Conferences and Events

Events at the intersection of technology, social computing, social media, and creativity. List based on most attended by similar people in Pathable.

Type

Tier

nick

Full name

Company

Event Date (Near past or Future)

Location

Web site

Keyw

Description

Cost

Invitation?

Size

Tech

2.00

FOWA

Future of Web Apps

Carson Systems

October

London, United Kingdom

http://futureofwebapps.com/

web

Future of web applications

515.00

open

1000

Tech

1.00

FooCamp

Foo Camp

O\’Reilly

June

??, California

http://wiki.oreillynet.com/foocamp07/

technology

Friends Of O\’Reilly (aka Foo), people who\’re doing interesting works in fields such as web services, data visualization and search, open source programming, computer security, hardware hacking, GPS, alternative energy, and all manner of emerging technologies to share their works-in-progress, show off the latest tech toys and hardware hacks, and tackle challenging problems together.

0.00

invite only

250

Creative

2.00

Burning Man

August

Black Rock City, Nevada

http://www.burningman.com/

creatives, art

art festival, experimental community

200.00

open

45000

Social

2.00

Thingamajiggr

Waggle Labs/O\’Reilly

October

Seattle, WA

http://thingamajiggr.com/

startup, creatives

seattle startup community

200.00

open

Tech

2.00

OSCON

Open Source Convention

O\’Reilly

July

Portland, OR

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/os2007/

open source

open source developers, gurus, experts, and users

open

2500

Tech

2.00

web 2.0

Web 2.0 Summit

CMP, O\’Reilly

October

San Francisco, CA

http://www.web2summit.com/

web 2.0

Where are the greatest opportunities, and the greatest risks? At the Web\’s edge—the places where the Web is just beginning to take root: the industries, geographies, and applications that have yet to be conquered by the Web\’s wide reach.

Social

2.00

Ignite

Ignite Seattle

O\’Reilly Radar

every 3 months

Seattle, WA

http://igniteseattle.com/

geek

Ignite is a series of geek nights in Seattle, lightning round talks

0.00

open

350

Creative

3.00

Maker Faire

Maker Faire Austin

Make Magazine (O\’Reilly)

October

Austin, Texas

http://www.makerfaire.com/

makers

makers: do it yourself art, craft, engineering, science

open

Tech

3.00

sxsw

South by Southwest Interactive Festival

SXSW

March

Austin, Texas

http://sxsw.com/

creatives, entrepreneurs

Attracting digital creatives as well as visionary technology entrepreneurs, the event celebrates the best minds and the brightest personalities of emerging technology.

350.00

open

2000

Tech

3.00

Seattle Mind Camp

Gear Live

Jan

Seattle, WA

http://mindcamp.gearlive.com/

entrepreneurs

Seattle Mind Camp is a self-organizing, digitally minded, entrepreneur-driven, overnight Seattle confab.

30.00

open

200

Creative

2.00

Dorkbot

dorkbot

monthly meetings

all over

http://www.dorkbot.org/

art

people doing strange things with electricity

0.00

open

100

Tech

2.00

Web 2.0 Expo

web 2.0 Expo

CMP, O\’Reilly

April

http://www.web2expo.com/

web 2.0

is a conference and tradeshow for the rapidly growing ranks of designers and developers, product managers, entrepreneurs, VCs, marketers, and business strategists who are embracing the opportunities created by Web 2.0 technologies

open

dconstruct

d.construct

Clearleft

Sept

Brighton, UK

http://2007.dconstruct.org/

design

dConstruct is an affordable, one-day conference aimed at those designing and building the latest generation of web-based applications.

178.00

open

@media

@Media

Vivabit

May

San Francisco

http://www.vivabit.com/atmedia2007/

design

The @media conference has a reputation for being one of the world\’s foremost events for web designers. With a focus on best practices and the cutting-edge, @media is an educational, content-rich, sociable special event for tuned-in, enthusiastic web professionals.

