# Yet Another Perl Conference

Yet Another Perl Conference (YAPC), from 2016–2019 called The Perl Conference (TPC), from 2020 on The Perl and Raku Conference, is a series of conferences discussing the Perl programming language, usually organized under the auspices of The Perl Foundation and Yet Another Society, a "non-profit corporation for the advancement of collaborative efforts in computer and information sciences". The name is an homage to yacc, "Yet Another Compiler Compiler".
The first YAPC was held at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US 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 established in 2000, Israel in 2003, Australia in 2004, Asia and Brazil in 2005, and Russia in 2008. The only continents never to have hosted a YAPC are Africa and Antarctica.
In 2016, YAPC rebranded itself as The Perl Conference, which is the former name of O'Reilly Open Source Convention (OSCON). As of 2020, it is now calling itself The Perl and Raku Conference to reflect the renaming of Perl 6 to Raku.

## Locations
### North America

* 1999: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 24 – June 25, 1999) YAPC::NA 1999
* 2000: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 21 – June 23, 2000) YAPC::NA 19100
* 2001: Montréal, Québec, Canada (June 13 – June 15, 2001) YAPC::NA 2001
* 2002: Saint Louis, Missouri, USA (June 26 – June 28, 2002) YAPC::NA 2002
* 2003: Canada: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (May 15 – May 16, 2003) (held as YAPC::Canada) YAPC::Canada
* 2003: America: Boca Raton, Florida, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2003) YAPC::NA 2003
* 2004: Buffalo, New York, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2004) YAPC::NA 2004
* 2005: Toronto, Ontario, Canada (June 27 – June 29, 2005) YAPC::NA 2005
* 2006: Chicago, Illinois, USA (June 26 – June 30, 2006) 2006) YAPC::NA 2006
* 2007: Houston, Texas, USA (June 25 – June 27, 2007) YAPC::NA 2007
* 2008: Chicago, Illinois, USA (June 16 – June 18, 2008) YAPC::NA 2008
* 2009: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 22 – June 24, 2009) YAPC::NA 2009
* 2010: Columbus, Ohio, USA (June 21 – June 23, 2010) YAPC::NA 2010
* 2011: Asheville, North Carolina, USA (June 27 – June 30, 2011) YAPC::NA 2011
* 2012: Madison, Wisconsin, USA (June 13 – June 15, 2012) YAPC::NA 2012
* 2013: Austin, Texas, USA (June 3 – June 5, 2013) YAPC::NA 2013
* 2014: Orlando, Florida, USA (June 23 – June 25, 2014) YAPC::NA 2014
* 2015: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (June 8 – June 10, 2015) YAPC::NA 2015
* 2016: Orlando, Florida, USA (June 20 – June 22, 2016) YAPC::NA 2016
* 2017: Alexandria, Virginia, USA (June 18 – June 23, 2017) The Perl Conference in DC
* 2018: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA (June 17 – June 22, 2018) The Perl Conference in Salt Lake City
* 2019: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA (June 16 – June 21, 2019) The Perl Conference in Pittsburgh
* 2020: Online (due to COVID-19) (Wednesday 24th to Friday 26th 2020) Perl and Raku 'Conference in the Cloud'
** Replaces TPCiH 2020 Houston Tuesday, planned June 23rd through Saturday, June 27th
* 2021 Conference in the Cloud ( June 8 - June 10, 2021) The Perl and Raku Conference in the Cloud
* 2022: Houston, TX (June 22 - June 24, 2022) TPCiH 2022 Houston
* 2023: Toronto, CA (July 11 - July 13, 2023) The Perl and Raku Conference in Toronto
* 2024: Las Vegas, NV (June 24 - June 28, 2024) TPRC Las Vegas, NV
* 2025: Greenville, SC (June 27 - June 29, 2025) TPRC Greenville, SC

