NORTHWAY 2026 -- the programme

Monday 2026-08-17
  09:00 - 09:45  Opening keynote                     Ada Fenn
  12:00 - 13:00  Lunch
  Main hall
    09:45 - 10:30  Why your program forgets          Ada Fenn
    13:00 - 14:30  Files and the moment between      Ruth Okonjo
    14:45 - 15:45  Ten years of bad schemas          Ada Fenn
  Studio
    09:45 - 11:45  Workshop: first hour              Nils Hagen
    13:00 - 15:00  Workshop: second hour             Nils Hagen
    15:15 - 16:00  Reading an error message          Ada Fenn
    16:15 - 17:00  Testing with nine lines           Mia Trent

Tuesday 2026-08-18
  12:00 - 13:00  Lunch
  16:00 - 16:45  Closing keynote                     Ruth Okonjo
  Main hall
    09:00 - 10:30  A database is a promise           Ruth Okonjo
    10:45 - 11:30  Questions that answer themselves  Mia Trent
  Studio
    09:00 - 10:00  Panel: what we got wrong          Mia Trent
    13:00 - 15:00  Live coding: the animal game      Ruth Okonjo

BY TRACK

  Main hall
    Monday     09:45  Why your program forgets
    Monday     13:00  Files and the moment between
    Monday     14:45  Ten years of bad schemas
    Tuesday    09:00  A database is a promise
    Tuesday    10:45  Questions that answer themselves

  Studio
    Monday     09:45  Workshop: first hour
    Monday     13:00  Workshop: second hour
    Monday     15:15  Reading an error message
    Monday     16:15  Testing with nine lines
    Tuesday    09:00  Panel: what we got wrong
    Tuesday    13:00  Live coding: the animal game

BY SPEAKER

  Ada Fenn
    Monday     09:00  Opening keynote                   everybody
    Monday     09:45  Why your program forgets          Main hall
    Monday     14:45  Ten years of bad schemas          Main hall
    Monday     15:15  Reading an error message          Studio

  Ruth Okonjo
    Monday     13:00  Files and the moment between      Main hall
    Tuesday    09:00  A database is a promise           Main hall
    Tuesday    13:00  Live coding: the animal game      Studio
    Tuesday    16:00  Closing keynote                   everybody

  Nils Hagen
    Monday     09:45  Workshop: first hour              Studio
    Monday     13:00  Workshop: second hour             Studio

  Mia Trent
    Monday     16:15  Testing with nine lines           Studio
    Tuesday    09:00  Panel: what we got wrong          Studio
    Tuesday    10:45  Questions that answer themselves  Main hall

DID NOT FIT
  The packer nobody wrote           8 hours    longer than a day

CLASHES
  Ada Fenn is in two rooms at once on Monday:
    14:45 - 15:45  Ten years of bad schemas          Main hall
    15:15 - 16:00  Reading an error message          Studio

MONEY
  early bird    137 at USD  199.95   USD  27393.15
  full price     84 at USD  249.00   USD  20916.00
  rooms           2 at USD  800.00   USD   1600.00
  left over                          USD  46709.15
