Grant Street Group is a software development firm that is always looking for skilled Perl developers. We’re attending the 2016 YAPC::NA Conference again this year, and have some great prizes and activities planned for the Perl community, including an Apple Watch raffle and a coding challenge.

Do you have what it takes to win an iPad Pro (plus bragging rights as one of the best developers at YAPC::NA 2016)?

Compete in our Codility challenge to prove it!

Here’s how it works:
Enter the challenge and code the correct solution to a few problems as fast as you can.
Earn points with each correct response.
The person with the most points when the contest closes wins the iPad Pro (in case of a tie, the fastest entrant wins).

Easy as that! The contest will begin Friday, June 17th at 9:00 am ET and close Wednesday, June 22nd at 1:00 pm.

Note: this challenge is restricted to YAPC::NA 2016 participants, the prize will be given to the winner at YAPC. The contest link will not become active until the contest opens Friday morning.

As many of you are aware, a tragic act of terror occurred this past weekend in Orlando, Florida. We are all deeply moved and saddened by this horrific event. Our hearts go out to all of those who have been hurt or suffered loss due to these appalling actions. Our Standards of Conduct clearly state that "we are committed to providing a friendly, safe and welcoming environment for all, regardless of gender, sexual orientation, disability, ethnicity, religion, or country of origin." As a community we strive to welcome all, and are deeply troubled by this vicious act of violence.

First and foremost, we would like to assure you that safety of conference attendees, speakers, and volunteers is our paramount priority. While we can never be absolutely certain that The Perl Conference will be accident or incident-free, we would not allow the event to proceed if we had credible evidence that doing so would endanger even a single person.

We would also like to ask for your help in making a special contribution on behalf of The Perl Community to the One Orlando Fund (http://www.oneorlando.org/). We will accept cash donations for the One Orlando Fund throughout the conference. Additionally, we will host a silent auction throughout the week with the proceeds benefitting the One Orlando fund. Please consider donating items of value to be auctioned. Items can be left at Registration by Noon on Monday, or you can contact admin@yapcna.org to make other arrangements.

Volunteer Application Form Here

Current volunteer schedule here.

Setup / Cleanup Crew

On Sunday, we will need volunteers to assist with unboxing materials, placing signs, setting up AV equipment, preparing registration area, and working to make the area aesthetically pleasing. There will be a lot of odd jobs that need to be done.

On Thursday and Friday, we will need to go through everything that is left over, box it, and ship it out.

Room Moderator

The Moderator will be assigned a room for the day (only during breakout sessions). Their responsibility is to introduce each speaker prior to their talk. They work with the Videographer to ensure talks do not start until the videography team is ready to record. They also ensure that their room keeps to the schedule, cuing the speaker to end their talk as necessary. They will provide any special announcements between talks as instructed by the organizer staff.

Videographer

Each room will have a Videographer, who reports to the Videography Team leader. They are responsible for recording the talks in their assigned room (except where the speaker has opted-out of being recorded).

Assistant Videographer

Performs tasks as assigned by the videographer. Acts as a runner if something is needed in the room.

Registration Desk

Assists people with checking in. Serves as an information desk attendant. Assists attendees with retail purchases.

We are pleased to announce keynote speaker, Art Eaton. A Perl developer and Florida native with experiences growing up in a ship yard, Art has an entertaining and useful message for us all. Taken from the viewpoint that all efficient industrial processes are identical at their core, he examines the IT industry from a boat builder's perspective.

This talk is all about running a successful, professional, and happy boatyard where people find value and comfort in their jobs, the quality of work is high, and customers know what they are getting for their money.

...sort of. Art will be applying business experience gained from his marine engineering, medical, military and IT backgrounds to present you with a sea story about project management with which people in all industries can identify.

The cPanel & WHM software package is an easy-to-use control panel that gives web hosts, and the website owners they serve, the ability to quickly and easily manage their servers and websites. Developed in Perl and working in the SCRUM development methodology, cPanel seeks highly motivated development team members in our Houston location. Visit http://jobs.cpanel.com for open positions.

