Toronto Perl Mongers writes "Damian Conway will be coming to Toronto next month (July 2004) to give two free public talks in July." Update: 07/07 19:29 GMT by P : The location of the July 17 talk has been updated.
"His first topic will be Perl 6 Language Update: The State of The Language, and Object-Oriented Programming in Perl 6, on 17 July 2004, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., in room #SF1105, Sanford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road, University of Toronto (downtown St. George campus).
The other will be Small Miracles (a characteristic Damian "crazy talk"), on 19 July 2004, 6:30 p.m. - 9 p.m., in room S1208, Seneca @ York, 70 The Pond Road, York University."
New location:
Room #SF1105, Sanford Fleming Building, 10 King's College Road, University of Toronto
I spent 4 hours on CPAN and googling for some of the modules he demonstrated.