# Qi 5 Release Party **URL:** \ **Category:** General\ **Tags:** event, qi, meet-up\ **Created:** [January 4, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461 "2025-01-04T04:05:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![countvajhula](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/countvajhula/32/65_2.png) [@countvajhula](https://racket.discourse.group/u/countvajhula)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 4:05am UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461/1 "2025-01-04T04:05:12Z")
Hey all, After a year of work, [Qi](https://docs.racket-lang.org/qi/index.html) is nearing a new release. Please join us for the release party on 2025-01-17T18:00:00Z (i.e. Friday two weeks from today)! Read on for more details. Qi allows you to embed expressive flow-oriented computations into any Racket #lang (including Racket itself). The upcoming Qi 5 release includes lots of improvements, from allowing seamless use of Qi flows in standard list operations like `map`, `filter` and `foldl`, to extending Qi's deforestation to custom list operations written by you. This release especially develops Qi's deforestation infrastructure to support this kind of user-extensibility while also preserving theoretical soundness, opening up a lot of avenues for future development. Please join us at the Qi 5 release party to learn more about the language, the very cool features included in the upcoming release, and some really fun future projects planned (from more deforestation, to continuations, to #lang experiments, to category theory, and much more!), and how you can be involved if you're interested. Or just stop by to hang out and have some tea or drinks -- virtually, of course -- with your fellow community members 🙂 All are welcome. Hope to see you there! **What** : Qi 5 release party 🎉 **When** : 2025-01-17T18:00:00Z **Where** : [Racket Gather](https://app.gather.town/app/wH1EDG3McffLjrs0/racket-users) (no signup required) **Who** : You! **Why** : Fun ---
**Author:** ![benknoble](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/benknoble/32/16_2.png) [@benknoble](https://racket.discourse.group/u/benknoble)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 2:52pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461/2 "2025-01-04T14:52:12Z")
Just to make sure I get the right time: that looks like the same time as the usual Qi meeting on my calendar? ---
**Author:** ![countvajhula](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/countvajhula/32/65_2.png) [@countvajhula](https://racket.discourse.group/u/countvajhula)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2025, 8:27pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461/3 "2025-01-04T20:27:06Z")
Yes, that's right, It's at the usual time. Thanks for confirming that that's how it appears on your end, as we've definitely had [issues with that before](https://github.com/drym-org/qi/wiki/Qi-Compiler-Sync-Nov-4-2022#summary) 😆 ! ---
**Author:** ![spdegabrielle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/spdegabrielle/32/95_2.png) [@spdegabrielle](https://racket.discourse.group/u/spdegabrielle)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2025, 2:27pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461/4 "2025-01-05T14:27:08Z")
| Pacific Time | PT Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 10:00 PST | | --- | --- | --- | | Mountain Time | MT Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 11:00 MST | | Central Time | CT Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 12:00 CST | | Eastern Time | ET Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 13:00 EST | | London | United Kingdom Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 18:00 GMT | | Prague | Czechia Fri | 17 Jan 2025 at 19:00 CET | | Taipei | Taiwan Sat | 18 Jan 2025 at 02:00 CST | You can put your own city in the converter: > **[Time Zone Converter – Time Difference Calculator](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html?iso=20250117T180000&p1=tz_pt&p2=tz_mt&p3=tz_ct&p4=tz_et&p5=136&p6=204&p7=241)** > > Find the exact time difference with the Time Zone Converter – Time Difference Calculator which converts the time difference between places and time zones all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![countvajhula](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/racket.discourse.group/countvajhula/32/65_2.png) [@countvajhula](https://racket.discourse.group/u/countvajhula)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://racket.discourse.group/t/qi-5-release-party/3461/5 "2025-01-16T17:01:20Z")
**Reminder** : this is tomorrow! We'll be doing the new release, discussing exciting future plans and ways to be involved, and having some fun. Maybe Ferdinand will even grace us with a special performance. 😺 Hope you can join us!