TL;DR:

• Online hotel reservations no longer available. You must call to reserve now.
• Some people are being told the hotel is "sold out". Depending on your circumstances, this might be incorrect.
• Rooms with King beds are almost sold out. You may have to ask for a different room type.
• If you are arriving several days prior to the event or staying several days after the event, the group discount may not be available to you.
• If you experience problems booking your room, please ask to speak to the Reservations Supervisor

As we get closer to YAPC, some room types on certain nights are nearly sold out. Also, since we only reserve hand full of extra rooms on the days leading up to the event and the days after the event, these tend to become unavailable first (as is the case this year.)

Because of this, the hotel has taken down their online portal for reservations. If you would like to book a room, please call the hotel at 866-247-3571 and request to book your room with group code "16Y".

You may be informed that no rooms are available. If this happens, don't be alarmed. The first thing you might want to do is ask if the dates you want are available with an alternate room type. If you are staying extra days outside of the conference dates, you may also want to ask about which days are unavailable. It's possible the group discount will only be available for a portion of your stay.

You might be told that the group code "expired May 18th". This is incorrect. While typically group codes do expire one month prior to an event, we negotiated special terms with the hotel so that our group code would be valid until June 1st. However, parts of their reservation software are not flexible enough to be aware of our special exception.

If you still experience problems with booking, please ask to speak to the Reservations Supervisor, Erika Winslow and calmly explain your situation. She may have the authority to help you where the regular reservations specialists can not. Additionally, she is aware of our group, while the person that answered the phone may not be. Erika is available Monday through Friday until 4PM (EDT).

We all understand that it can be frustrating when things don't go smoothly when making your travel plans and we truly appreciate you patience. Our goal is to make sure you have a positive experience at this conference, from beginning to end. If there is anything the organizers can do to help you, please feel free to contact admin@yapcna.org.

We are proud to announce that craigslist has once again become a Platinum Sponsor of The Perl Foundation. Their 2016 sponsorship helps support the upcoming Perl Foundation event, Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC::NA) – June 20 – 22 in Orlando, Florida, where they will be sponsoring a number of exciting opportunities.

We cannot thank craigslist enough for their generous support of YAPC::NA::2016. In addition to their Platinum Sponsorship with TPF, craigslist is also providing all travel expenses for Larry Wall, has offered discounts to the first 50 Girl Develop It! attendees who purchase passes with the appropriate code (see above), and is funding Damian Conway’s Perl 6 course. craigslist’s dedication to the Perl community is evident in their generosity. Thank you, craigslist! About craigslist craigslist is a place to buy, sell, rent, hire, share, meet, swap, discuss, find, serve, connect, giveaway, announce, work, collect, care, perform, learn, marvel, mentor, befriend, fall in love, and/or save the world.

craigslist is currently hiring in San Francisco!

https://www.craigslist.org/about/craigslist_is_hiring

Want to sponsor YAPC?

The best way to sponsor YAPC is through a sponsorship to The Perl Foundation. By sponsoring TPF, not only do you get recognition for your support of YAPC::NA, but you are also recognized as a sponsor of our regional Perl Workshops, our Outreach Program for Women, beginner training initiatives, and our grants programs for an entire year. It really is the way to get the most value for your sponsorship money. Find out more by visiting https://donate.perlfoundation.org or by contacting treasurer@perlfoundation.org.

The New to Perl Scholarships have been announced. If you applied, please check your email. Thank you to all who applied. While we always wish we could do more, we were very pleased with the number of people who applied this year. Scholarships were issued on a random basis, and all unclaimed scholarships will be re-issued before the conference. If you are having difficulties applying your discount code, please contact admin@yapcna.org.

craigslist has generously offered a $100 discount to each of the first 50 attendees from Girl Develop It! who purchase their conference pass with the available discount code. This brings the purchase cost of your pass down to $150. Attendees using the discount code will still be responsible for all other costs of attending (eg; travel, meals, accommodation). If interested, please contact admin@yapcna.org for discount code information.