### Europe

* 2000: London, England (September 22-September 24, 2000) YAPC::EU 2000
* 2001: Amsterdam, Netherlands (August 2-August 4, 2001) YAPC::EU 2001
* 2002: Munich, Germany (September 18-September 20, 2002) YAPC::EU 2002
* 2003: Paris, France (July 23-July 25, 2003) YAPC::EU 2003
* 2004: Belfast, Northern Ireland (September 15-September 17, 2004) YAPC::EU 2004
* 2005: Braga, Portugal (August 31-September 2, 2005) YAPC::EU 2005 Perl Everywhere
* 2006: Birmingham, England (August 30-September 1, 2006) YAPC::EU 2006
* 2007: Vienna, Austria (August 28–30, 2007) YAPC::EU 2007 Social Perl
* 2008: Copenhagen, Denmark (August 13–15, 2008) YAPC::EU 2008 Beautiful Perl
* 2009: Lisbon, Portugal (August 3–5, 2009) YAPC::EU 2009 Corporate Perl
* 2010: Pisa, Italy (August 4–6, 2010) YAPC::EU 2010 The Renaissance of Perl
* 2011: Riga, Latvia (August 15–17, 2011) YAPC::EU 2011 Modern Perl
* 2012: Frankfurt, Germany (August 20–22, 2012) YAPC::EU 2012
* 2013: Kyiv, Ukraine (August 12–14, 2013) YAPC::EU 2013 Future Perl
* 2014: Sofia, Bulgaria (August 22–24, 2014) YAPC::EU 2014
* 2015: Granada, Spain (September 2–4, 2015) YAPC::EU 2015 Art+Engineering
* 2016: Cluj-Napoca, Romania (August 24–26, 2016) YAPC::Europe 2016
* 2017: Amsterdam, the Netherlands (August 9–11, 2017) The Perl Conference in Amsterdam
* 2018: Glasgow (August 13–17, 2018) The Perl Conference in Glasgow
* 2019: Riga (August 7–9, 2019) PerlCon
* 2020: Amsterdam (August 10-14 2020) Perl & Raku Con in Amsterdam - cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic
* 2023: Helsinki (August 14-18 2023) Perl & Koha Conference in Helsinki

### Israel

* 2003: Haifa (May 11, 2003) YAPC::Israel::2003
* 2004: Herzliya (February 26, 2004) YAPC::Israel::2004
* 2005: Herzliya (February 17, 2005) YAPC::Israel::2005
* 2006: Netanya. In 2006, YAPC::Israel became OSDC::Israel. OSDC::Israel 2006

### Russia & Ukraine

* 2008: Moscow, Russia (May 17–18, 2008) YAPC::Russia 2008 May Perl
* 2009: Moscow, Russia (May 16–17, 2009) YAPC::Russia 2009 May Perl 2
* 2010: Kyiv, Ukraine (June 12–14, 2010) YAPC::Russia 2010 May Perl + Perl Mova
* 2011: Moscow, Russia (May 14–15, 2011) YAPC::Russia 2011 May Perl + Perl Mova
* 2012: Kyiv, Ukraine (May 12–13, 2012) YAPC::Russia May Perl
* no event held in 2013, due to YAPC::Europe 2013 taking place in Kyiv
* 2014: St. Petersburg, Russia (June 13–14, 2014) YAPC::Russia 2014
* 2015: Moscow, Russia (May 16–17, 2015) YAPC::Russia 2015
* 2017: Moscow, Russia (November 4, 2016) YAPC::Russia 2017

### Australia

* The first YAPC::Australia was held as part of the 2004 OSDC in Melbourne from December 1-December 5, 2004, and has been held jointly thereafter.

