====== Socrates Canaries 2016 ====== ===== International Software Craftsmanship Gathering ===== ==== Gran Canaria, March 10 - 13, 2016 ===
SoCraTes Canaries is a non-profit, international Software Craftsmanship retreat for open-minded craftspeople who strive to improve their craft and the software industry as a whole, organised by the local Software Cratfsmanship comunity in the Canary Islands.
SoCraTes is an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology|Open Space]] and it's totally community-focused. In an open space there is no agenda and there are no speakers before the event starts. Proposals are presented during the event itself in the mornings, and voted by the participants right after. The agenda is created on the fly. It’s a great opportunity to speak to and code with many like-minded and talented developers in an incredible venue by the beach.
This event is not a hackaton and it's not about a particular technology, a library or a programming language. It's more about