awesome-conferences

Awesome Conferences

:ticket: A list of awesome conferences

Contents

• What makes a conference awesome?
• Conferences
• Old Conferences List
  • North American
    • New York
  • South American
  • European
  • Asian
  • Australian
• Past Conferences
  • Awwwwards Conference
  • CSS Conf
  • BackboneConf
• Resources
  • Help with Speaking
  • Call for Speakers
  • For Organizers
  • Other Lists
• About
• Maintainers
• Contribute
• License

What makes a conference awesome?

• A code of conduct that is explicitly mentioned and upheld. For more on why, see this.
• A great line up of talks.
• A recurring schedule.
• Diversity; both in the talks and in the community who attend.
• Grants for students and minorities.
• Accessibility for disabled persons: wheelchair access, interpreters or captioning, etc.
• Alcohol-free drink options.
• Quiet rooms and safe space.

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Conferences

Abstractions

I'm a huge fan of the Code & Supply team, and this conference was everything awesome about their community group in conference form. - @RemyPorter

• Website: Last Year, the announcement for next year (and other, smaller conferences)
• Location: Pittsburgh, PA
• Date: August 2016, August 2018
• Has reminder mailing list: yes
• Twitter: @abstractionscon
• Attendees: @RemyPorter
• Video: Recap

AndroidMakers

The organizing team did an incredible job to have speakers from all over the world and from different parts of the Android community(Android team, Google Developer Experts, Developers strongly involved in the environment). - @jobot0

• Website: http://androidmakers.fr/
• Location: Paris, France
• Date: April 2017
• Has reminder mailing list: yes
• Twitter: @AndroidMakersFR
• Attendees: @jobot0
• Video: Youtube Channel

Area41

Technical Information Security Conference. Highly recommend it to anyone interested in Information Security topics, be it more or less technical. It is well organized and attracts good speakers. Also, the badges are nice ;) - @peterhuerlimann

• Website: https://area41.io/
• Location: Zurich, Switzerland
• Date: June 2018 (every other year)
• Has reminder mailing list: yes
• Twitter: @a41con
• Twitter Hashtag: #AREA41
• Videos: Youtube Channel
• Attendees: @peterhuerlimann

Dent:Space

It was smashing. highly recommended. - @Annaleen

• Website: http://space.dentthefuture.com/
• Location: San Francisco, CA
• Date: September, 2016
• Has reminder mailing list: yes.
• Twitter: @dent
• Twitter Hashtag: #DentSpace
• Tags: Space
• Attendees: @Annaleen

DevTernity

DevTernity is a conference that brings the conferencing experience to a completely new level. By having some of the most world-wide known IT rockstars, it allows its attendees to get in touch and make new friends from all over the globe. DevTerniy main focus is software excellence and in that sense, the takeout knowledge of the attendees from this conference is extraordinary. - @jovchem

• Website: https://devternity.com
• Location: Riga, Latvia
• Date: 30 Nov - 1 Dec 2018. Happens every year
• Twitter: @devternity
• Twitter Hashtag: #DevTernity
• Tags: DevTernity
• Videos: YouTube | DevTube
• Attendees: Jovche

JSDC

It invites international speakers from other countries, provides high-quality real-time translation of the talks. - @PeterDaveHello

• Website: http://jsdc.tw/
• Location: Taiwain
• Date: 2012-2016, presumably 2017
• Registration: TBA.
• Call for Presenters: TBA.
• Twitter: @jsdc_tw
• Tags: js, javascript, taiwain
• Notes or roundups: https://github.com/aar0nTw/jsdc2014-notes, https://github.com/substack/jsdc.tw-2014
• Attendees: @PeterDaveHello

Chain React

Chain React is a React Native conference in North America organized by Infinite Red. Infinite Red puts an incredible amount of effort into ensuring the conference attendees have a great experience. If their staff sees you standing by yourself they will come hangout, chat and introduce you to others to share your passion for mobile development. The speakers lineup seems to cover every topic you'd expect. You will even hear from Facebook engineers on the state of React Native. You'll leave the conference with a ton of cool swag and a ton of motivation to build kick ass apps with React Native. - @_SeanGroff

• Website: https://infinite.red/ChainReactConf
• Location: Portland, OR
• Date: July 2018 (yearly)
• Has reminder mailing list: Yes React Native Newsletter
• Twitter: @ChainReactConf
• Twitter Hashtag: #ChainReact2018
• Tags: reactnative, react, js, javascript
• Videos: Infinite Red YouTube
• Notes or roundups: Chain React 2018 Day 1 Recap, Chain React 2018 Day 2 Recap
• Attendees: @_SeanGroff

GITEX

GITEX is a yearly tech conference covering tech topics like AI, blockchain, cloud, robotics, and more. It also has speakers discussing how these technologies can be utilized to build smart cities and improve healthcare and education. Some of the speakers are engineers, VPs, and Chiefs from companies like Google, LinkedIn, eBay, Huawei, and so on. - @o_bahareth

• Website: https://www.gitex.com
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
• Date: October 2018 (yearly)
• Has reminder mailing list: No
• Twitter: @GITEXTechWeek
• Twitter Hashtag: #GITEX2018
• Tags: technology, ai, blockchain, robotics, cloud, health, education
• Videos: GitexTechWeek YouTube
• Notes or roundups: Gitex 2017 news roundup
• Attendees: @o_bahareth

Old Conferences List

If you see any conferences here that you like // have attended // will attend, please add them to the new list, above! Many hands makes light work.

• Foss4g // @foss4g
• Future Insights // @Future_Insights
• JS CodeRetreat // @jsCodeRetreat
• JSFest // @JavaScriptFest
• Medellin JS // @MedellinJS
• OpenVis Conf // @OpenVisConf
• Papers We Love // @papers_we_love
• Science Hack Day // @sciencehackday
• Symfony Live // @symfony_live
• React.js Conf // @vjeux
• Web Rebels Conf // @web_rebels

North American

• !!Con // @bangbangcon
• Active Indgredients
• AlterConf // @AlterConf
• CakeFest // @cakephp
• CascadiaJS // @CascadiaJS
• Chain React // @ChainReactConf
• Clojure/conj // @clojure_conj
• CppCon // @cppcon
• CSSConf Oakland // @CSSConfOak
• CSSConf US // @CSSConf US
• CSSDevConf // @CSSdevconf
• DanceJS // @oaklanddancejs
• DEFCON // @defcon
• DinosaurJS // @dinosaur_js
• DjangoCon US // @djangocon
• Dockerconf // @dockercon
• Edge Conf // @edgeconf
• EmberConf // @emberconf
• Facebook f8
• Forward JS // @forwardJS
• Geospatial Canada // @GeospatialCan
• Google I/O // @googledevs
• HTML5DevConf // @html5devconf
• JavaOne // @JavaOneConf
• JSConf (All) // @jsconf
• JSConf US // @JSConfUS
• KCDC // @kc_dc
• LamdaConf // @LambdaConf
• LibrePlanet // @fsf
• MidwestJS // @midwest_js
• NCDevCon // @ncdevcon
• [NebraskaJS](http://nejscon