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Features sessions on physical AI, agentic AI, and AI factories.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-03-16", "endDate": "2026-03-19", "city": "San Jose", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Jose Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1599, "priceRange": "$1,599 - $2,299", "website": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/", "featured": false, "organizer": "NVIDIA Corporation", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/" }, { "id": "digital-summit-tampa-2026", "name": "Digital Summit Tampa 2026", "description": "Learn from digital marketing leaders about SEO, social media, content marketing, AI-driven campaigns, and customer experience optimization. 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LIVE", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2495, "priceRange": "$2,495 - $3,495", "website": "https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Events/2026/CAA-World-Congress-of-Sports.aspx", "registrationUrl": "https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Events", "featured": false, "organizer": "CAA / Sports Business Journal", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Events/2026/CAA-World-Congress-of-Sports.aspx" }, { "id": "sae-wcx-2026", "name": "SAE WCX 2026 — World Congress Experience", "description": "SAE International's flagship mobility-engineering event brings together 10,000+ engineers, executives, and researchers from across automotive and commercial-vehicle industries. Features 1,000+ technical sessions on electrification, autonomy, ADAS, sustainability, and software-defined vehicles.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2026-04-14", "endDate": "2026-04-16", "city": "Detroit", "state": "MI", "venue": "Huntington Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$795 - $1,895", "website": "https://www.sae.org/wcx", "registrationUrl": "https://www.sae.org/wcx", "featured": false, "organizer": "SAE International", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sae.org/wcx" }, { "id": "nab-show-2026", "name": "NAB Show 2026", "description": "The premier global event for media, entertainment and technology. Discover breakthroughs in AI, the creator economy, sports streaming, and cloud workflows. Features expanded Sports Summit, Creator Lab, and 1,000+ exhibitors including AWS, Google, Microsoft, and Sony.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-04-18", "endDate": "2026-04-22", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1099, "priceRange": "$99 - $2,299", "website": "https://www.nabshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/registration/", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Association of Broadcasters", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nabshow.com/" }, { "id": "adobe-summit-2026", "name": "Adobe Summit 2026", "description": "The premier digital experience conference. Unlock the power of Adobe's AI-native platform to create content at scale, orchestrate personalized experiences, and accelerate business growth. Features 200+ sessions, hands-on labs, and networking with global leaders.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-04-19", "endDate": "2026-04-22", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "The Venetian Convention and Expo Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1995, "priceRange": "$1,995 - $2,495", "website": "https://summit.adobe.com/na", "registrationUrl": "https://summit.adobe.com/na", "featured": false, "organizer": "Adobe Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://summit.adobe.com/na" }, { "id": "m365con-2026", "name": "Microsoft 365 Community Conference 2026", "description": "The premier event for professionals maximizing their investment in Microsoft 365, Copilot, and related technologies. Features 200+ sessions, keynotes, workshops, and AMAs covering Azure, Copilot Studio, Teams, SharePoint, Power Platform, and AI-powered productivity tools.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-04-21", "endDate": "2026-04-23", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Loews Sapphire Falls Resort", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1749, "priceRange": "$1,749 - $2,249", "website": "https://m365conf.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://m365conf.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "NextGen 365 Events", "sourceUrl": "https://m365conf.com/" }, { "id": "google-cloud-next-2026", "name": "Google Cloud Next 2026", "description": "Google Cloud's flagship annual conference bringing together technology leaders, developers, and practitioners. Explore AI, cloud infrastructure, data platforms, and real-world AI adoption. Features keynotes, technical sessions, hands-on labs, and extensive expo.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-04-22", "endDate": "2026-04-24", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 999, "priceRange": "$999 - $1,799", "website": "https://cloud.google.com/next", "registrationUrl": "https://www.googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas", "featured": false, "organizer": "Google Cloud", "sourceUrl": "https://cloud.google.com/next" }, { "id": "afp-icon-2026", "name": "AFP ICON 2026", "description": "The Association of Fundraising Professionals' International Conference on Fundraising attracting 3,000+ fundraising professionals. Features 100+ education sessions, networking opportunities, and insights on donor engagement, major gifts, digital fundraising, and nonprofit leadership.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-04-26", "endDate": "2026-04-28", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Diego Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 995, "priceRange": "$995 - $1,495", "website": "https://afpglobal.org/afpicon", "registrationUrl": "https://afpglobal.org/afpicon", "featured": false, "organizer": "Association of Fundraising Professionals", "sourceUrl": "https://afpglobal.org/afpicon" }, { "id": "aha-annual-2026", "name": "AHA Annual Membership Meeting 2026", "description": "The American Hospital Association's flagship conference bringing together healthcare leaders to discuss policy, innovation, and the future of healthcare delivery.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2026-04-26", "endDate": "2026-04-28", "city": "Washington", "state": "DC", "venue": "Walter E. 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Features keynotes from policymakers, executives, and the most influential voices in Bitcoin, plus an expo floor with 500+ exhibitors.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2026-04-27", "endDate": "2026-04-29", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "The Venetian Convention & Expo Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 599, "priceRange": "$599 - $21,000", "website": "https://2026.b.tc/", "registrationUrl": "https://2026.b.tc/", "featured": false, "organizer": "BTC Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://2026.b.tc/" }, { "id": "startup-grind-2026", "name": "Startup Grind Global Conference 2026", "description": "The world's largest startup community conference bringing together 5,000+ world-changing startups, investors, and enterprises. 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Features sessions on recognition, culture, belonging, DEI, employee experience, and the intersection of AI with human connection at work.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-04-27", "endDate": "2026-04-30", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 2295, "priceRange": "$2,295 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Workhuman", "sourceUrl": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/" }, { "id": "social-media-marketing-world-2026", "name": "Social Media Marketing World 2026", "description": "The world's largest social media marketing conference, hosted by Social Media Examiner. 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Covers drilling, exploration, production, and environmental protection across oil, gas, and offshore wind.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-05-04", "endDate": "2026-05-07", "city": "Houston", "state": "TX", "venue": "NRG Park", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 195, "priceRange": "$195 - $1,295", "website": "https://2026.otcnet.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://2026.otcnet.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Offshore Technology Conference", "sourceUrl": "https://2026.otcnet.org/" }, { "id": "consensus-miami-2026", "name": "Consensus Miami 2026", "description": "Hosted by CoinDesk, Consensus is the premier global gathering for crypto, blockchain, and Web3 professionals. Features 500+ speakers and 25,000+ attendees across deal-making, regulatory, and developer tracks covering DeFi, stablecoins, infrastructure, and AI-crypto convergence.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2026-05-05", "endDate": "2026-05-07", "city": "Miami Beach", "state": "FL", "venue": "Miami Beach Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1399, "priceRange": "$1,399 - $3,499", "website": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "CoinDesk", "sourceUrl": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/" }, { "id": "finovate-spring-2026", "name": "FinovateSpring 2026", "description": "The leading US West Coast FinTech event, renowned for its format built around rapid-fire 7-minute live demos of new financial technologies. 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Moving to a new location for 2026 after nearly a decade in Seattle.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-05-20", "endDate": "2026-05-22", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Seattle Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1525, "priceRange": "$1,525 - $2,395", "website": "https://build.microsoft.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://build.microsoft.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Microsoft Corporation", "sourceUrl": "https://build.microsoft.com/" }, { "id": "asco-2026", "name": "ASCO Annual Meeting 2026", "description": "The American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting brings together 35,000+ oncology professionals from around the world. 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Features hands-on training, inspiring keynotes, and insights into Cisco's cutting-edge solutions for networking, security, cloud, collaboration, and digital transformation.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-05-31", "endDate": "2026-06-04", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2795, "priceRange": "$2,795 - $3,495", "website": "https://www.ciscolive.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.ciscolive.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Cisco Systems", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ciscolive.com/" }, { "id": "naree-2026", "name": "NAREE 2026 — 60th Annual Real Estate Journalism Conference", "description": "The National Association of Real Estate Editors' 60th annual conference connects real estate journalists, communications professionals, and industry experts. Features sessions on housing markets, commercial real estate trends, and reporting best practices.