895.00

open

BarCamp

ad-hoc

many, over many cities

all over

http://barcamp.org/

open unconference, open source, web

international network of user generated conferences — open, participatory workshop-events, whose content is provided by participants — often focusing on early-stage web applications, and related open source technologies, social protocols, and open data formats.

0.00

open

Mix

0.00

ted

TED

TED conferences

Feb

Monterey

http://www.ted.com/

technology, entertainment, design

TED stands for Technology, Entertainment, Design. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from those three worlds. Since then its scope has become ever broader.

6000.00

invite only

1000

Tech

2.00

fowd

Future of Web Design

Carson Systems

Nov

New York

http://www.futureofwebdesign.com/index.html

web design

future of web design, inspiration, advice, best practices

195.00

open

Academic

2.00

CHI

ACM

April

Florence, Italy

http://www.chi2008.org/index.html

user research, design, technology, academic

CHI (computer human interaction) 2008 focuses on the balance between art and science, design and research, practical motivation and the process that leads the way to innovative excellence.

950.00

open

2000

Tech

3.00

opencoffee

Open Coffee Club

many, over many cities

startups

http://www.opencoffeeclub.org/

entrepreneurs, developers, investors

The OpenCoffee Club was started to encourage entrepreneurs, developers and investors to organise real-world informal meetups to chat, network and grow.

open

Tech

1.00

scifoo

Science Foo Camp

Nature, O\’Reilly, Google

Aug

Googleplex, Mountain View, California

http://www.nature.com/nature/meetings/scifoo/index.html

scientists, technologists, writers

About 200 leading scientists, technologists, writers and other thought-leaders will be gathering for a weekend of discussion, demonstration and debate.

0.00

Invite Only

200

Tech

2.00

railsconf

RAILSCONF

O\’Reilly

May

Portland, OR

http://en.oreilly.com/rails2008/public/content/home

rails, developer

RailsConf is *the* official event for the growing Rails community.

open

Tech

2.00

Where 2.0

O\’Reilly

May

San Jose, California

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/where2007/

location, web 2.0

Now in its third year, the Where 2.0 Conference is where the grassroots and leading edge developers building location aware technology intersect with the businesses and entrepreneurs seeking out location apps, platforms, and hardware to gain a competitive edge.

open

Tech

2.00

All Things Digital

Wall Street Journal

May

Carlsbad, CA

http://allthingsd.com/d

leaders

the energy and excitement of the digital revolution in an unscripted, upfront and unparalleled way: movers and shakers who are at the forefront of the digital revolution

open

Tech

2.00

fom

Future of Mobile

Carson Systems

Nov

Waterloo, London

http://www.future-of-mobile.com/

mobile

future of mobile, mobile web, browsers, devices, standards, UI

195.00

open

Tech

2.00

etel

Emerging Telephony Conference

O\’Reilly

Feb

San Francisco

http://conferences.oreillynet.com/etel2007/

telephony

Emerging Telephony: ETel compares and contrasts web telephony technology, business, and culture, articulating how they conspire and inform consumers, creators, and purveyors.

open

Tech

3.00

GnomeDex

Gnomedex

Aug

Seattle, WA

http://www.gnomedex.com/2007/

bloggers

The blogosphere\’s conference: This summer, hundreds of the world\’s leading bloggers, podcasters, and tech-savvy enthusiasts will once again descend upon the city of Seattle, Washington (August 9th – 11th, 2007).

200.00

open

300

WWDC

Apple World Wide Developer Connection

Apple

June

San Francisco, WA

http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/

developers

Don’t miss this opportunity to connect with Apple engineers, get a firsthand look at the latest technologies, and spend a week getting the kind of inspiration you won’t find anywhere else.

open

le web

Le Web 3

Dec

Paris

http://www.leweb3.com/

startups

Web industry conference, startups

open

1800

MacWorld

MacWorld Conference and Expo