Ironically, technology itself has accelerated the demise of some massive tech events (like CeBit) but the result is that the remaining ones are more focused, alive and bustling than ever before. Tech Events featured in this list take place in autumn/winter 2019 and they are considered to be most expected this year.
Top Technology Events in Q3/Q4 2019
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VMworld in San Francisco August 25-29, 2019
“Transform networking and security for speed and flexibility. Deliver digital workspaces for amazing mobile experiences. Whatever you need to know, you’ll find the best information, tools, and partnerships to take IT - and your power to shape it - to the next level.”
VMworld is the largest virtualization-specific global conference, hosted by VMware. First held in San Diego, California in 2004. The first conference was held in the fall of 2004 and attracted over 1,600 visitors, and over the years it began to attract more than 20,000 people annually. VMworld 2019 tracks and analyzes the momentum of today’s rapidly changing IT environment and puts it within your grasp so you can accelerate your success journey and support your business. There is also an annual VMworld conference that has been held since 2008 in Europe, usually in October following the US conference. This year the conference will be held around such topics as Hybrid Clouds, Multi-Cloud, Modern Apps, Networking and Security, Digital Workspace and Emerging Trends. This time VMworld will take the same traditional place - The Moscone Center in San Francisco, the USA from August 25 to August 29. If you want to get more information about Summit or book a ticket - here is the link.
- 02
Educause in Chicago, IL October 14-17, 2019
“With the best presenters, the best content, and the best networking, the premier higher ed IT event brings together professionals and technology providers from around the world to share ideas, grow professionally, and discover solutions to today’s challenges.”
Educause is a nonprofit association in the United States whose mission is "to advance higher education through the use of information technology". The Educause Annual Conference programming is derived from member-driven content organized across overarching IT tracks and hosts one of the largest exhibit halls in the industry. The session content has been created by community presenters and categorized into following programmatic tracks: Creating a Culture of Data-Informed Decision-Making, Evolving Infrastructure and Enterprise IT, Exploring New Boundaries in Teaching and Learning, Leading and Partnering Across the Institution, Making an Impact with Innovative Ideas etc. This year's Educause will take place, from October 14th to October 17th at the McCormick Place West in Chicago, USA. If you are interested in this event - follow the link.
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Adobe MAX in Los Angeles November 2-6, 2019
“MAX is a creative rocket ship of amazing content, great speakers, fun labs and workshops.”
Adobe MAX is a conference in which takes part more than 10,000 graphic and web designers. The main goal of the conference is to show the participants where the creative industry is heading and to teach them new techniques and tools for improving graphics. With a whole block focused on web design and UX design, both developers and experienced designers will learn the latest design technologies. The speakers will be the best specialists in their industry: Annie Leibovitz, M. Night Shyamalan, John Mulaney, Paula Scher, Lauren Hom, and others. All conference content is divided into such blocks: 3D & Immersive, Creativity & Design in Business, Drawing & Digital Painting, Graphic Design & Creative Imaging, Photography, UX & Web and Video. So if you want to breathe in some inspiration or just be filled with a creative spirit - you need definitely to be here.
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Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal November 4-7, 2019
“The best technology conference on the planet” - Forbes.
Web Summit is one of the most important and largest tech events in the world, which was founded by Paddy Cosgrave, David Kelly, and Daire Hickey. This summit held annually for 10 years, first - in Dublin and since 2016 - in Lisbon. Main conference theme focuses on Internet technology. Interesting that you can meet both small technology companies and Fortune 500 companies. Web summit is a mix of technology leaders and creators, startups with a number of high-tech industry specialists from all over the world, as well as related industries. Web Summit hosts events around the world, including F.ounders, RISE in Hong Kong, Collision in New Orleans, SURGE in Bangalore and MoneyConf in Madrid. This year's Web Summit will take the same place as last year, from November 4th to November 7th at the Altice Arena & Fil in Lisbon, Portugal. If you want to get more information about Summit or book a ticket - here is the link.
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Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, Florida USA November 4-8, 2019
“Microsoft's mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. This includes Microsoft Ignite, where we seek to create a respectful, friendly, and inclusive experience for all participants.”
Microsoft Ignite will help you to learn innovative ways to build solutions as well as migrate and manage your infrastructure, connect with over 25,000+ individuals focused on software development, security, architecture, IT and explore new hands-on experiences that will help you innovate in areas such as security, cloud, and hybrid infrastructure and development. More than 1,000 deep diving sessions and more than 200 masterclasses led by experts are just the beginning of Microsoft Ignite. You will also have a unique opportunity for communication and one-on-one meetings with Microsoft experts. If these kind of themes you are interested in - register for an event online.
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AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas December 2-6, 2019
“Join us for deep technical sessions, hands-on boot camps, hackathons, workshops, chalk talks, keynotes, and of course, some uniquely Amazonian fun.”
AWS re:Invent Close out the year with this premiere AWS conference. This year AWS re: Invent will host over 2,500 breakout sessions on topics like databases, analytics, machine learning, storage and more. For the first time, this year will be created subtopic tags to help participants dive deeper into the broad topics. For example, if you are interested in non-relational databases, you will be able to filter sessions that specifically address that topic. This year, the most popular sessions will be repeated in every venue on the campus regardless of the topic, giving you the opportunity to attend the sessions that are most important to you. So if you decide to visit this event - you can get more information and register here.