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-06-01", "endDate": "2026-06-04", "city": "Miami", "state": "FL", "venue": "Kimpton Epic Hotel", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 695, "priceRange": "$695 - $995", "website": "https://www.naree.org/annual-conference", "registrationUrl": "https://www.naree.org/annual-conference", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Association of Real Estate Editors", "sourceUrl": "https://www.naree.org/annual-conference" }, { "id": "smx-advanced-2026", "name": "SMX Advanced 2026", "description": "The premier advanced-level search marketing conference for experienced SEO and SEM professionals with 10+ years experience. Features cutting-edge tactics, algorithm updates, technical SEO, PPC strategies, and search marketing innovations for senior practitioners and agency leaders.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-06-02", "endDate": "2026-06-03", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Washington State Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1695, "priceRange": "$1,695 - $2,295", "website": "https://searchmarketingexpo.com/smx-advanced/", "registrationUrl": "https://searchmarketingexpo.com/smx-advanced/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Third Door Media", "sourceUrl": "https://searchmarketingexpo.com/smx-advanced/" }, { "id": "cvpr-2026", "name": "CVPR 2026", "description": "The Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition is the premier annual computer vision event. Features paper presentations, tutorials, workshops, and demos covering image recognition, deep learning, generative models, and emerging AI applications.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-06-03", "endDate": "2026-06-07", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "venue": "Colorado Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 875, "priceRange": "$475 - $1,275", "website": "https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2026", "registrationUrl": "https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2026", "featured": false, "organizer": "IEEE / CVF", "sourceUrl": "https://cvpr.thecvf.com/Conferences/2026" }, { "id": "tribeca-2026", "name": "Tribeca Festival 2026", "description": "Tribeca's 25th anniversary festival showcases 118 feature films (103 world premieres) and 86 shorts, plus immersive, audio storytelling, talks, and games programming. Founded by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, it has become one of the world's leading independent film and storytelling festivals.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-06-03", "endDate": "2026-06-14", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Multiple venues across Manhattan", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 250, "priceRange": "$25 - $1,800", "website": "https://tribecafilm.com/festival", "registrationUrl": "https://tribecafilm.com/festival", "featured": false, "organizer": "Tribeca Enterprises", "sourceUrl": "https://tribecafilm.com/festival" }, { "id": "apple-wwdc-2026", "name": "Apple WWDC 2026", "description": "Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference unveils iOS 27, macOS 27, watchOS 27, tvOS 27, and visionOS 27. Features keynote presentations, technical sessions, one-on-one labs with Apple engineers, and hands-on experiences at Apple Park.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-06-08", "endDate": "2026-06-12", "city": "Cupertino", "state": "CA", "venue": "Apple Park", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free (online) - $1,599 (in-person lottery)", "website": "https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/", "registrationUrl": "https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Apple Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/" }, { "id": "bio-2026", "name": "BIO International Convention 2026", "description": "The world's largest biotech partnering event attracting 15,000+ biotech leaders, investors, and innovators. Features 40,000+ one-on-one partnering meetings, scientific sessions, policy forums, and exhibitions showcasing breakthroughs in gene therapy, precision medicine, and drug development.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2026-06-08", "endDate": "2026-06-11", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Boston Convention & Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1995, "priceRange": "$1,995 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.bio.org/events/bio-international-convention", "registrationUrl": "https://www.bio.org/events/bio-international-convention", "featured": false, "organizer": "Biotechnology Innovation Organization", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bio.org/events/bio-international-convention" }, { "id": "databricks-data-ai-summit-2026", "name": "Databricks Data + AI Summit 2026", "description": "The premier event for the global data, analytics, and AI community. Over four days, explore 700+ sessions, keynotes, and workshops on data engineering, machine learning, Delta Lake, Apache Spark, and generative AI. Hybrid format with in-person and virtual options.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-06-15", "endDate": "2026-06-18", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1595, "priceRange": "$1,595 - $1,895 (Free virtual)", "website": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit", "registrationUrl": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit", "featured": false, "organizer": "Databricks", "sourceUrl": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit" }, { "id": "pure-accelerate-2026", "name": "Pure//Accelerate 2026", "description": "Pure Storage's annual customer conference focused on data storage innovation, AI infrastructure, and enterprise storage solutions. Features technical sessions, product announcements, hands-on labs, and networking with storage industry leaders and Pure engineers.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-06-16", "endDate": "2026-06-18", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Resorts World Las Vegas", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $1,795", "website": "https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "Pure Storage", "sourceUrl": "https://www.purestorage.com/accelerate.html" }, { "id": "shrm26", "name": "SHRM26 Annual Conference & Expo", "description": "The largest HR conference globally bringing together HR professionals, leaders, and innovators. Features 400+ educational sessions, 700+ exhibitors, inspiring keynotes, and networking opportunities covering all aspects of HR including AI, compliance, talent management, and leadership development.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-06-16", "endDate": "2026-06-19", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Orange County Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1695, "priceRange": "$1,695 - $2,295", "website": "https://annual.shrm.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://annual.shrm.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Society for Human Resource Management", "sourceUrl": "https://annual.shrm.org/" }, { "id": "automate-2026", "name": "Automate 2026", "description": "The largest automation show in North America with 50,000+ attendees and 1,000+ exhibitors. Explore robotics, AI-driven manufacturing, collaborative robots, vision systems, and Industry 4.0 technologies. Free registration. Features live demonstrations, workshops, keynote speakers, and networking for engineers and manufacturing leaders.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2026-06-22", "endDate": "2026-06-25", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free", "website": "https://www.automateshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.automateshow.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Association for Advancing Automation", "sourceUrl": "https://www.automateshow.com/" }, { "id": "collision-2026", "name": "Collision 2026", "description": "North America's fastest-growing tech conference with 35,000+ attendees including startup founders, investors, and enterprise leaders. Features 600+ speakers, startup exhibitions, investor meetings, and sessions on AI, fintech, mobility, SaaS, and emerging technologies.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-06-22", "endDate": "2026-06-25", "city": "Toronto", "state": "ON", "venue": "Enercare Centre", "region": "international", "country": "CA", "price": 795, "priceRange": "$795 - $1,495", "website": "https://collisionconf.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://collisionconf.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Web Summit", "sourceUrl": "https://collisionconf.com/" }, { "id": "uxpa-international-2026", "name": "UXPA International Conference 2026", "description": "Full day of hands-on pre-conference workshops, followed by three action-packed days of inspiring keynotes, expert-led presentations, engaging sessions, and networking opportunities for UX professionals.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2026-06-22", "endDate": "2026-06-25", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Caesars Palace", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1195, "priceRange": "$1,195 - $1,695", "website": "https://uxpa.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://uxpa.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "User Experience Professionals Association", "sourceUrl": "https://uxpa.org/" }, { "id": "config-2026", "name": "Config 2026", "description": "Figma's flagship conference for people who build products, uniting 8,000+ designers, developers, and product leaders for three days of innovation, creativity, and collaboration. Features speakers, brand activations, networking at Config Commons, and hands-on experiences.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2026-06-23", "endDate": "2026-06-25", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center South", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 450, "priceRange": "$450 - $899", "website": "https://config.figma.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://config.figma.com/san-francisco/register/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Figma", "sourceUrl": "https://config.figma.com/" }, { "id": "vidcon-2026", "name": "VidCon Anaheim 2026", "description": "The 15th anniversary celebration of the creator economy's premier event with 75,000+ attendees. Founded by YouTube creators Vlogbrothers. Features Community, Creator, and Industry tracks plus new AI & Innovation Track. Where creators, fans, brands, and industry meet.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-06-25", "endDate": "2026-06-27", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "venue": "Anaheim Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 225, "priceRange": "$75 - $450", "website": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/tickets/", "featured": false, "organizer": "VidCon", "sourceUrl": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/" }, { "id": "iste-2026", "name": "ISTE 2026", "description": "The largest edtech conference in the world attracting 20,000+ educators, administrators, and education leaders. The International Society for Technology in Education conference features 1,000+ sessions, 500+ exhibitors, hands-on workshops, and networking focused on technology integration, digital learning, and educational innovation.