Next meet-ups

Tip

There will be no regular meet-up in Februrary, as we have our conference instead!

Weds Mar 25, 2026, 4:30pm UTC

Register EMEA/AMER

Get the date/time in your timezone, e.g.

library(lubridate)
ymd_hms("2026-03-25 16:30:00") |>
with_tz("Europe/Vienna")
[1] "2026-03-25 17:30:00 CET"
ymd_hms("2026-03-25 16:30:00") |>
with_tz("America/New_York")
[1] "2026-03-25 12:30:00 EDT"

Mon Mar 30, 2026, 2am UTC

Register APAC

Get the date/time in your timezone, e.g.

library(lubridate)
ymd_hms("2026-03-30 02:00:00") |>
with_tz("Australia/Canberra")
[1] "2026-03-30 13:00:00 AEDT"
ymd_hms("2026-03-30 02:00:00") |>
with_tz("America/Los_Angeles")
[1] "2026-03-29 19:00:00 PDT"

Future meet-ups

We hold online meetups, over Zoom.

NoteEMEA/AMER meet-up

These will usually be on the last Wednesday of each month, at 4:30pm UK time (i.e. 3:30pm UTC in the summer, 4:30pm UTC in the winter).

Register EMEA/AMER

NoteAPAC meet-up

These will usually be on the last Monday of each month, at 1pm Canberra time (i.e. 2am UTC in the summer, 3am UTC in the winter).

Note that although we’re calling this the APAC region meet-up, this timezone could also work well for folks on the Western side of the Americas.

Register APAC

We schedule the meet-ups as recurring Zoom meetings. You only need to register once (per meetup series) you’ll get a calendar invitation for all future scheduled meet-ups (though of course no requirement to come to all of them!).

Details will also be shared via Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn and our newsletter1 in the run-up to each meet-up.

About our meet-ups

We usually promote meetups a couple of weeks before they take place. The best place to hear about them is on Mastodon, Bluesky, LinkedIn or via our mailing list, which you can opt in to when you join.

These are friendly, informal gatherings, to connect with fellow community members and chat (mostly about R).

Each meetup starts with a round of introductions, followed by any updates from the rainbowR team, e.g. discussing initiatives for the group, community organisation etc. The majority of the meetup is usually spent chatting about R. We invite participants to ‘show and tell’ – they can share something related to R or Quarto. It could be something they’re working on, or a resource/package they’ve found that they’re enjoying using. It’s also a chance to ask R-related questions – there’s probably someone on the call who can help! Of course, you don’t have to show something – there’s no pressure to do so!

We require registration in advance. This helps keep the meetup safe.

Footnotes

  1. You can opt-in to the newsletter when you join the community.↩︎