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Tropical on Rails 2026

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Tropical on Rails 2026 ran Apr 9–10, 2026 at Auditório Pullman in São Paulo, Brazil. It is a Ruby conference. ConferenceGrid lists 19 speakers, 21 sponsors and 20 sessions. The next edition, Tropical on Rails 2027, is Mar 18–19, 2027 in São Paulo.

Lineup updated Jun 9, 2026 · dates verified May 6, 2026

Tropical on Rails 2026 is a two-day conference dedicated to Ruby on Rails. The event features high-level content, international speakers, and ample networking opportunities with companies and developers from across Latin America and the world. Hosted at Auditório Pullman in São Paulo, it includes sessions, keynotes, and a lively official happy hour for conti…

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19Speakers
21Sponsors
20Sessions
33Companies · in total

Speakers

Programmed at Tropical, in alphabetical order.

Adrianna Chang
Staff Engineer · Shopify
Braulio Martinez
CoFounder & Software Engineer · Cedarcode
Brian Knoles
Principal software engineer · Legible Walls
Fabio Akita
Board of Directors · Codeminer42
Greg Molnar
Penetration tester and Rails developer · Spektr Security LLC
Ignacio Chiazzo Cardarello
Staff Software Engineer · Shopify
Igor Alexandrov
CTO · JetRockets
Luiz Carvalho
AI Tech Lead · Defensoria Pública do Estado do Tocantins
Marco Roth
Consultant · Independent
Matheus Richard
Senior Developer · Thoughtbot
Miguel Marcondes Filho
Tech Leader · Codeminer42
Nicolas Erlichman
CTO · GoGrow
Paweł Strzałkowski
CTO · Visuality
Rachael Wright-Munn
Software engineer · Producing Coding Content on Twitch and YouTube
Rafael Peña-Azar
Founder · RubySantaMarta
Rodrigo Serradura
Principal Software Engineer · Wavelo
Svyatoslav Kryukov
Senior Backend Engineer · Evil Martians
Talysson de Oliveira Cassiano
Chief Learning Officer · Codeminer42
Vladimir Dementyev
Software Engineer · Evil Martians

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

BrazePlatinum
JayaPlatinum
ShopifyPlatinum
TypesensePlatinum
AdaFlowGold
AppSignalGold
JetRocketsGold
PublitasGold
SmartfitGold
CapimSilver
CedarcodeSilver
DoximitySilver
HuskySilver
Irya SolutionsSilver
KnowBe4Silver
MondeSilver
Planet ArgonSilver
SaelounSilver
TechFXSilver
V360Silver
LinkanaOrganizadora

Agenda

Selected from 20 sessions.

  • 08 de Abril, 2026 02pm to 06pm

    Inertia Rails: from rails new to production

    Workshop
  • 08 de Abril, 2026 08am to 12am

    Modularizing Rails Applications in Practice

    Workshop
  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 10:00h - 10:50h

    Keynote - Início do evento

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 11:00h - 11:30h

    Unboxing Devcontainers and Docker for Rubyists

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 11:40h - 12:10h

    What Works (and What Doesn't) with ActiveRecord::Tenanted and SQLite

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 14:00h - 14:30h

    Modeling Class Hierarchies in Active Record

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 14:40h - 15:10h

    Overreacting – from React to Hotwire

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 15:20h - 15:50h

    Passkey Authentication on Rails

  • 09/Abril | Primeiro dia 16:30h - 17:00h

    DefGPT: Plataforma de agentes de IA em Rails

Quick answers

When is Tropical on Rails 2026?
Tropical on Rails 2026 ran Apr 9–10, 2026 at Auditório Pullman in São Paulo, Brazil. The next edition, Tropical on Rails 2027, is Mar 18–19, 2027 in São Paulo.
Where is Tropical on Rails 2026 held?
Tropical on Rails 2026 was held at Auditório Pullman in São Paulo, Brazil.
Who is speaking at Tropical on Rails 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 19 speakers, including Adrianna Chang (Staff Engineer, Shopify), Braulio Martinez (CoFounder & Software Engineer, Cedarcode) and Brian Knoles (Principal software engineer, Legible Walls).
Who sponsors Tropical on Rails 2026?
ConferenceGrid lists 21 sponsors, including Braze, Jaya, Shopify, Typesense and AdaFlow.
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 33 companies show up, and 3 bet on three roles at once?

33 companies. three are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
3All threespeak · spons · exh
18Sponsoringsponsor only
12Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Shopify·Cedarcode·JetRockets

Speakers by seniority

32% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite421%
  • Founder / Owner211%
  • Manager / Lead526%
  • Engineer · IC632%
  • Other roles211%

Of 19 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1ShopifySponsor · Platinum2
2CedarcodeSponsor · Silver1
3JetRocketsSponsor · Gold1
4AdaFlowSponsor · Gold-
5AppSignalSponsor · Gold-
6BrazeSponsor · Platinum-
7CapimSponsor · Silver-
8Codeminer423
9DoximitySponsor · Silver-
10HuskySponsor · Silver-
11Irya SolutionsSponsor · Silver-
12JayaSponsor · Platinum-
13KnowBe4Sponsor · Silver-
14LinkanaSponsor · Organizadora-
Sponsors by tier
platinum4
19% of 21
gold5
24% of 21
silver11
52% of 21
organizadora1
5% of 21
At peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

Related events · by shared sponsors
ConferenceDateCityShared sponsors
San Francisco Ruby Startup Conference 2026November 10, 2026San Francisco3
Helvetic Ruby 2026November 19, 2026Zürich2
NRF Big Show 2027January 10, 2027New York2
Shoptalk EuropeJune 1, 2027Barcelona2

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