One of the best ways for those interested in tech to advance their careers is to attend world-class technology conferences. It provides attendees with the opportunity to learn from world-class speakers, and to network with industry influencers. Most of all, it provides attendees with the chance to get inspired and engergized.
But finding exactly the right tech event to attend can be difficult, so with our expereince helping event organizers plan over 6,000 events (many of them world-class tech events) we decided to create a directory featuring only the best of the best tech events happening in 2016.
Be sure to check back regularly as our list of 2016 tech conferences will be continously updated throughout the year.
2016 Technology conferences
January 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
CES
Las Vegas, NV
Over 170,000 attendees come to meet with over 3500 exhibitors to find the most innovative technologies coming out to date. CES is a behemoth of a tech event that is a must-go for any serious networker.
1/6/2016
$600-$1400
BETT
London, England
Showcases the latest technology in the education sector, and what educators utilize the newest tools.
1/20/2016
FREE
Node Community Convention
San Fransisco, CA
Node educates its attendees on the best practices of node.js and trends that are foreseen in the future by experts.
1/26/2016
$395-$1099
SkyTech Event
London, United Kingdom
SkyTech 2016 is a two-day tradeshow dedicated to advancing the commercial UAV industry across Europe.
1/27/2016
£0-£75
Digiday Publishing Summit 2016
Kyoto, Japan
Digiday addresses the Asia-Pacific market and many other issues in the media publishing space by breaking down how to identify and engage an audience directly.
1/27/2016
Deep Learning Summit
San Francisco, CA
Discover advances in deep learning and smart artificial intelligence from the world's leading innovators.
1/28/2016
$450-$$1,295
Virtual Assistant Summit
San Francisco, CA
Discover advances in virtual assistants and artificial intelligence from the world's leading innovators.
1/28/2016
$450-$$1,295
February 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
Search Engine Strategies Conference
Miami, FL
Looks at the latest techniques on SEM from SEO specialists, analysts, digital marketers, webmasters, and business leaders.
2/4/2016
$595-$895
Crunchies Awards
San Fransisco, CA
Considered the "oscars of of startups and technology" that recognizes those trying to push the limits on modern scalability.
2/8/2016
$115-150
Finovate Europe
London, England
This conference is centered on the most effective uses of mobile technology for both the private and public industry.
2/9/2016
$1295-$1395
Traction Conference and Conversion Summit
San Diego, CA
A massive conference with keynote speakers such as Gary Vaynerchuk that has already sold out for the 6th year in a row.
2/9/2016
$697-$1997
Webstock
Wellington, New Zealand
All elements of digital strategy are broken down at Webstock qualifying any discipline to attend.
2/9/2016
$395-$1595
Lift Conference
Geneva, Switzerland
The Lift Conference is one of Europe's most important technology events on technology and disruptive technology
2/10/2016
CHF725-CHF850
Developer Week
San Francisco, CA
DeveloperWeek 2016 is San Francisco’s largest tech event series with over 60 week-long events
2/12/2016
TBD
TechAdvantage Conference
New Orleans, LA
More than networking, TechAdvantage delivers real tools and knowledge that empower you to build successful businesses in today’s competitive energy marketplace.
2/15/2016
TBD
Apricot 2016
Auckland, New Zealand
Internet technology experts come to Auckland to review the potential for the Asia/Pacific market.
2/15/2016
$360-$600
Ted 2016
Vancouver, Canada
With the theme "Dream" TED 2016 is dedicated to bringing the greatest storytellers to discuss their interactions with the idea of dreams.
2/15/2016
Register
Casual Connect
Amsterdam
Casual Connect focuses on bringing together the gaming industry with the new media movement. This is the conference where the pioneers of the rising gaming industry go to find out the latest and greatest trends.
2/16/2016
$500-$25,000
Mobile Trends Conference
Krakow, Poland
A large trade fair that studies mobile solutions, e-commerce, and mobile IT in the public and private sector.
2/17/2016
zt200-zt1200
Wisdom 2.0
San Fransisco, CA
Attendees come from around the world to connect with one another through technology that will make us better individuals.