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2026-06-27", "endDate": "2026-06-30", "city": "Philadelphia", "state": "PA", "venue": "Pennsylvania Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 495, "priceRange": "$495 - $895", "website": "https://conference.iste.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://conference.iste.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "International Society for Technology in Education", "sourceUrl": "https://conference.iste.org/" }, { "id": "fancy-food-show-2026", "name": "Summer Fancy Food Show 2026", "description": "North America's premier specialty food industry trade event with 47,000+ specialty food professionals. The 70th edition showcases 40+ product categories from plant-based foods and gourmet snacks to innovative beverages. Manufacturers, retail buyers, restaurateurs, and distributors discover the latest specialty gourmet, ethnic, natural, and organic products.", "category": "hospitality", "startDate": "2026-06-28", "endDate": "2026-06-30", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Jacob K. Javits Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 295, "priceRange": "$295 - $595", "website": "https://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy-food-shows/summer/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy-food-shows/summer/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Specialty Food Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.specialtyfood.com/fancy-food-shows/summer/" }, { "id": "ift-first-2026", "name": "IFT FIRST 2026", "description": "The largest global food science and innovation expo bringing together researchers, scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs in the food industry. Features scientific sessions, innovation hub, food expo, and networking. FIRST stands for Food Improved by Research, Science, and Technology.", "category": "hospitality", "startDate": "2026-07-12", "endDate": "2026-07-15", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 695, "priceRange": "$695 - $1,195", "website": "https://www.iftevent.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.iftevent.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Institute of Food Technologists", "sourceUrl": "https://www.iftevent.org/" }, { "id": "comic-con-2026", "name": "San Diego Comic-Con 2026", "description": "The largest convention of its kind in the world with 130,000+ attendees. Preview Night July 22, main event July 23-26. Features exclusive previews, celebrity panels, artists alley, exhibit hall with publishers and studios, cosplay, and pop culture celebration. Often sells out within hours.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-07-23", "endDate": "2026-07-26", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Diego Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 275, "priceRange": "$60 - $275", "website": "https://www.comic-con.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.comic-con.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Comic-Con International", "sourceUrl": "https://www.comic-con.org/" }, { "id": "gencon-2026", "name": "Gen Con 2026", "description": "The largest tabletop gaming convention in North America with 70,000+ attendees. Features 500+ exhibitors, 20,000+ gaming events including RPGs, board games, card games, miniatures, and LARPs. Includes industry seminars, exclusive game releases, tournaments, and the ENnie Awards.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-07-30", "endDate": "2026-08-02", "city": "Indianapolis", "state": "IN", "venue": "Indiana Convention Center", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 110, "priceRange": "$30 - $110", "website": "https://www.gencon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.gencon.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Gen Con LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gencon.com/" }, { "id": "black-hat-usa-2026", "name": "Black Hat USA 2026", "description": "The world's most respected information security conference. Features four days of specialized cybersecurity trainings followed by a two-day main conference with 100+ briefings, Arsenal demos, and extensive networking. Attracts security researchers, ethical hackers, and enterprise security professionals.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-08-01", "endDate": "2026-08-06", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2500, "priceRange": "$2,500 - $5,000+", "website": "https://www.blackhat.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.blackhat.com/us-26/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Black Hat", "sourceUrl": "https://www.blackhat.com/" }, { "id": "ai4-2026", "name": "Ai4 2026", "description": "Ai4 is North America's largest industry-focused AI event, gathering 4,000+ leaders to explore how artificial intelligence is transforming business. Features tracks for healthcare, finance, retail, manufacturing, government, and more.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-08-04", "endDate": "2026-08-06", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "MGM Grand", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1095, "priceRange": "$1,095 - $2,495", "website": "https://ai4.io/", "registrationUrl": "https://ai4.io/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Ai4", "sourceUrl": "https://ai4.io/" }, { "id": "defcon-34-2026", "name": "DEF CON 34", "description": "The world's largest and most famous hacker convention. Features talks, workshops, villages (hardware hacking, IoT, AI, lockpicking), capture-the-flag competitions, and hands-on experiences. Attracts security researchers, ethical hackers, government agencies, and cybersecurity enthusiasts.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-08-06", "endDate": "2026-08-09", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 440, "priceRange": "$440 - $500 (cash only at door)", "website": "https://defcon.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://defcon.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "DEF CON Communications", "sourceUrl": "https://defcon.org/" }, { "id": "d23-expo-2026", "name": "D23 Expo 2026", "description": "The ultimate Disney fan event with 65,000+ attendees celebrating all things Disney, Pixar, Marvel, Star Wars, and National Geographic. Features exclusive announcements, sneak peeks, celebrity panels, shopping pavilion with collectibles, exhibits, and magical experiences. Held biennially.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-08-14", "endDate": "2026-08-16", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "venue": "Anaheim Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 89, "priceRange": "$89 - $299", "website": "https://d23.com/d23-expo/", "registrationUrl": "https://d23.com/d23-expo/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Disney D23", "sourceUrl": "https://d23.com/d23-expo/" }, { "id": "asae-2026", "name": "ASAE Annual Meeting & Exposition 2026", "description": "The premier event for association professionals with 5,000+ attendees from nonprofit associations, trade groups, and professional societies. Features education sessions on association management, governance, technology, membership engagement, and advocacy. 400+ exhibitors showcase association management solutions.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-08-15", "endDate": "2026-08-18", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "venue": "Colorado Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $1,795", "website": "https://www.asaecenter.org/events/annual", "registrationUrl": "https://www.asaecenter.org/events/annual", "featured": false, "organizer": "American Society of Association Executives", "sourceUrl": "https://www.asaecenter.org/events/annual" }, { "id": "iltacon-2026", "name": "ILTACON 2026", "description": "ILTACON is the International Legal Technology Association's flagship conference, and the deepest legal-technology programme of the year for people who actually run systems inside law firms. Roughly 4,000 attendees work through 80+ educational sessions covering legal AI, knowledge management, information security, eDiscovery and practice operations. The audience skews heavily toward firm IT directors, innovation leads, KM professionals and the vendors who sell to them, which makes the hallway conversations unusually specific. Sessions are peer-led rather than vendor-led, a distinction ILTA enforces deliberately. Running five days at the Gaylord Opryland, it is a resort-campus event where most attendees stay on site, so evenings function as part of the programme. Worth choosing over a general legal conference if your work is technical rather than practice-of-law focused.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2026-08-23", "endDate": "2026-08-27", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1995, "priceRange": "$1,995 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.iltacon.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.iltacon.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "International Legal Technology Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.iltacon.org/" }, { "id": "pax-west-2026", "name": "PAX West 2026", "description": "PAX West is the original Penny Arcade Expo and remains the largest of the PAX events, drawing 90,000+ attendees to Seattle over Labor Day weekend. It is a consumer show first: the expo hall carries major publisher booths alongside a substantial indie showcase, and the programme runs panels, tournaments, tabletop free-play, cosplay and concerts across four days. Unlike a trade-only event, badges are sold to the public and typically sell out well in advance, often months before the show. Tabletop occupies a genuinely large footprint rather than a token corner, and the indie sections are where most attendees find things they had not heard of. Developers attend, but PAX is not a business conference — for industry dealmaking, GDC in March is the relevant event.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-09-04", "endDate": "2026-09-07", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Washington State Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 275, "priceRange": "$65 - $275", "website": "https://west.paxsite.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://west.paxsite.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "ReedPop", "sourceUrl": "https://west.paxsite.com/" }, { "id": "imts-2026", "name": "IMTS 2026", "description": "IMTS, the International Manufacturing Technology Show, is the largest manufacturing technology trade show in the Western Hemisphere and runs at McCormick Place only in even-numbered years, so 2026 is an on-year. The floor is dominated by working machine tools running live demonstrations — metal cutting, additive manufacturing, automation, metrology and Industry 4.0 systems — which is what separates it from conferences where the technology is described rather than operated. Attendance is free to register, though the scale means most visitors plan specific booth routes rather than browsing. The audience is manufacturers, production engineers, shop owners and technology providers from around the world. Six days is unusually long for a trade show; many attendees come for two or three targeted days rather than the full run.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2026-09-14", "endDate": "2026-09-19", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free", "website": "https://www.imts.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.imts.