ESUG is the European Smalltalk Users Group, a non-profit association that gathers all European users of all dialects of Smalltalk. Its goals are to:

• promote use of the Smalltalk programming language
• promote communication between Smalltalk users through meetings, periodic newsletter, software exchange, electronic mail, etc., and by organizing events like the Smalltalk Yearly Conference
• help and link local Smalltalk users groups
• help the creation of local Smalltalk users groups
• identify Smalltalk users and their needs and represent them towards discussions with vendors.

Since 1990’s, one of the main actions of ESUG is to organize a yearly international conference. It gathers both people from academia, and industry. The 30th edition will be held in Lille, France from 8 to 11 of July 2024. Checkout the conference program