User Meetings
Connecting APL professionals and enthusiasts
We host various user meetings and events that encompass a wide range of geographical locations, abilities, requirements, and budgets.
In addition to our own user meetings and events, members of Team Dyalog regularly attend (and present at) user meetings hosted by APL user groups and other relevant events. Our event calendar includes information on upcoming user meetings and events.
Dyalog User Meetings
Sharing Knowledge and Building Bonds Within the APL Community
Dyalog user meetings are 5-day in-person events, usually held in September/October. They are an opportunity to update your technical knowledge, attend workshops, gain exclusive previews of upcoming functionality, meet your peers, and talk with members of Team Dyalog. Delegates come from diverse global locations, and include new and long-time users, hobbyists and professionals, students and retired community members, migrants from other APL implementations, and potential and existing customers.
Each Dyalog user meeting has a unique logo. These are based on pieces of ancient Norse jewellery, honouring our former CEO‘s love of historical jewellery and thriving user base across the Nordic region.
The Dyalog user meeting location originally alternated between Europe and North America; since 2014, it has been held in Europe exclusively. In 2024 it changed from an annual event to a biennial one.
DYNA
Strengthening the APL Community Across the Americas
Dyalog North America (DYNA) started in 2015 as a 2-day in-person event to provide an alternative to the main user meeting in Europe for the American users. It ran for two years before taking a break.
DYNA meetings were relaunched in 2024 as annual 1-day events in the spring, with additional 2-day events in the fall in the gap years between the European user meetings.
DYNA meetings often concentrate at least in part on migrating to Dyalog from other APL implementations and newcomers to APL. Delegates are usually from the Americas.
APL Seeds
Introducing Dyalog to the next generation of APLers
APL Seeds user meetings were online events aimed at new and prospective users of APL. Each half-day meeting comprised brief overviews of the language, introductions to available resources, and demonstrations of real-world applications using APL.
APL Seeds meetings ran from 2021-2024.
Two Decades of User Meetings!
