September 18–19, 2025, Brussels

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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.

Brussels postcard

Speakers

  • Edward Faulkner
    Edward Faulkner
    Website Bluesky
  • Melanie Sumner
    Melanie Sumner
    Website Bluesky
  • Chris Thoburn
    Chris Thoburn
    Website Bluesky Github
  • Krystan HuffMenne
    Krystan HuffMenne
    Website
  • Preston Sego
    Preston Sego
    X Website Bluesky
  • Chris Manson
    Chris Manson
    Bluesky Github
  • Marine Dunstetter
    Marine Dunstetter
    Mastodon Github

Organizers

Schedule

Day 1

Thursday, September 18

Times are local to Brussels (CEST)

09:00—10:00 Doors open & Breakfast
10:00—10:30 Opening Keynote: Ember and AI – Yehuda Katz
10:45—11:15 Multi-framework mashup - making other frameworks work in Ember – Nick Schot
11:30—12:00 WarpDrive | The Making of a Polaris Application – Chris Thoburn (aka. runspired)
12:00—13:30 Lunch
13:30—14:00 The Frontend City – Thomas Gossmann
14:15—14:45 Agent Tomster: Ember, GenAI & the Future of Frontend Engineering – Alon Bukai
15:00—15:30 Getting Tech Work the Attention It Deserves (No More Excuses!) – Aoife Hannigan
15:30—16:00 Snack break
16:00—16:30 Unlocking Ember's future with the Ember Initiative – Chris Manson – , Marine Dunstetter
16:45—18:00 WarpDrive Workshop – Chris Thoburn (aka. runspired)
Full Schedule

Day 2

Friday, September 19

Times are local to Brussels (CEST)

09:00—10:00 Doors open & Breakfast
10:00—10:30 Layers of Accessibility for Scale & Profit – Melanie Sumner
10:45—11:15 WarpDrive: Set Data to Stun – Krystan HuffMenne
11:30—12:00 Lies, Damned Lies, and Virtual Modules – Gabor Babicz
12:00—13:30 Lunch
13:30—14:00 Everywhere – there are no limits – Preston Sego (aka. nullvoxpopuli)
14:15—14:45 So you want to change Ember? – Anne-Greeth Schot-van Herwijnen
15:00—15:30 A Practical Intro to ReactiveResources & Schema‑Driven Data Handling – Mehul Kiran Chaudhari
15:30—16:00 Snack break
16:00—16:30 Lightning Talks
16:45—17:15 ember(): adventures with Ember in an imperative world – Arne Bertrand
17:30—18:00 Closing Keynote – Edward Faulkner
18:30—23:00 Party at the venue 🎉
Full Schedule

Sponsors

photo of the conference venue

The Venue

This year’s EmberFest will take place at the Royal Flemish Theater (KVS) in the heart of Brussels. We will be based in the building's TOP and TOPBAR gorgeously renovated event rooms.

Venue location

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