Conferences of interest to developers. If you think your event should be listed here, by all means contact me; but note that this list is short and selective rather than comprehensive.
2010
VMWorld 2010 San Franscisco Aug 31-Sept 2
Everything virtualised from the market leader; admin rather than developmnent but still a key topic for both on-premise and, increasingly, cloud computing.
Intel AppUp Elements 2010 San Francisco Sept 15-16
Developer conference for Intel’s mobile platform
Intel Developer Forum San Francisco Sept 13-15
Everything Intel.
JavaOne and Oracle OpenWorld San Francisco Sept 19-23
The big official Java event, now also an Oracle event.
NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference San Jose Sept 20-23
Latest in GPU computing including coding for DirectX, OpenGL, and NVIDIA’s CUDA C.
Flash on the Beach 2010 Brighton Sept 26-29
Workshops on web design especially Adobe Flash, excellent speakers.
JAOO Aarhus, Denmark Oct 4-6
Software development conference with a superb line-up of speakers: some that caught my eye are Bill Buxton from Microsoft, Dan Ingalls of Smalltalk fame, James Gosling of Java fame, Rod Johnson of Spring fame, and Tim Bray of XML fame. There’s an Agile flavour and I also spotted several Thoughtworks folk including Martin Fowler.
VMWorld Europe Copenhagen Oct 12-14
Everything virtualised from the market leader; admin rather than developmnent but still a key topic for both on-premise and, increasingly, cloud computing.
Future of Web Apps London Oct 4-6 2010
Usually some excellent speakers at this event. Founder Ryan Carson is focused on ideas and tips for startups, but a wide range of topics is covered with perhaps a leaning towards open source. Shame it clashes with JAOO this year.
Qt Developer Days Munich Oct 11-13 2010
The best event for learning what’s new in Qt, lots of practical sessions on how to code Qt applications and excellent networking opportunities. Also on in San Francisco Nov 1-3
Adobe MAX Los Angeles Oct 23-27 2010
Adobe’s design and developer conference, covering its Flash platform, Creative Suite, LiveCycle and Flex development.
Microsoft PDC Redmond, Seattle Oct 28-29 2010
Traditionally Microsoft’s most forward-looking conference, aimed at developers; but this year’s event is smaller than in the past. Expect a focus on Windows Azure, Windows Phone 7, and Internet Explorer 9.
Dreamforce – Salesforce.com San Francisco Dec 6-9 2010
The Salesforce.com conference, all things cloud computing provided it is on the Salesforce platform.
Past events
Microsoft Tech-Ed New Orleans June 7-10
Mainly focused on IT admins but some developer content. Traditionally Tech-Ed concentrates on stuff you can use now or very soon, leaving PDC for more future-oriented content.
Apple Worldwide Developers Conference San Francisco June 7-11
Learn about Apple’s platform, these days with more focus on iPhone and Ipad than the Mac.
O’Reily OSCON – Open Source Convention Portland, Oregon July 19-23
Wide range of open source developement topics, some focus on cloud computing at this event. Strong speakers.