Upcoming activities 'meetup'
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Frontend Fiesta - Fronteers & Capgemini Utrecht
Six lightning talks, food and drinks at Capgemini in Utrecht — co-hosted by Fronteers and Capgemini.
Join us for the Frontend Fiesta at Capgemini in Utrecht! Good food, drinks, lovely people — and two rounds of fun, energetic lightning talks.
Evening programme
- 17:30 — Doors open, networking and food
- 18:30 — Introduction by Fronteers NL & Capgemini
- 18:40 — Round 1 lightning talks: Sanne Peters, Nisha Patil, Daan Bouws
- 19:25 — Break
- 19:45 — Round 2 lightning talks: Rowdy Rabouw, Mohamad Shiralizadeh, Rik van der Sar
- 20:30 — Drinks and networking
- 21:00 — End
Sign up
Read more and register on the Meetup page.
Lightning talks
Tailwind ain't so bad… — Sanne Peters
There are only three kinds of people in the world: people who like Tailwind, people who don't care, and people who wake up in the morning, drink their beverage of preference, go into the Fronteers chat and proclaim their hatred for Tailwind. Sanne will try to convince the last two groups that Tailwind ain't so bad.
Sanne studied bio-engineering and bio-informatics, but soon rolled into front-end development, information design and design systems — and has been doing that since 2008. Her love for science, math and complexity runs through everything she does, from data visualisations to dashboard design and generative concepts. Off the clock she grows trees, makes bonsai and paints.
Why your UI works with a mouse but fails with a keyboard — Nisha Patil
We design UIs for a "default user" — just like products labelled "right-hand only." That's why apps work with a mouse but break with a keyboard. Try using Tab, Enter and Escape alone and you'll see what we silently exclude. Keyboard accessibility improves usability for everyone.
Nisha is a Test Automation Engineer with a focus on accessibility. She acts as a thought leader for accessibility in her testing practice — running workshops and presentations to help teams build more inclusive digital products.
Form guy — Daan Bouws
Forms no longer have to be boring to be WCAG-compliant. Front-end development and game development come together in the new HTML-in-Canvas feature in Chrome Canary, which lets you render a little character inside your form that follows your focus as you navigate through the fields.
Daan is a full-stack developer at Capgemini with a background in robotics and e-commerce. He currently works in the public sector and is a big advocate of test-driven development and continuous delivery.
Mamma Mia, It's Instant! Mastering the Speculation Rules API — Rowdy Rabouw
What if your site could finish loading the next page before the user even decides to click? Rowdy tackles navigation latency with the Speculation Rules API — prefetching and prerendering for near-instant page loads. In 10 minutes you'll learn the cheat codes for anticipating user intent.
Rowdy Rabouw is a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies with 30 years of experience in HTML, CSS and JavaScript. He works as a front-end-focused Senior DevOps Engineer on Vue, Node and NestJS projects, with a focus on usability and accessibility.
Real-Time Image Processing in the Browser — Mohamad Shiralizadeh
Build fast, private and interactive image processing apps right in the browser. Using TensorFlow.js and modern Web APIs, you can run AI models client-side with zero server round-trips.
Mohamad is a passionate developer focused on engineering technologies aligned with the latest trends. He currently works at ING and enjoys speaking at conferences, contributing to open source and helping people in communities.
Deploying professional full stack AI powered webapps with the V0, Next.js, React and Vercel tech stack — Rik van der Sar
Building and deploying modern, production-ready web applications with V0 for UI creation, React and Next.js as the foundation, and Vercel for fast, scalable deployments — from concept to global production.
Rik is a front-end developer with about four years of experience, focused on React, Next.js and the Vercel tech stack.
About Capgemini
Capgemini partners with companies to transform and manage their business by unlocking the value of technology. Working at Capgemini also means working in the international heart of innovation — with sustainability, diversity and inclusion playing key roles.
About Fronteers
Fronteers is a Dutch community for front-end professionals. Our goal is to foster an inclusive and welcoming environment. If you have witnessed or experienced any unacceptable behaviour or remarks at one of our events, please reach out to someone on our team of event hosts and organisers.
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Online borrel
Join us for an online check-in during Fronteers' online drinks!
Connect with fellow frontend developers from the comfort of your own home.
When? Wednesday October 7th, from 19:30 for an hour.Where? Online
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Drinks in Utrecht
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' drinks!
In the cafe, you can recognise the group by the discussions. For example tabs, spaces or no indenting. You can gossip about upcoming browser features. Gain insights into the depths of devtools. Be accessible for inquiries about new accessibility regulations.
Please register or unregister as needed via meetup.com, so we can confirm the headcount for the bar reservation. The first round is on Fronteers.
When? Thursday November 12th, from 18:00.
Where? Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
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End of year drinks in Utrecht
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' casual end of year drinks!
