HALF-LIGHT
A summit on design, code and the systems between.
Doors 09:00 GMT+2 · that's Wed 6 Oct, 07:00 UTC where you are
The programme, the people, and one document that runs the whole thing.
Why we gather
The tracks
Four rooms, four ways in
Running order
The keynotes, in order
Three opening calls and one closing one. Everything between them is on the call sheet — star what you want and it becomes your day.
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In the room
No slides. Something gets built.
Every room is set up so work happens in it — the Stage track bans decks outright, the keynotes are timed to the minute, and the whole thing is lit like the show it is.
On the bill
People who ship
One day at HALF-LIGHT
From doors to lights-up
Doors & coffee
Dock entrance, along the quay
Beat 01 / 07Opening keynote
Silo Hall — Tobias Obeye
Beat 02 / 07Live build
Dock Room — no slides
Beat 03 / 07Lunch on the water
The whole crew, one long table
Beat 04 / 07Workshops
Twenty-four desks, upstairs
Beat 05 / 07Last call
Silo Hall — closing
Beat 06 / 07The floor opens
Music until the lights come up
Beat 07 / 07
Silo Hall · Loft 2 · Dock Room · Workshop AThe venue
A grain silo on the Maas
Maassilo is a 1910 grain elevator turned event hall: raw concrete, eleven-metre ceilings, and a dock door that opens straight onto the river.
Maashaven Zuidzijde 1-2, 3081 AE Rotterdam
- Metro D/E to Maashaven · 4 min walk
- Rotterdam Centraal · 12 min by metro
- Schiphol · 35 min by train
The edition in figures
1,140
38
24
2 weeks
Passes
Three ways to be in the room
Day Pass
- One day, all stages
- Live-build sessions
- Recordings after
Full Pass
- All three days
- Speaker dinner Thu
- Recordings after
- Call-sheet print
Studio Pass
- Full Pass
- Two workshop seats
- Front-row block
- Name on the call sheet
Prices exclude VAT. Every pass includes lunch, coffee and the printed call sheet.
The archive
Every year since 2024
With thanks
The companies that make the day
The call sheet, by email
Revisions land in your inbox first
Line-up additions, early-pass windows and room changes — one email a month, more in the final fortnight.