We’re excited to announce that Alembic is a Platinum Sponsor of CodeBEAM Europe 2025, happening November 5–6 in Berlin! As dedicated advocates of the Elixir and BEAM communities, we’re proud to support this premier event that brings together developers, architects, and industry leaders from across the globe.
But we’re not just sponsoring, we’re contributing directly to the conference program with a keynote presentation, two technical talks, and a full-day workshop.
This event is both in-person and virtual, so we look forward to seeing you there!
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Keynote: A Survival Guide for the AI Age
Josh Price
Our Technical Director Josh Price will deliver the conference keynote, addressing one of the most pressing topics facing our industry today. "A Survival Guide for the AI Age" offers a practical roadmap for navigating the seismic shifts currently transforming software engineering.
As Josh explains, "We've fully entered the AI age. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle now. Things are about to look very different." His keynote serves as both a wake-up call and a rallying cry, presenting actionable strategies for designing systems that serve both humans and AI effectively.
Attendees will discover how forward-thinking organisations are reimagining their systems, teams, and delivery models to not just survive, but thrive amid the dramatic changes in software engineering economics. This session is essential for anyone looking to future-proof their technical approach and organisational strategy.
Reactor Under the Hood: Building a Graph-Based Saga Orchestrator in Elixir
James Harton
Here’s the thing - workflow engines sound complicated, but they don’t have to be. I’ll show you how Reactor uses a dead simple graph algorithm (find nodes with no dependencies, run them, remove them, repeat) to build something genuinely useful. We’ll dig into how this basic approach, combined with OTP, gives you concurrent execution with concurrency limits, automatic retries, compensation when things go wrong (and they will), and the ability to compose workflows inside each other. You’ll see how we made the simple cases easy without making the complex cases impossible.
Gleam + TypeScript: Full-Stack Type Safety with Inertia-Wisp
Michael Buhot
Gleam offers functional elegance, static types, and robust error handling—features that appeal to many developers. But what if your team already has deep TypeScript experience? In this talk, Michael Buhot shares how to ease the learning curve and unlock the benefits of Gleam by combining it with familiar frontend technologies like React and TypeScript. Using Inertia-Wisp as the connecting layer, Michael demonstrates how teams can achieve full-stack type safety without duplicating effort or sacrificing productivity.
Attendees will see how to share types and validation logic between client and server, how server-side rendering with React can be driven from Gleam, and how modern AI-assisted tools can drastically accelerate adoption. Beyond just types, the talk showcases how Gleam on the BEAM platform brings fault tolerance, scalability, and reliability to frontend-heavy stacks.
Whether you’re a TypeScript developer curious about functional programming, a BEAM enthusiast exploring frontend integration, or a tech lead evaluating next-gen backend options, this session delivers practical, real-world techniques to bring the two ecosystems together. Come for the type safety—stay for the crash-proof systems and blazing fast onboarding.
Workshop: Ash: Supercharge Your Elixir Apps with AI
Barnabas Jovanovics
This 1-day hands-on workshop, led by Ash core team member Barnabas Jovanovics, offers developers an opportunity to explore the powerful intersection of the Ash Framework and AI integration. This intensive session is designed for software developers at all levels who are interested in both Ash Framework and AI integration, as well as Elixir developers ready to elevate their skills.
The workshop takes a comprehensive approach, covering Ash from the ground up while exploring cutting-edge AI capabilities through Ash AI. Participants will build a real-world AI-enabled application from scratch, learning to design and implement resources, craft actions that encapsulate core business logic, and seamlessly integrate APIs and UIs.
What sets this workshop apart is its focus on practical AI integration. Attendees will learn to supercharge their applications with AI capabilities including prompt-backed actions, secure tool calling, and conversational interfaces. While we cover Ash fundamentals thoroughly, a working knowledge of Elixir will help participants maximise their learning experience.
Ash Framework revolutionises Elixir development with its data-driven approach to application modelling, and AshAI extends that power with deep AI integration. This workshop provides the perfect opportunity to master both technologies in a single, intensive session.
For more workshop information and to secure your place, book via codebeameurope.com/trainings/ash-ai/
About CodeBEAM Europe
CodeBEAM Europe brings together the brightest minds working with Elixir, Erlang, Gleam, and other BEAM-based technologies. It’s a space for sharing real-world solutions, inspiring ideas, and practical lessons from the heart of the community.
Alembic’s Platinum Sponsorship reflects our deep commitment to the Elixir ecosystem. We’re honoured to support a conference that consistently delivers high-quality content, fosters genuine connections, and sparks innovation across industries.
For more information about CodeBEAM Europe 2025 and to register for the event, please visit codebeameurope.com
