Dear Friends of Haskell,
It is our pleasure to announce that ZuriHac 2026 will take place from Saturday 6 June to Monday 8 June 2026 as a physical event at the Rapperswil-Jona campus of the OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Sciences.
ZuriHac is the biggest Haskell community event in the world: a completely free, three-day grassroots coding festival co-organized by the Zürich Friends of Haskell and the OST Eastern Switzerland University of Applied Science. It is not your standard conference with papers and presentations, but features fantastic keynotes, hands-on tracks, hacking on many of your favourite projects, and of course lots of socializing!
This year’s keynote speakers include Simon Peyton Jones (one of the designers of the Haskell language), Evan Czaplicki (author of the Elm language) and Garrick Chin (author of the game “Defect Process”). Further keynote speaker and track announcements will be made on our website. For an idea of what to expect, have a look at last year’s schedule on <https://zfoh.ch/zurihac2025> or a video impression of 2024 at https://youtu.be/SMIdDqZxrUk?si=Jvl1LpuanFJHglSC.
We also welcome beginners or people unfamiliar to Haskell who are curious to learn more. There will be an organised beginners’ track, as well as many mentors from the Haskell community happy to answer all your questions.
ZuriHac Prelude: Two days prior to ZuriHac, co-located events will be organized by the Haskell Foundation and OST at the same venue. Details will be posted to the ZuriHac website as they become available.
You can find more information about the event and register at https://zurihac.info.
The event is free for participants. This is only possible with the help of our generous supporters, who are currently:
- Jane Street
- The Haskell Foundation
- OST
- Tweag by Modus Create
- Well-Typed
We think ZuriHac is one of the best places to recruit talented engineers. In case this interests you, please get in touch with us. We also accept individual donations by credit card or wire transfer at https://zfoh.ch/#donations.
We hope to see you there!
The Zurich Friends of Haskell