2/20/2016
$575-$2500
4YFN
Barcelona, Spain
Three days full of thrilling stories with the world’s top media in telling the latest mobile innovation stories.
2/22/2016
TBD
Disruptive Technologies and Innovation Summit
Ramada, Berlin
This event focuses on how businesses can be more strategic in the software, and strategies, that they choose for their organization.
2/22/2016
Social Media Week
TBD
The main theme for this year's Social Media Week is looking at the impact of mobile technology, networked connectivity, data and machine learning, and other advances on our lives.
2/22/2016
TBD
DTIM 2016
Berlin, Germany
Reveals the mystery behind the implementing new growth strategies, technologies, and business models.
2/22/2016
€2695-€3495
Marketing.FWD Summit
NY, NY
The Marketing.FWD summit gathers senior marketing leaders who are driving change through new marketing technologies.
2/22/2016
$895-$1195
Startup Grind
Palo Alto, CA
Startup entrepreneurs and influencers gather for the Startup Grind's global conference in order to find out the latest developments that have been made.
2/23/2016
$345-$425
Social Capital 2016
Westin Alexandria, VA
A invitation-only conference that brings together the brightest nonprofit and corporate giants to collaborate over strategic partnerships.
2/23/2016
$950-$1850
RSA Conference 2016
San Fransisco, CA
The RSA conference attracts the best and brightest in IT security to discuss the latest issues facing practitioners.
2/29/2016
$90-$2395
March 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
DENT 2016
Sun Valley, ID
DENT breaks down how visionary leadership can enable groundbreaking success when individuals utilize the power of technology correctly
3/1/2016
$1116-$3499
Startup Camp
Berlin, Germany
Startup Camp connects founders with experienced entrepreneurs, investors, early adopters, and co-founders from all over Europe.
3/1/2016
TBD
Interaction 16
Helsinki, Finland
The conference will bring nearly 1000 design professionals, leaders, students and volunteers together to enjoy three days of workshops and lectures
3/2/2016
€317-€760
ICON
Phoenix, AZ
Attendees at ICON look at creative solution for small business organizations. Focuses on ROI and practical steps to strengthen sales and marketing.
3/2/2016
$399
Clean Equity Monaco
Monaco
The world's preeminent emerging clean technology and resource efficiency conference showcased a number of disruptive technologies on its 8th anniversary.
3/3/2016
TBD
Dubai Lynx
Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai
The Dubai Lynx International Festival of Creativity is the MENA region's most prestigious technology event on the communication industry's drive to innovate through technology and technique. The festival celebrates the region's most celebrated work.
3/6/2016
$200-$425
Forbes CIO Summit
Half Moon Bay, CA
CIOs gather to hear from high performing executives and the solutions they have found from challenges any CIO faces.
3/6/2016
TBD
Intelligent Content Conference
Las Vegas, NV
The ICC informs its attendees on how to consider a more valuable content strategy than just focusing on the copy. From start to finish this tech event presents content strategy in a very easy-to-understand way.
3/7/2016
$495-$1895
Fluent
San Francisco, CA
Practical training in JavaScript, HTML5, CSS, and the latest web development technologies and frameworks
3/8/2016
TBD
Montgomery Summit
Santa Monica, CA
Only the top 900 senior-level investors and top executives from growth technology companies in media, IT, and alternative communication industrys. By combining a star-casted pannel of industry leaders, and investors, the Montgomery Summit strives to be the most qualified event to date.
3/8/2016
TBD
Exec I/O Fintech
Frankfurt, Germany
By only allowing attendees to come via application process Exec I/O Fintech makes sure they are only bringing the most robust network. This is a great place to find investors or potential co-founders for your next venture.
3/8/2016
€249- €1199
Nullcon
Goa, India
Nullcon addresses the most up-to-date threats on cyber security. Researchers and organizations come to this conference to brain storm on how to innovate current technology in order to provide better safety.
3/9/2016
$90+
Structure Data
San Fransisco, CA
Structure Data features the industry's biggest decision makers on data driven business solutions. The conference covers every type of data from the research labs to the living room.
