008
YAPC::Brasil 2008
* 2009: Niterói/RJ,
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 ...
(October 30-November 1, 2009
YAPC::Brasil 2009
* 2010: Fortaleza/CE,
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 ...
(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 ...
/RJ,
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 ...
(November 4-November 6, 2011
YAPC::Brasil 2011
* 2012: São Paulo/SP,
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 ...
(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 in Brazil. The city's population was 1,948,626 , making it the eighth most populous city in Brazil and the largest in Brazil's South Region. The Curitiba Metropolitan area ...
/PR,
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 ...
(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,
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 ...
(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 President ...
/SP,
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 ...
(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 ...
,
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 largest city of Japan. Formerly known as Edo, its metropolitan area () is the most populous in the world, with an estimated 37.468 ...
(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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