Talks that go deep
We rejected sponsor talk slots. If it's on stage, it's there because we think you'll learn something real.
8 May 2026 • Rimini • Italy
The premier Ruby conference in the heart of Italy
Why Rubycon
RubyDay went away.
So we made our own.
Rubycon is a full day of Ruby talks in Rimini. We pick speakers for what they know, not who pays. The breaks are long on purpose. And the whole thing falls on a Friday so you can stay for the weekend.
Small enough to meet everyone
About 200 people. One stage. You'll run into the keynote speakers at the coffee table. That's the point.
Stuff you can use on Monday
Production case studies, tooling updates, architecture decisions. The kind of talks that change how you write code next week.
Then there's Rimini
The Adriatic coast, the food, May weather. You came for the talks but you'll stay for the piadina and the sea.
Speaker
Who's talking
We got 40+ proposals. Here's who made the cut so far. Ruby core contributors, framework maintainers, people building real things with this language every day.
Carmine Paolino
Founder at Chat with Work
Carmine Paolino is the Founder of Chat with Work and creator of RubyLLM, a library that brings AI capabilities to Ruby developers. With a passion for making artificial intelligence accessible to the Ruby community, Carmine has been instrumental in pioneering the use of Ruby for building modern AI-powered web applications. His keynote will explore how Ruby developers can leverage AI in their projects.
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Carmine Paolino is the Founder of Chat with Work and creator of RubyLLM, a library that brings AI capabilities to Ruby developers. With a passion for making artificial intelligence accessible to the Ruby community, Carmine has been instrumental in pioneering the use of Ruby for building modern AI-powered web applications. His keynote will explore how Ruby developers can leverage AI in their projects.
#Ruby #Rubyllm
Marco Roth
Full-Stack Ruby On Rails Developer
Marco Roth is a full-stack Ruby on Rails developer and creator of Herb and ReActionView, two innovative libraries that bring modern developer experience to Rails. With expertise in HTML-aware tooling and reactive rendering, Marco has been pushing the boundaries of what's possible in ERB templating. He's passionate about making Rails development more intuitive and productive.
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Marco Roth is a full-stack Ruby on Rails developer and creator of Herb and ReActionView, two innovative libraries that bring modern developer experience to Rails. With expertise in HTML-aware tooling and reactive rendering, Marco has been pushing the boundaries of what's possible in ERB templating. He's passionate about making Rails development more intuitive and productive.
#Ruby #Herb #Reactionview
Julia López
Full-Stack Ruby On Rails Developer
Julia López is a Senior Software Engineer at Harvest and a fervent advocate for accessible, maintainable Ruby on Rails applications. With nearly two decades of experience building Rails applications, she has become a respected voice in the community, championing best practices in code quality, accessibility standards, and long-term application maintenance. Her work has helped countless teams build better Rails applications.
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Julia López is a Senior Software Engineer at Harvest and a fervent advocate for accessible, maintainable Ruby on Rails applications. With nearly two decades of experience building Rails applications, she has become a respected voice in the community, championing best practices in code quality, accessibility standards, and long-term application maintenance. Her work has helped countless teams build better Rails applications.
#Ruby #Ruby on rails
Akira Matsuda
Ruby Committer & Creator of Kaminari
Akira Matsuda is a Ruby and Rails committer with a tremendous impact on the Ruby ecosystem. As the creator of Kaminari, one of the most popular Rails pagination gems, and Chief Organizer of RubyKaigi, Japan's largest Ruby conference, Akira has been instrumental in shaping the Ruby community. His contributions to Rails internals and his leadership in the Japanese Ruby community have made him one of the most influential figures in the language's development.
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Akira Matsuda is a Ruby and Rails committer with a tremendous impact on the Ruby ecosystem. As the creator of Kaminari, one of the most popular Rails pagination gems, and Chief Organizer of RubyKaigi, Japan's largest Ruby conference, Akira has been instrumental in shaping the Ruby community. His contributions to Rails internals and his leadership in the Japanese Ruby community have made him one of the most influential figures in the language's development.
#Ruby #Kaminari
The day
One stage. You see everything.
We don't run parallel sessions. Sit down in the morning, leave in the evening knowing you didn't miss a thing.
8:30
Check-in & Welcome Coffee
9:30
Welcome to Rubycon
Riccardo Carlesso
Intro9:45
Ruby Is the Best Language for Building AI Web Apps
Carmine Paolino
Keynote10:25
Shift-left on Accessibility in your Ruby webapps
Julia López
11:05
Coffee Break
Break11:20
Breaking the rules of software engineering: will it work?
Silvano Stralla
Rimini
Where the Rubicon
meets the Adriatic.
The conference is at Hotel Ambasciatori, right on the seafront. The train station is ten minutes on foot. The actual Rubicon river is twenty minutes by car.
Venue
Hotel Ambasciatori ★★★★
Viale Vespucci 22, Rimini
How to get there
Bologna BLQ then 1h by train
Rimini RMI then 15 min by taxi
We put it on a Friday for a reason.
Saturday morning we're organising a trip to see where the Rubicon river actually meets the sea. After that, the weekend is yours. The beach is there, the old town is there, it's May, it's Italy. You know what to do.
