Conference Handbook 2024

On this page you can find information about the event that will help you prepare for your trip and maximize your experience at JSHeroes. We’ve included details on the conference venue, agenda, and social events, as well as information on some of the initiatives we are taking to make the event accessible and comfortable for everyone.

Whether you’re attending JSHeroes for the first time or you’re a returning attendee, we hope this handbook will serve as a valuable resource for you.

📆 🌎 Date and Venue

JSHeroes 2024 will take place on May 23-24th (Thursday & Friday) at Grand Hotel Italia in Cluj-Napoca. It is a one-track conference and we have reserved the space from the hotel’s ground floor, a spacious conference room, and a large lobby, where you can enjoy the talks, the technical booths, and the networking area.

Also, during the coffee and lunch breaks, we will have an alternative stage, with interesting conversations and follow-ups from the talks on the main stage.Everyone will be able to join, as a speaker or participant. We also want to encourage open discussions, projects presentations, lightning talks, and anything which is remotely related to what we do and our mission and values.

Bellow you can find a map of the entire venue, with all the points of interest marked accordingly.

📒✨ Agenda and Theme

After we reflected in 2023 on the past 10 years of frontend development, in 2024 we want to spotlight some of the established patterns and architectures that reached maturity and are becoming industry standards.

Leaving behind us the tumultuous growth of the JS ecosystem we will focus on the positive outcomes of all the years of challenging “best practices”. We want to bring on stage talks about design patterns and system architecture, but also web standards and language advancements. Along with these, we want to tackle software complexity and dealing with legacy code and legacy systems.

At JSHeroes, we always ventured outside the pure language ecosystem, so expect to see a variety of talks covering the entire landscape of web development and JavaScript as a universal programming language.

But of course, we will not neglect the human side of things, in our effort to paint a full picture for the development community in 2024.

Check out the agenda here. We’ll post all the talks, soon after the conference, on our YouTube channel. During the conference, we’re not going to live stream though.

📅 Shared calendar with activities

If you want to have a good overview of all the extra activites around the event, you can add this calendar to your account, as it contains all the details related to the city tour, pre-event meetups and others.

🎤 Pre-event meetup

On the evening before the event, May 22nd, you can join the pre-event meetup organized by Women in Tech Cluj.

📍 City tour

Are you coming to Cluj for the first time? Or maybe you’ve been here before (or you even live here) but you don’t know much about its history? We’re organizing a two-hour free walking tour with a professional local guide.

If you are interested, please register using this quick form, so we know how to best prepare for the number of people that are joining.

🎫 Tickets

Please make sure you have your name registered and that your ticket info is correct. You can also easily change your ticket details by accessing them directly from your email. No need to print anything, we’ll have your badge ready at the registration desk.

If your plans change and you can’t attend the conference, you can always re-assign your ticket to someone else, or you can ask for a refund. Drop us a line at welcome@jsheroes.io if you need any assistance with this.

📢 Communication

Join our slack group for quickly communicating with the organizers and speakers during the event. We will also communicate news/updates about the event on Slack before and also after the event.

We post all the major updates on our Facebook and Twitter pages. So you can follow and join us on both.

We encourage you to use the hashtag #JSHeroes2024 to tweet and post about the conference, connect with other attendees, and share your photos when the big days arrive.

🚌 Transportation

You can conveniently reach the event location by bus, as line 21 stops a few hundred meters away from the venue.

Please keep in mind that the dedicated parking area at the hotel is not free anymore. Additionally, heavy traffic is to be expected in the area during morning rush hour, so plan accordingly and allow extra time for travel. We hope you have a safe and smooth journey to the conference.

♿ Accessibility

We are trying our best to make JSHeroes hassle-free for everyone. The venue is a 5-star hotel that is fully wheelchair accessible and all the activities are held on the ground floor.

Additionally, we will hand a set of accessibility guidelines to all our speakers to ensure that their talks and slide decks are inclusive in language and content.

We have two dedicated rooms at the first floor of the hotel: a kids room and a focus room. There’s a dedicated page for accessibility and inclusion at JSHeroes we invite you to read to find out more about.

🌱 Eco-friendly

We are thrilled to announce that this year’s event has been organized with sustainability in mind and with the desire to limit its environment impact.

We understand the importance of reducing our carbon footprint and promoting eco-friendly initiatives in the industry, which is why we have started to implement a few green initiatives to make this conference as sustainable as possible.

🎤 Alternative stage

In keeping with our tradition from previous years, the alternative stage will once again be a central part of our event. This informal area, nestled in a corner of the event hall, serves as a meeting point for speakers and attendees to participate in casual discussions or spontaneous presentations during coffee and lunch breaks. Andrei Antal will return as the host of the stage, with our MC sharing the details of the discussions before each break.

🧘 Pilates session

Continuing from 2023, we will be hosting a pilates session on the morning of the second day of the event. This session will take place in a designated room and will be led by our dear friend, Carmen Popoviciu, a certified pilates trainer. She will demonstrate various exercises aimed at improving posture and addressing pains associated with intensive office work.

If you wish to attend, please register using this form.

🏃‍♀️ Running sessions

In addition to the pilates session, we are excited to introduce running sessions before each day of the event. The sessions will be led by our enthusiastic community member, Ioana Chiorean, an experienced runner. Ioana will guide participants through a scenic routes around the conference venue and towards the city center, ensuring a pace that is comfortable for all fitness levels.

This is a great opportunity to energize yourself before the day’s activities, meet fellow attendees in a relaxed setting, and enjoy the local surroundings. Use this link to register.

🍎 Catering

There is a premium catering lunch and coffee breaks. We don’t want you to run around all hungry and decaffeinated throughout the day, so the lunch and coffee breaks are included in the ticket price. For lunch, you can expect a healthy meal with various options. It includes vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free options.

📸 Photos

Throughout the conference, we’ll take photos and video shots. Your participation at the event represents your consent to share the materials on social media. If you don’t want to appear in photos, you can choose a white lanyard at the registration and we’ll take care to filter the materials that will be shared online.

🎉 After party

After wrapping up the conference on Friday, grab some dinner, then join us for the JSHeroes After Party! Meet the organizers and the speakers and enjoy your Friday evening with some 90’s dirty disco vibes! It’s happening at Flying Circus club, starting 11:00pm. Everyone’s welcome! Keep in mind there’s a small entrance fee that you can pay by cash or card. Let’s keep the energy going after an awesome conference! See you there :)

🤝 Code of Conduct

All attendees, speakers, sponsors, and volunteers at the JSHeroes event are required to agree with our Code of Conduct. As organizers, JSHeroes will enforce this code throughout the event. We expect cooperation from all of you to help ensure a safe environment for everybody.

🧭 Explore the City

Cluj-Napoca has a lot of interesting places to see and explore. If you’re looking for things to do during your free time while attending JSHeroes conference, be sure to check out the map we’ve built of the city’s top attractions we recommend.

Some must-see places include the Alexandru Borza Botanical Garden, St. Michael’s Church and the National Museum of Art. There are also plenty of cafes, restaurants, and bars where you can relax and soak up the local atmosphere.

Whether you’re a first-time visitor or a seasoned traveler, Cluj-Napoca has something for everyone. We hope you enjoy exploring the city and all it has to offer!