Larry Wall developed the Perl interpreter and language while working for System Development Corporation, which later became part of Unisys, finally releasing it in December of 1987. He is the co-author of Programming Perl (often referred to as the Camel Book and published by O'Reilly), which is the definitive resource for Perl programmers, in addition to editing the Perl Cookbook. Fast forward to December 2015, and his continued work with Perl is as evident as ever with the release of the long awaited Perl 6.

Larry’s technical skills are nearly as well known as his quick, shrewd wit, and his dry, sometimes sarcastic, sense humor. Larry will be hosting a Questions and Answers session moderated by Ruth Bavousett. This is the perfect opportunity to learn from the man himself just what was he thinking?

Larry Wall’s presentations are always well received by the Perl community. We are very excited that he is able to attend due to craigslist generously covering his travel expenses. If you have not yet seen this dynamic presenter, you are certainly missing out.

In this issue:

• Sponsor spotlight: Grant Street Group
• Tutorials announced: From Zero to Perl and Front-end Web Development using Bootstrap and Angular JS

Sponsor Spotlight: Grant Street Group

We’re proud to announce that on March 7, 2016 Grant Street Group once again became a Bronze Sponsor of the Perl Foundation. Their 2016 sponsorship helps support the upcoming Perl Foundation event, Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC::NA) – June 20 – 22 in Orlando, Florida, where they’ll be introducing keynote speaker Damian Conway during the plenary session.

“Perl plays an integral part in the services we provide for our clients”, said Pierre Denis, Chief Technology at Grant Street Group. “We’re proud to support the Perl Foundation again this year, as they continue to advance the use of Perl around the world through conferences, user groups, and other grass-roots efforts.”

Grant Street Group has been a proud sponsor of various Perl Foundation events since 2003, including YAPC, the Pittsburgh Perl Workshop, the Perl QA Hackathon, and other regional Perl Foundation events in the United States and across the globe. The 2016 sponsorship will also help support the Perl Foundation’s charitable efforts such as the Outreach Program for Women and local community outreach events and Perl training initiatives at the local level.

About Grant Street Group

Grant Street Group has developed and administered web sites used by government entities and financial institutions to conduct auctions and process high-volume, complex financial transactions. We have successfully hosted financial transactions exceeding $12 trillion for over 6,700 issuers throughout the nation since 1997. Today, we provide Software as a Service applications for revenue collection, auctions, and e-payment processing.

Want to sponsor YAPC?

The best way to sponsor YAPC is through a sponsorship to The Perl Foundation. By sponsoring TPF, not only do you get recognition for your support of YAPC::NA, but you are also recognized as a sponsor of our regional Perl Workshops, our Outreach Program for Women, beginner training initiatives, and our grants programs for an entire year. It really is the way to get the most value for your sponsorship money.

The donation prospectus for The Perl Foundation may be found at http://donate.perlfoundation.org/prospectus.html.

Sponsors interested in sponsoring only YAPC should email treasurer@perlfoundation.org. We are usually able to work things out on a case by case basis depending on your needs. Often, we will pick out a particular aspect of running the conference that matches the sponsors' budget (Wi-fi, Social event, Coffee break, etc... ) and give the sponsor recognition for providing that element of the event.

Any sponsorship amount over $500 entitles the sponsor to a table at our sponsor expo and job fair. One complimentary pass to YAPC is provided for each $1,000 donated. Representatives that are only staying for the job fair do not need to have a pass.

Tutorials: From Zero to Perl and Front-end Web Development using Bootstrap and Angular JS

Course Name: From Zero to Perl
Sunday, June 19th (One full day)
Cost: $75
Instructor: John Anderson

Speaker Biography:

John SJ Anderson has been using Perl for over fifteen years, since teaching it to himself as part of a desperate plan to finish his graduate work. He's been teaching computing concepts and introductory Perl and BioPerl to bioinformatics students at The Johns Hopkins University for the last ten years. In his free time, John contributes to several Open Source projects, moderates the perl-beginners mailing list, and organizes Hack Salem, a local nerd meetup in Salem, Oregon.

