HalfStack is a one-day, single track, UI-centric, fun JS conf in a Shoreditch pub
Why we created HalfStack
Code of conduct
Save the date for HalfStack London 2019: Friday, 22nd of November, 2019!
Plans are underway to bring HalfStack to Vienna (20th of September) and New York City (23rd of August) in 2019! Details to follow soon.
Call for Papers will open in late March, 2019
Started in 2010, London HalfStack is a London-based JavaScript community. Monthly meetup events focus on general JavaScript and TypeScript topics and include all things interesting in the desktop and mobile web world. After the monthly talks, we meet at CodeNode or another pub for drinks and further discussions.
Each November, we run an annual conference in a pub in the Shoreditch area. The conference focuses on UI-centric topics such as audio/video, data visualization and graphics, WebGL, speech recognition, Web AR/VR/XR, devices, games, and other inspiring talks. In 2019, we're also bringing our conference to Vienna and New York City!
2017 and 2018 HalfStack videos
2018 HalfStack recap
2016 HalfStack recap
2015 HalfStack recap
Talks include a variety of modern front-end development topics (2018's conference covered ES2018, TypeScript, frameworks, WebGL, web audio/video/music, WebVR, speech recognition, JS prose, animations, and much more) from leading speakers based primarily in London. The Call for Papers will be open from March through mid July. We will let all potential speakers know our answer by mid-August.
All tickets include lunch, dinner, coffee, tea, drinks, great talks, conference t-shirt, swag, afterparty and more!
Time |
Speaker |
Session |
|---|---|---|
| 09:50 |  HalfStack |
Doors open |
| 10:20 |  Dylan Schiemann, SitePen |
Welcome to HalfStack |
| 10:30 |  Chris Heilmann, Microsoft |
Bringing best practices front and centre |
| 11:05 |  Ada Rose Cannon, Samsung |
The present and future of VR on the Web |
| 11:35 |  Alex Lakatos, Nexmo |
Building Bots with JavaScript |
| 11:55 |  Anna Migas, Lunar Logic |
Fast But Not Furious: Debugging User Interaction Performance Issues |
| 12:20 | HalfStack |
Lunch |
| 13:05 |  Liliana Kastilio, Snyk |
npm install disaster-waiting-to-happen |
| 13:35 |  Andrico Karoulla, Trint |
Enter ES2018 |
| 14:05 |  Stephen Cook, Onfido |
100% CSS Mario Kart |
| 14:30 |  Sean McGee, Esri UK |
Buying a House with JavaScript |
| 14:45 | HalfStack |
Break |
| 15:00 |  Jonathan Fielding, Snyk |
Home Automation with JavaScript |
| 15:35 |  Rob Bateman, The Away Foundation |
Reanimating the Web |
| 16:10 |  Carolyn Stransky, Blacklane |
The Most Important UI: You |
| 16:25 |
 Tom Dye, SitePen Dylan Schiemann, SitePen |
Cats vs. Dogs |
| 16:40 | HalfStack |
Break |
| 16:55 |
 Cameron Diver, Balena  Theodor Gherzan, Balena |
JavaScript at the edge |
| 17:15 |  Jani Eväkallio, Formidable |
This Talk Is About You |
| 17:45 |  Tony Edwards, Software Cornwall |
Beats, Rhymes & Unit Tests |
| 18:20 |  Joe Hart, Blend Media |
Alpha, Beta, Gamer: Dev Mode |
| 18:50 | Dylan Schiemann, SitePen |
Conference wrap up |
| 19:00 | HalfStack |
Dinner / Afterparty start |
| 19:30 |  James Milner, SitePen |
JavaScript Pub Quiz and Prizes |
| 23:00 | HalfStack |
Finished |
10:00 - 23:00, Friday, 22nd of November, 2019
Cafe 1001, Old Truman Brewery, Shoreditch, London.
Afterparty to commence immediately after the last conference session (includes JavaScript Pub Quiz!)
A limited number of diversity tickets are also available thanks to our sponsors. Please contact us on Twitter for more information.
HalfStack is returning to London the 22nd of November 2019. Early bird tickets are on sale.
Plans are underway to bring HalfStack to Vienna (20th of September) and New York City (23rd of August) in 2019! Details to follow soon.
First two HalfStack 2018 speakers
Next three HalfStack 2018 speakers
More HalfStack 2018 fun
Six more HalfStack 2018 speakers