Programme
Day 1
September 22, 2016
Tap on hour to see the talks
08:00 - 08:50 - Foyer
Registration
08:50 - 09:00 - Vandervell Theatre
Welcome to Elixir.LDN!
10:50 - 11:05 - Edward Lumley Hall
Tea and Coffee Break
12:00 - 12:45 - Vandervell Theatre
12:45 - 14:00 - Edward Lumley Hall
Lunch
14:00 - 14:45 - Vandervell Theatre
Building "Learn to Touch Type" Glove with Elixir and Arduino
15:35 - 15:50 - Edward Lumley Hall
Tea and Coffee Break
17:30 - 18:00 - Vandervell Theatre
Lightning Talks
Lightning Talks
Svilen Gospodinov - Intro to Webpack and Code-splitting for Phoenix - Slides
Simon Woolf - Heisenbug
Sophie Rimington - PounderBuilding a search engine: my introduction to functional programming
Evadne Wu - Thumbnail Generation in Elixir/Erlang with libVIPS
Anthony Eden - Elixir & DNSimple
Peter Saxton - Introducing Raxx, an Elixir Webserver Interface
Venue
The Royal College of Surgeons
35-43 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3PE
The College is centrally located at Lincoln's Inn Fields within easy walking distance of Holborn (Piccadilly and Central lines) and Temple (District and Circle lines) underground stations. It is a short taxi or underground journey from most major rail stations. Two NCP car parks are situated nearby.
The College is easily reached via the Underground, bus and rail. For travelling within London, try using the Transport for London journey planner.
By Underground
The nearest Tube station is Holborn (Piccadilly and Central Lines). It takes about 10 minutes to walk from the station to the museum.
Temple (District and Circle Lines) and Charing Cross stations (Northern and Bakerloo Lines) are a 10-20 minute walk or short taxi ride away.
By bus
A number of buses stop near the College, for more details download the map at the Transport for London web site.
High Holborn (travelling east and west)
1, 8, 25, 38, 55, 98, 242
Kingsway (travelling north and south)
1, 59, 68, 91, 168, 171, 188, 243, 521
Aldwych (travelling east and west)
9, 11, 15, 23, 341
Aldwych (travelling north and south)
4, 6, 13, 26, 76, 77A, 139, 172, 176, 341
By rail
The nearest stations are Kings Cross St. Pancras, Euston, Waterloo and Charing Cross. It takes about 20-30 minutes to walk from each to the College. Visit National Rail Enquiries for more information on train times, tickets and planning your journey.
Parking
On street parking is available outside the College on Lincoln's Inn Fields. The pay and display charges are in operation from Monday to Saturday, 8.30am - 6.30pm. The current charge in the Westminster bays is £4 per hour with a maximum stay of 2 hours.
Visitors should be aware that both Westminster and Camden councils operate parking bays around the Fields. Please check the signs carefully when you park to determine which borough you are parked in and ensure you purchase a ticket from the correct pay and display machine.
The nearest multi-storey car parks are in Drury Lane and Bloomsbury Square.
Blue Badge holders can park in marked bays for up to 4 hours, Monday to Friday, 8.30am to 6.30am, and without time limit outside these hours. As a Blue Badge holder you are also entitled to park at a meter/pay-and-display bay for an extra hour once the paid time has expired.
College parking for disabled people
The College has a dedicated parking space for use by disabled visitors. Please book this space in advance by calling reception on 020 7869 6400. For more information on disabled parking, see the Westminster council website.