About the Gathering
Welcome - you've found the information hub for the Gleam Gathering 2026.
Thank you so much to everyone who took the time to register their interest in the Gathering. The feedback we got was insightful and honest, and we will listen to it as much as possible going forward with the event. And due to the volume of responses, we can confirm that GLEAM GATHERING 2026 IS A GO! We will be gathering on Saturday 21 February 2026 in Bristol, UK! We are truly honoured to announce our first keynote speaker: Louis Pilfold The interest forms made it clear that a key attraction would be seeing the main Gleamlin in person and he has kindly agreed to join us.
Speakers & Pannelists
Louis Pilfold
Creator of the Gleam Language
Hello! I’m Louis, the creator of the Gleam programming language, a friendly language for building type-safe systems that scale! It runs on the Erlang virtual machine, as well as on JavaScript runtimes. Most importantly, it has a lovely and vibrant community, so come say hi!
Giacomo Cavalieri
Gleam Core Team
Giacomo is a software developer and a functional programming enthusiast. Upon discovering Gleam he couldn’t help but fall in love with the language and its friendly community. He’s now a member of Gleam’s core team and an active contributor to its compiler’s development.
Hayleigh Thompson
Gleam Core Team
Hayleigh is the author of Lustre, Gleam’s most popular frontend Web framework as well as an ecosystem of packages that support it. She is an experienced Web developer and Elm engineer. More recently, Hayleigh has spent the last few years acting as a developer evangelist; spreading the good word about types, the BEAM, and Gleam to anyone with the patience to listen to her.
Surya Rose
Gleam Core Team
Hi, I'm Surya, a software developer who loves programming languages, compilers, and other interesting programming problems. I started writing code for the Gleam compiler well before using Gleam; I've been working on Gleam for over a year now, and I love every minute of it!
Venue
We are really excited to be hosting GG26 at Origin Workspace in the heart of Bristol. A co-working space during the week, Origin was built to encourage innovation and community.
How do I get there?
Bristol is a really well connected city, with lots of opportunities to use public transport.
- Bus - there are National Express buses from London to the heart of Bristol
- Planes - Bristol Airport receives international flights and has great connections to the city
- Train - Bristol Temple Mead is the main train station - Origin is about a 30min walk from there. There's
also a frequent local bus service between the station and the part of town Origin is in.
- If taking the train anyone 30 years old or younger may be able to save 1/3 off a ticket price using a railcard. Please check the full details for your situation/train.
If you need any further information, please do check the Origin Workspace website for more details:
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We are also keeping this first meet relatively small, so numbers are limited - our venue maxes out at 100.
🎤 Call for talks
We’re now accepting talk proposals for Gleam Gathering 2026. Whether you’re an experienced speaker or new to presenting, we want to hear your ideas. This is your chance to contribute to the community, share knowledge, and inspire others. Gleam welcomes everyone and we want to ensure this is continued in the GG26.
As this is a dedicated Gleam conference, we are targeting more technical, advanced talks. However, we want everyone to feel included, whether you're an old hand with Gleam or a newcomer. We will ensure that we have a section in the agenda for lightning talks, so if you think your talk would be better suited to that structure, you'll have the opportunity to sign up on the day.
What We’re Looking For
We welcome talks that are:
- Are about Gleam. For our first Gathering, we want to be as heavily focused on Gleam as possible.
- About Gleam in production – what’s working, what’s not, what have you discovered?
- Using Gleam to solve real world problems
- Pushing the use of Gleam to the extreme – what novel approaches have you taken?
Formats accepted:
Talks of either:
- 30mins (20-25 min presentation with 5-10 min Q&A session)
- 45mins (30-35 min presentation with 10-15 min Q&A session)
Organisers' Responsibilities
We’re committed to supporting every speaker who submits a proposal. Here’s what you can expect from us:
- Fair Review Process: All submissions will be reviewed by an anonymous committee of experienced speakers and Gleam users.
- Clear Communication: You’ll hear back from us whether your talk is accepted or not.
- Respect for Your Work: Your content remains your intellectual property. However, if you are selected as a speaker, we will be recording all sessions and making them available after the event.
Key Details
- Submissions open: August 01 2025
- Deadline for submissions: Midnight UK time, 30 September 2025
- Notifications sent: 01 November 2025
- Event date: Saturday 21 February 2026
- Can I submit more than one talk? Absolutely.
- Should I buy a ticket if I submit a talk? Yes, all accepted speakers will be refunded the full ticket price. However it is helpful to have your place booked in the case your talk is not accepted and you still wish to attend?
Submit your talk proposal
Meet the organiser
Better known as Crowdhailer online, I've been coding for over a decade. As an early contributor to Gleam, I've always been excited about the possibilities that Gleam offered to the coding community and I'm thrilled to be able to organise this event for the first time. When I am not using Gleam in production, I'm working on my own language, EYG. Can't wait to see you all in Bristol.
Sponsorship opportunities
Bringing the community together is central to this event, and we would like to extend this to any potential sponsors for the event. If your organisation, or an organisation you know of, would be interested in sponsoring GG26, then please do drop us a line at gleamgathering2026@gmail.com.