Videos from posit::conf(2025) are now available. To make it easier to explore how people are building with Shiny across R and Python, we’ve put together a curated playlist of the Shiny-focused talks from the conference. These sessions highlight practical apps, new tooling, design patterns, AI workflows, and real-world deployments built with Shiny.
Shiny Talks Playlist:#
Talks included in the playlist, broken up into a few categories for easier browsing, are as follows:
Shiny + AI & Intelligent Automation#
| Speakers | Title | Link |
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| Winston Chang (Shiny Team) | Web applications with Shiny and React (and AI) | 
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| Karan Gathani (Shiny Team) | Old Apps, New Tricks: How AI can write Automated Tests for Shiny | 
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| Regis A. James | AskRADS: An AI Recommendation Agent for Maximizing Shiny Development | 
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Shiny Architecture, Performance & Data#
| Speakers | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Alex Chisholm | Keeping Data Alive: Persistent Storage Options for Shiny | 
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| Melissa Albino Hegeman | Get your ducks in a row… faster Shiny apps with DuckDB | 
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| Barret Schloerke (Shiny Team) | Observability at scale: Monitoring Shiny Applications | 
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Shiny UX, UI Design & Accessibility#
| Speakers | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Cameron Race; Sarah Wong-Brown | shinyGovStyle – accessible government design in Shiny | 
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| Casey Aguilar-Gervase; Maya Gans | Design of Everyday Shiny Apps | 
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| Jeremy Winget, PhD | Death by Dropdown? Engineer Insightful Shiny Apps | 
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| Kim Schouten | Modular, layout-as-code approach for customizable Shiny dashboards | 
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Shiny Extensions, Packages & Developer Tooling#
| Speakers | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Eric Nantz | shinystate: Launching collaboration and session state | 
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| James Wade | shinyEventLogger — logging events in Shiny apps | 
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Applied Shiny Case Studies#
| Speakers | Title | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Marcus Beck | Shiny for ecological data workflows | 
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| Hugo Fitipaldi | Building a Real-Time COVID-19 Surveillance System with Shiny | 
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Shiny Workshops from posit::conf(2025)#
Full workshop materials are now available, including slides, exercises, and code for all Shiny workshops.
LLMs + Shiny Workshop
/Joe Cheng & Garrick Aden-Buie
Shiny for Python Workshop
/Daniel Chen
Shiny for R Workshop
/Colin Rundel
Closing#
We hope you enjoy this roundup of Shiny talks from posit::conf(2025). The Shiny community continues to explore new patterns—AI-assisted development, real-time analytics, performance tooling, design systems, and more. We hope to see you next year at posit::conf—and maybe even see your Shiny work up on stage.
