History - YARD

What’s New at YARD

Here you see a list of recent developments. To see what is coming up next, checkout our roadmap.

January 25, 2026: When creating a calendar, event criteria are now selected via autocomplete fields instead of text fields. You can also add additional criteria blocks, making it easier to define which events are included.
January 23, 2026: A few example calendars have been created: Quantum Technologies, Institutional Crypto Calendar, Payments & Cash, and StartHub Hessen.
January 11, 2026: YARD Calendar: The design of the YARD Calendar can now be defined by settings more colors. Example: Payment & Banking Events
January 11, 2026: There is now a duplicate check in place when adding/editing events.
January 8, 2026: YARD is now displaying “Top Events” in a carousel on top of calendars. Top events are industry leading conferences or promoted events. Users of a Premium YARD Calendar can define their own highlights and top events. Example calendar: Blockchain and crypto conferences
January 7, 2026: YARD is now displaying highlighted events in selected calendars.
January 5, 2026: YARD Calendar: You can now create your own event calendar by setting its name and design. The events will automatically be sourced, you just have to define your criteria.
January 4, 2026: The YARD Platform Update v1.30 was released with the functionality to create and manage event calendars.
January 2, 2026: YARD Calendar: Selected users can now mark events for sharing them with others using the YARD Calendar.
December 27, 2025: The section Calendars has been launched to make event calendars more accessible. Brands have been added.
December 12, 2025: Hundreds of tracked sources have been added and will soon be used to test automated event crawling with AI support.
December 5, 2025: The colors of YARD Cards can now be customized. Example card
December 3, 2025: The frontend for finding tracked sources now has advanced filter and sorting options.
November 23, 2025: YARD Website: Preparation for expanding the YARD website with tools has begun: a new navigation has been introduced.
November 7, 2025: You can now enter and manage event sources which may be used to discover events automatically.
October 15, 2025: The status page for monitoring YARD services went online.
September 23, 2025: YARD Calendar: The parameter distribution was rolled out allowing users to limit events also by virtual events.
September 10, 2025: YARD Calendar: The popups were tuned and aligned to the new layout of events on the YARD website. Example: any YARD Calendar (click on any event to view the new popup)
August 21, 2025: YARD Website: The design of the event page was tuned to prepare for future enhancements. Example: AI Week Frankfurt
August 18, 2025: You can now sponsor a specific topic area in the YARD event listings, i.e. "blockchain", "fintech", "finance", "IT", or "AI".
August 18, 2025: YARD Calendar: Next to the Free version of the YARD Calendar already used on dozens of websites, the Premium YARD Calendar versions were rolled out.
August 16, 2025: The YARD Platform Update v1.20 was released for better performance, security, and usefulness.
July 30, 2025: The YARD Knowledge Base was released and will be filled step by step with relevant content.
July 23, 2025: The "Events" section in the main navigation is now called YARD Event Explorer. It features an improved search functionality and options to browse all events by topics and regions.
July 22, 2025: You can now add aliases to an event (for example short names or #hastags).
July 18, 2025: You can now add a subtitle to an event (for example a tagline).
July 11, 2025: In preparation for rolling out cards, the Card Hub got a new design.
July 4, 2025: YARD Website: The focus of the website shifted from business events to smart connection profiles, as YARD is preparing for the introduction of YARD Cards.
June 29, 2025: You can now pre-register for YARD Cards and Premium YARD Cards online.
June 29, 2025: You can now register for the YARD Calendar and Premium YARD Calendar online.