An update regarding keynote changes:

A lot of things have been said about our decision to rescind Mr. Crockford's keynote invitation from Nodevember, and almost none of them reflect the many facets of the issue.

Let's address the elephant in the room, in regards to the wording of the tweet announcing the rescinding of the invitation:

It lacked nuance, and could have been posed in a much better way. We are sorry for the confusion this has caused.

While we have a tremendous respect for Mr. Crockford's abilities as a speaker and his contributions to our craft, we became aware that based on private feedback - not simply the dialogue on Twitter - that his presence would make some speakers uncomfortable to the point where they refused to attend or speak.

We reacted to this feedback. Nothing else. Any other speculation around his past behavior was not taken into account.

This conference was started by a group of friends to gather around the love of a shared language and community.

We are in over our heads. The conference has grown to something we never anticipated. We aren't professional organizers or PR people. We are still learning, and will make mistakes. We don't do this as a full time job. We do this because we love the community.

We sincerely apologize for any distress caused to Mr. Crockford, and also to the community as a whole.

Conferences are about bringing people together. We hope the community can accept our apology and move forward so we can share this great language and platform.

We are altering our refund policy due to this line up change. If you would like a refund please go to your order confirmation on Eventbrite and request it there.