The Essence of Development

Distill is a two day, three track conference for people who create and build web and mobile technology.

By attending Distill you will get to hear the latest ideas from a list of illustrious speakers, network with a vibrant group of attendees and be on the vanguard of web and mobile technology development.

Developers from around the world will be represented, and since the world is a sphere that was no mean task! You’ll have plentiful opportunities to network with fellow attendees while learning about the emerging ideas and technologies shared first on our conference floor.

Attending Distill

venue

Palace of Fine Arts

Distill will take place at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco, California where you will experience stellar content in an inspirational and iconic setting.

3601 Lyon Street
San Francisco, CA 94123
Directions from the conference hotel, Parc 55
hotel

Parc 55

The Parc 55, located in the heart of San Francisco just one block from Union Square, is the hotel of choice for Distill. The Distill 2014 hotel room block has now ended.

55 Cyril Magnin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
party

Polaris at The NwBlk

Our galactic themed kickoff party, Polaris, will be an event to remember. In the company of your fellow conference-goers, enjoy tasty spirits, hors d’oeuvres, kickin' tunes and more.

1999 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
transport

Shuttle Service

Shuttles will transport you to and from the conference venue daily and to the kickoff party, which will be held on the first night of the conference.

See our Transportation Schedule
See a map of the three locations

parking

Parking at POFA

If you plan to drive to Distill, limited parking is available near the Palace of Fine Arts. There is also a public parking lot across Marina Boulevard (restrictions may apply). Further driving directions can be found here. As a reminder, all Distill attendees are encouraged to take the complimentary shuttles departing from the Parc 55 hotel each day of the conference.

eats

Gourmet Eats

Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided throughout the conference from caterers specializing in delicious, locally sourced, artisanal cuisine.

coffee

Four Barrel Coffee

We are excited to have Four Barrel Coffee and their baristas onsite serving their extra-direct trade, triple-hand-crafted coffees and espressos.

friends

Make New Friends

The entire conference has been designed to provide you with ample opportunity to hang out with fellow attendees and speakers and forge new connections with individuals self-selected as being interested in emerging technologies, methods and ideas.

Distill is presented by Engine Yard, the leading cloud application management platform empowering developers and DevOps to provision, manage, monitor and control applications in the cloud. Thousands of customers from explosive-growth web startups to Fortune 500 companies trust Engine Yard to run and support their applications.

For sponsorship opportunities, please contact us at distill@engineyard.com.

Transportation

The Distill shuttles, sponsored by NGINX, will run every 20-30 minutes, picking up at the Parc 55 Hotel and dropping off at the Palace of Fine Arts. The shuttle loading area is located at the Parc 55 Loading Area on 55 Cyril Magin Street. The conference starts at 10:00am, so please plan accordingly.

Here’s the schedule for the morning of Thursday, August 7 and Friday, August 8 (pending traffic):

Pick up at the Parc 55 Drop off at the Palace of Fine Arts
8:05 AM 8:30 AM
8:25 AM 8:50 AM
8:50 AM 9:20 AM
9:20 AM 9:40 AM
9:40 AM 10:05 AM
10:05 AM (last shuttle) 10:30 AM

After the conference on Thursday, August 7, the Distill shuttles will depart from the Palace of Fine Arts, making stops at the Parc 55 hotel and The NwBlk, the kickoff party venue, until 8pm. The last bus departs the Parc 55 hotel for The NwBlk at 7:45pm.

There will also be shuttles available from The NwBlk back to the Parc 55 from 9:45pm until 11pm. The last shuttle departs at 10:45pm from The NwBlk.

Finally, shuttles will be available starting at 6pm on Friday, August 8 at the Palace of Fine Arts, dropping off at the Parc 55 Hotel after the conference until 7pm.

See a map of the three locations

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