ElixirConf UY 2022 is over, see you next time!

Elixir is quickly becoming one of the favorite programming languages out there, and we brought its magic to Uruguay for the first time ever!

Workshop
Speakers
World Trade Center Montevideo
WTC, Montevideo UY

Meet experts and specialists

  • José Valim

    Creator of Elixir
    Chief Adoption Officer at Dashbit
  • Andrea Leopardi

    Elixir Core team member
    Developer Advocate, Engineer at Apple
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    Alberto Pardo

    Full Professor at Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Uruguay

    Alberto coordina el Grupo de Métodos Formales en Facultad de Ingeniería. Obtuvo su PhD en la Darmstadt University of Technology de Alemania.

  • Ignacio Aguirrezabal photo

    Ignacio Aguirrezabal

    Software Engineer at WyeWorks

    Software developer from Uruguay. He fell in love with the declarative approach of functional programming. Since then, he's been trying to learn as much of Elixir as possible.

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    Lau Taarnskov

    Creator of the tzdata and Calendar Elixir libraries and Software Developer at The RealReal

    Seasoned developer with more than 20 years of experience. He started the first Elixir meetup in Uruguay. He also developed the `tzdata` library and types for handling date, time, and time zones in Elixir.

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    Todd Resudek

    Software Engineer at Jackpocket

    Todd is a reformed graphic designer that got his start in web development 15 years ago. He is a member of the Hex core team and in his spare time tinkers with hardware projects.

  • Yuri Oliveira photo

    Yuri Oliveira

    Software Engineer at Savi Solutions

    Software Engineer with 6 years of professional experience, having worked on the rails management and loss prevention industries with IoT and Web development

  • Marcos Viera photo

    Marcos Viera

    Assistant Professor and Reseacher at Facultad de Ingeniería, Universidad de la República, Uruguay.

    Marcos es también investigador del PEDECIBA y el Sistema Nacional de Investigadores, en Uruguay. Obtuvo su PhD en Computer Science en la Utrecht University, Paises Bajos.

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    Elaine Watanabe

    Software Developer at The RealReal

    Software Developer since 2008. M.Sc. in Computer Science, B.Sc. in Computer Engineering. +20 talks about Ruby, Elixir, code design, and code review in tech conferences. Rails Girl SP mentor. Elixir Lab Co-host. Coffee lover. Former taiko drummer.

  • Kevin Expósito photo

    Kevin Expósito

    Software Developer at Mimiquate

    Desarrollador full stack en Mimiquate y estudiante de Ingeniería en Computación. Se considera una persona autodidacta, con gusto por la enseñanza y fanático de Vim.

  • Marcelo Domínguez photo

    Marcelo Domínguez

    Co-Founder at Mimiquate

    Marcelo has more than 10 years of experience in Web development. He is an eager learner, passionate about tech and sports fan. Once a Ruby developer, he transitioned to Elixir and never looked back.

  • Jorge Bejar photo

    Jorge Bejar

    CTO at WyeWorks

    Jorge is a seasoned web developer with more than 15 years of experience. Primarily interested in Ruby & Elixir ecosystems. He lives with his wife and two children in Montevideo and enjoys having fun with his family and friends, reading, and watching soccer on TV.

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    Meet our sponsors

    We're excited to have you onboard! Your sponsorship directly helps us keep our conference accessible and affordable for everyone.

        • The RealReal

          The RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, resale luxury goods, with more than 28 million members. As a sustainable company, we give new life to pieces by thousands of brands across numerous categories—including women's and men's fashion, fine jewelry and watches, art and home—in support of the circular economy. We do all of the work for consignors, including authenticating, using AI and machine learning to determine optimal pricing, photographing and listing their items, as well as handling shipping and customer service. At our 19 retail locations, including our 16 shoppable stores, customers can sell, meet with our experts and receive free valuations.

          The RealReal is a heavy user of Elixir. We're always looking for passionate technologists who are interested in being on the leading edge of both tech and sustainability! We're a remote-first technology team, with our engineers distributed all across North and South America.

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        • Mimiquate

          Mimiquate is a staff augmentation company focused on providing top notch software development services. We’ve been creating solutions and materializing ideas of all shapes and sizes since 2016 using cutting-edge technologies such as Elixir/Phoenix, ReactJS, EmberJS and Ruby on Rails.

          Our team is made up of highly talented developers who are extremely passionate about what they do and take pride in delivering high-quality code and continuously grow as professionals. Not only are they great at what they do, they are also stand-up human beings who never hesitate to show a positive attitude and disposition when facing even the most demanding of tasks.

          We are always looking for new challenges and opportunities to broaden our ways of thinking and get to know different kinds of realities. With this in mind, we have worked hand in hand with a wide variety of companies raging from sport betting to cowork scheduling services with outstanding results. We have experience both building ideas from the ground as well as boosting others that needed some extra support to thrive. Do not hesitate to drop us a line if you are looking to create a first-class app and need a team to make your ideas a reality.

          We are proud of the team we have built and make it a priority to help each member reach their full potential and fulfill their professional goals. We know their worth and take all the necessary steps for them to feel valued and supported in everything they do. If you are interested in joining this talented team and think you would be a good fit, get in touch!

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        • Fairing

          Fairing is a utility provider for consumer insights. Our product+platform generates and automates millions of survey responses for thousands of Ecommerce brands, so they can build better customer relationships and stop renting their audiences from third parties. We’re an engineering-led and highly iterative organization; we hire on merit and give you a seat at the table from day one. We leverage the power of Elixir and OTP to build out a reliable, well-tested platform so our engineers can operate with a real sense of autonomy backed by shared accountability.

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