The Big Elixir is a two-day, single track conference to help developers take their Elixir skills to the next level. Join us on November 7th and 8th for our 2nd annual event in the heart of The Big Easy as fellow Elixir enthusiasts come together to teach, learn, and explore all things Elixir!
This year, our conference theme is Emerging Elixir. We are looking to deliver a strong series of talks that all focus on new innovations in the Elixir ecosystem, present new ways of thinking about distributed systems, and talk deeply about lessons learned from taking Elixir far and wide.
We want to hear about the budding innovations that are happening in the Elixir community right now, from the very practical to even the very strange. How far and wide can we go with Elixir? How are we breaking the barriers of Elixir?
08:00 - 09:00 AM | Registration / Breakfast | |
09:00 - 09:25 AM | Intro & Welcome | The Big Elixir MC |
09:25 - 09:30 AM | Platinum Sponsor | Revelry |
09:30 - 10:15 AM | Keynote | Brian Carderella |
10:30 - 11:15 AM | Beyond LiveView: Real-Time Features with LiveView, PubSub, Presence and Channels | Sophie DeBenedetto |
11:30 - 12:15 PM | Commandeering Kubernetes with Elixir | Cory O'Daniel |
12:15 - 01:45 PM | Lunch | |
02:00 - 02:45 PM | The Grass is Always Greener on the OTP Side: Building a Smarter Sprinkler with Scenic and Nerves | Powell Kinney |
03:00 - 03:45 PM | Rebuilding ESpec: Foundations in Metaprogramming | Bruce Park |
04:00 - 04:45 PM | Mix and Hex, the power couple of the Elixir community | Todd Resudek |
04:45 - 05:00 PM | Closing Remarks | The Big Elixir MC |
08:00 - 09:00 AM | Registration / Breakfast | |
09:00 - 09:25 AM | Intro & Welcome | The Big Elixir MC |
09:25 - 09:30 AM | Platinum Sponsor | Recurly |
09:30 - 10:15 AM | Keynote: All Aboard the Stateful Train, Going Beyond a Simple Web App with Elixir | Eric Oestrich |
10:30 - 11:15 AM | Let business write business logic | Ben Church |
11:30 - 12:15 PM | Medical Messaging: an Elixir for Healthcare | Scott Southworth |
12:15 - 01:45 PM | Lunch | |
02:00 - 02:45 PM | A Dwarf-Fortress-clone in Elixir: a story of doing it wrong | Aldric Giacomoni |
03:00 - 03:45 PM | Playing with Elixir | Greg Vaughn |
04:00 - 04:45 PM | It’s An Evolution: Recreating Life With Elixir Processes | Johnny Winn |
04:45 - 05:00 PM | Closing Remarks | The Big Elixir MC |
The Big Elixir is proud to once again to be working with New Orleans’s oldest operating playhouse, Le Petit Theatre Du Vieux Carre. Really, we could not have asked for a better venue.
Since 1922, Le Petit has been located right across from Jackson Square in the French Quarter, and has entertained thousands of audience members in a wide array of dramas, comedies, musicals - and now tech conferences!
Le Petit offers an amazing stage for speakers, world-class acoustics, and a fantastic A / V team to create the perfect tech event for everyone! The theatre also includes ADA accessible seats and a beautiful French Quarter courtyard for our hallway track!
The Hyatt Centric French Quarter is a New Orleans luxury hotel located in the historic French Quarter adjacent to Bourbon Street in New Orleans. This historic hotel offers smoke-free guestrooms, plush bedding, modern in-room amenities, and balconies that overlook the historic French Quarter, gorgeously landscaped courtyards and New Orleans' famous Bourbon Street.
To get the special rate, your reservation needs to be booked by October 7th, so make sure to book early!
Bryan has worked with Elixir since 2014, has made contributions to both Elixir itself and Phoenix, and has written a number of very popular packages.
Nicky is a Tech Talent South graduate and co-organizer of BarCampNola. This conference is not possible without her incredible attention to detail.
Joe is the co-founder of many popular tech meetups in New Orleans and started learning Elixir because Bryan wouldn't stop talking about it.