On 5/8/16 6:47 PM, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> As for location: I attended CodeConf Hong Kong last November, hosted at
> Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It was a great venue and
> they're very open to hosting similar events! Show Asia some love! I'll
> chase down the responsible people.

Great idea, please do. Thanks! -- Andrei

On Sunday, 8 May 2016 at 19:39:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/8/16 6:47 PM, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
>> As for location: I attended CodeConf Hong Kong last November, hosted at
>> Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It was a great venue and
>> they're very open to hosting similar events! Show Asia some love! I'll
>> chase down the responsible people.
>
> Great idea, please do. Thanks! -- Andrei

Observing this thread for a while it seems that everyone wants the future dconf close to  his/her home country/state which is pretty understandable.

So I just throw a solution in here that could make more people happy - how about a Dconf US and a Dconf Europe? Seems like the D community is getting big enough.
They could be six-month separated.

Btw in general we should learn from the Js/Python community and encourage people to organize more D meet-ups, hackathons and small conferences ;-)
Maybe the upcoming D Foundation could help to push that?

On Sunday, May 08, 2016 21:56:16 Seb via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Sunday, 8 May 2016 at 19:39:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> > On 5/8/16 6:47 PM, Lionello Lunesu wrote:
> >> As for location: I attended CodeConf Hong Kong last November,
> >> hosted at
> >> Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It was a great
> >> venue and
> >> they're very open to hosting similar events! Show Asia some
> >> love! I'll
> >> chase down the responsible people.
> >
> > Great idea, please do. Thanks! -- Andrei
>
> Observing this thread for a while it seems that everyone wants the future dconf close to  his/her home country/state which is pretty understandable.
>
> So I just throw a solution in here that could make more people
> happy - how about a Dconf US and a Dconf Europe? Seems like the D
> community is getting big enough.
> They could be six-month separated.

The main downside to this (aside from the additional effort and money required) is that what you'll end up with is that many of the folks who might otherwise go to both will then only end up going to one.  So, some of the collaboritve aspects of the conference will suffer, because D devs who would have otherwise had a yearly meetup then don't see each other. I also don't know if it makes sense to talk about splitting dconf in two when we don't necessarily have enough folks to have a multi-track conference. But I expect that we'll eventually end up with multiple D conferences a year, whether they're all "dconf" or not.

- Jonathan M Davis

On Sunday, 8 May 2016 at 12:50:01 UTC, wobbles wrote:

>
> Another +1 for Dublin here too.
>
> PyConIE is in the Radisson, which is very central and handy for everyone.
> Theres many many other venues around the city too - including the RDS which has oceans of event space.
>
> Also, tis a lovely city!

I can do some research about the conference centers. RDS is big, as wobbles said, then you have loads of other places that host conferences (including the three big universities DCU, TCD, UCD).

https://dublin.ie/working/conferences/

Maybe the Convention Centre is a bit OTT, but who knows. Anyway, Dublin has Google, Facebook and others. It wouldn't be too hard to get an IT crowd.

In the city center everything is within walking distance (no need to take buses or cabs if you go on sight seeing - cabs are quite cheap in Dublin). Hotels and B&Bs are not the cheapest but not ridiculously expensive either, and if you book early enough you should get a decent price. I know of a B&B close to the Convention Centre that charges €45 a night (including breakfast) which is perfectly acceptable given the location.

Since Ireland is small, you can go on day tours to other parts, like the west (e.g. Cliffs of Moher). By train, bus or car you're in Galway within 2-3 hours, which is the loveliest city in Ireland. So if you spend a few more days, you can see a good bit of the rest of the country too. Céad míle fáilte!

Jaysus, I sound like Fáilte Ireland :-))

http://www.discoverireland.ie/

Full recognition that there was way less demand for another US DConf... so perhaps somewhere easier to fly to?

Reykjavik?
Dublin?
Oslo?
Stockholm?
Barcelona?
London?