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Association for Manufacturing Technology", "sourceUrl": "https://www.imts.com/" }, { "id": "dreamforce-2026", "name": "Dreamforce 2026", "description": "Dreamforce is Salesforce's flagship conference and effectively takes over downtown San Francisco, bringing 40,000+ attendees across Moscone Center and surrounding venues. The programme runs 1,500+ sessions spanning product training, customer case studies and executive keynotes, with the 2026 edition centred on the Agentic Enterprise — the pitch that human teams and AI agents run customer operations jointly. It functions simultaneously as a product launch, a customer conference and a partner ecosystem event, which means the useful track depends heavily on which you came for: admins and developers get hands-on training, while executives get roadmap and strategy. Sessions book out quickly after the catalogue opens. Hotel pricing across the city rises sharply for the week, so booking early materially affects the total cost of attending.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-09-15", "endDate": "2026-09-17", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1599, "priceRange": "$1,599 - $2,299", "website": "https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Salesforce", "sourceUrl": "https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/" }, { "id": "battery-show-2026", "name": "The Battery Show 2026", "description": "The Battery Show is North America's largest advanced battery and EV technology event, drawing 15,000+ attendees and 650+ exhibitors to Novi, Michigan — deliberately positioned in the Detroit automotive corridor rather than a coastal tech hub. Coverage spans cell chemistry and manufacturing, electric vehicle components, charging infrastructure and grid-scale energy storage, serving automotive, stationary storage and portable electronics markets. The exhibition is free to attend, with paid conference tracks running alongside it. The attendee mix is notably engineering-heavy: process engineers, battery designers and supply chain buyers rather than policy or investment audiences, which is what distinguishes it from broader clean-energy events like RE+. Co-located shows on electric and hybrid vehicle technology share the floor, so a single badge covers a wider span than the name suggests.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-09-15", "endDate": "2026-09-17", "city": "Novi", "state": "MI", "venue": "Suburban Collection Showplace", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free", "website": "https://www.thebatteryshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.thebatteryshow.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Informa Markets", "sourceUrl": "https://www.thebatteryshow.com/" }, { "id": "inbound-2026", "name": "INBOUND 2026", "description": "INBOUND is HubSpot's annual conference and returns to Boston for 2026 after a west coast edition, gathering 13,000+ marketing and sales leaders. The programme covers AI-driven marketing, sales automation and customer engagement through keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops and structured networking. It occupies an unusual position: partly a HubSpot product event, partly a general marketing conference with headline speakers from well outside the software world, which means attendees who do not use HubSpot still find a coherent programme. The practical distinction from a pure product conference is that the sessions skew toward strategy and craft rather than platform training. Boston Convention and Exhibition Center hosts the main programme, with satellite events across the Seaport district. Passes are tiered, and the higher tiers mainly buy seating priority and access to smaller sessions.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-09-16", "endDate": "2026-09-18", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Boston Convention and Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1299, "priceRange": "$1,299 - $1,999", "website": "https://www.inbound.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.inbound.com/register", "featured": true, "organizer": "HubSpot", "sourceUrl": "https://www.inbound.com/" }, { "id": "climate-week-nyc-2026", "name": "Climate Week NYC 2026", "description": "Climate Week NYC is the largest climate event on the US calendar, running 1,000+ events across New York with 100,000+ participants and 5,500+ leaders from business and government. It is not a single conference with one venue and one badge — it is a distributed week of independently organised sessions, summits and receptions timed to coincide with the UN General Assembly, which is why heads of state and multinational executives are in the city simultaneously. Some events are free and open, others are invitation-only or steeply priced, so planning means assembling an itinerary rather than buying one ticket. Programming spans clean technology, electrification, finance and policy. For anyone whose work touches corporate climate strategy, the concentration of decision-makers in one city for one week is the main draw.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2026-09-20", "endDate": "2026-09-27", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Various Venues", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $2,500", "website": "https://www.climateweeknyc.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.climateweeknyc.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Climate Group", "sourceUrl": "https://www.climateweeknyc.org/" }, { "id": "infosec-world-2026", "name": "InfoSec World 2026", "description": "InfoSec World bills itself as the Business of Security conference, and the framing is accurate: the programme leans toward security leadership, risk management and programme building rather than the offensive research that dominates Black Hat and DEF CON. The audience is CISOs, security managers and practitioners who need to justify budgets and run teams. Pre-conference workshops and summits run before the main sessions, with expert panels and structured networking across the week. It is held at Disney's Coronado Springs Resort in Lake Buena Vista — a resort-campus format where attendees stay on site, which produces more sustained conversation than a downtown convention centre. Choose it over the Las Vegas summer security events if your work is governance, compliance and team leadership rather than vulnerability research.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-09-21", "endDate": "2026-09-25", "city": "Lake Buena Vista", "state": "FL", "venue": "Disney's Coronado Springs Resort", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1695, "priceRange": "$1,695 - $2,395", "website": "https://www.infosecworldusa.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.infosecworldusa.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "InfoSec World", "sourceUrl": "https://www.infosecworldusa.com/" }, { "id": "twitchcon-2026", "name": "TwitchCon 2026", "description": "TwitchCon is Twitch's annual convention and the main in-person gathering for the streaming community, bringing 35,000+ attendees to San Diego across streamers, content creators, viewers and gaming industry staff. The programme splits between creator education — monetisation, production, community moderation, brand partnerships — and fan-facing activity including meet-and-greats, tournaments, exhibitor booths and community events. Meet-and-greet access is usually ticketed separately and allocated ahead of the show, so attendees hoping to meet specific streamers need to plan rather than turn up. The creator track is genuinely practical rather than promotional, which makes it useful for anyone building a channel as a business. It is a consumer convention, not an industry trade show; platform and advertising dealmaking happens elsewhere.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-09-25", "endDate": "2026-09-27", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Diego Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 175, "priceRange": "$175 - $350", "website": "https://www.twitchcon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.twitchcon.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Twitch Interactive", "sourceUrl": "https://www.twitchcon.com/" }, { "id": "educause-2026", "name": "EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2026", "description": "The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is the largest gathering of higher education IT professionals in the US, connecting technology, business and academic leadership from colleges and universities. Sessions cover AI in teaching and administration, cybersecurity, learning analytics, digital transformation and classroom technology, with a corporate exhibition alongside. What distinguishes it from a general enterprise IT conference is that every session assumes the constraints of higher education — shared governance, academic freedom, student privacy law, and budget cycles that do not resemble corporate procurement. The audience runs from CIOs to instructional technologists, and much of the value is in comparing notes with institutions of similar size and funding model. Held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver across four days, with pre-conference workshops requiring separate registration.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2026-09-29", "endDate": "2026-10-02", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "venue": "Colorado Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1095, "priceRange": "$1,095 - $1,595", "website": "https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference", "registrationUrl": "https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference", "featured": true, "organizer": "EDUCAUSE", "sourceUrl": "https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference" }, { "id": "shoptalk-fall-2026", "name": "Shoptalk Fall 2026", "description": "Shoptalk Fall is the smaller, more focused counterpart to Shoptalk's large spring event, built around practical execution rather than trend-spotting. Roughly 3,000 attendees and 650 exhibiting companies gather in Nashville for hands-on learning, structured peer collaboration and behind-the-scenes retail innovation tours — the tours being the format that most distinguishes it, taking small groups into working retail environments. The stated shift is from what is possible to what is practical, which in programme terms means more implementation detail and fewer visionary keynotes. Like other Shoptalk events it runs a double-opt-in meetings programme that matches retailers with vendors, so a meaningful share of attendee time is scheduled in advance rather than spent browsing. Useful for retail operators who found the spring event too large to navigate.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-09-29", "endDate": "2026-10-01", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Music City Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1495, "priceRange": "$1,495 - $2,295", "website": "https://fall.shoptalk.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://fall.shoptalk.