The legendary SmashingConf SF 🇺🇸 is back — entirely focused on cutting-edge front-end. From accessibility and advanced CSS to JavaScript gems and web performance.
Check our accessibility statement and Code of Conduct ❤️ — we can’t wait to see you there!
The Schedule At A Glance 👇
Monday, May 22nd
If you're already in town, why not attend a meetup?
👩🏾💻 On Monday May 22, Storyblok hosts their Stories On The Road event with Vitaly and other great speakers. In-person in San Francisco, for free!
👨💻 Also Monday May 22, Google Developer Groups organises a free React Meetup. In-person in San Francisco, on everything React.
Tuesday, May 23rd
Happy Tuesday! During the day we have two workshops, and in the evening you can join us for our Jam Session!
Workshops
The workshops take place at the Fort Mason — Building C. All workshops start at 9:00 AM, doors open at 8:30 AM. Lunch is included.
Coffee will be waiting for you on arrival. You can grab your conference badge after lunch break (lunch is provided) to avoid waiting at the registration on Wednesday.
- Building Semantic first HTML email with Mark Robbins.
- New Front-End Adventures in 2023 with Vitaly Friedman.
Jam Session
In the evening meet us at the Fire House at Fort Mason for the Jam Session. Talks and friendly chats hosted by our friends of SpeedCurve.
Please register your free ticket so we know you're coming. We kick off at 6:30PM, doors open at 6PM.
Wednesday, May 24th
Today is the first conference day and our Smashing party in the evening.
Morning run
🏃♀️ But first, why not join us for a morning run at 7 AM? Join speakers and attendees for a 30–40 minutes run.
We'll meet at the Yacht Club at 7 AM and run 5k out towards the Golden Gate Bridge.
Conference
Kicking off the conference at 9 AM! Snacks, coffee and lunch are provided throughout the day.
Lunch Sessions by SpeedCurve and Wix
Interested in getting even more out of your Smashing experience? Our amazing friends from SpeedCurve and Wix are
holding a session to let you know more about what they do.
Be sure to register quickly, spots are going fast!
Party
Join us for the Smashing Party at Emporium (Google Maps) which starts at 8 PM. Don't forget your ID and badge!
Thursday, May 25th
🏃♂️ We're going for another morning run, we'll meet at the Yacht Club, this time at 7:30 AM.
Conference
On Day 2, our doors open at 9 AM. Snacks, coffee and lunch are provided throughout the day.
Lunch Sessions by Supernova and Storyblok
Today, our amazing friends from Supernova and Storyblok are holding a session to let you know more about what
they do.
Be sure to register quickly, spots are going fast!
Photo Walk
We’ll meet in front of Fort Mason right after the conference ends (at around 5:30PM). Please register if you would like to come!
Friday, April 26th
Today we have another lovely day with two workshops.
Workshops
The workshops take place at the Fort Mason - Building C. All workshops start at 9:00 AM, doors open at 8:30 AM. Lunch is included.
- Accessible Components from Design to Development with Carie Fisher.
- Boosting Web Performance in 2023 with Vitaly Friedman.
Excited to join, but your manager needs a little more persuasion? Check Convince Your Boss PDF and a Letter For The Boss. Good luck! 🤞🤞🏼🤞🏾
Useful links:
- 📕 Our handbook with tips on travel, side-events and everything about the conference
- 📖 We use Collaborative Docs for note-keeping during the conferences. We have one for Day 1 and one for Day 2.
- 👩💻 Why not already join us on Slack?
Our Smashing Speakers
- Una Kravets Modern CSS and UI
- Tim Kadlec Web Performance
- Addy Osmani DevTools
- Tammy Everts Performance Budgets
- Carie Fisher Accessibility
- Miriam Suzanne Container Queries
- Jem Young Engineering Management
- Mark Robbins Email Newsletters
- Josh W. Comeau Interaction in JS
- Lee Robinson Optimism for the Web
- Adam Argyle Page Transition API
- Mystery Speaker Our mystery speaker!
- Vitaly Friedman Your Shining Host