Course description:

YAPC::NA, in conjunction with Infinity Interactive, is proud to announce "From Zero to Perl," a special course for programmers new to the Perl 5 programming language, to be taught by John Anderson on Sunday the 19th June.

The "Zero To Perl" course is designed to introduce programmers of any experience level to Perl 5 programming. (Non-programmers are welcomed as well!) This one-day course will give you the basic skills you'll need to program in simple Perl 5 for a variety of tasks, and will position you to both extend your Perl skills in the future, and enjoy the Perl Conference that will follow the training.

Course Name: Front-end Web Development using Bootstrap and Angular JS
Thursday, June 23th & Friday, June 24th 2016 (Two full days)
Cost: Early-bird price, $350 (if registered before 16th April), Full cost, $500
Instructor: Gabor Szabo

Speaker Biography:

Gabor has been using Perl since 1995 and teaching it since 2000. He has given Master classes at several previous Perl conferences. Both in North America and in Europe. Gabor runs the Perl Maven (http://perlmaven.com/), the Code Maven (http://code-maven.com/) web sites and the Perl Weekly (http://perlweekly.com/) newsletter. You can read more about him here: http://szabgab.com/about.html

Course description:

As a Perl programmer you can greatly enhance your value by being able to build modern, mobile enabled web application. For this it is not enough to be able to build the back-end in Perl, you also need to know how to build the front-end.

The primary focus of this course is client-side web development.

You are going to learn how to create a mobile-enabled, responsive web application using Twitter Bootstrap, and AngularJS on the front-end. We are going to use Perl for the back-end, but the focus of the course is the front-end development.

In this issue:

• YAPC and “The Perl Conference”
• Free subscription to Linux Journal Magazine
• Sponsor spotlight: Bluehost
• Want to sponsor YAPC?
• Tutorials announced: Dancer and Moose!

YAPC and “The Perl Conference”

In the late 1990’s, “The Perl Conference” was a conference hosted by O’Reilly Media on the west coast of North America. In 1999, Kevin Lenzo created the “Yet Another Perl Conference” (commonly known as YAPC) as a lower cost alternative for people on the east coast. YAPC was so successful that the “Yet Another Society” was established primarily to administer that conference. Over time, the YAS came to be known as “The Perl Foundation” and took on many more responsibilities.

During that time, “The Perl Conference” came to be known as “OSCON”. Its main focus shifted away from Perl, and started incorporating other topics of general interest to the programming community. For decades we had “OSCON” and “YAPC”, and anyone who has been within the Perl community for a long time knows the difference and what each event is. However, for people new to the Perl community, the term “YAPC” is a bit confusing.

In an effort to appear more welcoming to newcomers, starting in 2016 we will be referring to YAPC::NA as “YAPC” inside the Perl community, but will also be advertising it as “The Perl Conference.” The Perl Foundation thanks O'Reilly Media for granting us permission to use the name and notes that O'Reilly Media is not otherwise affiliated with the event in any way.

Free subscription to Linux Journal Magazine

The Yet Another Society and The Perl Foundation would like to thank Linux Journal Magazine for generously offering a 6 month subscription to all YAPC::NA::2016 attendees. To claim your subscription, you need to opt-in when you purchase your event ticket. If you have already purchased a ticket and would still like to opt-in, you only need to go back to the purchase page and check the appropriate box (http://www.yapcna.org/yn2016/purchase). If you do decide to opt-in, your contact information will be sent to Linux Journal.

Sponsor spotlight: Bluehost

The Perl Foundation is pleased to announce the return sponsorship of Bluehost!

http://www.bluehost.com/

Bluehost was founded in 2003 with one goal: to make a better hosting company. Built from the ground up on open source technology like Perl, we've since grown to become one of the world's largest providers of cloud-based online solutions. Operating beneath the Wasatch Mountains in Utah, over 700 of us are pushing boundaries to deliver the promise of the internet to more people than ever.

With Google Integration, 24/7 support, and a money back guarantee, it’s no wonder Bluehost is a top rated hosting provider. YAPC::NA is proud to have Bluehost back as a Gold Sponsor for YAPC::NA::2016!

