Blender Conference 2024

Blender Conference is sold out!

The Blender event of the year is sold out again! The largest gathering of artists, developers and contributors will take place again at the beautiful 18th century neo-classical Felix Meritis in the heart of Amsterdam. Check on last minute tickets.

Felix Meritis venue The Felix Meritis venue, in the heart of Amsterdam.
The Theater, for general talks and case studies The Theater, for general talks and case studies.

Making Blender

This year’s edition of the Amsterdam Blender Conference will have as a main theme “Making Blender”, featuring a presentations and case studies with a wide range of interpretations of the theme - everything that’s interesting for contributors to Blender. Think of “Making Blender better”, or “Making Blender possible”, or “Making Blender work in a pipeline”.

Food & Drinks

Included in the ticket price are drinks and food: coffee, tea and water available all day, multiple lunch buffets, and Thursday and Friday evening dinner buffets with drinks. Half of the food served will be vegan.

The Market, main hangout area The Market, main hangout area.
SIG Room, dedicated Special Interest Group discussions
The Developers' Attic, dedicated room for more technical presentations.

Five tracks of parallel events

The Felix Meritis venue offers 5 tracks of parallel events and a lot of space for informal meetings and hangout. As usual, content will be recorded and shared online during the event.

A dedicated 12-people meeting room will be available as well. Reservations for the room will be accepted 2 weeks before the conference start.

Important Dates

Important dates for Blender Conference 2024.

  • 19 August 2024: Submission deadline
  • 1 September 2024: Notification of acceptance
  • 1 October 2024: Suzanne Awards submissions deadline
  • 15 October 2024: Suzanne Awards nominees announcement
  • 18 October 2024: Final materials for presentations due
  • October 23-25, 2024: Conference
  • 26 October (starts at 12:00): Blender HQ open doors

Schedule

At this moment the final schedule is still being worked on. There were over 90 presentations last year.

Just note the following:

  • Door opens at 9:00 every day.
  • Program starts at 11:00 on Wednesday, and at 10:00 on Thursday/Friday.
  • All catering is included in the ticket price (three lunches and two evening buffets).
  • Wednesday there will be screenings from the Suzanne Awards, lasting until 22:00.
  • Friday the program stops at 18:00, venue closes at 19:30.
  • Saturday is the traditional 'visit the Blender HQ' day. Starts at 12:00.

Blender Conference 2024 is made possible thanks to the generous contributions of our sponsors: