Majestic Theater, Gilbert
January 31 2025, 10am - Late
Afterparty (includes Retro Tech Movie!)
Up to 225 Web / JavaScript / Mobile / IoT developers and decision makersMostly from the Phoenix area, with some from throughout the US, Europe and beyond

What to Expect

HalfStack events are fun, creative single track JavaScript events hosted in relaxed environments. HalfStack provides authentic, high value experiences for all attendees.

The priority for HalfStack is the attendee experience, with great food, drinks, talks, swag, and community. Hosted by London’s longest-lived JavaScript meetup group, HalfStack now runs events in Belgrade, Charlotte, London, Newquay, New York, Phoenix, Tel Aviv, and Vienna!

HalfStack carefully curates talks that inspire and inform the audience in a highly interactive and entertaining manner. Each HalfStack event provides an intimate feeling where each attendee has time to meet one another.

Two conference speakers with dog masks on
Three smiling conference attendees with VR headsets on

Call for Proposals and Fair Pricing

Visit our CfP page for more information on proposing your amazing HalfStack session! Visit our Pricing page to understand what we charge and why.

Our Illustrious Speakers

Each of our events has between 8 and 12 sessions. We update our speaker information regularly. We usually save a few details to give you some surprises on the day of the event, including the order of the sessions.

  • HalfStack Events
    We've announced our first six presenters. Check back regularly as we build an amazing day of fun!


  • Jen Looper
    Cultural heritage and AI

    Jen delivered some of the most amazing HalfStack talks in New York and online, and will join us in Phoenix to share a much different take on AI. Jen has done amazing work over the years supporting communities at Telerik, Microsoft and AWS, and is passionate about supporting new engineers in their quest to learn more about web technologies.

  • William Blankenship
    To be revealed

    William wowed us in 2022 with an incredible JS & AI talk when that was a new topic. Last year William showed us the idea of building an easy to use peer-to-peer social network. We can't wait to reveal what William has planned for 2025!

  • Luis Montes
    JS Games on Retro Handheld Devices

    The Nintendo Game Boy brought significant joy to the world in the 1990s. Today, Anberic, Miyoo, Powkiddy and others are creating super affordable handheld retro gaming devices. But any good web engineer would of course look at these devices and think, how do we create games for these devices using JS and web tech? Luis will show and tell us about this adventure!

  • Malak Janus
    To be revealed

    Malak gave us a fresh look at accessibility at last year's HalfStack Phoenix event. We'll soon share their 2025 session details.

  • Bekah Rice
    To be revealed

    Bekah will do a music related performance... that's all we're saying for now!

  • Rene Rubalcava
    To be revealed

    Rene has wowed us with his combination of maps, music, and data viz. We'll soon share what he's planning for HalfStack Phoenix!

  • Lightning
    Lightning Talks

    Want to share something you've been working on lately? Spend 2-3 minutes on stage sharing your project! First-come, first-served sign-ups on the day of the event.

  • HalfStack
    Afterparty (Dinner, JS Pub Quiz, Battledecks, Raffle, Retro Tech movie, and karaoke)

    We will kick off the afterparty with Battledecks, a tech improv game. You have 5 minutes to pitch a fake tech startup from a randomly generated slide deck. Then we'll proceed in teams with our unique JS Pub Quiz! There will be a big raffle, and then we'll then watch a retro tech movie, and if there's interest, we'll conclude with karaoke!

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