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Hyve Group", "sourceUrl": "https://fall.shoptalk.com/" }, { "id": "advertising-week-2026", "name": "Advertising Week New York 2026", "description": "Advertising Week New York gathers 16,000+ attendees from 4,000+ companies across four days at The Penn District, covering advertising, marketing, technology, brand strategy and creative work. The format mixes seminars, workshops, entertainment and networking, and the programme is unusually broad — agency creatives, brand marketers, ad tech vendors, publishers and platform representatives all attend, which makes it more of an industry gathering than a specialist conference. Sessions run in parallel across many stages, so the experience depends substantially on which track you commit to. Evening events are a significant part of the week and often require separate registration. Best suited to people whose work spans the advertising ecosystem rather than sitting deep in one discipline; for focused craft training, a smaller specialist conference will go further.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-10-05", "endDate": "2026-10-08", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "The Penn District", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 995, "priceRange": "$995 - $1,695", "website": "https://advertisingweek.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://advertisingweek.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Advertising Week", "sourceUrl": "https://advertisingweek.com/" }, { "id": "content-marketing-world-2026", "name": "Content Marketing World 2026", "description": "Content Marketing World is the Content Marketing Institute's annual conference and the longest-established event dedicated specifically to content practice, bringing together marketers, creators and brand storytellers. Sessions cover AI-assisted content production, SEO, video strategy, brand storytelling and audience development, delivered through keynotes and hands-on workshops. The distinguishing feature is craft focus: the programme addresses how content actually gets researched, made and measured, rather than treating it as one channel within a broader marketing stack. Attendees are typically content leads, editors, strategists and in-house teams rather than CMOs. Workshops usually require separate registration and run before the main programme. Held at the Colorado Convention Center in Denver, having moved from its long-time Cleveland home in recent years.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-10-05", "endDate": "2026-10-07", "city": "Denver", "state": "CO", "venue": "Colorado Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $1,995", "website": "https://www.contentmarketingworld.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.contentmarketingworld.com/registration/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Content Marketing Institute", "sourceUrl": "https://www.contentmarketingworld.com/" }, { "id": "uxcon26", "name": "UXCON26", "description": "UXCON is the largest UX conference on the East Coast, running two days at the Silver Spring Civic Building just outside Washington, DC. The programme covers AI integration in design practice, accessibility, design leadership and cross-functional collaboration — the last being a consistent theme, reflecting an audience of practitioners who work inside product organisations rather than agencies. The DC location draws an unusual concentration of government, civic technology and federal contractor designers, which gives accessibility sessions more practical weight than at most design conferences, since Section 508 compliance is a working requirement for much of the audience. Its scale is modest compared with the large West Coast design events, and that is largely the point: two days, a single track structure, and enough attendees to talk to without a scheduling app.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2026-10-07", "endDate": "2026-10-08", "city": "Washington", "state": "DC", "venue": "Silver Spring Civic Building", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 849, "priceRange": "$849 - $1,199", "website": "https://www.uxconference.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.uxconference.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "UX Conference", "sourceUrl": "https://www.uxconference.org/" }, { "id": "comic-con-nyc-2026", "name": "New York Comic Con 2026", "description": "New York Comic Con is the largest pop culture convention on the East Coast, drawing 200,000+ attendees to the Javits Center across four days. Programming spans celebrity panels, exclusive screenings, comic exhibitions, anime, gaming, artist alley and cosplay, with studios and publishers using it to preview upcoming films, television and franchise projects. Artist alley is substantial and remains one of the better places to meet working comics creators directly. Tickets are sold by day and by fan verification lottery rather than open sale, and they go quickly — planning for NYCC realistically starts months ahead. Panel queues for the largest rooms form very early, so attendees generally choose a small number of must-see sessions rather than expecting to move freely between them. Run by ReedPop, which also produces PAX.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2026-10-08", "endDate": "2026-10-11", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Jacob K. Javits Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 70, "priceRange": "$70 - $75", "website": "https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "ReedPop", "sourceUrl": "https://www.newyorkcomiccon.com/" }, { "id": "pubcon-2026", "name": "Pubcon 2026", "description": "Pubcon is one of the longest-running digital marketing conferences, gathering 4,000+ search marketers, SEO professionals and digital advertisers in Las Vegas. Sessions cover search engine optimisation, paid search, social media marketing, content strategy and analytics, delivered largely by working practitioners rather than platform representatives — a characteristic that has defined the event since its origins in the WebmasterWorld forums. The tone is notably technical and tactical, with sessions that assume familiarity with the discipline rather than introducing it. That makes it a poor fit for marketing generalists and a good one for people whose job title contains SEO or PPC. Masters-level sessions and workshops typically require an upgraded pass. Three days at the Las Vegas Convention Center.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-10-13", "endDate": "2026-10-15", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1099, "priceRange": "$1,099 - $1,699", "website": "https://www.pubcon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.pubcon.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "WebMasterWorld", "sourceUrl": "https://www.pubcon.com/" }, { "id": "techcrunch-disrupt-2026", "name": "TechCrunch Disrupt 2026", "description": "Disrupt is TechCrunch's flagship event and the closest thing the startup world has to an annual centre of gravity, bringing 10,000+ founders, investors and operators to Moscone West. The programme runs 200+ expert-led sessions with 250+ speakers and 300+ exhibiting startups, but the anchor is Startup Battlefield 200, a pitch competition whose winner takes a $100,000 equity-free prize. Much of the practical value is in the exhibition floor and scheduled investor meetings rather than the stage programme — Disrupt functions as a deal-flow event as much as a conference. Founder passes are priced well below investor and corporate tiers. Worth attending if you are actively raising or actively deploying; less so if you want technical depth, which the programme deliberately trades for breadth.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-10-13", "endDate": "2026-10-15", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone West", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1495, "priceRange": "$1,495 - $2,995", "website": "https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2026/", "registrationUrl": "https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2026/tickets/", "featured": false, "organizer": "TechCrunch (Yahoo)", "sourceUrl": "https://techcrunch.com/events/tc-disrupt-2026/" }, { "id": "gartner-it-symposium-2026", "name": "Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo 2026", "description": "Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo is the largest of Gartner's events and is built specifically for CIOs and senior IT executives, drawing 9,000+ attendees to the Gaylord Palms in Orlando. The programme delivers Gartner's own research and analyst positions on digital transformation, AI, cloud strategy and enterprise IT leadership, alongside a vendor exhibition and structured peer networking. The distinguishing feature is one-to-one analyst meetings, which attendees book in advance and which many treat as the primary reason to attend — the sessions are available as research year-round, the analyst time is not. Pricing sits well above most technology conferences and is aimed at organisations buying enterprise software at scale. Gartner client organisations often have seats included in an existing contract, which is worth checking before registering.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-10-18", "endDate": "2026-10-22", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Gaylord Palms Resort", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 4995, "priceRange": "$4,995 - $6,995", "website": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/symposium-us", "registrationUrl": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/symposium-us", "featured": true, "organizer": "Gartner", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/symposium-us" }, { "id": "ana-masters-2026", "name": "ANA Masters of Marketing Conference 2026", "description": "The ANA Masters of Marketing Conference is the Association of National Advertisers' flagship event and one of the few conferences where the audience is genuinely dominated by brand-side marketing leadership rather than agencies or vendors. Sessions cover brand strategy, consumer insight, marketing effectiveness measurement and the direction of the advertising industry, delivered largely as case presentations by CMOs of major advertisers. That format is the main draw: talks are typically specific accounts of campaigns and organisational decisions rather than general trend commentary. The ANA's advocacy work on media transparency and measurement standards also surfaces in the programme. Held over four days at Rosen Shingle Creek in Orlando. Pricing favours ANA member companies substantially, so membership status materially changes the cost of attending.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2026-10-20", "endDate": "2026-10-23", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Rosen Shingle Creek", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 2295, "priceRange": "$2,295 - $3,495", "website": "https://www.ana.net/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.ana.net/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Association of National Advertisers", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ana.net/" }, { "id": "hr-tech-conference-2026", "name": "HR Tech Conference 2026", "description": "The HR Technology Conference is the primary event for HR technology buyers, built around a large expo floor where the major HCM, payroll, recruiting and learning vendors demonstrate side by side — which is the practical reason most attendees come, since it compresses months of vendor evaluation into three days. The programme covers talent acquisition technology, HRIS, payroll, learning systems and AI in HR, with sessions deliberately structured around selection and implementation rather than product marketing. Pitchfest, a startup competition, and Women in HR Tech run as dedicated tracks. The audience is HR technology decision-makers and the analysts who advise them. Held at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Expo-only passes are available at a much lower price if the exhibition rather than the sessions is the objective.