Winter 2026
PERL COMMUNITY CONFERENCE · WINTER 2026
Celebrate Perl’s birthday
with the Perl community.
December 17–18, 2026 · Austin, Texas and online.
Conference times use US Central time (America/Chicago).
Two days dedicated to Perl 5: practical projects, developer tools, lightning talks, and scientific research. Join us in person, live remotely, or with a prerecorded presentation.
Registration is open. Speakers with approved talks receive a free ticket to the whole conference.
Register for Winter 2026 before submitting your talk.
Your Perl experience belongs here.
Bring a project, a useful technique, research, or lessons from work others have not seen. First-time and experienced speakers are welcome. Choose a lightning, medium, or full talk.
We accept every talk submission about Perl 5.
Science track talks and DOIs. The Science track is for talks accompanying papers submitted or intended for submission to the Science Perl Journal. We assign their published talk videos a DOI (digital object identifier) at no charge to the speaker. A Science talk with no paper and no planned SPJ submission may be accepted as a one-time exception per speaker, including one free DOI for its published video. Read the speaker and DOI policy.
The program includes General Perl and Science Perl / Science Perl Journal tracks. Journal papers follow their own submission and review process.
We will publish the program as talks are scheduled. Browse presentations and follow conference news.
Explore past talks, our principles, and the Science Perl Journal.