Dear friends of SoCraTes,
Last year's edition was once again amazing! And we are working hard to make this year's edition even better...
Stay tuned for upcoming announcements!
Because as always, a lot of things are happening "as we go along", please sign up for our newsletter below to stay updated!
In the meantime, if you have any questions or concerns you can contact the organisers: info@socrates-conference.de.
Your organising team
This event is about the sustainable creation of useful software in a responsible way.
Everyone who is concerned with coding, testing, code quality, software craft, if
The event is run as a non-profit, low-cost event. It is a joint-effort of all Softwerkskammer groups, the community of all German-speaking Software Craft groups. It will be much like a retreat. We will be there for 48 hours to collaborate and share ideas. There will be:
We will not only spend the days together but also the nights. And – believe it or not – programmers and testers are great company! There will be lots of opportunities to have fun; starting with simple chit-chat about hiking, to playing board games, dancing and any activity you can think of.
SoCraTes is an international conference, and the conference's language is English. We cordially ask you to keep all conversations in English, even for colloquial discussions.
Although COVID-19 has now largely disappeared from the news, and statistics are no longer maintained properly, there are still a noticeable number of infections in Germany every day. We intend to keep attendees safe during the conference and have decided to keep in place our COVID measures:
Thank you for your cooperation!
In today's day and age, bringing people together over long distances is always a tough decision: What impact will my travel and consumption have on the environment? Is it really worth it?
We believe that learning, sharing, community, and inclusiveness are valid reasons for spending time and resources. But we should still be mindful - there is a difference between justified investment, and careless waste.
For this reason, SoCraTes 2025 will
We are fully aware that an in-person conference can be energy draining.
Traveling to an unknown location and meeting many new people is not automatically a positive experience for everyone.
But our community needs input from participants who are not experienced conference attendees or speakers.
For this reason, some of our participants volunteer as ConferenceBuddies.
They commit to supporting you in attending the conference. They could, for example, meet with you before the conference starts, and explore the conference venue. Or they will be the person you can always walk up to during the conference.
Head over to the #buddies Slack channel and find your ConferenceBuddy, or offer to be one yourself.
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