### South America

These events are held in conjunction with CONISLI.
* 2006: Porto Alegre/RS (April 19-April 22, 2006) YAPC::SA::2006
* 2007: Porto Alegre/RS (April 11-April 14, 2007) YAPC::SA::2007
* 2008: Porto Alegre/RS (April 17-April 19, 2008) YAPC::SA::2008
* 2009: Porto Alegre/RS (June 24-June 27, 2009) YAPC::SA::2009

#### Brazil

* 2005: Porto Alegre/RS (June 1-June 5, 2005) YAPC::Brasil 2005
* 2006: São Paulo/SP, Brazil (November 3-November 5, 2006) YAPC::Brasil 2006
* 2007: São Paulo/SP, Brazil (November 9-November 11, 2007) YAPC::Brasil 2007
* 2008: São Paulo/SP, Brazil (October 18-October 19, 2008) YAPC::Brasil 2008
* 2009: Niterói/RJ, Brazil (October 30-November 1, 2009) YAPC::Brasil 2009
* 2010: Fortaleza/CE, Brazil (October 25-October 31, 2010) YAPC::Brasil 2010 Perl: Solução e Integração de Negócios
* 2011: Rio de Janeiro/RJ, Brazil (November 4-November 6, 2011) YAPC::Brasil 2011
* 2012: São Paulo/SP, Brazil (October 19-October 20, 2012) YAPC::Brasil 2012 A revolução dos dados
* 2013: Curitiba/PR, Brazil (November 15-November 16, 2013) YAPC::Brasil 2013 Universo Científico e Perl Hacking
* 2014: Itapema/SC, Brazil (September 19-September 20, 2014) YAPC::Brasil 2014 Soluções Tecnológicas para Gestão Pública
* 2015: Taubaté/SP, Brazil (September 18-September 20, 2015) YAPC::Brasil 2015 Perl Community and CPAN

### Asia

* 2004: Taipei, Taiwan (March 27-March 28, 2004) YAPC::2004::Taipei
* 2005: Taipei, Taiwan (March 26-March 27, 2005) (held as YAPC::Taipei) YAPC::2005::Taipei
* 2006: Tokyo, Japan (March 29-March 30, 2006) YAPC::Asia 2006
* 2007: Tokyo, Japan (April 4-April 5, 2007) YAPC::Asia 2007
* 2008: Tokyo, Japan (May 15-May 16, 2008) YAPC::Asia 2008
* 2009: Tokyo, Japan (September 10-September 11, 2009) YAPC::Asia 2009
* 2010: Tokyo, Japan (October 15-October 16, 2010) YAPC::Asia 2010
* 2011: Tokyo, Japan (October 14-October 15, 2011) YAPC::Asia 2011
* 2012: Tokyo, Japan (September 27-September 29, 2012) YAPC::Asia 2012
* 2013: Tokyo, Japan (September 19-September 21, 2013) YAPC::Asia 2013
* 2014: Tokyo, Japan (August 28-August 30, 2014) YAPC::Asia 2014
* 2015: Tokyo, Japan (August 20-August 22, 2015) YAPC::Asia 2015
* 2016: Hokkaido, Japan (09-10 December 2016) YAPC::Hokkaido
* 2017: Kansai (3-4 March 2017) YAPC::Kansai 2017
* 2017: Fukuoka (30th June - 1st July) YAPC::Fukuoka 2017
* 2018: Okinawa (2-3 March 2018)YAPC::Okinawa 2018
* 2019: Tokyo, Japan (25-26 January 2019) YAPC::Tokyo 2019
* 2020: Kyoto, Japan (March 27 - 28 2020) YAPC::Kyoto 2020
* 2021: Online, YAPC::Japan (February 18-19, 2021) YAPC::Japan 2021
* 2022: Online, YAPC::Japan (March 4-5, 2022) YAPC::Japan 2022
* 2022: Kyoto, Japan (March 19 2023) YAPC::Kyoto 2023
* 2024: Hiroshima, Japan (February 10, 2024) YAPC::Hiroshima 2024
* 2024: Hakodate, Japan (October 5, 2024) YAPC::Hakodate 2024