Events I Attend in the First Half of 2026
Here comes a round of events I attend in the first 6 months of this year. I bet there will be more, but those are the ones – in chronological order – where I have travel and accommodation booked and where I’d love to meet you ;)
State of the Browser, London (UK)
State of the Browser, or SOTB in short, is an annual one‑day tech conference in London organised by London Web Standards (mainly Dave Letorey) that brings together web developers, browser vendors, and community members to discuss the modern web, accessibility, web standards, tools, and best practices. It typically features a single track of diverse talks covering topics like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, UX, and performance. The event takes place at Barbican Centre and can be attended in person (sold out!) or online.
📆 28 February 2026
💰 £60–£100 (~€70–€115) – online £20 (~€23)
👉 More information on their website.
Web Day Out, Brighton (UK)
Web Day Out is a one‑day, in‑person event in Brighton. It aims to teach web developers and designers what they can actually do with web browsers today by diving deep into practical HTML, CSS, and JavaScript platform features you can use in production. It features a curated lineup of speakers giving hands‑on talks about browser capabilities, performance, accessibility, and progressive enhancement and intentionally avoids sessions on frameworks or theoretical topics. It’s organised by Clearleft (mainly Jeremy Keith) and designed to help attendees stay up to speed with the current state of the web platform in a single day.
📆 12 March 2026
💰 £225 (~€260)
👉 Tickets and information
👀 beyond tellerrand Podcast with Jeremy Keith, also about Web Day Out
Smashing Conference, Amsterdam (NL)
SmashingConf Amsterdam 2026 is our friendly, inclusive multi‑day conference. This time in Amsterdam, targeting UX designers, UI engineers and front‑end professionals who focus on real‑world design, usability, accessibility, modern CSS, design systems and related web and interface topics. It takes place at the historic Pathé Tuschinski and combines talks and deep‑dive workshops. Single‑track and social side events help attendees learn practical skills and network. We also offer an online attendance option so people worldwide can join live.
📆 13–16 April 2026
💰 €725 (Students €362), Workshops €665
👉 Full information and tickets
beyond tellerrand Düsseldorf 2026 (GER)
beyond tellerrand. My little baby. My passion and my joy. I run this event for 15 years now and want to celebrate. With you. I have announce a handful of speakers for this year already and it is going to be great. If you want to get latest news and announcements, please subscribe to the newsletter.
📆 27–28 April 2026 (side events before and after)
💰 €349 (Students €99)
👉 Information and tickets
Accessibility Club Summit 2026, Würzburg (GER)
The Accessibility Club Summit 2026 is a two-day community-driven event in Würzburg, Germany for developers, designers and accessibility enthusiasts to share knowledge, experiences and best practices around digital accessibility. It’s organised by tollwerk (mainly Joschi Kuphal) and combines a BarCamp format of participant-led sessions on the first day with hands-on community workshops on the second. Hybrid participation (in-person and remote) possible.
📆 9–10 May 2026
💰 €30 – pay-what-you-can/want (Barcamp Day), Workshops €25–€50
👉 Full information and tickets
CSS Day, Amsterdam (NL)
CSS Day is an annual conference in Amsterdam that brings together CSS experts, implementors, and educators to explore the current state and future of CSS. The 2026 edition runs with fourteen speakers presenting talks and demos. Organised my a small team around PPK, it’s a highly focused event for developers and designers looking to deepen their CSS knowledge and connect with the web community.
📆 10-11 June 2026
💰 €816,75
👉 All info and tickets
Head in the Cloud, Espelkamp (GER)
Head in the Cloud is a summit for cloud, DevOps, tech, and agency professionals organised by mittwald, bringing together experts to explore technology, collaboration, and digital innovation. The 2026 edition takes place at the open-air mittwald Campus. With sessions spanning Cloud & DevOps, Technology, and Culture & Creativity, the event is designed not only for developers and engineers but also for designers and creative professionals looking for inspiration and cross-disciplinary exchange. Oh hey, and I am speaking 🤗 …
📆 25–26 June 2026
💰 Free (Festival Pass), €236,81 (Masterclass on 25 June)
👉 Information and registration
There are plenty of other events I’d love to attend and that I am looking into right now. Depending on time and other (family) things happening on or around those dates you might also find me at OFFF (16–18 April), All Flows (14–15 May), Pixel Pioneers (19 June) and others.
Where will we meet? What events are missing that I should attend?
I will list events of the second half of the year later ;)