What is a tech conference?

Are you new to the IT/technology field and you want to improve
yourself? Do you want to work in the technology field? The company
you work for wants you to learn more about the field? Do you want
to enlarge your network and meet more people share the same
interest with you or work in the same field as you? To be able to
succeed in those, you need to attend tech conferences.

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What is a tech conference?

A tech conference is an event where people who work or
interested in the tech field come together. There are many
different kinds of tech conferences.

Large tech companies can make conferences
for their customers^[2]. The cost of these
large, extravagant parties and activities can be high to attend, so
it’s mostly paid by the employers of attendees.

Also, there can be conferences for a single topic, and it can be
done by professional event organizers or a tech company. 

There also can be some volunteers who put on tech conferences.
These conferences can be less formal and more affordable. 

People such as business people, researchers, engineers or
hobbyists can attend different kinds of tech conferences. In these
conferences, many different events and activities take place but
talks and workshops are the most commons
events^[3]. 

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Which tech conferences should I
attend? 

Of course, as a grown-up person, you probably don’t have time
for all the tech conferences happening in the world. It’s okay
because you don’t have to attend all. 

The first thing to consider while choosing a conference to
attend is probably the topic. Technology is a wide and
ramous field. And you can’t and don’t have to be interested in all
of the fields of technology.

Maybe you’re interested in a programming language, maybe in
frontend development, maybe in artificial intelligence or maybe
digital media. So, you should choose the field you’re interested in
or work in to search for the right and suitable conferences for
yourself. 

Location is also an important factor while choosing a
tech conference. Attending a conference which is far away can cost
too much and if the trip isn’t sponsored by your employer, you can
search for conferences which are closer to the place you live or
work. 

Size/popularity may be an important reason while
choosing a conference. At the larger conferences, you can do
networking and you can listen to some of the most famous speakers
of the field. On the other hand, at the small conferences, it can
be easier to manage your schedule and you can easily meet people
who work in the same field or who have the same interest. 

Of course, some conferences are more expensive than others but
it doesn’t mean that an expensive conference is better at
quality-wise. Thus, the price can also be a factor while
choosing the conference you’ll attend. You can always find
cost-effective conferences with good quality. 

And lastly, not every date is suitable for everyone.
But don’t worry, there are thousands of useful conferences you can
attend throughout the year. Take your time, and choose the most
suitable dates for you!

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What are some of the technology conferences in
2020?

Technology is evolving every day, and you don’t have to worry if
you couldn’t attend any conferences in 2019. Because there are only
a couple of months left to 2020, and that’s the only thing you
should be focusing on right now! 

Here, you can find some of the best tech conferences in
2020. 

Each year, DeveloperWeek gathers more than 8,000 engineers,
developers, software architects, dev teams, managers and executives
from 70+ countries in the SF Bay area.

DeveloperWeek 2020 is going to be San Francisco’s largest
developer conferences and event series. It covers all new
technologies, thus the conference and workshops will be about
technologies like VR Dev, Artificial Intelligence Dev, Blockchain
Dev, IoT Dev, Serverless technology, Microservices technology, new
JavaScript frameworks, and more. 

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Barrientos/Unsplash^[6]

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Attendees at the Adobe Summit will gain valuable insights, tools, and techniques for
making the most of Adobe Marketing Cloud^[8]. Thanks to this summit,
you can learn how to bring all your content and data together in
one place. 

Also, you’ll be able to listen to the biggest names of the
sector such as Shantanu Narayen, CEO of Adobe, Satya Nadella, CEO
of Microsoft, Hubert Joly, CEO of Best Buy.  

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Tolin/Unsplash^[9]

DATAx is the only tech
conference in Asia^[10] specifically
dedicated to exploring AI and data science. 

At this conference, you can hear topics such as machine
learning, NLP, data analytics, data strategy, automation, and
cloud. 

You can join useful interactive workshops, insightful panels,
and keynotes delivered by the biggest tech companies in the world
that shape the future of AI.

With the data scientists coming from the biggest companies in
the world, you’ll be able to learn more about data
science. 

In DATAx 2019, some of the speakers at the conference were Grace
Tang, Senior Data Scientist of Netflix, Dr. Meri Rosich, Head of
Data Science in Visa, and Jim Roovers, Head of Applied Data Science
in Dyson. 

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Enerio/Unsplash^[11]

fin: CODE 2020 is a unique event in Europe that addresses the
challenges that banks, asset management firms and insurance
companies are experiencing when adopting and scaling DevOps.

During the conference, there will be 100 software development
experts that will show the best practices and tooling strategies in
the sector. 

Highlights of 2020 are Adam Mcmurchie, Head of DevOps at
Barclays, Terry Marsh, Lab Engineering Lead at Lloyds Banking
Group, Dr. Henning Ehm, Group Head Site Reliability Engineering at
DZ Bank, and Dr. Julius von Rosen, DevOps Architect at DZ
Bank. 

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Konrath/Unsplash^[12]

Material 2020 is a one-day tech conference exploring the concept
of the Web as a material. Gen y and gen z are generations that
never got to know the offline world. The aim of Material 2020 is to
explore the material Web and evaluate what we have learned so
far. 

Some of the speakers of the tech conference consist of Rune
Madsen, co-founder of Design Systems International and Charlie
Owen, a front-end dev manager. 

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Trad/Unsplash^[13]