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Nerves Conf May 9
GCE Training May 9
GCE Conference May 10-11
The Edney Innovation Center
Chattanooga, TN

NervesConf and GigCityElixir (GCE) are back to back in Chattanooga in 2024!

Beginner, hobbyist, or if you use Elixir in your day job, you will find talks here that change the way you look at code.

See you in Chattanooga!

Our Speakers

Amos King

Andrea Leopardi "The World is a Network (and We are Just Nodes)"

Andrew Ek "An Opinionated Approach for Onboarding New-to-Elixir Developers"

Anna Sherman "The Joy of Functional Coding: Exploring Functional Programming through the Lens of Bob Ross"

Bruce Tate "An Expedition into Elixir ML"

Bryan Hunter

Chris Nelson "LiveState: LiveView re-imagined"

Chris Miller "How to Move Fast and Build Things: Spawnfest 2023 Recap"

Chris Keathley

Flora Shepherd Petterson "The Programming Languages Tour, Elixir’s Version"

Brian Cardarella "LiveView Native"

Lars Wikman "Simplicity"

Frank Hunleth "Nerves Update"

Josh Price "Ash 3.0: The Fast Track to Full Stack"

Lekha Surasani "Tales of Using Phoenix LiveView at an Early Stage Startup"

Randall Thomas

Ruth Kohtz Ek "Effective Teaching and Training Practices for Software Developers"

Sam McDavid "ML for Trading Stocks"

Savannah Manning "An Expedition into Elixir ML"

Stuart Page "Stupid, Awesome AI! Product Development When the Tech Is Changing Daily"

Todd Resudek "The Robots Won"

Zach Daniel "The Story of a Function"

Schedule

#day 1 #day 2

Friday, May 10th
8:00 - 8:45	Breakfast and Registration
8:45 - 9:00	Welcome
9:00 - 9:45	Randall Thomas
9:50 - 10:20	Brian Cardarella : "LiveView Native"
10:20 - 10:50	Break
10:50 - 11:20	Lekha Surisani : "Tales of Using Phoenix LiveView at an Early Stage Startup"
11:25 - 11:30	Platinum Sponsor Talk - HCA
11:30 - 12:00	Andrew Ek : "An Opinionated Approach for Onboarding New-to-Elixir Developers"
12:00 - 12:30	Flora Petterson : "The Programming Languages Tour, Elixir’s Version"
12:30 - 1:40	Lunch
1:40 - 2:30	Beam Radio Recording and Groxio sponsor 5 min
2:30 - 3:00	Frank Hunleth : "Nerves Update"
3:00 - 3:30	Anna Sherman : "The Joy of Functional Coding: Exploring Functional Programming through the Lens of Bob Ross"
3:30 - 4:00	Stuart Page : "Stupid, Awesome AI! Product Development When the Tech Is Changing Daily"
4:00 - 4:15	Break
4:15 - 4:45	Zach Daniel "The Story of a Function"
4:45 - 5:15	Andrea Leopardi "The World is a Network (and We are Just Nodes)"
	Announcements - dinner info - need ticket, get one before you leave!
6:00 - 10:00	Dinner - The Moxy 1220 King St Chattanooga, TN 37403
Saturday, May 11th
8:00 - 8:45	Breakfast
8:45 - 9:00	Announcements and Welcome
9:00 - 9:45	Bryan Hunter
9:50 - 10:20	Chris Miller : "How to Move Fast and Build Things: Spawnfest 2023 Recap"
10:20 - 10:50	Break
10:50 - 11:20	Todd Resudek : "The Robots Won"
11:25 - 11:30	Buffer
11:30 - 12:00	Savannah Manning and Bruce Tate : "An Expedition into Elixir ML"
12:00 - 12:30	Amos King
12:30 - 1:40	Lunch
1:40 - 2:10	Sam McDavid : "ML for Trading Stocks in Elixir"
2:15 - 2:45	Chris Nelson : "LiveState: LiveView re-imagined"
2:45 - 3:00	Break
3:00 - 3:30	Chris Keathley :
3:45 - 4:30	Lars Wikman : "Simplicity"
4:30	Wrap!

Training:

Training Info for our two offerings

Effective Teaching and Training Practices for Software Developers Andrew Ek and Ruth Kohtz Ek
Ash 3.0: The Fast Track to Full Stack Josh Price and Zach Daniel

See the full training description here

Our Sponsors

This conference brought to you in part by these fine folks

Platinum

Lanyard

Gold

We build transformative solutions for the world’s most ambitious companies. By providing user-focused consultancy, high tech capabilities and connection to diverse communities.

Redwire Labs specializes in creating connected products with Elixir and Nerves. Whether you are launching a new IoT device or retrofitting an existing one, we develop and execute a strategy that sets you up for success.

WyeWorks is a team of expert consultants with 15+ years building software people love and enabling companies to succeed, by crafting high quality solutions using Elixir. We are the partner you can trust, and we'll help you build the right thing right. Let’s build the next big thing together!

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Organization

Grox.io, led by Bruce Tate, author of ‘Seven Languages in Seven Weeks,’ is proud to organize Gig City Elixir 2024. We specialize in Elixir and functional programming, offering a range of educational services from video courses on topics like Elixir, OTP, and LiveView, to interactive Zoom training. Our expertise also extends to corporate training and CTO services, emphasizing development, team building, and process improvement. Join us as we unite the Elixir community to share knowledge, innovation, and connections.

Accomodations

Book your group rate for GIG CITY 2024 #ATTHEMOXY

We're excited to announce the Moxy as the hotel partner for GigCityElixir. This great new boutique hotel offers an unforgettable experience, from the check in experience with a signature cocktail to one of the most unique meeting areas in the city. In the midst of the exciting Southside, the hotel is a few minutes walk from the conference venue (or a quick shuttle ride), and also right on top of the landmark Chattanooga Choo Choo Hotel. It also is a few minutes walk from the finest restaurants in the city, live music, and more.

Book a Room at the Moxy

MOXY Chattanooga Downtown
1220 King Street
Chattanooga, Tennessee 37403