Want to sponsor YAPC?

The best way to sponsor YAPC is through a sponsorship to The Perl Foundation. By sponsoring TPF, not only do you get recognition for your support of YAPC::NA, but you are also recognized as a sponsor of our regional Perl Workshops, our Outreach Program for Women, beginner training initiatives, and our grants programs for an entire year. It really is the way to get the most value for your sponsorship money.

The donation prospectus for The Perl Foundation may be found at http://donate.perlfoundation.org/prospectus.html.

Sponsors interested in sponsoring only YAPC should email treasurer@perlfoundation.org. We are usually able to work things out on a case by case basis depending on your needs. Often, we will pick out a particular aspect of running the conference that matches the sponsors' budget (Wi-fi, Social event, Coffee break, etc... ) and give the sponsor recognition for providing that element of the event.

Any sponsorship amount over $500 entitles the sponsor to a table at our sponsor expo and job fair. One complimentary pass to YAPC is provided for each $1,000 donated. Representatives that are only staying for the job fair do not need to have a pass.

Tutorials: Programming the web with Dancer and Introduction to Moose

Course Name: Programming the web with Dancer
Sunday, June 19th 2016 (One full day)
Cost: $75
Instructors: Sawyer X and Mickey Nasriachi

Course Name: Introduction to Moose
Thursday, June 23rd 2016 (One full day)
Cost: $175
Instructor: Dave Rolsky

We are pleased to announce that Damian Conway will be a keynote speaker at YAPC::NA::2016! His keynote address will focus on some of the less-heralded features of Perl 5 and Perl 6 which make life so much better, even for beginner Perl programmers. This will be an outstanding presentation for new and experienced programmers alike. Damian is always a highly attended speaker, so don’t miss out on this extraordinary opportunity!

This is not Damian’s first time speaking at YAPC::NA, and we are very excited that he has finally been able to return. He will also be available during much of the “hallway track,” so feel free to walk up and introduce yourself to a truly entertaining and knowledgeable Perl developer; you’ll be happy that you did!

A well-known member of the international Perl community, Damian is a three-time winner of the "Larry Wall Award for Practical Utility". A keynote speaker at many Perl and other Open Source conferences, he's also the author of the books "Object Oriented Perl" and "Perl Best Practices", and co-author of "Perl Hacks". In 2001, Damian received the first Perl Foundation Development Grant and spent 20 months working on community projects for the betterment of Perl.

He is also the author of over 70 CPAN modules, including:

• Parse::RecDescent and Regexp::Grammars (grammatical parsing tools),
• Text::Autoformat (intelligent automatic reformatting of plaintext),
• Lingua::EN::Inflexion and Lingua::EN::Grammarian (better grammar for generated English),
• Keyword-Declare (add new keywords to Perl), Dios (Perl 6 classes in Perl 5),
• Dios (Perl 6 classes in Perl 5),
• Regexp::Debugger (watch your regexes misbehaving), and
• Quantum::Superpositions (data-parallelism via a quantum mechanical metaphor),

as well as several less-serious tools:

• Acme::Bleach (programming in whitespace),
• Coy (programming in haiku), and
• Lingua::Romana::Perligata (programming in Latin).

Much of his spare time over the past 15 years has been spent assisting Larry Wall in the development of the Perl 6 programming language and producing explanatory documents and presentations exploring Larry's design decisions.

Damian holds a B.Sc. and a Ph.D. in Computer Science and between 2001 and 2010 was also an Adjunct Associate Professor with the Faculty of Information Technology, Monash University, Australia.

A widely sought-after speaker and trainer, Damian currently runs an international IT training company - Thoughtstream - that provides programmer and presenter training from beginner to masterclass level throughout Europe, North America, and Australasia.

Tutorials

In addition to his keynote talk, Damian will also be providing three tutorials during the week. An additional fee is required to attend these classes. Tickets are available now at http://www.yapcna.org.

Sunday, June 19th - Perl 6: Transparadigm Programming 101 Course price: $75

Thursday, June 23rd - Perl Programming Masterclass Course price: $175

Friday, June 24th - Presentation Aikido Course price: $100

YAPC::NA::2016 is fast approaching! There are many questions being asked, and I would like to take the time to address a few of them here.

