About us
We are meeting once a month to share knowledge of and experience with Haskell.
Each time, one of us presents a topic, be it a library, a programming technique, development tools, or internals of GHC or other implementations. The format varies depending on the topic and the presenter between hands-on workshops, discussions and lectures.
Prior knowledge certainly helps, but we definitely don't require you to be an expert to join and/or to present a topic. The only thing that is important is that you are interested in Haskell and that you are eager to learn more.
HaskellerZ is organized by the Zurich Friends of Haskell.
Note that we've recently had to turn on moderator approval for new members. This is solely to deal with a relentless wave of spam that has hit Meetup; and everyone is still welcome to join.
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Announcement: ZuriHac 2026 takes place 6-8 June
OST – Ostschweizer Fachhochschule | Campus Rapperswil, Postfach 1475, Rapperswil-Jona, SG, CHDear Friends of Haskell,
The schedule for ZuriHac 2026 is now online on zurihac.info!
This year’s keynote speakers include Simon Peyton Jones (one of the creators of Haskell), Evan Czaplicki (the creator of the Elm programming language), and GarrickChin (developer of the “Defect Process” 2D hack n' slash game on Steam). We also have a track on Category Theory, given by Jencel Panic (author of “Category Theory Illustrated”), as well as a track on rolling your own dependent types given by Andres Löh and Andrea Vezzosi. The Beginners’ Track this year will be given by Michael Sperber (CEO of Active Group and author of “Schreib dein Program”), who will also talk about teaching programming. Our website zurihac.info contains further information on keynotes and tracks and will be updated regularly.
In case you have not registered yet, please do so ASAP via the link https://zureg.zfoh.ch/register (also on our website). Although registration is free for participants, it allows us to plan appropriately for the event: Jane Street and IOG are providing food in the evening, and we want to minimize waste.
For the uninitiated: ZuriHac 2026 will take place Saturday 6 June – 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!
Organizing ZuriHac would not be possible without the support and help of:
- CircuitHub
- Digital Asset
- IOG
- Jane Street
- OST
- Tweag
- Well-Typed
In case you would like to support ZuriHac, as a company or as an individual, please get in touch with us, we would be grateful: https://zfoh.ch/#donations
We hope to see you there!
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