| Septmeber 17th, 2026 |
For immediate release
AmiWest 2026
October 24th and 25th
Sacramento, CA
For immediate release:
The AmiWest team is proud to announce the featured banquet speaker for 2026: Rob Gemmell.
Rob Gemmell is an award-winning industrial designer and former creative director with Apple, Amiga, and then back to Apple. As Director of Product Design for Commodore Amiga, he helped define the look and feel of the Commodore Amiga 500. He also led the efforts on several unreleased Amiga designs.
He's an entrepreneur in retail, social media, consumer tech, and ag tech, and has also been a consultant or advisor to dozens of rapidly growing brands and businesses, from Silicon Valley startups to big ones like Sony and Google.
Rob had the privilege of working with and learning from George Lucas's talented Star Wars special effects unit, and later from Steve Jobs and his innovative team at Apple. Over the past 35 years, he's built on that thinking and those practices in his own startups and while working with over 200 clients. In fact, he's working on another start-up right now!
As always, the entry to the show floor for seminars and exhibits is free. The banquet, at Burger and Brews, requires a ticket. While you're getting your banquet ticket, don't forget to reserve your room!
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| Septmeber 1st, 2026 |
For immediate release
AmiWest 2026
October 24th and 25th
Sacramento, CA
Sponsor update:
AmiWest 2026 is proud to announce the return of three wonderful sponsors:
AmigaOnTheLake is a premier North American Amiga shop dedicated to serving all Amiga and retro computer users by offering products and services that help keep their retro passion alive today and into the future!
AmigaStore.eu is a retail and online store in Spain that has sold Amiga products since 1999 and offers professional services to specialized customers. We love and support the Amiga world and alternative computing.
Amiga-shop.net is a German Amiga store focused on traditional Amiga products but also sponsors the creation of innovative products like the A1200 LED strip.
All these vendors offer products for other retro systems as well as their Amiga products. Please support these vendors when you make your next Amiga accessories purchase!
AmiWest Movie Night!
Join us for a special evening celebrating one of the greatest stories in gaming history! Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Gracious Films, we're proud to present a special screening of the award-winning documentary From Bedrooms to Billions during AmiWest 2026
Along with the movie, Gracious Films has provided copies to give away and raffle off. On Friday night, we will give one copy to the crowd, with several copies in the raffle. Thank you, Gracious Films!
Don't forget to book your room and get your banquet ticket on our reservation page!
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| July 28th, 2026 |
For immediate release
AmiWest 2026
October 24th and 25th
Sacramento, CA
In a few short months, the Amiga faithful will once again gather in Sacramento to celebrate the Amiga Computer and its community.
AmiWest is the premier Amiga event in North America, featuring speakers, demonstrators, and exhibitors covering all flavors of Amiga systems like NG and classic systems. For 2026, we are planning our attendees' favorite activities, the exhibit floor, seminars, the Saturday lunch presentation, and the live stream.
For the world-famous AmiWest banquet, we are heading back to Burgers and Brews. We are working to ensure it will be the best AmiWest banquet possible. The official speaker announcement will be coming later in the year.
AI is all over the news and raging through the tech world. Why should the Amiga be left out? Sunday morning, bring your laptops and get ready to code. We will host an AI coding workshop to equip attendees with the latest tools and techniques for generating code for Amiga systems using AI. Use WinUAE and QEMU, along with prompts, to build and test tools and GUIs quickly.
So mark your calendars, book your room, for your annual pilgrimage to Sacramento for Amiga fun!
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