Zurich JS Conf 2026 Warm-Up Meetup & Early Badge Pickup

The week of the conference is here, and so is our most special meetup edition of the year: the warm-up!

Let's start it up with our traditional meetup experience: great people, food, drinks, and pure positive energy! Except, this time, we're following it up with a workshop day and a conference we've been working towards all year, all for our lovely community ❤️

Attending Zurich JS Conf 2026 on the 11th? You’ll also be able to pick up your conference badge early at the meetup, making your arrival on conference day a little smoother.

Agenda
👉 Event page

About the organizers

• Bogdan Ilie is a user advocate. He's dipped his toes into Web Development, Technical Writing, Marketing, Design, and more. That makes him uniquely predisposed to identify improvement opportunities anywhere in the chain, or come up with unique solutions to problems. Nowadays, he's building websites and webapps at novu ag, using his beloved framework, Vue.
• Faris Aziz is a front-end master and Staff Software Engineer at Smallpdf, after his Engineering management job at Navro, a fintech company in the UK. Faris is a mentor, conference speaker, and workshop instructor, most recently at CityJS and other major conferences. He has contributed to open-source projects like Raycast and has mentored on platforms like Mentor Cruise. His projects include work on GCN, Eurosport, Discovery+, Fiit (a top UK fitness app), and he was the founding engineer of Navro in London. He also serves as a technical mentor at the Bletchley Institute.
• Nadja Hesselbjerg is a Zurich-based frontend developer with a flair for crafting sleek, user-friendly web experiences. With a passion for innovative UX/UI design, she transforms complex ideas into intuitive digital solutions. Her multicultural background adds a unique perspective to her work. When she's not coding, Nadja is likely exploring the latest design trends or enjoying the vibrant Swiss tech scene.

Get involved

• Have an interesting idea?
• Something missing from all meetups in this space?
• Do you have feedback?
• Wanna buy us a coffee?
• Got a venue idea? We love rotating locations to showcase Zurich’s tech ecosystem. Reach out, we’re always scouting fresh spots for our upcoming events.

There are multiple ways to get in touch:

• conf.zurichjs.com - get your conference ticket and find out more!
• zurichjs.com - the source of truth for all things zurichjs, including all social links to follow us and interact with us online

Our goal is to create a space where everyone can bring value and feel like they are getting something out of it.

We are open to sponsorships and partnerships, and we would appreciate you sharing the event and message us about opportunities.

We are also committed to fostering a respectful and psychologically safe space where anyone can share their ideas. If this is your first time speaking, or if you need help preparing for a talk, we are happy to offer guidance and support.