3/9/2016
$1195-$1595
Structure Data
San Fransisco, CA
Structure Data will host interviews with enterprise data decision-makers, the executives driving the world of big data software and the researchers taking technologies to the consumer
3/9/2016
$1195-$1595
Digital Marketing Innovation Summit
NY, NY
Where the most senior and dynamic leaders collaborate on the digital media industry's latest development.
3/10/2016
$600-$1295
SXSW
Austin, TX
SXSW is one of the biggest events on this list, and provides a massive trade show for exhibitioners to network and pitch.
3/11/2016
$395-$1575
The Great Ideas Conference
Colorado Springs, CO
The Great Ideas Conference is made up of over 100 "Idea Labs" on topics from governance to ROI, and serves the idea that associations have the power to change the world.
3/13/2016
$40-$1499
CeBit 2015
Hannover, Switzerland
CeBit is the world's leading event on digital business, and commerce. Members of all positions come to speak on the latest developments.
3/14/2016
70-1190 EUR
An Event Apart
Nashville, TN
UX professionals, project managers, designers and marketers gather to push themselves in both their skill and adaptability for the modern digital era.
3/14/2016
$499-$1290
GDC
San Fransisco, CA
Attracting over 26,000 attendees that belong to a plethora of disciplines in the gaming industry hear over 400 lectures on the interactive game sector.
3/14/2016
$199-$1599
SXSW Interactive
Austin, TX
This event serves as an intense incubator for the most creativity and cutting-edge technologies. Every type of idea is welcomed from sector.
3/15/2016
$1095-$2295
Smashing Conference
Oxford, England
The Smashing Conference looks at how front end, UX, and other design techniques are changing.
3/15/2016
$399-$798
The Connected City Summit
London, United Kingdom
Discover how sensors, M2M communication and a network of connected devices are disrupting future cities.
3/16/2016
£160-£650
Challenging The Exclusive Past
Baltimore, MD
This joint event between the NCPH and the SHFG on how any historian can prepare our society's documentation of history.
3/16/2016
$110-$245
Learning Solutions Conference and Expo
Orlando, FL
The Learning Solutions Conference and Expo studies how individuals can optimize the way they learn to streamline innovative ideas.
3/16/2016
$200-$1695
Start Summit 2016
St. Gallen, Switzerland
Europe's leading talent and entrepreneurial conference connecting students, entrepreneurs, startup, and investors.
3/17/2016
CHF79-CHF500
Digital Innovators’ Summit
Berlin, Germany
Presents the latest changes in content for the media industry.
3/20/2016
$11900-$2490
Adobe Summit
Las Vegas, NV
The Adobe Summit looks at how to create a fully engaged environment for your customers so that you can creatively combine data and content to deliver your product.
3/20/2016
$750-$1895
IXCE
Las Vegas, NV
5 days of workshops, short courses, training, and speakers provide an amazing environment for anyone that works with a wireless technology.
3/21/2016
$1699-$1799
MarTech
San Fransisco, CA
The MarTech 2016 conference covers almost every face of the digital marketing umbrella with topics such as API vendors, growth hacking techniques, and the human side of marketing data.
3/21/2016
$59-$1395
CRM 2016
Las Vegas, NV
CRM 2016 is the number one conference for SAP sales, e-commerce, marketing, and service center management.
3/21/2016
$899-$2599
4A's Transformation Summit
Miami, FL
The 4A's flagship event connects pioneers of technology, media, advertising, and marketing to debate issues and insights.
3/21/2016
$1445-$2395
Nonprofit Technology Conference
San Jose, CA
Over 2300 community members cast more than 10,000 votes on 437 sessions to help create the program for the 2016 Nonprofit Technology Conference
3/23/2016
TBD
FinDEVr NYC
New York, NY
The preimere venue for the most modern tools, platforms, and case studies from fin-tech developers, VPs of Engineering, and CTOs. .
3/29/2016
$595-$1095
Conversion XL
Austin, TX
ConversionXL has its attendees stay in the same place for 3 days that promotes 1:1 sessions for the ultimate networking experience
3/30/2016
TBD
BUILD 2016
San Fransisco, CA
Microsoft's premier conference for developers prepares attendees to build solutions out of their devices.
