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The first YAPC<\/a> was held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA on June 24 and June 25, 1999. Organizer Kevin Lenzo assembled 31 different speakers into the schedule on various Perl-related topics. The idea of a low-cost Perl conference quickly spread with a European version of YAPC starting in 2000, Israel in 2003, Australia in 2004, and Asia and Brazil in 2005. The only continents never to have hosted a YAPC are Africa and Antarctica.<\/p>\n

Attendee Statistics<\/h3>\n

YAPC has a normal attendance of around 300 people who, on average, vary in age from 18 to 49, though we certainly have a few younger and a few older than that. And around 90% are generally from the United States, while the rest are from countries all over the world.<\/p>\n

Over 70% who attend identify themselves as System Administrator, Developer, Architect, or Technical Manager. We also usually have a handful of business owners and C-level positions in attendance, as well as a smattering of other titles.<\/p>\n

Around 45% identify themselves as using Perl in an IT or Internet industry. Generally around 8% identify themselves as belonging to one of: finance, government, education, or media related industries.<\/p>\n

About 35% of attendees have never attended YAPC before. However, over 95% of attendees say that they’ll come again. Those numbers bear out, because around 60% of people who attend a YAPC have generally attended more than one.<\/p>\n

For more hard data on YAPC attendees, checkout YAPC Surveys<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Previous Perl Conferences in North America<\/h3>\n