Conference as a communication hub for all of us

The deck for a lightning talk at https://laravellive.jp/en

1. Conference as a communication hub for ALL of us Laravel Live Japan 2026 OKURA Masafumi, 2026-05-27
2. Hello from
3. Not Rails Core, but from Rails community
4. whoami • Name: OKURA Masafumi (Masafumi is my fi rst name, call me “Masa”) • Job: Freelance software developer (web, Rails, etc.) • Activities: Kaigi on Rails conference founder, Open Source Developer, coffee lover
7. Has developing software become easier?
9. We need to improve ourselves
10. We need to educate ourselves
11. We need to equip ourselves
12. We need to be a better developer
13. HOW?
15. Conference
16. ˚Conference ⚪︎ Communication
17. Conference as a communication hub for ALL of us Laravel Live Japan 2026 OKURA Masafumi, 2026-05-27
18. Conference::bestFor(‘conference')
19. // => true
20. Styles of communication at conferences • Talk/Session • Sponsor booth • Parties! • Lunch • Hallway track
22. Styles of communication at conferences • Talk/Session (<- expected) • Sponsor booth (<- somewhat expected) • Parties! (<- somewhat unexpected) • Lunch (<- unexpected) • Hallway track (<- truly unexpected!)
23. (Especially unexpected) Communication helps us to… • make lots of new friends • exchange ideas to learn something new • re fl ect ourselves with someone else’s insight and point of view • be a better developer • have fun!
24. No matter who you are!
25. Have you communicated well, enough?
26. Don’t worry!
27. We have the next chance!
28. One more thing
29. Organizing conferences is not easy
30. Deep gratitude to the organizer team!
31. ͋Γ͕ͱ͏ʂ
32. Contact me! • Personal website: https://okuramasafumi.com • ruby.social: https://ruby.social/@okuramasafumi • X: https://x.com/okuramasafumi • GitHub: https://github.com/okuramasafumi • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/masafumi-okura-82651128/