Where is the website?

It did take us a bit longer to get off the ground than expected, but I’m happy to announce that the YAPC::NA::2016 website is up and running! (And if you are reading this post, you obviously found it.)

Where is YAPC::NA::2016 being held?

This year we’re once again staying at the DoubleTree by Hilton, Orlando Downtown. The address for that is:

DoubleTree By Hilton Orlando Downtown
60 S. Ivanhoe Boulevard
Orlando, FL 32804

Keep in mind, this is the same venue as YAPC::NA::2014

More information can be found at: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2016/location.html

Room availability:

6/17 - 6 rooms 6/18 - 48 rooms 6/19 - 165 rooms 6/20 - 165 rooms 6/21 - 160 rooms 6/22 - 130 rooms 6/23 - 30 rooms 6/24 - 10 rooms

Special conference room rate: $119.00

To make a reservation: Reservations can be made online or by calling 407-425-4455, dialing Option #1 and giving Group Name: YAPC 2016, Code: 16Y

All rooms must be booked by 5/18/16. No special rates or room availability is promised past the deadline.

Parking options: Self-parking is $17 for overnight, or $12 for the day Valet is $20 for overnight, or $17 for the day You may also park on the street, but availability is very limited

What are the ticket prices for YAPC::NA::2016?

The standard ticket rate is $250. Ticket sales will be cut off with a maximum total capacity of 450 people. We did sell out last year, so we recommend buying your ticket early! The ticket rate increases the closer to YAPC we get, so BUY EARLY! Tickets will be available for purchase on March 1st. The standard ticket rate of $250 only lasts until June 4th.

Beginning June 5th, the rate increases to $350. If ticket sales prior to June 5th hit capacity, no additional tickets will be offered. WHEN THEY’RE GONE, THEY’RE GONE! If there are any tickets remaining on June 5th, the total capacity may be reduced in addition to the rate rising to $350 per ticket. Please don’t wait to buy your ticket!

Free or discounted passes will be available on a limited basis to the following categories of individuals:

• Speakers
• Students
• Active or retired military
• Volunteers
• Press
• Exhibitors

More information regarding these discounts will be available on the website on March 1st.

Will the talks be Live Streamed this year?

This was a difficult decision for us. We know that many aren’t able to attend YAPC::NA but still want to see the talks. We love being able to help serve those members of our community as well as to promote our awesome language. We do not, however, want to do those things to the detriment of those who went to great expense to attend the conference in person. So, unlike recent years, we will not be live streaming all talks to our YouTube channel.

A selection of talks may be streamed live, but which talks those are will not be decided until much closer to the event. Many of the remaining talks will be made available at a later point after the conclusion of YAPC, and some talks will not be streamed at all. The best way to enjoy everything YAPC has to offer is really to be in Orlando, FL during the week of June 19th.

Can I give a talk at YAPC::NA::2016?

Quite possibly, but you’ll need to hurry!

The YAPC::NA::2016 Call for Speakers was released February 8th, with submissions being accepted until March 1st.

To submit a proposal for a talk/presentation, please register your proposed title and an abstract to the YAPC::NA site at http://www.yapcna.org/yn2016/newtalk. Submissions are due before midnight (23:59 EST) on March 1st 2016. Speakers will be notified by the 16th of March. If your proposal is accepted you will be expected to confirm within 48 hours of your notification that you, in fact, will give the talk. If you do not confirm in the given time frame we may, at our discretion, assign your slot to another proposal.

The Call for Master Classes was released February 10th, with submissions being accepted until all, limited, spaces are filled. We expect to announce some of those classes in the first week of March.

Are you an experienced Perl instructor who would like to offer a course at YAPC::NA this year in Orlando? We want to offer the Perl community a selection of courses and tutorials before and after the conference. Master Classes can be a half day (3 hours), full day (6 hours) or 2 days in length and will run on Sunday 19th, Thursday 23rd, or Friday 24th of June.