In the cafe, you can recognise the group by the discussions. For example tabs, spaces or no indenting. You can gossip about upcoming browser features. Gain insights into the depths of devtools. Be accessible for inquiries about new accessibility regulations.
Please register or unregister as needed via meetup.com, so we can confirm the headcount for the bar reservation. The first round is on Fronteers.
When? Thursday December 10th, from 18:00.
Where? Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
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Fronteers Meetup - Late October 2026
Details to follow
We're organizing a Fronteers meetup in late October 2026. We're currently looking for:
- A location to host the meetup
- Two speakers to give talks
- Sponsors for food and drinks
If you can help with any of these, please get in touch!
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Fronteers Meetup - Early December 2026
Details to follow
We're organizing a Fronteers meetup in early December 2026. We're currently looking for:
- A location to host the meetup
- Two speakers to give talks
- Sponsors for food and drinks
If you can help with any of these, please get in touch!
Past activities (25)
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' summer drinks!
Location Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
Join us for an online check-in during Fronteers' online drinks!
Location online
A one-time Web Meetup by the W3C Advisory Board in Rotterdam, co-organised by Fronteers and Level Level.
Location Level Level, Willem Buytewechstraat 42, 3024 BN Rotterdam
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' drinks!
Location Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
Syntax FM is coming to Amsterdam for a LIVE meetup during the JS Nation opening party.
Location murmur, Aambeeldstraat 60, 1021 KB Amsterdam
A meetup by WeCode (Women in IT) hosted by the Chamber of Commerce (KvK) in Utrecht.
Location Utrecht
Join us for an online check-in during Fronteers' online drinks!
Location online
2 presentations on accessibility at Abra
Location Abra, Jaarbeursplein 6, 6e verdieping (JIM), 3521 AL Utrecht
Play the Escapekoffer Digitale Inclusie during Escapekoffer Monday in the Week of Health Inequalities.
Location Digitaal Toegankelijk, Plompetorengracht 4, Utrecht
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' drinks!
Location Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
Join us for an online check-in during Fronteers' online drinks!
Location online
Come and join us for Fronteers' new year's get-together!
Location Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
On Thursday November 20th we're welcomed by Capgemini in Utrecht for an interesting evening with talks on accessible components and a panel discussion on the future of frontend.
Location Utrecht
Join us for a special night in Dordrecht for a cozy, single-track afterwork front-end conference by and for the community
Location Dordrecht
On Thursday September 25th we're welcomed by CLEVERºFRANKE in Utrecht. We'll dive into the state of the web platform first, followed by a case study of a personalized data visualization. Plenty of food for thought to discuss during concluding borrel!
Location Utrecht
Come join us on August 8th for a cozy chat over dinner, drinks and snacks!
Location Het Gegeven Paard, Utrecht
Come and share a beverage during Fronteers' spring borrel. Meet local front-end developers!
Location Utrecht
We kick off the meetups for 2025 in Rotterdam, on March 4. Our host will be Level Level and the evening will have pizza and interesting presentations!
Location Rotterdam
On Tuesday 10 December 2024 we're gathering at ITP in Ghent for our last Belgian meetup of the year. Join us for a cosy evening amongst fellow Fronteers and follow presentations by Joeri Sebrechts and Bramus Van Damme.
Location Ghent
We hope you are all wellrested and ready for a new Fronteers BE meetup! On Thursday the 3rd of October, we're gathering at the offices of iO in Ghent. This edition will be a little bit different as we have only one TechTalk and the other slot is reserved for a discussion panel with a bit of an unusual format....
Location Ghent
On Wednesday 03 April we are visiting Antwerp for a meetup at Humgy cowork space at their space within the Stadsfeestzaal.
Location Antwerp
On Thursday 7 March 2024, we are gathering again in Ghent, this time at the offices of a start-up called Whale. Join a number of fellow fronteers for an inspirational evening.
Location Ghent
On the 18th of June the W3C Advisory Board is in Amsterdam for a meeting. They would like to take the opportunity to meet with the local community of front-end enthusiasts! The W3C Advisory Board is a group of elected professionals (elected by the W3C Advisory Committee), responsible for discussing strategy, finance...
Location Amsterdam
W3C Meetup at Compagnietheater Rachel Andrew will once again show us some of the inner workings of the W3C and the CSSWG. This time she will talk about Subgrid and along with that how CSS gets specified and put into browsers, as we're right in that process with Subgrid now. This meetup will take place at Compagnieth...
Mark your calendars! The very first W3C Fronteers meet-up with Rachel Andrew will be held on February 7th, 2019 at the offices of Werkspot in Amsterdam. Program 18:30 · Opening with food and drinks 19:20 · Introduction 19:30 · Rachel Andrew - What's New In CSS 20:00 · General discussion about Fronteers and W3C 20:30...