Rubycon Italy

The premier Ruby conference in the heart of Italy

The conference room at Hotel Ambasciatori, named Sala Quarzo

8 May 2026 | Rimini, Italy

I. About Rubycon Italy

Join us for a full day dedicated to Ruby inspiring talks from italian and international speakers, sharing ideas and experiences from the Ruby world. All talks are in English.

Ruby at the core

Created by Ruby enthusiasts for Ruby enthusiasts.

Community connections

meet fellow ruby developers, share ideas, and build relationships with collaborators, employers, and enthusiasts.

Italian atmosphere

experience the warmth of Italy through local culture, food, and hospitality while attending the conference in Rimini.

II. Featured speakers

We are humbled by the huge response to our CFP: over 40 submissions!

Carmine Paolino

Founder at Chat with Work

Founder of Chat with Work and creator of RubyLLM, Carmine is an AI engineer pioneering Ruby for AI web apps in his keynote.

ruby rubyllm

Marco Roth

Full-Stack Ruby On Rails Developer

Creator of Herb and ReActionView, Marco brings HTML-aware tooling to Rails. He’ll explore the path to reactive ERB rendering.

ruby herb reactionview

Julia López

Full-Stack Ruby On Rails Developer

A Senior Software Engineer at Harvest with nearly two decades of Rails experience, Julia champions accessibility and long-term Rails maintenance.

ruby ruby on rails

Akira Matsuda

Ruby Committer & Creator of Kaminari

Ruby and Rails committer, creator of Kaminari, and Chief Organizer of RubyKaigi. Akira shares a glimpse into his daily life with Ruby.

ruby kaminari

André Arko

Ruby Central Board & Lead Developer of Bundler

The creator of Bundler and founder of Ruby Together, André has shaped how every Ruby developer manages dependencies. He’ll introduce rv, a new vision for Ruby version management.

ruby bundler rubygems

Silvano Stralla

Software Engineer at DatoCMS

A seasoned full-stack developer with decades of experience, Silvano challenges whether breaking the rules of software engineering can actually lead to better outcomes.

ruby

Yara Debian

Software Engineer at FactorialHR

As a Senior Software Engineer at FactorialHR, Yara traces a philosophical journey from ancient Greece to modern code, exploring how ideas shape the software we build.

ruby art philosophy

Michele Franzin

Lead Developer and Architect at SeeSaw srl

Lead Developer at SeeSaw, Michele bridges Ruby and Java enterprise experience to tackle semantic image search with Postgres, Redis, and LLMs.

ruby seesaw architecture

III. Event schedule

We organized a single-day track conference, full of high-level, deep, technical content.
This will be a day with learning, networking, and plenty of Ruby goodness!

Fri, 8 May 08:30: Main Event

Fri, 8 May 20:00: Dinner + Toga Party

Sat, 9 May 10:00: Guided tour to the mouth of the Rubicon

View the full schedule (Ruby code) →

IV. Venue

Experience Ruby Italy in the beautiful city of Rimini, Italy.

Hotel Ambasciatori

Located in the heart of Rimini, Hotel Ambasciatori offers modern facilities in an elegant seaside setting, just steps away from the beach and the city’s main attractions.

Viale Vespucci, 22, 47921 Rimini rn, Italy

Only a short walk from Rimini train station

Conference attendees can enjoy comfortable accommodation directly at the venue

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