The ACCU Conference is one of the longest running developer conferences in the world. Established by the ACCU organisation in 1997 it has always been open to the whole community and at the forefront of what's happening in the world of software development.

Originally focused on C and C++, that community has expanded to include other language ecosystems, and you should expect to be exposed to content on C#, D, F#, Go, Javascript, Haskell, Java, Kotlin, Lisp, Python, Ruby, Rust, Swift and more. There are always sessions on TDD, BDD, and how to do programming right.

The tagline for the ACCU is "Professionalism in Programming", which captures the whole spectrum of programming languages, tools, techniques and processes involved in advancing our craft.

The ACCU Conference is a conference by programmers for programmers about programming.

News: T-Shirt design competition for 2025


5th February 2025 at 16:56

If you've been coming to the ACCU conference for a few years you may remember that a long-running tradition was the T-Shirt design competition. We didn't manage to run the competition last year, but this year it's back!

T-Shirt Design Competition

We want a design to put on the front of this year's shirt. If you like you can also provide the theme for the back, too. Traditionally this includes the names of all the speakers. You don't have to do those all yourself (although you can). You can do as much or as little of the back as you like - we'll work out the rest.

We can work with black or white shirts, as well as other colours (let us know if you're thinking of a different colour, and we'll see what we are able to use).

Of course all designs must be in keeping with our Code of Conduct, and in the spirit of our inclusive community. If in doubt just let us know what you're thinking of.

If it's a competition what can I win?

The selected winner will get a free ticket to the conference dinner on Thursday evening as well as two free t-shirt's featuring their design.

When does it have to be in by?

You have until the end of the day on Friday 28th February to get your designs in.

And finally ...

We thought it would be fun to create an archive of previous year's shirt designs. We know that many of you have been keeping your ACCU Conference t-shirts in good condition for many years. If you get a chance please send us photos of any ACCU shirts you have (ideally front and back, on a plain surface), along with your permission for us to potentially publish the pictures in the future (and please also let us know if we can give you an attribution or not).

All designs, photos or questions should be sent to admin@accuconference.org.


At its core the ACCU Conference is about developers who want to share their experience through presentations and interactive workshops with other developers. To reach as many as possible we plan, again, to run a hybrid conference in 2025. All sessions will be onsite at our venue in Bristol. but most will be live-streamed for remote attendees.

Location

The ACCU Conference is, once again, hosted at the Delta Hotels by Bristol Marriott, City Centre in Bristol, UK. Located in the city centre, close to shopping centres, main attractions and key transportation hubs the Bristol Marriott is renowned as one of the largest conference centres in South-West England.

Accommodation

Accommodation can be reserved at a special rate from the conference block on registration, or can be booked directly with the venue hotel or other hotels in the area.

The ACCU conference is run by Shaved Yaks Events in partnership with the ACCU Conference Committee.