July 19, 2026
11:06 a.m.
Dear Smalltalkers, We had a great ESUG at Plovdiv, Bulgaria. One of the highlights as the Innovation Technology Awards. We had 14 great projects nominated listed on https://esug.org/2026-Conference/awardsSubmissions.html Votes of the conference attendees decided of the 3 winners, announced during the conference's social event. *1st. Pulsar: An alternative IDE to empower Pharo*by: Esteban Lorenzano, Pharo Consortium *2nd. THE Sandbox*by: Guille Polito (Inria) *3rd. Jasper (A VS Code Extension for GemStone) and Grail (Transpiling Python to GemStone)*by: James Foster, GemTalk Systems LLC Congratulations ! Noury