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-10-20", "endDate": "2026-10-22", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1795, "priceRange": "$1,795 - $2,795", "website": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "LRP / HR Executive", "sourceUrl": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/" }, { "id": "money2020-usa-2026", "name": "Money20/20 USA 2026", "description": "Money20/20 USA is the flagship North American fintech event, bringing 11,000+ senior attendees from banks, payment networks, fintech companies, startups, regulators and investors to the Las Vegas Convention Center over four days. It functions primarily as a dealmaking venue: the attendee seniority is unusually high, and a large share of value comes from scheduled meetings rather than the stage programme. Coverage spans payments infrastructure, banking technology, regulation and emerging financial products. Regulators attending alongside operators is a genuine differentiator, and policy sessions carry more weight than at vendor-run conferences. Pricing is high and rises steeply closer to the event, so early registration matters more than usual. For technical payments implementation detail, smaller specialist events go deeper.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2026-10-25", "endDate": "2026-10-28", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2495, "priceRange": "$2,495 - $3,995", "website": "https://us.money2020.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://us.money2020.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Money20/20", "sourceUrl": "https://us.money2020.com/" }, { "id": "hashiconf-2026", "name": "HashiConf 2026", "description": "HashiConf is HashiCorp's annual user conference, running two-plus days in Atlanta on infrastructure lifecycle management, security and cloud automation. Sessions cover Terraform, Vault, hybrid cloud operations and AI-assisted infrastructure workflows, with product announcements, technical deep-dives and hands-on labs. The audience is platform engineers, SREs and infrastructure architects — practitioners who operate these tools daily rather than evaluate them, which keeps sessions unusually concrete. As a single-vendor conference the roadmap content is central, and following IBM's acquisition of HashiCorp the strategic direction sessions carry more weight than in previous years. Hands-on labs typically fill early. Worth attending over a general cloud conference if your work is specifically Terraform or Vault; KubeCon covers the broader cloud-native ecosystem.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-10-26", "endDate": "2026-10-28", "city": "Atlanta", "state": "GA", "venue": "Georgia World Congress Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $1,895", "website": "https://www.hashicorp.com/conferences/hashiconf", "registrationUrl": "https://www.hashicorp.com/conferences/hashiconf", "featured": false, "organizer": "HashiCorp", "sourceUrl": "https://www.hashicorp.com/conferences/hashiconf" }, { "id": "oracle-cloudworld-2026", "name": "Oracle CloudWorld 2026", "description": "Oracle CloudWorld is Oracle's principal annual conference, covering cloud infrastructure, database, AI and enterprise applications including Fusion, NetSuite and Java. The programme combines executive keynotes, technical sessions, hands-on labs and customer case studies across four days at The Venetian and Caesars Forum. The audience divides fairly sharply between database and infrastructure engineers on one side and enterprise applications administrators on the other, and the useful track depends entirely on which side you sit. Oracle uses the event for significant product and roadmap announcements, so customers under long-term licensing agreements often attend specifically for the direction-setting sessions. Hands-on labs and certification testing are usually available on site at reduced cost, which is worth factoring into the value of a pass.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-10-26", "endDate": "2026-10-29", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "The Venetian & Caesars Forum", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1495, "priceRange": "$1,495 - $2,195", "website": "https://www.oracle.com/cloudworld/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.oracle.com/cloudworld/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Oracle Corporation", "sourceUrl": "https://www.oracle.com/cloudworld/" }, { "id": "web-summit-2026", "name": "Web Summit 2026", "description": "Web Summit is among the largest technology conferences in the world, drawing 71,000+ attendees from 163 countries to Lisbon with 1,000+ speakers spanning technology executives, founders, investors and policymakers. Programming covers AI, climate technology, fintech, health technology and emerging fields across many simultaneous stages, alongside a very large startup exhibition where companies rotate through booth slots by day. The scale is the defining characteristic in both directions: unmatched breadth and networking reach, but navigating it requires committing to a plan rather than wandering. Attendee matchmaking software is central to how most people use the event. Note for US-based readers that this is the Lisbon edition — Web Summit's North American event runs separately in Vancouver, and a ticket to one does not cover the other.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-11-02", "endDate": "2026-11-05", "city": "Lisbon", "state": "PT", "venue": "FIL - Parque das Nações", "region": "international", "country": "PT", "price": 995, "priceRange": "$995 - $2,495", "website": "https://websummit.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://websummit.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Web Summit", "sourceUrl": "https://websummit.com/" }, { "id": "sema-2026", "name": "SEMA Show 2026", "description": "The SEMA Show is the premier trade event for automotive specialty products, filling the Las Vegas Convention Center with 160,000+ attendees and 2,400+ exhibiting companies. The floor covers performance parts, accessories, custom vehicles, restoration products and vehicle technology, with a large share of the industry's new product launches timed to the show. It is strictly trade-only: registration is free but requires verified industry credentials, and the general public cannot buy a badge, which is the single most important planning detail for anyone considering attending. The custom vehicle builds displayed inside and outside the halls are a significant draw in their own right. Buyers, manufacturers, builders and automotive media make up most of the audience, and much of the week's business happens in scheduled supplier meetings.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-11-03", "endDate": "2026-11-06", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free (Trade members only)", "website": "https://www.semashow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.semashow.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Specialty Equipment Market Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.semashow.com/" }, { "id": "nar-nxt-2026", "name": "NAR NXT 2026 — The REALTOR Experience", "description": "NAR NXT is the National Association of REALTORS' annual conference and expo, gathering 20,000+ real estate professionals in New Orleans for three days of education, networking and a 400+ exhibitor trade show. Sessions span residential and commercial practice, technology adoption and brokerage operations. The event runs alongside NAR's governance meetings, so association committee work and policy decisions happen in the same week — which is part of why attendance skews toward brokers, team leaders and association volunteers rather than newer agents. Following recent structural changes to commission practices across the industry, sessions on business model and compensation have taken on more weight than they historically carried. NAR membership significantly reduces the registration cost, and most attendees register through their local association.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-11-06", "endDate": "2026-11-08", "city": "New Orleans", "state": "LA", "venue": "Ernest N. Morial Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 499, "priceRange": "$499 - $899", "website": "https://narnxt.realtor/", "registrationUrl": "https://narnxt.realtor/", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Association of REALTORS", "sourceUrl": "https://narnxt.realtor/" }, { "id": "kubecon-2026", "name": "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2026", "description": "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America is the Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship event, bringing 12,000+ attendees to Detroit for deep technical sessions on Kubernetes, service mesh, observability, security and GitOps. What separates it from vendor conferences is governance: the programme is CFP-selected by a community committee, maintainer tracks put project maintainers directly in front of users, and project updates come from the people who write the code rather than from marketing. Co-located events run the day before the main conference and require separate registration — these are often the most valuable sessions for people working deeply in one project. The audience is platform engineers, SREs and infrastructure developers. Sessions are recorded and published free afterwards, so many attendees prioritise hallway track and maintainer access over talks.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-11-09", "endDate": "2026-11-12", "city": "Detroit", "state": "MI", "venue": "Huntington Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 1050, "priceRange": "$1,050 - $1,550", "website": "https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Cloud Native Computing Foundation", "sourceUrl": "https://www.cncf.io/kubecon-cloudnativecon-events/" }, { "id": "adobe-max-2026", "name": "Adobe MAX 2026", "description": "Adobe MAX is Adobe's annual creativity conference, gathering creative professionals in Miami Beach for keynotes, hands-on workshops and first looks at Adobe's design, photography and video tools. The programme covers the full Creative Cloud range alongside sessions on creative practice itself, and Adobe uses the event for its most significant annual product announcements, including the Sneaks session where research prototypes are demonstrated publicly. The audience is designers, photographers, illustrators, video editors and creative directors. Labs and workshops are hands-on with machines provided, and they fill immediately once booking opens. It functions as much as a professional community gathering as a product event — for many attendees the value is in the speaker programme, which regularly features prominent creative figures from well outside the software industry.