Why You Should Attend Tech Events And The Ones You Should Be Attending This Around The World To Add To Your Calendar

Why You Should Attend Tech Events And The Ones You Should Be Attending This Around The World To Add To Your Calendar

There are many reasons why you should take breaks from what you are doing and attend events; seminars, trainings, conferences, pitching events etc.

The gains of attending events cannot be over emphasized, from networking with the right people in and out of your industry, marketing your business and an opportunity to test your new product or idea if it is not yet launched, and also learn the new things happening in your industry and in the world at large.

When you are in tech, you cannot overlook the need for collaboration; with PR's, bloggers and journalists that you should network with and connect with so that when you are ready to launch, you wouldn’t be a stranger to them.

And to put it clearly, you should not allow any event stop you from being productive and you should by no means attend every event that comes up around you or out of your city.

So, it is very important to know what event is happening in your city or out of it. This will give you the time to see the events, register for the ones you think you should attend and have the necessary plan to give visibility to your business or whatever t is that you do.

And as you select the events, the most things in your mind should be “how do I get the best from the event? How does it add to what I am doing?”

We have done some research of the tech events happening this week that we think you should attend.

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August 23 — Idea Lab

Full Circle Fund Invites you to the 4th Annual Idea Lab. This nontechnical hackathon is hosted and sponsored by The San Francisco Foundation, participants will have a chance to collaborate for a 90-minute session where they come up with innovative solutions for our 2017 Grant Partners. This is an exciting time for Members and guest thought partners to contribute their time and talent to a 2017 Grant Partner they are not currently collaborating with to make a difference in just one night!

SUMMER PLAY: San Francisco Game Expo!

Over 50 games. Over 300 players. 1 night.

Over seventy game developers will be showing off their latest games one-on-one to a crowd of 500 people. For developers, this is a great opportunity to show off their games (finished or unfinished) and get direct feedback from players. For everyone else, it’s a unique opportunity to try out the biggest collection of games made in and around SF all in one place. Each game gets its own booth as players meet the developers and try out their games. Throw pizza into the mix and you get Play crafting’s biggest event!

August 27 – September 1 — Designing for Social Systems Workshop

The d.school is excited to announce an intensive workshop for leaders and practitioners in nonprofit, philanthropy, government, and social impact fields to advance the way they work. Participants will learn how to combine human-centered design, systems thinking, and communication design to increase their impact in the complex work of social change. We aim to empower leaders to be more creative, insightful, collaborative, and strategic.

August 29 — TIERS Public Engagement Workshop

In this one day workshop, local leaders from cities, counties and special districts will learn new tools, tips and tricks to improve their public engagement efforts. Explore the Institute for Local Government’s new TIERS Public Engagement Framework, a step-by-step practical guide to effectively engage residents regardless of your budget. Connect with others in your region, learn how to overcome barriers, challenging situations and political roadblocks and gain new facilitation skills with hands on exercises.

MOBILE TECH EVENTS 

VMworld US

August 27-31, Las Vegas
vmworld.com

Droidcon Berlin (Android developers; includes IFA)
September 3-5, Berlin
droidcon.de

Cloud Connect + Interop China
September 5-7, Shanghai
cloudconnectevent.cn/en-us/index

DEMO Africa
September 6-7, Johannesburg, South Africa
demo-africa.com

GSMA Mobile World Congress Americas, with CTIA
September 12-14, San Francisco
mwcamericas.com

Gartner Symposium / ITXpo
September 18-21, Cape Town, South Africa
gartner.com/events/emea/cape-town-symposium

DevOps Summit
September 19, London
events.computing.co.uk/devops

Cloud Infrastructure Summit
September 20, London
events.computing.co.uk/cloud

NigeriaCom
September 20-21, Lagos
tmt.knect365.com/nigeria-com

Connect.Tech
September 20-22, Atlanta
connect.tech

Droidcon New York (Android developers)
September 25-26, New York
droidcon.nyc

GOTO Copenhagen (Trifork software development conference)
October 1-5, Copenhagen
gotocph.com

WTS (Wearable Tech Show, IOT Connect, AR & VR Show, Digital Healthcare)
October 3-4, Santa Clara, CA
wtsusa.show

The Luxury Technology Show
October 4, New York
thelts.com/?event=new-york-fall-2017

MMA (Mobile Marketing Assn.) Summit Dubai
October 5, Dubai
mmaglobal.com/forumdubai2017

IoT Week Korea
October 10-13, Seoul
iotweek.kr

SAP Mobile Applications for Asset Management
October 25-26, Amsterdam
uk.tacook.com/events/conferences/…

Programmatic I/O (Digital Marketing)
October 25-26, New York
programmatic.io/ny

Breaking Development Conference
October 25-27, Nashville, TN
bdconf.com/events/nashville-2

UX Next
October 30-31, Palo Alto, CA
tmt.knect365.com/ux-next

Streaming Media West
November 2-3, Huntington Beach, CA
streamingmedia.com/Conferences/West2017/default.aspx

Droidcon SF (Android developers)
November 6-7, San Francisco
sf.droidcon.com

AfricaCom
November 7-9, Cape Town
tmt.knect365.com/africacom

More events you should checkout:

VMworld 2017—Las Vegas, NV, Aug 27-31

September:

Microsoft Envision 2017—Orlando, Sep 25-29

IdeaFestival—Louisville, KY, Sep 26-28

VMworld 2017 Europe—Barcelona, Sep 11-14

October:

Gartner Symposium—Orlando, FL, Oct 1-5

Smart Cities Week—Washington DC, Oct 3-5

IBM World of Watson—Las Vegas, NV, Oct 29-Nov 2

November:

AWS re:Invent—Las Vegas, NV, Nov 27-Dec 1

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