I decided to be systematic this year and compile a list of conferences
that interested me ahead of time, so I could better know what I was
missing, where I might speak, and most importantly, how might plan my
time so I could go to the conferences that would be the most enjoyable
for me (sharing knowledge, learning things, talking with people, cool
travel).
Here's that list. It's heavy on feminist and media conferences, along with the more usual Web 2.0, tech. social media and venture/start-up events. I've excluded most very local events, smaller meet-ups and so on, just to try to keep it manageable (it's not).
The key: bold means I am going; bold ital, I am speaking.
Okay, here goes:
January
6, 20th Anniversary Conference of the Professional Business Women of California, San Francisco, CA, www.pbwc.org/conferences/sanfrancisco-09
12-13, Streaming Media East, NY, NY, www.streamingmedia.com/east/
19-21, Where 2.0, San Jose, California en.oreilly.com/where2009/
26-27, NetSquared, San Jose, CA, www.netsquared.org/
26-29, D Squared, Carlsbad, CA, allthingsd.com/d/register/
30, Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA, www.makerfaire.com/
June
20-24, OSCON, San Jose, CA, en.oreilly.com/oscon2009
24-25, BlogHer, July 2009, http://blogher09.eventbrite.com/
28-30, Always On, Stanford, CA, alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/24424
August
21-22, Gnomedex, Seattle, WA
friendfeed.com/e/109ea38a-646a-f16b-88a8-e223425933cd/Choosing-the-date-for-Gnomedex-2009-looks-like
September
30 - October 3, 2009, Grace Hopper conference, Tuscon, AZ, www.gracehopper.org/2009/
October
1-3, ONA/Online News Association,, San Francisco, CA
journalists.org/events/event_details.asp?id=28693
15-17, Blogword/New Media Expo, Las Vegas, NV, www.blogworldexpo.com/
20-22, Web 2.0 Summit, San Francisco, CA, en.oreilly.com/web2009/public/sv/q/102
21-23, Pop Tech, Camden ME,, www.poptech.org/overview2009/
2009, IDEA 2009, Chicago, IL, ideaconference.org/
November
Kelsey Group, Interactive Local Media, Bay area, CA, www.kelseygroup.com/ILM2009
Another good conference list for 2009 has been assembled by my friend JD Lasica;
other sources to check are Upcoming.org (particular the Web Conference Junkies' group),
Confabb, which has 81,000 conferences in every possible discipline and industry and Gary's Guide, which is a multi-city tech meetings list.
Feel free to add conferences to note in the comments.
Here's that list. It's heavy on feminist and media conferences, along with the more usual Web 2.0, tech. social media and venture/start-up events. I've excluded most very local events, smaller meet-ups and so on, just to try to keep it manageable (it's not).
The key: bold means I am going; bold ital, I am speaking.
Okay, here goes:
January
- 3 EqualityCamp, San Francisco, Ca, equalitycamp.org
- 4-9, MacWorld, San Francisco, CA, www.macworldexpo.com
- 9-10, Chicks Who Click, Boulder, CO
- 30-31, She's Geeky, Mountain View, CA, shesgeeky.org/
- 31, 2009 Teens in Tech, San Francisco,CA, upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1339851/
- 2, Fem2pt0, George Washington University, DC, www.fem2pt0.com/
- 2-4, Always On, ON Media: NYC, alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/20968
- 3-7, TED, Monterey, California, conferences.ted.com/TED2009/
- 4-6, MONEY:Tech, OReilly, NYC en.oreilly.com/money2009/public/content/home
- 2-7, Web Directions North, Denver, COl,http://north.webdirections.org/
- 5-8, Interaction 09, Vancouver, interaction09.ixda.org/
- 7, Women's Leadership Forum 2009: Empowering for Success, Sunnyvale,Ca, opensiliconvalley.org/
- 7, BIL Conference, Long B
- 11-13, O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing ,New York, NY, www.toccon.com
- 16-17, Miami, Media Learning Seminar: Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy, co-sponsored by the Council on Foundations and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation
- 17-21, Public Media Conference 2009, Atlanta, GA, www.integratedmedia.org/home.cfm
- 17-18, Web content, Tampa, Fl, www.webcontentconferences.com/tampabay/
- 19-21, Northern Voice, UBC, 5883 University Blvd., Vancouver, British Columbia www.northernvoice.ca
- 22: BarCamp Miami, Miami, FL
- 22-24, Future of Web Apps, Miami, FL, events.carsonified.com/fowa/2009/miami
- 24-26, We Media Miami, Miami, FL wemedia.com/miami/ (hope to speak)
- 2, Social Enterprise conference, Cambridge, MA,
- www.socialenterpriseclub.com/conference/
- 1-2, DEMO, Palm Desert, CA, demo.com
- 3-6, 2008: Etech 2009: San Jose, CA, en.oreilly.com/et2009/public/content/home
- 4-7, Drupalcon, Washington, DC drupal.org/node/321768
- 9-11, Media Exchange/NAA, Las Vegas, NV, marketingconference.naa.org/
- 13-22, SXSW, Austin, TX, sxsw.com/interactive
- 18-19, 2009 Media Summit, New York, NY, www.digitalhollywood.com/MediaSummit.html
- 20- 22, IA Summit, Memphis, TN, www.iasummit.org/
- 23-24, OMMA San Francisco, CA, www.mediapost.com/events/omma/
