# Where will be JuliaCon 2025?

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656
**Category:** JuliaCon
**Created:** [July 5, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656 "2024-07-05T11:19:30Z")
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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 11:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/1 "2024-07-05T11:19:30Z")

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Just out of curiosity, is the location for JuliaCon 2025 already been defined?

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/2 "2024-07-05T11:21:14Z")

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I don’t know. Where do you think it should be?

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### Author: ![sylvaticus](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sylvaticus/32/203883_2.png) [@sylvaticus](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sylvaticus)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 12:02pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/3 "2024-07-05T12:02:17Z")

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So, it hasn’t yet been decided ?  
Well, these are the locations of past events:  
2014: MIT  
2015: MIT  
2016: MIT  
2017: Berkeley, California  
2018: London  
2019: Baltimore  
2020 - 2022: Online  
2023: Cambridge, Massachusetts  
2024: Eindhoven, Netherlands

I guess that **if** there is a substantial Julia community and a proactive local organizational committee it could be done somewhere it has never been, like south America (Brasil?) or Asia (India?)  
Otherwise more traditional locations as US (MIT?.. it’s a while…), France (Paris?), Germany …

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### Author: ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 1:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/4 "2024-07-05T13:17:12Z")

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While it is fine to brainstorm about this, the difficulty isn’t so much coming up with interesting countries but finding an appropriate venue (with enough and also big enough rooms) and locals who are willing to organize JuliaCon, which is a lot of work!

(Fwiw, personally, I’d love to see it in India at some point “again”.)

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### Author: ![jishnub](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jishnub/32/33620_2.png) [@jishnub](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jishnub)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 1:38pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/5 "2024-07-05T13:38:13Z")

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> [@carstenbauer](#):
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> at some point “again”

Was it in India at some point?

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### Author: ![xiaoxi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9adbd/32.png) [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/6 "2024-07-05T13:50:03Z")

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> [@sylvaticus](#):
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> I guess that **if** there is a substantial Julia community and a proactive local organizational committee it could be done somewhere it has never been, like south America (Brasil?) or Asia (India?)

I wonder if it wouldn’t be better for strong Julia communities aspiring to host JuliaCon to start with regional JuliaCons. It would provide the organizers with more experience and they would host an event more often.

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 5:58pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/7 "2024-07-05T17:58:41Z")

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> [@sylvaticus](#):
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> 2014: MIT

The first JuliaCon was held at the Gleacher Center of the University of Chicago.

> **[JuliaCon](https://juliacon.org/2014/)**
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> JuliaCon 2014: June 26-27, Chicago, IL.

I do not know why they striked the text to announce the location of JuliaCon 2015 at MIT.

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### Author: ![giordano](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/giordano/32/2166_2.png) [@giordano](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/giordano)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 6:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/8 "2024-07-05T18:41:14Z")

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There was an “unofficial” one in 2015: [https://juliacon.in/](https://juliacon.in/)

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 6:43pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/9 "2024-07-05T18:43:51Z")

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My opinion is that we need more JuliaCon Locals more than anything.

How did JuliaCon Global end up in Eindhoven this year?

1. Matthjis Cox posts on LinkedIn that perhaps we should have a JuliaCon Eindhoven after a local meetup:  
[Matthijs Cox on LinkedIn: #julialanguage | 21 comments](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7054376101275414529)

2. Local organizers put together a JuliaCon Local in Eindhoven:  
[JuliaCon Local Eindhoven 2023](https://juliacon.org/local/eindhoven2023/)

3. The global organizing committee selects Eindhoven.

If you want JuliaCon to come to you, start organizing locally.

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### Author: ![xiaoxi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9adbd/32.png) [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/10 "2024-07-05T20:03:14Z")

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> [@mkitti](#):
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> My opinion is that we need more JuliaCon Locals more than anything.

It would be very helpful if the Julia website had information on how to organize a local JuliaCon. Experience from previous events could be very valuable.