3/30/2016
TBD
April 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
ASCD Annual Conference
Atlanta, GA
Educators of all levels come together for over 20 sessions on a range of numerous topics.
4/2/2016
TBD
Talent Acquisition Conference
Las Vegas, NV
One on one meetings are provided with industry leaders, and attendees then reconvene after to discuss their own personal problems that they must overcome.
4/6/2016
$995-$1795
Deep Learning in HealthCare Summit
London, England
Builds discussions from the leading experts around the world on the tools and techniques used to revolutionize healthcare applications, medicine, and diagnostics.
4/7/2016
£295-£695
OFFSET
Dublin, Ireland
OFFSET curates speakers of multiple disciplines so that attendees can understand the power design has on visual context
4/8/2016
€110-€250
Big Data and Analytics Summit
Hong Kong, China
The summit brings together leaders of business to touch on how their organizations can be more successful through quantitative methods.
4/12/2016
$495-$1095
Deep Learning Summit Asia
Singapore
Discover advances in deep learning and smart artificial intelligence from the world's leading innovators.
4/14/2016
$495-$$1,395
NAB Show
Las Vegas, NV
Leaders of nearly every sector come together at the NAB show to discuss the ways in which media is transforming from our digital world
4/16/2016
$150-$200
Social Media Marketing World
San Diego, CA
Over 100 of the top social media experts, an 3,000 attendees gather at Social media Marketing World to find out how the ROI is constantly changing from organic communities.
4/17/2016
$967-$1020
ASU GSV Summit
San Diego, CA
The summit selects the most impactful individuals from a diverse set of industries, and markets to talk about new ideas.
4/18/2016
$1,695
Apps World Germany
Berlin, Germany
One of the largest gatherings of different vendors and organizations to discuss the latest developments in the app industry. Mostly senior level members go to the show making the event great for networking.
4/20/2016
TBD
Future of Web Design
London, England
Geared towards web designers and developers in order to present the pinnacle of front-end facing development.
4/25/2016
£150-£649
FPA Retreat 2016
Phoenix, AZ
This year's theme focusing around advancing the art and science of Financial planning through modern storytelling.
4/25/2016
$1249-$1549
Collision
New Orleans, LA
Created by the team from Web Summit, Collision is the fastest growing tech conference that includes the worlds largest organization, leaders, and media.
4/26/2016
$350-$5725
Droidcon
Zagreb, Croatia
Droidcon is a global developer conference series and a network focusing on the best of Android.
4/27/2016
100kn-600kn
Wearable Europe
Berlin, Germany
Wearable Technology is a conference and exhibition focusing on wearable technologies, applications, and their commercialization progress.
4/27/2016
€395-€1437
Do Good Data 2016
Chicago, IL
Attendees from all positions in any industry attend Do Good Data to understand how they can utilize their own data to their advantage.
4/27/2016
$200-$350
Wired Health
London, England
Where the latest trends are predicted on the health industry to re-imagine the medical sector.
4/29/2016
TBD
May 2016 Conferences
We haven't listed an technology conferences happing in May, 2016. Check back soon to read our updated list, or submit a May event by clicking here.
June 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
Arctic15: Exit Path
Helsinki, Finland
This brilliant event looks to provide a beautiful networking platform for any investor or employee.
6/2/2016
€750-€1300
Social Innovation Summit
Washington, DC
This summit brings together the most influential leaders of different industries in order to talk about the next big idea.
6/7/2016
$895-$1495
IRCE
McCormick Place West, Chicago
IRCE addresses the constantly changing world of ecommerce by bringing in experts to provide the greatest solutions, and to network with one another.
6/7/2016
$80-$1600
Cloud Expo
NY, NY
Cloud Expo is a single show where attendees can meet top vendors to colloborate on initiaitives in cloud technology.
6/7/2016
$1600-$2500
OPS Conference
NY, NY
The Ops Conference holds debates and discussions between digital strategists with 25 thought provoking sessions.
6/7/2016
$445-$595
NOAH Conference
Tempodrom, Germany
The Noah Conference seeks to bring together leaders of the digital economy from all different types of senior positions.
