Birds of a Feather sessions (aka BoFs) are sessions where attendees get together to discuss a topic of interest or just have fun. There is no presentation, but the organizer will determine the content of the session.
- Bad Movie Night - David H. Adler
- Board Game Night - Lena Hand
- Climbing Gym BOF - Dave Rolsky
- CPAN Pull Request Challenge - Kivanc Yazan
- Native & Inline & RPerl - Will ‘the Chill’ Braswell
- Origami Workshop - Jeffrey Goff
- TPF Fundraising BoF - Dan Wright
Bad Movie Night
David H. Adler | Tue, 6/19 at 7:00 pm | 5 hours | Idaho
Bad Movie Night has become something of a tradition at YAPC/TPC over the years. If it isn’t clear, it is an evening of watching bad movies for those who enjoy that sort of thing.
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
Board Game Night
Lena Hand | Sun, 6/17 at 7:00 pm | 3 hours | Idaho
Come play your favorite board game (hopefully you brought it!) with fellow Perlers! Bring a game or 2, or just bring you.
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
Climbing Gym BOF
Dave Rolsky | Tue, 6/19 at 7:30 pm | 3 hours
We’ll meet in the lobby and head to The Front Climbing Gym.
They have auto-belays, so both totally new and experienced climbers can join us easily. Sign up on the wiki if you’d like to come.
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
CPAN Pull Request Challenge
Kivanc Yazan | Wed, 6/20 at 7:00 pm | 3 hours | Arizona
Work on improving CPAN modules, and submit pull requests!
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
Native & Inline & RPerl
Will 'the Chill' Braswell | Tue, 6/19 at 12:00 pm | 90 minutes | Idaho
Mixing Perl w/ Other Languages, Perl Compiler Technologies, Fast Native Execution!
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
Origami Workshop
Jeffrey Goff | Wed, 6/20 at 7:00 pm | 3 hours | Idaho
Learn and share Origami. You don’t need to know a single fold in order to get started, we’ll teach you what you need to know. I’ll supply ideas in the form of convention books, and paper to work with. This will be a more traditional Origami workshop
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF
TPF Fundraising BoF
Dan Wright | Tue, 6/19 at 12:00 pm | 90 minutes | Wyoming
This will be a meeting for anybody interested in helping with TPF fundraising. We will be kicking off several initiatives we hope to complete in Fall/Winter 2018.
Audience: Everyone
Track: BoF