---
title: "Firebase at Realtime Conf 2013"
description: "Firebase at Realtime Conf 2013"
published: "2013-11-07"
last_updated: "2013-11-07"
authors:
  - "Sara Robinson (Developer Advocate)"
categories:
  - "Community"
canonical_url: "https://firebase.blog/posts/2013/11/firebase-at-realtime-conf-2013"
---

# Firebase at Realtime Conf 2013

*Published November 7, 2013 by Sara Robinson (Developer Advocate)*

---
In October [Anant](https://www.firebase.com/about.html) had the opportunity to speak at [Realtime Conf](http://2013.realtimeconf.com/) - an amazing conference highlighting new technologies on the Open Web. Realtime Conf is not your typical tech conference, it follows an intricate storyline and each speaker is cast as a character in the plot.

The title this year was "Something Greater Than Artifice," you can check out the [entire story here](http://2013.realtimeconf.com/something-greater-than-artifice/). Anant was cast as Quentin Cheshire, hailing from the country of West RTC. He spoke about the advantages of data synchronization over message passing when building distributed apps. You can watch his talk below and the slides are available [here](http://proness.kix.in/talks/realtimeconf13-datasync.pdf):

We were honored to participate in one of the world's best conferences on realtime technologies, and are looking forward to next year!