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### Author: ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/11 "2024-07-05T21:49:06Z")

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Well, in 2020, we had arranged for the conference to be held in person here in Lisbon. Then, a nasty intruder forced the conference to be online. If people want a second go here in Lisbon, we will set up a local committee to organize JuliaCon 2025. Facilities are good (at Instituto Universitário de Lisboa and free of charge) in the city’s center, and we are glad to help.

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### Author: ![ranjan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ranjan/32/4832_2.png) [@ranjan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ranjan)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2024, 1:01am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/12 "2024-07-06T01:01:26Z")

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Please find [this new related thread](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/call-for-hosts-for-juliacon-2025/116686) with the call for hosts. @VivMendes please do email us or find the organizers at JuliaCon 2024 (if you will be there) to make Lisbon available for consideration.

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### Author: ![carstenbauer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/carstenbauer/32/4981_2.png) [@carstenbauer](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/carstenbauer)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2024, 5:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/13 "2024-07-06T05:52:52Z")

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Indeed, it was such a pity that Lisbon fell flat. I had already booked my hotel and was looking forward to it so much. Would love to see it there at some point!

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### Author: ![rayegun](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/rayegun/32/26729_2.png) [@rayegun](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/rayegun)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2024, 12:50pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/14 "2024-07-07T12:50:04Z")

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Please note of course that Lisbon would probably be a preferred location for 2026, since we are trying to swap between continents ~every year (Americas → Europe -\>Americas).

However this isn’t set in stone and we are very open to other continents and locations. We are also very keen for local committees to form and organize JuliaCon Locals. We will probably release more info on this soon.

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### Author: ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/15 "2024-07-07T19:48:52Z")

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Hi @ranjan, @rayegun,

Moving JuliaCon from one continent to another seems balanced and fair.

As far as Lisbon is concerned, I was trying to be helpful by making the place available. But possibly, I was misunderstood. I am not pushing to bring JuliaCon to Lisbon and my institution. And we do not feel comfortable entering a contest to see whether my university (whose generosity will provide good conference rooms at no charge), Lisbon, and ourselves look suitable for the conference. If the organizing committee considers Lisbon OK to accommodate JuliaCon, we will gladly and committedly provide local support. If another location is chosen, we take that as a perfectly normal situation.

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### Author: ![xiaoxi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/a9adbd/32.png) [@xiaoxi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/xiaoxi)
#### Post date: [July 7, 2024, 9:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/16 "2024-07-07T21:11:59Z")

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Would it make sense in 2025 or 2026 to split JuliaCon into at least two: JuliaCon North America and JuliaCon Europe? The Julia communities in those regions seem strong enough to host an annual event.

In the future, similarly, there could be JuliaCon Asia or JuliaCon South America.

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### Author: ![mkitti](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/mkitti/32/12459_2.png) [@mkitti](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/mkitti)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2024, 1:19am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/17 "2024-07-08T01:19:45Z")

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@VivMendes How many people do you think we could accommodate there in Lisbon?

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### Author: ![VivMendes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/vivmendes/32/16477_2.png) [@VivMendes](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/VivMendes)
#### Post date: [July 8, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/where-will-be-juliacon-2025/116656/18 "2024-07-08T11:23:22Z")

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@mkitti,

It is too early to consider any arrangement for 2026, particularly the institution, because new constraints or regulations may arise. I expect the current policy will remain the same (academic and nonprofit conferences may use the campus facilities free of charge), but we never know what the future may bring.

The number of attendees we can accommodate in our facilities depends on what the organizing committee wants to do. If the option is to hold, let’s say, 8-15 parallel sessions using only auditoriums, around 2,400 people can be accommodated.

- 1 auditorium 550 seats [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iscteiul/4807854199)
- 1 audit. 300 seats [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iscteiul/49673473397/in/photostream/)
- 4 audit. 200 seats each [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iscteiul/49676341171/in/photostream/)
- 3 audit 100 seats each [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iscteiul/14516672383/in/photostream/)
- 6 audit 80 seats each [here](https://www.flickr.com/photos/iscteiul/49679565677/in/photostream/)

If the number of parallel sessions increases, regular classrooms (plenty of these with 70, 60, and 50 seats) or older auditoriums (3) may be used. In this case, the number of attendees that can be accommodated would be much larger than above.
