16th Nov 2025

The Perl and Raku Foundation Supports London Perl Workshop with Gold-level Sponsorship.

The Perl and Raku Foundation has announced a £1,000 sponsorship of the upcoming London Perl and Raku Workshop, reinforcing its ongoing commitment to supporting community-driven technical events. The workshop, one of the longest-running grassroots Perl gatherings in the UK, brings together developers, educators, and open-source enthusiasts for a day of talks, hands-on sessions, and collaborative learning centered on Perl, Raku, and related technologies.

The foundation’s contribution will help cover venue expenses, accessibility measures, and attendee resources. Organizers intend to use the support received from sponsors to keep the event free to attend, maintaining its tradition of lowering barriers for both newcomers and experienced programmers.

This year’s workshop is expected to feature a broad program, including presentations on language internals, modern development practices, and applied use cases within industry and research. Community members from across Europe are anticipated to participate, reflecting the workshop’s reputation as a focal point for Perl activity. The workshop is scheduled for November 29, 2025, in the heart of London at ISH Venues, near Regent's Park. Several speakers are already confirmed for this year's workshop, including Stevan Little and TPRF White Camel Award winners Sawyer X and Mohammad Sajid Anwar. For more information about the event, visit:

By backing the event, The Perl and Raku Foundation continues its broader mission to foster growth, education, and innovation across both language communities. The London Perl Workshop remains one of the foundation’s key community touchpoints, offering a collaborative space for developers to share knowledge and help shape the future of the languages.

16th Nov 2025 - 04:46am GMT

Attendee Registration and Talk Submissions now live online.

You can now...

...and also...

Both via:

14th Nov 2025

Venue Confirmed

Confirmed venue address and google maps link is now on the home page:
https://www.londonperlworkshop.com/#2025_event_section

In other news, Stevan Little has provided his own worded summary, revealing more insight to his talk!
https://www.londonperlworkshop.com/talks

13th Nov 2025

Talk Updates

Have added a talks section to the home page here:
https://www.londonperlworkshop.com/#talks_section

Plus a dedicated talks page here:
https://www.londonperlworkshop.com/talks

Hope to soon have talks listed on the latter (hopefully later today) and then on the yapc website too thereafter.

3rd Nov 2025

News Originally Exclusive to Perl Weekly Readers...

Loved Perl Weekly's kind words last week
( https://perlweekly.com/archive/744.html ),
and so felt I should update Perl Weekly readers and editorial staff this week (beginning 3rd November 2025) on London Perl Workshop developments.

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Update for Perl Weekly:

Your great response...

I love Perl, and it's clear to me The London Perl & Raku Workshop 2025 is coming together because other people love Perl and Raku too, =).

Outreach progress...

Sponsorship outreach has been occurring.
So far I have contacted 10 sponsors, 4 have responded and 2 have expressed interest in supporting this year's event.
Sponsorship outreach is continuing this week, with over 19 further sponsors to contact.
We presently have approx. 50% of what's needed for the present choice of venue.
My hopes for the week (commencing 3rd Nov) are to continue sponsor outreach
and also begin moving to speaker and attendee outreach too.

Volunteers

The organising team is also open to further volunteers interested in contributing to the organisation of the event.

Current State of Play

Generally, this means, an event of some nature is likely to go ahead, with a pencilled in date of the 29th of November.

How that's achieved, could be further sponsorship securing our present choice of venue, or a change in venue under budget constraints.

Talks / Presentations

We've had interest from people as regards submitting talks. Presently, anyone interested in giving a presentation can submit a title and description of the talk they are proposing (enough to effectively communicate the topic), to:

    

Thanks!

I appreciate everyone's support, in making the dream of a London Perl Workshop 2025 begin to come true, =).

Yours gratefully,
Andrew Mehta.