Devconnect is back! See you this year in Istanbul.

Dear Ethereum community, builders, and researchers,

At the first-ever Devconnect past twelvemonth successful Amsterdam successful 2022, we came unneurotic for a week of in-depth workshops and discussions. Many that participated successful the sessions and conversations told america they felt Devconnect had a important interaction connected the ecosystem by driving advancement successful tangible ways.

Many expressed their wishes for Devconnect to hap again, and aft we saw the impact, we powerfully agreed. Today, we tin yet stock that Devconnect is coming backmost and is planned for November 13-19 this twelvemonth successful Istanbul! 🇹🇷

What is Devconnect?

Devconnect is simply a week-long gathering that features autarkic Ethereum events, each with a unsocial focus. The extremity is to absorption connected in-depth sessions connected circumstantial topics and to bring the Ethereum assemblage unneurotic successful smaller groups to talk, larn about, and marque superior advancement successful circumstantial subjects. Events during Devconnect volition beryllium autarkic and hosted by experts successful those domains — which could beryllium you! Our squad volition assistance foster coordination truthful that hosts person logistical help, and assurance that there's minimal overlap of akin domains to debar pulling participants successful antithetic directions. Throughout the week we volition besides support a coworking abstraction for collaboration for each who are interested.

Most events volition people an assemblage of experts oregon enthusiasts successful the circumstantial domain of the lawsuit to alteration thorough knowing and discussions. Unlike a accustomed conference, we privation this week-long gathering to facilitate the heavy discussions and conversations that are needed to proceed to amended Ethereum.

Devconnect is simply a earthy campaigner to use subtraction, and we’re looking guardant to seeing the events, impact, and advancement the assemblage tin make during this week. If you’d similar to big an event, enactment tuned for much resources and information.

Additionally, we would besides similar to stress that Devconnect ≠ Devcon, which volition stay our main event, and we're excited to bring Devcon 7 to Southeast Asia successful 2024.

Why Istanbul 🇹🇷

Over the past months, we saw 1 assemblage of developers and students basal out: the Turkish Ethereum assemblage has worked hard to beforehand Istanbul. Nonetheless, we thoroughly evaluated galore options for the determination of Devconnect 2023, visited respective imaginable locations, toured venues, and checked for availability. We considered galore options and evaluated each determination earlier making our last decision.

We are excited to bring Devconnect to Istanbul, the vibrant metropolis of Türkiye, wherever 2 continents meet, and we look guardant to hosting an unthinkable lawsuit for the planetary Ethereum developer community.

But portion we privation this to beryllium a joyful message, we besides admit and person had connected our minds the devastating earthquakes that truthful heavy impacted southeast Turkey and northwest Syria, and affected the lives of millions. Our hearts spell retired to each who mislaid loved ones oregon their homes.

The portion volition request enactment for a agelong time, and if you similar to lend to the donations, present is simply a list that immoderate members of the assemblage person enactment together. We anticipation the determination to bring Devconnect to Istanbul tin amusement our support, and promote others to enactment this portion successful antithetic ways.

We recognize that concerns astir earthquake information mightiness beryllium connected your mind. While Istanbul was not physically impacted by the caller earthquake, we volition support monitoring the concern closely. We anticipation to conscionable you soon and together, fto america make thing meaningful and peculiar successful Istanbul during Devconnect this November.

In choosing Istanbul arsenic the big metropolis for Devconnect 2023, we purpose to capitalize connected its unsocial presumption arsenic a span betwixt East and West. Accessibility is simply a cardinal priority, and obtaining visas for attendees from astir countries volition beryllium comparatively easy. Istanbul, being 1 of the world's starring tourer hubs, is well-equipped with a large planetary airdrome to invited visitors from astir the globe. Istanbul’s businesslike section metro, and abundance of suitable venues for assemblage events marque it the cleanable determination for Devconnect 2023.

The engaged section assemblage and galore pupil blockchain clubs successful the portion further fortify our content successful the imaginable of this vibrant city. We are assured that Istanbul's unsocial blend of history, culture, and modernity volition supply an inspiring backdrop for the planetary Ethereum developer assemblage to travel together, collaborate with these passionate groups, and thrust innovation for Ethereum.

TL;DR

Mark your calendars: Devconnect IST, November 13-19, 2023.

More updates, details, and a docket of events coming soon on our website and connected Twitter! In the meantime, spot you astatine 1 of the galore different community events happening this year.

-- EF Devconnect team