RubyWorld Conference 2026
Overview
A business-oriented Ruby conference held in Matsue, the birthplace of Ruby. Anchored by a keynote from Yukihiro Matsumoto (Matz), it showcases business use cases of Ruby and the latest developments in the ecosystem. A major Ruby event alongside RubyKaigi.
Program
- Two keynotes (Yukihiro Matsumoto and Irina Nazarova)
- 13 talks selected from the call for proposals
- Held in the International Conference Hall (3F) and the Main Exhibition Hall (1F)
- A reception after the last talk on December 3 (paid, advance booking required)
- On-site services include simultaneous interpretation, coffee breaks and food trucks
Speakers
- Yukihiro Matsumoto (Chairman, Ruby Association; 2026 keynote)
- Irina Nazarova (CEO, Evil Martians; 2026 keynote)
Foundation
- Founded
- 2009
- Founder
- RubyWorld Conference Committee (Shimane Prefecture, Matsue City, and others)
Founded in Matsue, Shimane, the birthplace of Ruby, to promote business adoption of Ruby
Voices
Learned LLM app basics and how to build an MCP server in Rails (from kaiba's report, in Japanese)
Saw how Ruby's developer-friendliness feeds quality, and where it fits best alongside other languages (from Sakimori's report, in Japanese)
In the News
- Ruby is everyone's project: Yukihiro Matsumoto looks back on 30 years of Ruby and its community (in Japanese)
- Yukihiro Matsumoto warns of a scorched-earth IT industry beyond the argument that juniors are unnecessary (in Japanese)
- Matsue-born engineer speaks at the international Ruby conference in Matsue (in Japanese)
Sponsors
Rubyスポンサー
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株式会社ネットワーク応用通信研究所 -
supa 株式会社 -
おてつたび
Platinumスポンサー
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株式会社ピーエスシー -
株式会社永和システムマネジメント -
株式会社バイタルリード -
ファーエンドテクノロジー株式会社 -
ピクシブ株式会社 -
コードキャスト -
株式会社エス・エム・エス -
株式会社アンドパッド -
フェンリル株式会社
Goldスポンサー
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スプラウト株式会社 -
株式会社マツケイ -
株式会社島根情報処理センター -
株式会社日本ビジネスプレス -
株式会社イーグリッド -
株式会社テクノプロジェクト -
一般社団法人Rubyビジネス推進協議会 -
株式会社インターネットイニシアティブ -
株式会社ペンタスネット -
株式会社アイティーエスピー -
イタンジ株式会社
Silverスポンサー
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株式会社トラストソフトウェア -
株式会社日本ハイソフト -
株式会社プロビズモ -
株式会社コードタクト -
株式会社EMBOX -
株式会社アジャイルウェア -
株式会社アキュートシスコム -
一畑電気鉄道株式会社 -
サイトブリッジ株式会社 -
CROSS MALL（クロスモール） -
株式会社万葉 -
タケユー・ウェブ株式会社 -
株式会社ウィルド -
株式会社ファンドネクスト -
株式会社ドッグラン -
株式会社SmartHR -
株式会社Cuon -
OSS-Vision株式会社 -
しまねOSS協議会 -
MI-6株式会社 -
レジスタクト株式会社 -
EnHearth.team -
株式会社Ruby開発 -
富士通Japan株式会社
Source: official sponsor list (as of October 9, 2026)
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