For me, PolyConf is a bit like the Strange Loop of Europe, which is one of the highest compliments possible for a conference.

* It was well organized

* Had quite a range of topics on interesting topics that poked you right in the intellectual curiosity

* Had an audience that was eager to talk about esoteric ideas, but still able to bring it back to a semi-pragmatic form - rare to be able to walk those lines

* Just a lot of fun

Usually I'm quite exhausted after conferences, but I came away from Polyconf feeling energized about programming, creating (and destroying), and exploring in a way I hadn't for quite awhile - highly recommended!

High praise indeed, Strange Loop is developer 'crack' :).

I'll check out their videos.

I spoke and attended last year. It's the best conference I've ever been to (and I've been to at least 40). Here are a few of my favorites:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v68ppDlvHqs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HjASqh5z8ck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9AwYiwIvXE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=96YwY7Lld0Q&t=148s

Any advice for a prospective speaker applicant? I'm an educational video game developer (supermathworld.com) and would love to share my experience and insight into the space, especially the intersection of artificial intelligence, education, and simulated worlds.

Out of curiosity, is the move to Paris permanent?

I went to PolyConf 2016 in Poznan. I enjoyed how broad the range of topics was. Although it can be a double-edged sword. Having so many differing backgrounds can make it tough to strike up a meaningful conversation. For example, if someone is super passionate about OCaml, and I've never touched the language, then there's only so far we can take the conversation. I suggested at one point to have people's top interests printed on their name cards to narrow the search space a little.

If we manage to organise a good event this year, we will probably stay in Paris. There were many different factors that lead to the decision to move to Paris. It wasn't an easy decision, but our team thinks it's the right thing to do...

Great idea with topics printed on badges. We will do it! :) Thanks for the suggestion!

Wait, why did the title change to specifically target "full stack programmers"? This is certainly less appealing to me now!

The conference itself doesn't have anything to do with "full stack programmers", so you can probably ignore the incorrect title change?

Not sure what happened (moderation?), but now the title is, indeed, different from what I originally submitted

I've been there as a speaker, workshop organizer and attendee. It felt great from all those points of view.

Main selling points: variety of topics, a lot of great speakers, attention to details

I'm sure they'll do a great job in Paris.

Been to Polyconf while it was in Poznan. Could not recommend it enough! It's a really great conference which is about methods and ideas, not languages.

If you can go - go! Thank me later.

Assuming the date displayed on the page, "Jul 7 - Jul 9 2017" is correct, their countdown is off.

  var countdown = new Date(2017, 7, 26, 1).countdown();

should be

  var countdown = new Date(2017, 6, 7, 1).countdown();

Can't wait for Polyconf Morning Run in Paris! Hope you will not drop this idea...

Seriously great conference! The concept is really appealing - step out of the echo chamber of your own programming language / framework community and learn a bit about many other languages.

I spoke at PolyConf two year ago, and really enjoyed it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQL48qYDwp4

There was only one problem--beer instead of milkshakes at the reception. ;)

I presented (and, obviously, attended) at first year Polyconf and loved every bit of it. Organization is top notch, crowd is cool and you could always find something to speak about and topics are really diverse and engaging. Sadly I couldn't make it last year, but I'm really hoping to fix that this summer. :)

I thought every programmer was a polyglot.

In practice a programmer who really, honestly, and absolutely knows only a single language is bound to be exceedingly rare. If you think about it (and possibly include meta-languages) you'll find that the vast majority know at least two, even if they're not fully aware of this fact.

But do they really know the language, or are they merely able to use some of the features (just like you learn common phrases of natural languages, but don't understand why are they built in such a way)?

I don't think I can say I really know English, tbh

I delivered a talk about the Next Big Leap (speaking about Ruby on Rails) at this conference when it was RuPy 2011 in Poland. The organizers are top-notch and attract a diverse crowd. Highly recommended!

Thanks Obie for the kind words and for believing in us back in 2011!

This is the only conference I am attending every year. The best atmosphere and knowledge transfer around.

Sounds nice, but I am unable to find any ticket info.

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Depends, what will the price be ?

Around 300 - 400 EUR for regular tickets

I spoke at PolyConf in 2015 and had a great time. I'm excited that it's moving to Paris and I'll be putting a proposal in soon!

Any advice for a prospective speaker applicant? I want to highlight the intersection artificial intelligence, video games, and education. I'm a math game developer.

If it's in Paris, maybe the OCaml & Pharo teams can show up. Well technically Pharo is built by people worldwide, but I want to say the head guy is French.

Yes, we are trying to attract both OCaml and ReasonML people at this occasion.

Never heard of ReasonML

This looks great. Ha, their travel stipend for speakers is a clever 256 EUR or 1024 EUR (in or outside Europe).

Great conference :-) can't recommend it enough

Thanks for the kind words Maciej. I still vividly remember your lectures about PyPy at RuPy in Poznań.