By Florin R. Ferrs (Tech writer)
As we mentioned in part one, IT Conferences are crucial for tech startups. They can make a huge difference in the success of your company, so selecting the right ones to attend is something you should dedicate some time towards. But don't worry, we've done the legwork already (so you don't have to).
Ready to select your tech conferences for the second half of 2020?
June
FutureCon San Diego
Date:
10 June, 2020.
Location:
San Diego, CA. USA
Cost:
$45 (Exhibit Hall Pass). $200 (Full Day Conference Pass)
Description:
This event educates C-suite executives and CISOs (chief information security officers) on the global cybercrime epidemic and how to build Cyber Resilient organizations.
O'Reilly Software Architecture Conference
Date:
15 - 18 June, 2020.
Location:
Santa Clara, CA. USA.
Cost:
From $1395.
Description:
The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference is designed to help senior developers, engineers, tech leads, and software architects get the insights they need to effectively design modern software systems.
O'Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Conference
Date:
15 - 18 June, 2020.
Location:
Santa Clara, CA. USA.
Cost:
From $1395.
Description:
This will be the first Infrastructure & Ops Conference. Attendees will learn the latest innovations in building modern, scalable infrastructure, including an IT stack of new technologies.
July
FutureCon Denver
Date:
22 July, 2020.
Location:
Denver, CO. USA.
Cost:
$45 (Exhibit Hall Pass). $200 (Full Day Conference Pass).
Description:
FutureCon Events bring high-level Cyber Security Training in discovering cutting-edge security approaches, and managing risk in the ever-changing threat of the cybersecurity workforce.
O'Reilly Oscon Open Source Software Conference
Date:
13 - 16 July, 2020.
Location:
Portland, OR. USA.
Cost:
$1395 (Bronze Pass).
Description:
OSCON covers everything shaping software development today—from AI and cloud technology to distributed computing.
August
FutureCon Seattle
Date:
5 August, 2020.
Location:
Seattle, WA. USA.
Cost:
From $45 (Exhibit Hall Pass) to $200 (Full Day Conference Pass).
Description:
FutureCon brings high-level Cyber Security Training in discovering cutting-edge security approaches, and managing risk in the ever-changing threat of the cybersecurity workforce.
TechMentor At Microsoft QH
Date:
3 - 7 August, 2020.
Location:
Redmond, WA. USA.
Cost:
$2525 (Earlybird tickets).
Description:
TechMentor provides IT pros with in-depth training of the Microsoft stack at Microsoft Headquarters. Join for a full week of training, featuring hands-on experiences, in-depth sessions, and unparalleled networking opportunities.
Gartner Catalyst Conference
Date:
24 - 27 August, 2020.
Location:
San Diego, CA. USA.
Cost:
$3475 (early bird) to $3825 (standard price).
Description:
The Gartner Catalyst Conference 2020 will take a deep dive into technical trends and topics that are the most challenging and offer a live event where attendees can ask questions, vet ideas and proactively problem-solve with Gartner, their peers and solution providers.
DefCon 28
Date:
6 - 9 August, 2020.
Location:
Las Vegas, NV. USA.
Cost:
$300 (standard).
Description:
DEF CON is one of the world's largest and most notable hacker conventions, held annually in Las Vegas, Nevada. This year the theme will be 'Discovery', as in 'discover new and exiting discoveries!'.
VMWorld
Date:
30 August to September 3, 2020.
Location:
San Francisco, CA. USA.
Cost:
$1495 to $2395.
Description:
VMworld is the premiere conference for virtualization and cloud computing, hosted by VMware. VMworld captures the momentum of today’s rapidly changing IT environment so you can accelerate your cloud journey to support your business.
September
The Digital Transformation Conference
Date:
24 September, 2020.
Location:
New York, NY. USA.
Cost:
$299 (Earlybird tickets).
Description:
This conference welcomes some of the most forward thinking digital leaders and practitioners from across the world.
SpiceWorld 2020
Date:
15 - 17 September, 2020.
Location:
Austin, TX. USA.
Cost:
$199 (early bird) to $599 (standard).
Description:
SpiceWorld is where thousands of IT pros and tech brands come to connect, learn from IT experts, and help each other tackle their day.
Microsoft Ignite 2020
Date:
21 - 25 September, 2020
Location:
New Orleans, LA. USA.
Cost:
$2200.
Description:
Microsoft Ignite is the most comprehensive technology conference of the year. The place to learn from the experts, connect with your community, and explore the latest MS technology.
Oracle OpenWorld 2020
Date:
21 - 24 September, 2020.
Location:
Las Vegas, NV. USA.
Cost:
$1450 to $2050.
Description:
Oracle OpenWorld is an annual Oracle convention for business decision-makers, IT management, and line-of-business end-users. This year it will be held in Las Vegas, NV, instead of its traditional location of San Francisco, CA.
O'Reilly Strata Data & AI Conference
Date:
14 -17 September, 2020.
Location:
New York, NY. USA.
Cost:
$1545 (Bronze Pass) to $2345 (Gold Pass).
Description:
To stay competitive, you need to understand AI. And you can't have AI without data. At the O'Reilly Strata Data & AI Conference, you get AI and data. Together at last.
October
Gartner IT Symposium
Date:
18 - 22 October, 2020.
Location:
Orlando, FL. USA.
Cost:
$6425.
Description:
At the Gartner IT Symposium, thousands of CIOs and IT executives come together to discuss data and analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, customer experience, cybersecurity and more.
O'Reilly TensorFlow World
Date:
19 - 22, October, 2020.
Location:
Santa Clara, CA, USA.
Cost:
$1545 (Bronze Pass) to $2345 (Gold Pass).
Description:
O'Reilly TensorFlow World brings together the vibrant and growing ecosystem that's driving today’s powerful neural networks—and impacting everything from healthcare to finance, the IoT, and beyond.
November
Salesforce Dreamforce
Date:
9 - 12 November, 2020.
Location:
San Francisco, CA, USA.
Cost:
$1599 - $2299.
Description:
Salesforce’s Dreamforce is an annual four-day event that brings together the entire Salesforce community. It’s an experience that celebrates Trailblazers and customer success, where Trailblazers from all over the world gather to share their stories, their successes and learn from each other. Dreamforce is more than a conference — it’s an experience like no other. From inspiring keynotes and sessions to visionary thinking of discovering the future of technology plus world-class entertainment acts, this is the granddaddy of tech conferences. Nothing quite reaches this level.
AWS re:Invent 2020
Date:
30 November to 4 December, 2020.
Location:
Las Vegas, NV, USA.
Cost:
$1299 & $225 to $600 per bootcamp.
Description:
AWS re:Invent 2020 is the Amazon Web Services annual user conference. It is dedicated to cloud strategies, IT architecture and infrastructure, operations, security and developer productivity with a focus on AWS products and features.
December
FutureCon South Florida
Date:
9 December, 2020.
Location:
South Florida (various locations), USA.
Cost:
$100 (Early Bird).
Description:
FutureCon Events bring high-level Cyber Security Training in discovering cutting-edge security approaches, and managing risk in the ever-changing threat of the cybersecurity workforce.
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