With a fast growing start-up and tech scene, what does Hamburg have to offer developers? Well: A lot apparently! This list covers the most exciting developer conferences in Hamburg, as well as some pretty interesting meetups, seminars and smaller events. Ranging from UX to Python to more political matters such as diversity in Tech - There should be something to satisfy the needs of the most discerning hacker-heart.

Women Techmakers Hamburg Workshop & Lecture

Date: June 15th

Topics: Various Developer Topics

Language: English

Tickets: FREE

Women Techmakers is Google’s brand and global program for women in technology, providing visibility, community, and resources for women in technology to drive innovation and participation in the field. Women Techmakers events are designed to promote an environment of inclusivity for women in technology, as well as celebrate women leading the industry, advancing, growing, and celebrating women developers, designers, and technology entrepreneurs.

Javascript Meet-Up

Date: June 15th

Topics: Javascript

Language: English

Tickets: FREE

Run by our friends at Ubilabs this event is being held at Xing, this time focusing on functional programming, Javascript AST, HTTPS deployment and security. These events have a very positive reputation, and it’s a fantastic opportunity to take part in amazing talks by brilliant people plus there will be drinks and some time to discuss what’s happening in the JavaScript ecosystem.

ContainerDays

Date: June 27th - 28th

Topics: Containers, Docker & Microservices

Language: English

Tickets: €42 per Workshop; €335 Conference Day

Launching its first edition on 27 & 28 June 2016, ContainerDays provide the European container community with the necessary platform to share and promote ideas.. The eventoffers numerous workshops focusing on the practical use of container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes and Mesosphere, big Docker Meetup and ContainerDays’s first container conference in mainland Europe.

UX Camp Hamburg

Date: August 15th

Topics: User Design & Psychology, Rapid Prototyping and Lean User Testing

Language: English

Tickets: FREE

Barcamp is an ad-hoc unconference born from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. It is an intense event with discussions, demos and interaction from attendees. Anyone with something to contribute or with the desire to learn is welcome and invited to join.

Python Unconference

Date: September 9th - 11th

Topics: Python

Language: German & English

Tickets: FREE

Driven by the attendees, the audience actively participates in the unconference by proposing topics, holding presentations and by choosing which topics shall be presented. With well over 200 Python developers from Hamburg and around the world, participants range from novices to proven experts in fields such as mathematics, data science, systems administration and DevOps, as well as web engineering and Python core development.

• Friday will be filled with workshops, tutorials and sprints while the unconference takes place on Saturday and Sunday.

Code Talks

Date: September 29th - 30th

Topics: Web Development

Language: German

Tickets: €49 reduced (early bird); €249+ standard (early bird)

Celebrating its 5th birthday, Code Talks is having the biggest reunion in the developer scene expecting to beat last year’s whopping number of 1500 attendees. With more than 100 different talks on more than 13 different topics, Code Talks covers everything from Web Development to Popcorn, Nachos and Code - not to mention the incredible networking aspect including “Community Corner” and the legendary Afterwork Party.

Virtual Weekend

Date: October - Specific date yet to be announced

Topics: Hackathon

Language: English

Tickets: FREE

VirtualWeekend is the first VR-Hackathon in the beautiful city of Hamburg, encouraging anyone who is interested in VR (and similar…) to participate in this awesome event. Programmers, designers, artists, producers, and much more will gather in order to create new ideas, real business solutions, and games using VR gadgets & software. The attendees are going to form teams in which they will solve pre-made problems or develop own ideas they pitch before to the crowd.

React Meet-Up

Date: November 11th

Topics: Javascript - React

Language: English

Tickets: FREE

Co-hosted by Hamburg React.js and Smaato Inc. this his is a meetup to discuss and help each other with React.js, React Native, Flux and all things associated. Everyone from the mildly curious to React core committers are absolutely welcome! Topics include: Pimp your Redux app with RxJS, Frontend Components the npm(-ish) way and Review of Reactive 2015.

Der Chaos Communication Congress

Date: December 27th - 30th

Topics: Various Developer Topics

Language: German & English

Tickets: To be confirmed…

The Chaos Communication Congress is an annual conference organized by the Chaos Computer Club, which has been taking place regularly on the last few days of the year since 1984, and is considered one of the largest events of it’s kind, with more than 13,000 attendees. The congress features a variety of lectures and workshops on technical and political issues related to Security, Cryptography, Privacy and online Freedom of Speech, making it the top priority amongst many developers - and you shouldn’t miss it for the world!