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London Web Standards
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Speaker reveal time! The speaker, who was obsessed with fonts and is not a fan of Meatloaf is Zach Leatherman! Zach will talk about best practices for using JavaScript.
@zachleat.com
2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/zach...

Our speaker line up is complete! Are you excited for #SotB26?
A banner with a picture of Zach Leatherman smiling at the camera, on the left, and on the right, text that reads: Zach Leatherman, It’s 10PM — do you know where your JavaScript is?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
January 9, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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It’s ‘Guess the speaker’ time for our final speaker! Our clues for you this time are…This speaker had an obsession with fonts and does not like Meatloaf.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try and figure out who this is.🤫
#SotB26
A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our last speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.
January 7, 2026 at 10:11 AM
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#SotB26 Speaker reveal time!

The speaker, who is a former DJ and sound engineer and has pushed new standards for the web, is Jason Williams! Jason will talk to you about how Temporal can simplify some of your work.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/jaso...
A banner with a picture of Jason Williams smiling at the camera, on the left, and on the right, text that reads: Jason Williams, Temporal: It’s about time!, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
December 19, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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It’s ‘Guess the speaker’ time! Our clue for you this time is…This person is a former DJ and sound engineer who later went on to push new standards for the web.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try and figure out who this is. 🤫

#SotB26
A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our next speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.
December 17, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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It’s ‘Guess the speaker’ time! Our clue for you is…They are active in the fields of science communication and scientific skepticism, advocating for evidence-based thinking and reason.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try and figure out who this is.🤫

#SotB26
A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our next speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.
December 10, 2025 at 11:02 AM
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State of the Browser is an annual community event, and we are grateful to everyone who supports us by becoming an official supporter or volunteer at our event!

Today, we spotlight Tetra Logical! They are our major supporter and have been supporting us for 4 years now. Thank you! 💜
@tetralogical.com
The Tetra Logical logo, featuring a network diagram with four interconnected circles in orange, magenta, and purple, on the left and the company name ‘Tetra Logical’ in purple text on the right.
December 5, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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We told you about the next #SotB26 speaker, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker who has published and academic paper on video games and player experience is Chad Gowler! Chad will talk about the current state of web accessibility.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/chad...
A banner with a picture of Chad Gowler speaking on stage, on the left and on the right, text that reads: Chad Gowler, The Plateau of Accessibility Compliance: Where do we go from here?, State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
December 5, 2025 at 9:56 AM
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We know that before we announce our next speaker, you like to get to know them a bit. Our clue for you today is…They have published an academic paper on video games and player experience!

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try to figure out who this is.🤫

#SotB26
A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our next speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.
December 3, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Time to announce our next speaker at #SotB26! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker whose dog is an internet superstar is Cassie Evans! Cassie will do a live-coded game with audience participation.

#SotB26

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/cass...
A banner with a picture of Cassie Evans smiling at the camera on the left and on the right text that reads: Cassie Evans, Game On!. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
November 28, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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We know that before we announce our next speaker, you like to get to know them a bit. Our clue for you today is…Their dog is an internet superstar and has appeared on many industry videos.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to try to figure out who this is.🤫
#SotB26
A banner with a question mark on the left and text on the right that reads: Who is our next speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London.
November 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
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State of the Browser is a community event, and we are grateful to everyone who supports us by becoming an official supporter or a volunteer with us!

Today, we spotlight Chrome Developers! They are one of our headline sponsors and have supported us for 5 years now.

Thank you @developer.chrome.com!💜
The logo for Chrome Developers with the Chrome browser's multi-colored sphere icon and the words "Chrome Developers" in grey.
November 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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It’s time to announce our next #SotB26 speaker! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker whose last name is the same as a browser is Fiona Safari! Fiona will talk about her experience in thriving at work as an introvert.

2026.stateofthebrowser.com/speaker/fion...
A banner with a picture of Fiona Safari smiling and text that reads: Fiona Safari, The Art of Connection: How to Thrive at Work and Beyond as an Introvert. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
November 14, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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The time to announce our first speaker at #SotB26 has come! We already told you about them, but is it who you think it is?

The speaker who enjoys scuba diving and in 2017, became a professional dive leader is…Bramus Van Damme! Bramus will talk to you about the Anchor Positioning API.

#SotB26
A banner with a picture of Bramus Van Damme and text that reads: Brammus Van Damme, Anchors aweigh! Tethering Elements in Pure CSS with Anchor Positioning. State of the Browser, Saturday 28 February 2026, Brabican Centre, London.
November 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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Before we announce our first speaker, you should get to know them a bit, right? Our clue is…This person enjoys scuba diving and in 2017 became a professional dive leader.

On Friday, we will officially announce them, so you have until then to talk to each other and figure out who this is.🤫

#SotB26
A banner with a question mark that reads: Who is our first speaker? State of the Browser, Saturday 28 Fabruary 2026, Barbican Centre, London
November 5, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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It is a lovely day at State of the Browser and you are a horrible goose
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March 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
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Josh Tumath talking about hierarchy of priorities #SotB2025
A photo of Josh giving his conference talk. The slide is a quote from W3C and is Web Platform Design Principle 1.1 and says “ User needs come before the needs of web page authors, which come before the needs of user agent implementors, which come before the needs of specification writers, which come before theoretical purity.”
March 29, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Andreas Kling bigging up Web Standards #SotB2025
A photo of Andreas giving his conference talk. The screen shows a slide that says “observations about web standards: specs have gotten really good”
March 29, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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Before Andreas started building the ladybird browser, he built Serenity OS which passed the Doom test in 2019. #SotB2025
A photo of Andreas Kling giving a conference talk at State of the Browser. The screen shows a slide from his talk showing that he could run Doom on SerenityOS
March 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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#SotB2025 is about to kick off!
A photo of a conference stage, on screen is a slide that says “State of the Browser”. Standing on the stage is Dave Letorey. He is wearing a red hat.
March 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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Live Stream for #SotB2025 in just over 24hrs

Online tickets still available:
2025.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/

You'll be able to catch-up rewind and watch later.
A Video hold screen which reads: State of the Browser 2025 will start Saturday 29 March 10:00am UK Time
March 28, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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Stickers for this year's State of the Browser have arrived!
2025.stateofthebrowser.com

Want some get yourself to #SotB2025
London Web Standards Logo, 8 differently coloured mouse cursors pointin in on each other, on a holographic background. State of the Browser sticker, 8 mouse cursors pointin in on each other in the colours of State of the Browser surrounded by a blue circle containing the word State of the Browser in white text. London Web Standards Logo, 8 differently coloured mouse cursors pointin in on each other surrounded by the words London - Web - Standards in a circle
March 13, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Tickets running low, you have been warned!
2025.stateofthebrowser.com/tickets/
There are only 43 In-Person tickets left as of Thursday, 06 March 2025. There are only 31 In-Person tickets left as of Saturday, 08 March 2025.
March 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Good morning State of the Browser 2024
Barbican Centre entrance Silk Street
September 14, 2024 at 6:23 AM
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We may have new stickers too.
The words "London Web Standards" in a circle around the LWS Logo all in red outline, looks like a franking stamp.
June 5, 2023 at 8:49 AM