6/8/2016
Invintation Only
The Europas
London, England
The Premere award show for Europe's hottest startups. Brings together old and new companies through different partnerships and networking opportunities.
6/14/2016
TBD
The Europas
London, England
Only the creme of the crop come to The Europas to find out who the top startups are that bring home the gold among European startups
6/14/2016
TBD
Wired RETAIL 2016
TBD
The most up-t0-date business models and for retail are brought in front of industry leaders,
6/14/2016
TBD
The CRMC
Chicago, IL
A top event for retail marketers, The CRMC shares how the best marketers are pairing their CRM and marketing data.
6/15/2016
$795-$2295
Cannes Lions
Palais des Festivals, Cannes, France
Cannes Lions' goal is to provide a complete experience that provides everything that is needed for a successful campaign creative campaign. Connections, education, and inspiration are only the beginning of what is found at cannes Lions.
6/18/2016
€895-€4050
SHRM 2016
Washington, DC.
The largest HR event in the world provides professionals the opportunity to network with a massive amount of their peers, and to hear about the best tools to use.
6/19/2016
$1325-$1765
International Conference on Virtual Reality
Chengdu, China
Where international researchers and experts in the virtual reality field present their findings and developmental research.
6/20/2016
$50-$400
The Future of Food
London, England
The Future of Food allows attendees to see the newest business models for the distribution and consumption of modern food. Disruptive technologies are shown and the latest scientific discoveries are discussed as well.
6/21/2016
£50-£150
SMX Advanced Seattle
Seattle, Washington
Custom tailored conference meant for advance search marketers that are looking to push their skill past their limits.
6/21/2016
$199-$3395
AFCE Homeland Securty Conference
Washington, DC.
Experts in the field collaborate on operations, and missions that will increase national security.
6/21/2016
TBD
Cloud and DevOps World Forum
London, England
This forum is a leading content-based exhibition for the European Cloud and DevOps community.
6/21/2016
TBD
Structure Connect
San Fransisco, CA
Connecting our homes and business to the internet will disrupt businesses, improve efficiency and usher in an era of disruption not seen since the beginning of the web.
6/22/2016
$1195-$1595
Wired Money
London, England
Leading thought experts come to the British Museum to present the latest developments of money, finance, and banking
6/23/2016
TBD
Ungagged
London, England
Ungagged seeks to be an "unconferene" based on the execution of ideas, rather than of the creation.
6/23/2016
£84-£695
National Charter Schools Conference
Nashville, TN
Nearly 5,000 attendees gather to learn how Charter Schools are changing the way students learn with great networking opportunities for eucators.
6/26/2016
$150-$750
ISTE Conference
Denver, CO
16,000 attendees come to the ISTE conference to network and hear grounbreaking advancements made in the classroom.
6/26/2016
Register
Social Recruting Strategies Conference
San Fransisco, CA
HR professionals come to the SRSC to hear about the strongest forms of content to push their social recruting strategies.
6/26/2016
$495-$1495
GIANT Conf
TBD
The Giant Conference is focused on beginners and experts alike to bring indivudals coser to creating "rad work"
6/27/2016
$599
Esri User Conference
San Diego, CA
By providing one on one sessions with staff Esri support professionals invested into data mining are able to understand what the most modern techniques are from their peers
6/27/2016
$395-$1695
Machine Intelligence Summit
Berlin, Germany
Where the combination of machine learning and artificial intellgience is imagined in order to make more sense out of our data.
6/29/2016
€250-€695
July 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
Podcast Movement
Chicago, IL
The premere event for podcasters and influencers that use the medium to for content.
7/6/2016
$319-$509
MobileBeat
San Fransisco, CA
Growth strategies on mobile platforms are are the focus for MobileBeat in order to prepare professionals for the continues mobile revolution.
7/11/2016
$1,495
BbWorld
Las Vegas, NV
Attendees are trained on the newest solutions from Blackboard for educators, and network with 2,000 of their peers.
7/12/2016
TBD
Digital Publishing Innovation Summit
NY, NY
One of the most exlusive gatherings of senior leaders working with online publishing, or digital media.