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2026-11-10", "endDate": "2026-11-12", "city": "Miami", "state": "FL", "venue": "Miami Beach Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1695, "priceRange": "$1,695 - $2,195", "website": "https://www.adobe.com/max.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.adobe.com/max.html", "featured": true, "organizer": "Adobe Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.adobe.com/max.html" }, { "id": "hlth-2026", "name": "HLTH 2026", "description": "HLTH is one of the largest healthcare industry events in the country, bringing over 12,000 attendees to The Venetian in Las Vegas with a focus on digital health, healthcare innovation and the future of patient care. The attendee mix is what distinguishes it: health system executives, payers, digital health founders, investors and pharmaceutical leaders in roughly equal measure, which makes it a genuine cross-sector meeting rather than a conference for one professional group. Investment and partnership activity is a substantial part of the week, and the event has become a significant venue for digital health funding conversations. The production values and format are deliberately unlike a traditional medical meeting. For clinical or scientific content, specialty society meetings such as RSNA or ASCO remain the relevant events.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2026-11-15", "endDate": "2026-11-18", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "The Venetian", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1795, "priceRange": "$1,795 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.hlth.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.hlth.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "HLTH Events", "sourceUrl": "https://www.hlth.com/" }, { "id": "microsoft-ignite-2026", "name": "Microsoft Ignite 2026", "description": "Microsoft Ignite is Microsoft's flagship conference for IT professionals and developers, drawing 25,000+ attendees to McCormick Place in Chicago for five days. Coverage spans Azure, Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365, security, AI and cloud infrastructure, delivered through product announcements, deep technical sessions and hands-on labs led by Microsoft engineers and partners. Ignite is where Microsoft makes most of its significant enterprise product announcements, so the keynotes carry real roadmap weight for organisations planning deployments. The audience is administrators, architects and enterprise developers rather than consumer developers — Build, in spring, is the developer-focused counterpart. Certification testing is typically available on site at reduced rates. Sessions are published online free afterwards, which leads many attendees to prioritise labs and direct engineer access during the event itself.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-11-16", "endDate": "2026-11-20", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 2395, "priceRange": "$2,395 - $2,995", "website": "https://ignite.microsoft.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://ignite.microsoft.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Microsoft Corporation", "sourceUrl": "https://ignite.microsoft.com/" }, { "id": "re-plus-2026", "name": "RE+ 2026 (Solar Power International)", "description": "RE+ is the largest clean-energy event in North America, formed by combining Solar Power International, Energy Storage International and the Smart Energy Expo into a single show. The Las Vegas Convention Center floor covers solar, storage, wind, electric vehicle infrastructure, hydrogen and grid technology, making it the most comprehensive renewables gathering in the US by some margin. The audience runs from installers and project developers through manufacturers, financiers and utility staff, and the finance and policy programming is substantial rather than peripheral — project economics and incentive structures are central topics. The consolidation is worth understanding when searching for the event, since Solar Power International no longer runs independently and older references point to a show that has been absorbed. Four days, with paid conference tracks alongside the exhibition.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2026-11-16", "endDate": "2026-11-19", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 999, "priceRange": "$799 - $2,295", "website": "https://www.re-plus.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.re-plus.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Solar Energy Industries Association / SEPA", "sourceUrl": "https://www.re-plus.com/" }, { "id": "mjbizcon-2026", "name": "MJBizCon 2026", "description": "MJBizCon is the largest cannabis industry conference in the world, bringing 20,000+ attendees and 500+ exhibitors to the Las Vegas Convention Center. The audience covers dispensary operators, cultivators, manufacturers, investors and the ancillary businesses — packaging, software, security, logistics — that serve them. Sessions address regulation, cultivation technology, retail operations and market conditions, with regulatory content carrying unusual weight because the operating rules differ by state and change frequently. It is strictly a business event rather than a consumer expo, and no cannabis is sold or consumed on the floor, which surprises first-time attendees. Much of the practical value sits in the ancillary exhibitor hall, where operators compare the operational systems that determine margin. Three days, with paid workshops running before the main programme.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-11-17", "endDate": "2026-11-19", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 799, "priceRange": "$799 - $1,299", "website": "https://mjbizconference.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://mjbizconference.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "MJBiz", "sourceUrl": "https://mjbizconference.com/" }, { "id": "rsna-2026", "name": "RSNA 2026 Annual Meeting", "description": "The RSNA Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting is the world's largest radiology forum, filling McCormick Place for five days with research presentations, hands-on courses and a technical exhibition that is among the largest of any medical meeting. The programme spans imaging research, AI applications in diagnostic imaging, and subspecialty education, with continuing medical education credit available across most sessions. The exhibition floor is where the major imaging manufacturers make their annual product announcements, so it functions as both a scientific meeting and the industry's primary commercial showcase. Attendance is free for RSNA members, which is unusual for a meeting of this scale and worth checking before registering. The audience is radiologists, medical physicists, radiologic technologists and imaging industry staff, drawn from around the world.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2026-11-29", "endDate": "2026-12-03", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $995", "website": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting", "registrationUrl": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting", "featured": true, "organizer": "Radiological Society of North America", "sourceUrl": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting" }, { "id": "aws-reinvent-2026", "name": "AWS re:Invent 2026", "description": "AWS re:Invent is Amazon Web Services' annual conference and the largest cloud computing event of the year, running five days across multiple Las Vegas venues. The programme covers cloud infrastructure, serverless, AI and machine learning, data and security, delivered through multiple keynotes where AWS announces new services and major platform updates, alongside technical sessions, workshops and certification opportunities. Sessions are spread across several hotels connected by shuttle, so venue logistics genuinely affect scheduling — attendees routinely lose an hour moving between sessions and plan around it. Reserved seating opens weeks before the event and popular sessions fill within minutes. The audience is developers, architects and operations engineers. Hotel rates across Las Vegas rise sharply for the week, and re:Invent regularly overlaps with other large shows.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2026-11-30", "endDate": "2026-12-04", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Multiple Las Vegas Venues", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1799, "priceRange": "$1,799 - $2,299", "website": "https://reinvent.awsevents.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://reinvent.awsevents.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Amazon Web Services", "sourceUrl": "https://reinvent.awsevents.com/" }, { "id": "mlb-winter-meetings-2026", "name": "MLB Winter Meetings 2026", "description": "The MLB Winter Meetings are the annual gathering of Major League Baseball front offices, player agents, scouts and league personnel, held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort. The week hosts the Rule 5 Draft, trade discussions and a concentration of free-agent signings — historically some of the most significant transactions of the offseason are agreed in these hotel lobbies, which is why the baseball press corps attends in force. Minor league executives and affiliate staff meet in parallel. The Baseball Career Conference runs alongside for people seeking work in professional baseball, and is one of the few structured entry points into the industry. Attendance requires industry credentials rather than a purchased ticket, so this is not an event the general public can register for.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2026-12-07", "endDate": "2026-12-10", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Industry credential required", "website": "https://www.mlb.com/events", "registrationUrl": "https://www.mlb.com/events", "featured": false, "organizer": "Major League Baseball", "sourceUrl": "https://www.mlb.com/events" }, { "id": "ces-2027", "name": "CES 2027", "description": "CES is the world's largest consumer technology trade show, produced annually by the Consumer Technology Association. Recent editions have drawn roughly 140,000 attendees from more than 150 countries and over 4,000 exhibitors across AI, mobility, digital health and consumer electronics. It is a trade event rather than a public one: registration requires industry credentials checked against a verifiable business affiliation. The 2027 show centres on the Las Vegas Convention Center with programming spread across a dozen additional venues citywide, so shuttle time between halls is a real part of the schedule rather than an afterthought. Eureka Park, the startup floor, is where most genuinely new products surface, while the main halls skew toward established brands and press announcements. Hotel rates across Las Vegas rise steeply for the week, and booking late is expensive.