Emberfest is the European Community Ember Conference. If you’re looking for updates on the latest and greatest in Ember and Glimmer this is the place to be. EmberFest is also a great opportunity to get in touch with the European Ember Community (and friends from abroad) and hiring Ember talent.
Thursday, September 17
Times are local to Prague (CEST)
| 09:00—10:00 | Doors open & Breakfast |
| 10:00—10:30 | Opening Keynote – Edward Faulkner |
| 10:45—11:15 | Modernizing the Ember Router: How to swap the steering wheel while driving – Nick Schot |
| 11:30—12:00 | Hamster in Harness – Marco Otte-Witte |
| 12:00—13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30—14:00 | 4,207 Days of Uptime: Evolving an Ember App Without a Rewrite – Michal Bryxi |
| 14:15—14:45 | Both Sides of the Table: What Tech Interviews Should Actually Look Like – Luis Lorente |
| 15:00—15:30 | To be announced – Melanie Sumner |
| 15:30—16:00 | Snack break |
| 16:00—16:30 | Agent-assisted Coding with Ember at Enterprise Scale – Kevin Pfefferle |
| 16:45—17:15 | Workshopping Ember with Storybook – Thomas Gossmann |
Friday, September 18
Times are local to Prague (CEST)
| 09:00—10:00 | Doors open & Breakfast |
| 10:00—10:30 | To be announced – Chris Thoburn (aka. runspired) |
| 10:45—11:15 | Guardrails by Design: Frontend Reliability in an Agentic World – David McNamara |
| 11:30—12:00 | Background Scripts and Foreground Hamsters – Karel Bousson |
| 12:00—13:30 | Lunch |
| 13:30—14:00 | Peering Into the Void: the Joys and Perils of Dependency Resolution – Arne Bertrand |
| 14:15—14:45 | To be announced – Preston Sego (aka. nullvoxpopuli) |
| 15:00—15:30 | We’re in the Vite future… now what? – Chris Manson |
| 15:30—16:00 | Snack break |
| 16:00—16:30 | Lightning Talks |
| 16:45—17:15 | Closing Keynote: Future of front-end – Tomek Nieżurawski |
| 17:30—23:00 | Party at the venue 🎉 |
This year’s EmberFest will take place at the Kino Přitomnost located in Prague, Czechia. It features an auditorium-style setup with high-quality projection and sound, making it ideal for talks and presentations. The venue includes comfortable seating and an on-site café-bar, with easy access via public transport.
