Zig Day @ BCIT 2025
Are you curious about embedded systems or looking to sharpen your programming skills while meeting awesome people? Join us for Zig Day, a full-day collaborative coding event led by Matt Knight, a BCIT alumnus and systems engineer, and one of the key contributors to the global Zig community!
🧠 What’s Zig Day?
It’s all about learning by doing. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced coder, you’ll spend the day working in small groups to explore Zig, a modern programming language designed for performance, safety, and simplicity — especially in embedded systems.
💡 Why join?
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Learn how to code for embedded systems (beginner-friendly!)
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Collaborate with peers, hobbyists, and industry professionals
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Work on real projects and share your results
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Build your network and have fun doing it
No prior Zig experience required. Just curiosity, creativity, and a willingness to learn, plus $5 cash for the SUSHI!! (for BCIT students only)
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- 3700 Willingdon Avenue
- Burnaby, British Columbia
- Canada V5G 3H2
- Building: SW1
- Room Number: 2019
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- Starts 07 November 2025 06:00 PM UTC
- Ends 14 November 2025 11:00 PM UTC
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Speakers
Matt of Staff Software Development Engineer at Zscaler/Inventor
Biography:
Hello! My name is Matthew Knight. I like systems programming, organizing events, and swordfighting.
I’m active in the Zig programming language community, most notably I’m a co-founder of the Zig Embedded Group. I’ve also run a couple embedded workshops.
I’m organizing another Software You Can Love in Vancouver, June 2026. The first iteration of the conference website is published. Right now it’s bare, with only the call for speakers. The last time I did this was 2023 and I had a blast. I love SYCL because of the people it brings together. In an industry that feels increasingly cynical, where “I hate computers” is even a respected outlook on technology, these are the people who are contagiously curious, nurture their love for computers. They care about how the software they write affects fellow humans. It’s my pleasure to put together something where these people can come together, coalesce ideas, and have fun.
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- 09:30 - 10:00: Gathering and chit-chat
- 10:00 - 10:30: Explain projects, form groups, set up workstations
- 10:30 - 12:30: Work on stuff together
- 12:30 - 02:00: Lunch break
- 02:00 - 04:00: Timmies run and work on stuff together (continued)
- 04:00 - 04:30: Show others what you built and what you learned