Perl Community Conference, Summer 2026 - Austin, Texas

The Community Conference is a hybrid in-person-and-online event held on Perl's birthday, featuring talks from the world's top Perl programmers and community members. Topics include artificial intelligence, bioinformatics, web applications, genetics, data science, high-performance computing, ethics, and much more!

The Perl Community is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, and all donations are tax deductible. Please contact us for financial assistance or group discounts.

# Conference Registration

Please [RSVP](https://www.meetup.com/austin-perl-mongers/events/305856787/) as a conference attendee at the following link, whether or not you submit a talk.

$30 SUGGESTED DONATION;
$20 EARLY BIRD DONATION ENDS NOVEMBER 15TH:
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**All accepted Science Track paper submissions will be published in a future issue of the [Science Perl Journal](https://science.perlcommunity.org/spj)!**

Purchase your copy of the **HIGHLY RATED** Science Perl Journal issue #1 [here](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-science-perl-journal-issue-1-marc-perry/1146976256?ean=9798218984748)!

# Online Attendees

RSVP to receive Google Meet link

# In-person Attendees
Diogenes Hackerspace, 13800 Dragline Dr, Suite C, Austin, TX 78728
[https://maps.app.goo.gl/M9Rh4yZ25zwLe4748](https://maps.app.goo.gl/M9Rh4yZ25zwLe4748)

# Building on Success

The first two Perl Community Conferences were tremendous successes, thanks to every one of our authors and speakers. Many thanks to PCC organizers Will "The Chill" Braswell and Brett Estrade, our friends at the Diogenes Hackerspace (in Austin, Texas), and all the participants both online and in person! We have already started releasing talk videos to YouTube, and preparing papers for the next issue of the Science Perl Journal.

# Future Plans in Perpetuity

Please mark your calendars for both July 3rd/4th (USA's birthday) and December 17th/18th (Perl's birthday), starting in 2025 and going forward every year from now on. Our current plan is to continue meeting in Austin until further notice, as it is a central location and we already have all of the conference equipment there.

Our PCC Summer conferences begin on July 3rd and run through July 4th, finishing in time for people to get home for fireworks if they so choose. Likewise, our PCC Winter conferences start one day early on December 17th and run through December 18th, giving people enough time to get home for their Christmas holiday travel plans etc.

Our 2-day format offers opportunities to have more talks, as well as more extracurricular activities such as Perl Hackathons, Bad Movie Night, and our official semi-formal dinner party soirée known as the AI & Science Reception. So, please set a permanent annual reminder in your calendar now, repeating every July 3-4 and Dec 17-18... forever. It is safe to assume the location will be Austin, TX indefinitely. Together we will put Perl back on top!