7/13/2016
$600-$1595
2016 Employment Engagement Conference
Denver, CO
Practitioners, government agencies, and organizations come together to improve their human capital management practices.
7/18/2016
$1695-$1995
NCMA World Conference
Orlando, FL
The National Contract Management Association holds their largest education event for contract management, procurement, and acquisition professionals whether private or public.
7/24/2016
TBD
August 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
NextGen
Washington, DC.
NextGen provides training and leadership opportunities to inspire innovation within new individuals who enter the government secture.
8/1/2016
TBD
Blogher 2016
Los Angelos, CA
The Blogher conference is the largest conference that celebrates women content creators across social media, video, and the web.
8/4/2016
$99-$699
Yellow Conference
Los Angelos, CA
The Yellow Conference is a gathering for entrepeneurial women who are passionate about living extraordinarily in their every day routines.
8/25/2016
$275-$375
September 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
Content Marketing World
Cleveland, OH
The best and britest content creators come here to learn what others have been doing to push the content revolution forward. Consider this the biggest event on content strategy out right now.
9/6/2016
$495-$1730
Mozcon
Seattle, WA
The conference is three days of intensive lectures on SEO, social media, community building, brand development, and more.
9/12/2016
$639-$1299
Tapia
Austin, TX
The goal of the Tapia Conferences is to bring together undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, researchers, and professionals in computing from all backgrounds and ethnicities to:
9/14/2016
TBD
DMexco
Cologne, Germany
Considered by many to be the top digital marketing event, DMexco houses over 500 of the top speakers for over 30,000 attendees.
9/14/2016
TBD
NAGW National Conference
San Antonio, TX
With 24-hour break out sessions programmers, CIOs, developers, and government managers can push themselves in the web development industry.
9/20/2016
TBD
ICMA Annual Conference
Kansas City, MO
Attendees network and hear talks on new ideas and strategies to overcome the challenges that local governments face today.
9/25/2016
TBD
Cusp Conference
Chicago, IL
The Cust conference is an event on the complete design of everything. All aspects of design are looked at, as well as those perspectives that are unkown
9/28/2016
$250-$1800
October 2016 Conferences
Event Name
Location
Description
Start Date
Ticket Price
Talent Connect
Las Vegas, NV
Individuals looking to be hired, or to hire, gather at Talent Connect to understand the methods used for hiring practices from exprets.
10/1/2016
TBD
Dreamforce 2016
San Fransisco, CA
No matter what your position may be Dreamforce 2016 will help you in your efforts of understanding cloud technology, data analysis, and the impact of an optimized sales cycle.
10/4/2016
$999
Festival of Marketing
London, England
The Festival of Marketing holds the Guiness World Record for the "Largest Marketing Session," and celebrates the "Masters of Marketing" award.
10/5/2016
TBD
2016 Annual Conference: Inspired Marketing
Orlando, FL
The offical center for marketers the AMA brings in the top experts on the most innovative practices in marketing.
10/5/2016
$1200-$1400
IODC 2016
Madrid, Spain
The impact of open sourced data, its effect on citizens, and the opportunity that industries have will be the topic of discssion.
10/6/2016
TBD
Pubcon
Las Vegas, NV
Pubcon is the top social media and optimization conference and expon that brings in some of the biggest speakers out to date.
10/10/2016
$299-$599
Next Wired Generation 2016
TBD
Features mucians, artists, and futurists to inspire today's youth for the world of tomorrow.
10/15/2016
TBD
&then16
Los Angeles, CA
&Then collects the marketing industries top CEOs, copywriters, analysts, and strategists under one roof to look over how the industry is changing
10/16/2016
$1095-$2295
AIGA Conference
Las Vegas, NV
One of the biggest events of the year for creatives. Thousands of attendees gather to see industry leaders face off on round tables, and Q&As.
10/17/2016
$375-$1150
Inc. 5000
San Antonio, TX
The fastest growing companies in the nation gather at this Galla to celebrate, and inspire each other's achievements.
10/18/2016
$596-$1695
B2B Marketing Forum
TBD
The B2B Marketing Forum brings insights from the industry leaders on how marketers can be more effective.
10/18/2016
$995-$1795
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