Event recap

Northlight 2026

Two days, one building, and a corridor that turned out to matter more than the main stage.

18–19 September 2026KaohsiungSample recap deck

By the numbers

Four numbers from the two days

Attendees

+31% on 2025

Sessions

Across four rooms

Countries

Nine first-time

Would return

Percent, 611 responses

Day one

Thursday, in three moments

09:40

Doors opened eleven minutes late

The queue reached the car park. Badge printing moved outside by the afternoon.

13:15

The corridor filled up

More people stayed between rooms than went into the third session. We added seating.

17:30

Workshops overran, nobody left

Three of four ran 25 minutes long with the rooms still full.

Day one — press → to flick through

Opening, main hall
Badge desk
Corridor
Workshop two
Closing, day one

Day two

Friday, in three moments

10:00

Unconference board filled in 20 minutes

Fourteen sessions proposed, eleven ran. Two had standing room only.

14:20

The repair bench ran out of parts

It was meant to be a side table. It became the busiest surface in the building.

16:45

Closing ran short on purpose

Fifteen minutes, then the doors stayed open for another hour.

The corridor was the conference. Put more chairs in it next year and cut a track.

Attendee survey, open response — 19 September

Day two — press → to flick through

Unconference board
Repair bench
Room three
Closing
After hours

What people came for

Five answers, ranked

Meeting people38%
A specific speaker23%
Hands-on workshops19%
The repair bench13%
Something else7%

611 responses of 1,284 attendees. Single answer only, so the shares add to 100.

I came for one talk and spent both days fixing other people's gear. Best conference I have been to.

Workshop participant, day two

Partners

It happened because of these twelve

HarbourlineTideglassNorthbeamSable & Co OrtolanField RadioLow TideNine Mornings HarrowgateLumeCedar WorksMariner Labs

All partner names in this sample deck are invented.

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