Those are pretty good hubs and have solid airfare from the US... and all over. London and Barcelona in particular have a truly impressive number of flights in and out. They're all also really wonderful places to go exploring. Not a huge fan of Berlin as a city... that said the venue was pretty nice (a larger screen would've been better) and the food was definitely a step up from Utah.

On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 09:58:32 UTC, Mark Isaacson wrote:
> Full recognition that there was way less demand for another US DConf... so perhaps somewhere easier to fly to?
>
> Reykjavik?
> Dublin?
> Oslo?
> Stockholm?
> Barcelona?
> London?
>
> Those are pretty good hubs and have solid airfare from the US... and all over. London and Barcelona in particular have a truly impressive number of flights in and out. They're all also really wonderful places to go exploring. Not a huge fan of Berlin as a city... that said the venue was pretty nice (a larger screen would've been better) and the food was definitely a step up from Utah.

It's not just the distance, but also the overall personal cost of attending the conference. Berlin is, all things considered, a fairly cheap city. London is a big NO in this regard, can't speak about the other suggestions.

On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 15:12:25 UTC, krzaq wrote:
> On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 09:58:32 UTC, Mark Isaacson wrote:
>> Full recognition that there was way less demand for another US DConf... so perhaps somewhere easier to fly to?
>>
>> Reykjavik?
>> Dublin?
>> Oslo?
>> Stockholm?
>> Barcelona?
>> London?
>>
>> Those are pretty good hubs and have solid airfare from the US... and all over. London and Barcelona in particular have a truly impressive number of flights in and out. They're all also really wonderful places to go exploring. Not a huge fan of Berlin as a city... that said the venue was pretty nice (a larger screen would've been better) and the food was definitely a step up from Utah.
>
> It's not just the distance, but also the overall personal cost of attending the conference. Berlin is, all things considered, a fairly cheap city. London is a big NO in this regard, can't speak about the other suggestions.

I also think it should not only be in a decently cheap location, but also in a location where there is, by default, a high concentration of D users.

Berlin fits that.
Facebook fits that.
Where's the other high concentration of D users?

On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 15:32:05 UTC, wobbles wrote:
> I also think it should not only be in a decently cheap location, but also in a location where there is, by default, a high concentration of D users.
>
> Berlin fits that.
> Facebook fits that.
> Where's the other high concentration of D users?

Lots of D user in Japan and Australia. Many scattered around the US.

On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 15:12:25 UTC, krzaq wrote:
>
> It's not just the distance, but also the overall personal cost of attending the conference. Berlin is, all things considered, a fairly cheap city. London is a big NO in this regard, can't speak about the other suggestions.


I don't know what Berlin's like, but I just visited London for a long weekend and it wasn't so bad compared to where I live (NYC). I used AirBnB and my room was like $90 a night.

On 9 May 2016 at 17:32, wobbles via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 15:12:25 UTC, krzaq wrote:
>>
>> On Monday, 9 May 2016 at 09:58:32 UTC, Mark Isaacson wrote:
>>>
>>> Full recognition that there was way less demand for another US DConf... so perhaps somewhere easier to fly to?
>>>
>>> Reykjavik?
>>> Dublin?
>>> Oslo?
>>> Stockholm?
>>> Barcelona?
>>> London?
>>>
>>> Those are pretty good hubs and have solid airfare from the US... and all over. London and Barcelona in particular have a truly impressive number of flights in and out. They're all also really wonderful places to go exploring. Not a huge fan of Berlin as a city... that said the venue was pretty nice (a larger screen would've been better) and the food was definitely a step up from Utah.
>>
>>
>> It's not just the distance, but also the overall personal cost of attending the conference. Berlin is, all things considered, a fairly cheap city. London is a big NO in this regard, can't speak about the other suggestions.
>
>
> I also think it should not only be in a decently cheap location, but also in a location where there is, by default, a high concentration of D users.
>
> Berlin fits that.
> Facebook fits that.
> Where's the other high concentration of D users?

Europe is fairly accessible for many people, if this year is anything
to go by.  I wouldn't mind going to another capital. Paris? Bucharest?
 If it must be the US, then I'd pick Boston. :-)