Thank you all for your continued patience with this process. We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!

I have more questions!

Send any questions about YAPC to admin@yapcna.org. Somebody on our organizing team will be happy to get back to you.

Are you an experienced Perl instructor who would like to offer a course at YAPC:NA this year in Orlando? We want to offer the Perl community a selection of courses and tutorials before and after the conference. Master Classes can be a half day (3 hours), full day (6 hours) or 2 days in length and will run on Sunday 19th, Thursday 23rd, or Friday 24th of June.

To submit your proposal please send the following information to talks@yapcna.org

• Class Title
• Names of Speakers
• Speaker Biography
• Abstract
• Class Description, including:
• the course's length
• the intended audience
• any prerequisites or expected level of knowledge
• any supplies you will be providing to students
• any supplies you expect students to bring
• a short course outline
• maximum class size
• The dates on which you would be willing to give your course (June 19th, 23rd, or 24th)
• A list of requirements for the venue (A/V, Internet, etc.)
• Cost of the Class, per student (please keep in mind YAPC will also need to add an administrative fee to this initial cost)

Please bear in mind that it is our goal to keep the cost of these classes down for students as this is a low cost conference.

Submit your talks here.

The YAPC::NA::2016 call for speakers is now open! The Yet Another Perl Conference is a high-quality, inexpensive technical conference that celebrates the Perl programming language. The conference is accessible to everyone, regardless of experience, yet it remains valuable to the most skilled programmers. Each year the conference attracts hundreds of programmers from around the world, including luminaries such as Larry Wall, Ricardo Signes, and Damian Conway. We hope you will consider applying to present at this exciting event!

YAPC::NA::2016 will be held in Orlando, Florida June 20th-22nd, 2016.

We expect to have approximately one hundred (100) sessions across four (4) tracks with over four hundred (400) attendees. In addition, there will be professional tutorials and hackathons in the days prior to, and following, the main conference.

We are interested in hearing talks on a wide variety of subjects. This includes both Perl 5 and Perl 6, as well as other topics that may be of general interest to Perl programmers. Please review the talk schedules from previous years (e.g., 2015: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2015/schedule or 2014: http://www.yapcna.org/yn2014/schedule) to get an idea of the type and breadth of talks we accept.

We will be accepting proposals for the following session types:

• Short Talks (20 minutes)
• Standard Talks (50 minutes)
• Tutorial Session (80 or 110 minutes)

To submit a proposal for a talk/presentation, please register your proposed title and an abstract to the YAPC::NA site at http://www.yapcna.org/yn2016/newtalk. Submissions are due before midnight (23:59 EST) on March 1st 2016. Speakers will be notified by the 16th of March. If your proposal is accepted you will be expected to confirm within 48 hours of your notification that you, in fact, will give the talk. If you do not confirm in the given time frame we may, at our discretion, assign your slot to another proposal.

Please include the following with your abstract(s):

• A little information about yourself (and possibly an link to an image of your choosing - preferably of yourself - that we may use to promote your talk).
• The expected minimum level of knowledge of your target audience (Beginner (2 years or less experience), Intermediate (3 to 5 years experience), Advanced (5+ years experience))
• An indication of the length of the presentation.
• Details of any requirements you might have for doing your presentation. We will try to accommodate your request. Projectors and internet connection will be available for all talks.

We will be recording presentations. If you do not want your presentation recorded please let us know in advance.

We cannot offer much for your talk*, except:

• Free admittance
• A chance to meet a lot of smart, fun Perl people
• The great love that being a speaker receives from said smart, fun Perl people

*Free admittance reserved for Short Talk, Standard Talk, and Tutorial Session speakers only.

If you have any special requests which have to do with fee and payment please contact us at talks@yapcna.org.

Lightning Talks

Due to their impromptu nature, the call for Lightning Talks will open at a later time. You may submit Lightning Talks at this time, but there is no guarantee of notification on their acceptance.

Thank you! We hope you will participate either as a speaker or as an attendee. If you have any questions at all, please do not hesitate to contact us at talks@yapcna.org.