diff --git a/compiler/test/dotc/pos-test-pickling.blacklist b/compiler/test/dotc/pos-test-pickling.blacklist
index 88489a38c9c4..104029b39c94 100644
--- a/compiler/test/dotc/pos-test-pickling.blacklist
+++ b/compiler/test/dotc/pos-test-pickling.blacklist
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ t3249
 t3486
 t3612.scala
 reference
+scala-days-2019-slides
 
 # type of super reference changes due to late addition of Mirror.Singleton
 i939.scala
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-forset.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-forset.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbb48e1958a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-forset.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+object ForSetExample {
+
+  import scala.collection.immutable._
+
+  inline def setFor[T]: Set[T] =
+    implicit match {
+      case ord: Ordering[T] => new TreeSet[T]
+      case _                => new HashSet[T]
+    }
+
+  setFor[String] // new TreeSet(scala.math.Ordering.String)
+  setFor[Object] // new HashSet
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-logger.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-logger.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..94d340efc7b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-logger.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+object Logger {
+
+  var indent = 0
+
+  inline def log[T](msg: String)(op: => T): T = {
+    println(s"${"  " * indent}start $msg")
+    indent += 1
+    val result = op
+    indent -= 1
+    println(s"${"  " * indent}$msg = $result")
+    result
+  }
+}
+
+object Logger2 {
+
+  private var indent = 0
+//   def inline$indent: Int = indent
+//   def inline$indent_=(x$0: Int): Unit = indent = x$0
+
+  inline def log[T](msg: String)(op: => T): T = {
+    println(s"${"  " * indent}start $msg")
+    indent += 1 // inline$indent = inline$indent + 1
+
+    val result = op
+    indent -= 1 // inline$indent = inline$indent - 1
+    println(s"${"  " * indent}$msg = $result")
+    result
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-match.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-match.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..62e68f7811ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-match.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+object App {
+
+  trait Nat
+  case object Zero extends Nat
+  case class Succ[N <: Nat](n: N) extends Nat
+
+  inline def toInt(n: => Nat): Int = inline n match {
+    case Zero => 0
+    case Succ(n1) => toInt(n1) + 1
+  }
+
+  val natTwo = toInt(Succ(Succ(Zero)))
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-power.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-power.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cc80782c87aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-1-power.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+object App2 {
+
+  inline def power(x: Long, n: Int): Long = {
+    if (n == 0)
+      1L
+    else if (n % 2 == 1)
+      x * power(x, n - 1)
+    else {
+      val y: Long = x * x
+      power(y, n / 2)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val x: Long = 5L
+
+  power(x, 10)
+
+//  def badPower(x: Long, n: Int): Long = {
+//    power(x, n) // error:  Maximal number of successive inlines (32) exceeded, Maybe this is caused by a recursive inline method?
+//  }
+
+}
+
+object App3 {
+
+  inline def power(x: Long, inline n: Int): Long = {
+    if (n == 0)
+      1L
+    else if (n % 2 == 1)
+      x * power(x, n - 1)
+    else {
+      val y: Long = x * x
+      power(y, n / 2)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val x: Long = 5L
+  val n: Int = 10
+
+  power(x, 10)
+
+//  def badPower(x: Long, n: Int): Long = {
+//    power(x, n) // error: argument to inline parameter must be a known value
+//  }
+
+}
+
+
+object App4 {
+
+  inline def power(x: Long, n: Int): Long = {
+    inline if (n == 0)
+      1L
+    else inline if (n % 2 == 1)
+      x * power(x, n - 1)
+    else {
+      val y: Long = x * x
+      power(y, n / 2)
+    }
+  }
+
+  val x: Long = 5L
+  val n: Int = 10
+
+  power(x, 10)
+
+//  def badPower(x: Long, n: Int): Long = {
+//    power(x, n) // error: cannot reduce inline if
+//  }
+
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-addEventListener.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-addEventListener.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b7489c2dc887
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-addEventListener.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+object JS {
+
+  object dom {
+    type Event
+    type MouseEvent <: Event
+  }
+
+  type EventTypeOf[Tp <: String] <: dom.Event = Tp match {
+    case "click" => dom.MouseEvent
+    case _ => dom.Event
+  }
+
+  def addEventListener[Tp <: String, Ev <: EventTypeOf[Tp]](tpe: Tp)(e: Ev => Any): Unit = ???
+
+  addEventListener("click") { (e: dom.MouseEvent) => ??? }
+
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-elem.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-elem.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..745bf8fdba6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-elem.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+object ElemExample {
+
+  type Elem[X] = X match {
+    case String => Char
+    case Array[t] => t
+    case Iterable[t] => t
+  }
+
+
+  the[Elem[String]       =:=  Char]
+  the[Elem[Array[Int]]   =:=  Int]
+  the[Elem[List[Float]]  =:=  Float]
+  the[Elem[Nil.type]     =:=  Nothing]
+}
diff --git a/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-tuple.scala b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-tuple.scala
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..be2cc6fe0147
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/pos/scala-days-2019-slides/metaprogramming-2-tuple.scala
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+object TupleExample {
+  import Tuple._
+
+  type A
+  type B
+  type C
+
+  the[Concat[A *: B *: Unit, C *: Unit]    =:=    A *: B *: C *: Unit]
+
+  the[Concat[A *: B *: Unit, C *: Tuple]   =:=    A *: B *: C *: Tuple]
+
+  the[Concat[A *: B *: Tuple, C *: Unit]   <:<    A *: B *: Tuple]
+}