- 20-22,, Nieman conference in narrative journalism, Cambridge, MA, www.nieman.harvard.edu/Microsites/2009NiemanConferenceOnNarrativeJournalismTellingTrueStoriesInTurbulentTimes/Home.aspx
- 27-29,, WAM! Women, Action & the Media, Boston, MA, www.centerfornewwords.org/wam/
- 31-April1, Web 2.0 Expo, San Francisco,www.web2expo.com
- 16-19, The Next Web, Amsterdam, NL, 2009.thenextweb.com/
- 21-22, eMarketing Association conference, San Francisco, CA, www.emarketingassociation.com/2009/SF/index.htm
- 27-29, Milliken Institute Global Conference, LA, www.milkeninstitute.org/events/events.taf
- 28-29, New Marketing Summit, San Francisco, CA, www.gonewmarketing.com/nms_about.aspx
- 30, Anita Borg Institute, 2009 Women of Vision Awards, San Jose, CA,\ www.anitaborg.org/initiatives/women-of-vision/
6, 20th Anniversary Conference of the Professional Business Women of California, San Francisco, CA, www.pbwc.org/conferences/sanfrancisco-09
12-13, Streaming Media East, NY, NY, www.streamingmedia.com/east/
19-21, Where 2.0, San Jose, California en.oreilly.com/where2009/
26-27, NetSquared, San Jose, CA, www.netsquared.org/
26-29, D Squared, Carlsbad, CA, allthingsd.com/d/register/
30, Maker Faire, San Mateo, CA, www.makerfaire.com/
June
- 1-2, YPulse Youth Marketing Mashup, mashup.ypulse.com/
- 9-11 , Supernova, San Francisco, CA, www.supernova2008.com/
- 25-27, NAWBO Women's Business Conference, Chicago, Illinois, nawbo.org/section_110.cfm
- Late June, Personal Democracy Forum, NY, NY, www.personaldemocracy.com
20-24, OSCON, San Jose, CA, en.oreilly.com/oscon2009
24-25, BlogHer, July 2009, http://blogher09.eventbrite.com/
28-30, Always On, Stanford, CA, alwayson.goingon.com/ecom/productview/24424
August
21-22, Gnomedex, Seattle, WA
friendfeed.com/e/109ea38a-646a-f16b-88a8-e223425933cd/Choosing-the-date-for-Gnomedex-2009-looks-like
September
30 - October 3, 2009, Grace Hopper conference, Tuscon, AZ, www.gracehopper.org/2009/
October
1-3, ONA/Online News Association,, San Francisco, CA
journalists.org/events/event_details.asp?id=28693
15-17, Blogword/New Media Expo, Las Vegas, NV, www.blogworldexpo.com/
20-22, Web 2.0 Summit, San Francisco, CA, en.oreilly.com/web2009/public/sv/q/102
21-23, Pop Tech, Camden ME,, www.poptech.org/overview2009/
2009, IDEA 2009, Chicago, IL, ideaconference.org/
November
Kelsey Group, Interactive Local Media, Bay area, CA, www.kelseygroup.com/ILM2009
Another good conference list for 2009 has been assembled by my friend JD Lasica;
other sources to check are Upcoming.org (particular the Web Conference Junkies' group),
Confabb, which has 81,000 conferences in every possible discipline and industry and Gary's Guide, which is a multi-city tech meetings list.
Feel free to add conferences to note in the comments.
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Susan - I found this through Steve Rubel's Twitter stream.
Great list and thanks for taking time to compile. I have a hunch there are a lot of 2009 conference lists out there people have created for their own use, but not enough are sharing with others! There is also this one by JD Lasica, which I've found useful. http://www.socialmedia.biz/2008/12/2009-conference.html
Is there any of the women-oriented events you would specifically recommend? I haven't heard of most of them and am wondering what your experiences have been in the past.
Awesome list, Susan. Nice to see so many O'Reilly shows represented. :)
FYI, Web 2.0 Expo New York will be back at Javits November 16-19.
We also have a new event on search acquisition and architecture: Found, June 9-11 in Burlingame, CA http://conferences.oreilly.com/found
If in your travels you come across any speakers that we should consider for our future conferences, feel free to let me know (suzanneAToreilly.com)...
Thanks for including the Anita Borg Institute's Women of Vision Awards (look forward to seeing you there!) and Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing (GHC). I'm hoping you'll submit a session for GHC when the Call for Participation goes out January 17; it would be great to have you there as well!
Hey Susan,
Don't forget the Nonprofit Technology Conference on April 26-28, 2009 in San Francisco!
You'll be there! Thanks!
And how about IZEAFest '09? It's later in the Fall, and we've got some of the world's top bloggers already signed-on to be involved.
Susan, your hard work assembling these has just made my life a whole lot easier. Do you ever do anything where you assess these conferences based on needs & return? It's hard to sift through them to determine if attending is worth the expense.
Great list, thanks Susan!
Susan-
Supernova 2009 will be December 1-3 in SF.
More Chicks who Click Conferences added and coming to a city near you!
A Social Media Conference for Women incorporating networking, education and empowerment with like-minded women, achieving great heights in the area of Social Media. June 26-27, Vancouver, BC; August 21-22, San Jose; October 15-16, Dallas and November 13-14, Raleigh. Http://chickswhoclick.net