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-01-06", "endDate": "2027-01-09", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 149, "priceRange": "$149 - $1,750", "website": "https://www.ces.tech/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.ces.tech/attend/registration-notification/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Consumer Technology Association (CTA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ces.tech/" }, { "id": "nrf-2027-retail-s-big-show", "name": "NRF 2027: Retail's Big Show", "description": "NRF 2027 is the National Retail Federation's flagship annual event, drawing more than 40,000 retail professionals and 1,000+ exhibitors to the Javits Center in mid-January, immediately after the holiday selling season closes. Programming covers retail technology, AI, supply chain and consumer trends, but the expo floor absorbs most of the time on site and is firmly vendor-side; brand-side attendees generally come to see suppliers rather than to sit in sessions. Pricing spans free to $3,995, and which end you land on depends largely on whether you qualify as a retailer and whether your company holds NRF membership, so it is worth resolving that before registering. January hotel rates in Manhattan and a week of unaffiliated side events around the show are both part of the real cost.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-01-10", "endDate": "2027-01-12", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Jacob K. Javits Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $3,995", "website": "https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Retail Federation (NRF)", "sourceUrl": "https://nrfbigshow.nrf.com/" }, { "id": "world-of-concrete-2027", "name": "World of Concrete 2027", "description": "World of Concrete is the largest annual international event for the commercial concrete and masonry construction industries, with more than 1,000 exhibitors and roughly 60,000 registered professionals filling the Las Vegas Convention Center. Exhibits run January 19-21 while the education programme starts a day earlier, on January 18, and the two are priced separately: an exhibits-only badge sits at the bottom of the range and seminar or certification bundles push it toward the top. It is a trade event, so entry depends on industry credentials rather than general public sale. A large share of the show happens outdoors, where heavy equipment, lifts and placement gear are demonstrated running rather than parked, and the skills competitions draw crowds. Book Las Vegas rooms early; January convention weeks tighten availability across the city.", "category": "construction", "startDate": "2027-01-19", "endDate": "2027-01-21", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 50, "priceRange": "$50 - $1,200", "website": "https://www.worldofconcrete.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.worldofconcrete.com/en/registration.html", "featured": true, "organizer": "Informa Markets", "sourceUrl": "https://www.worldofconcrete.com/" }, { "id": "sundance-film-festival-2027", "name": "Sundance Film Festival 2027", "description": "Sundance is the leading US showcase for independent film, premiering roughly 90-100 features plus shorts and episodic work, and it has historically drawn 70,000+ in-person attendees. The 2027 edition is the first since the move away from Park City, running January 21-31 across the Boulder Theater, Dairy Arts Center, Chautauqua Auditorium and the CU Boulder campus. It works on two levels at once: a public festival where anyone can buy tickets, and a working acquisitions market where distributors, agents and press chase the same premieres. Pass packages go on sale months ahead and the higher tiers carry earlier ticket selection; individual tickets are released closer to the festival, and sold-out screenings run a waitlist. Films are spread across the town, so allow travel time between venues and expect winter weather.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-01-21", "endDate": "2027-01-31", "city": "Boulder", "state": "CO", "venue": "Multiple venues across Boulder and the CU Boulder campus", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 30, "priceRange": "$30 - $3,500", "website": "https://festival.sundance.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://festival.sundance.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Sundance Institute", "sourceUrl": "https://www.sundance.org/blogs/2027-sundance-film-festival-to-take-place-january-21-31-in-boulder-colorado/" }, { "id": "ahr-expo-2027", "name": "AHR Expo 2027", "description": "The AHR Expo is the world's largest HVACR marketplace, typically drawing 50,000+ attendees and 1,800+ exhibitors, and it rotates cities annually rather than settling in one venue; 2027 returns it to Chicago's McCormick Place in January. It is co-sponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI, and the ASHRAE Winter Conference runs alongside it — the technical papers, committee meetings and seminars belong to that conference and carry their own paid registration, which is where the upper end of the price range comes from. Exhibit-hall entry itself is free for qualified industry attendees who register in advance. The audience is contractors, engineers, wholesalers, facility and plant staff, and manufacturer product teams; the floor works as a product-launch show for equipment and controls rather than a policy or research gathering.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2027-01-25", "endDate": "2027-01-27", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $895", "website": "https://ahrexpo.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://ahrexpo.com/attend/", "featured": true, "organizer": "International Exposition Company, co-sponsored by ASHRAE and AHRI", "sourceUrl": "https://ahrexpo.com/" }, { "id": "fetc-2027", "name": "FETC 2027", "description": "The Future of Education Technology Conference is a national K-12 edtech meeting held each January, serving a mix of classroom teachers, instructional coaches, librarians, district technology directors and administrators. The programme runs keynotes, concurrent sessions, hands-on workshops and role-specific summits, with a large Expo Hall covering classroom hardware, learning management systems, AI, digital citizenship and K-12 esports. Pre-conference workshops and intensive certification-style sessions are ticketed on top of the main registration, so the headline rate is rarely what a full attendee ends up paying. FETC 2027 returns to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando. It works as the winter counterpart to ISTE's summer conference, and districts sending staff to only one usually decide on timing and travel budget rather than on subject matter.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-01-26", "endDate": "2027-01-29", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Orange County Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 409, "priceRange": "$409 - $1,245", "website": "https://www.fetc.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://conferences.fetc.org/fetc-2027", "featured": true, "organizer": "Future of Education Technology Conference", "sourceUrl": "https://www.fetc.org/" }, { "id": "inman-connect-new-york-2027", "name": "Inman Connect New York 2027", "description": "Inman Connect New York is the residential real estate industry's flagship winter conference, gathering several thousand agents, brokers, team leaders and proptech executives at the New York Hilton Midtown for programming on markets, technology, AI and brokerage strategy. It is produced by Inman, the trade news outlet, and that shows in the format: short main-stage segments and interviews rather than long lecture sessions, with much of the value in hallway and evening networking among brokerage leadership. Vendors are present and visible, though the room skews toward practitioners and executives rather than pure supplier attendance. Registration is tiered and rises as the event approaches, so the $999 end of the range belongs to early buyers. Inman also runs a summer edition; the New York meeting is the one framed around the year ahead.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-01-26", "endDate": "2027-01-28", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "New York Hilton Midtown", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 999, "priceRange": "$999 - $2,499", "website": "https://www.inman.com/events", "registrationUrl": "https://promo.inman.com/upcoming-events/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Inman", "sourceUrl": "https://promo.inman.com/upcoming-events/" }, { "id": "aba-midyear-meeting-2027", "name": "ABA Midyear Meeting 2027", "description": "The Midyear Meeting is the American Bar Association's winter governance gathering, and governance is genuinely the centre of it: the House of Delegates convenes to debate and vote on policy resolutions, while sections, divisions, commissions and standing committees hold their own working meetings around it. CLE programming runs alongside, but the meeting is aimed at bar leaders, delegates, section officers and association staff rather than at practitioners shopping for credit hours. It draws roughly 2,000-3,000 bar leaders, delegates and legal professionals. Much of the schedule is open at no charge, with tickets required for meal functions and certain programmes, so the real cost depends on which events matter to an attendee. Lawyers who want breadth of CLE and a larger social programme are better served by the summer Annual Meeting.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-01-27", "endDate": "2027-02-01", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $500", "website": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/", "featured": false, "organizer": "American Bar Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/future-past-meetings/" }, { "id": "tcea-2027-convention-exposition", "name": "TCEA 2027 Convention & Exposition", "description": "TCEA's Convention & Exposition is one of the largest state-level education technology events in the United States, and it pulls well beyond Texas, serving classroom teachers, instructional coaches, campus and district technology staff, librarians and administrators. The programme mixes short concurrent sessions with hands-on labs, certification opportunities and an add-on Leadership Summit for district decision-makers, alongside a large exhibit hall. Content skews practical and classroom-level rather than strategic, which makes it a better fit for teachers and campus staff than for vendors chasing enterprise buyers. TCEA membership lowers registration materially, so joining before registering is often cheaper than paying the non-member rate. The 2027 edition runs at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. Educators wanting a national programme and a bigger expo generally choose ISTE instead.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-01-31", "endDate": "2027-02-03", "city": "San Antonio", "state": "TX", "venue": "Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 49, "priceRange": "$49 - $537", "website": "https://convention.tcea.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://convention.tcea.org/register/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA)", "sourceUrl": "https://tcea.org/event/2027-tcea-convention-exposition-copy/" }, { "id": "kbis-2027-kitchen-bath-industry-show", "name": "KBIS 2027 (Kitchen & Bath Industry Show)", "description": "KBIS is the largest North American trade show for kitchen and bath design, products and technology, produced by the NKBA and aimed at designers, remodellers, dealers, architects and manufacturers rather than homeowners. Entry is trade-only: registration requires proof of industry credentials, so it is not a show consumers can walk into. It co-locates with the NAHB International Builders' Show as Design & Construction Week, with one registration covering both floors, and together the two draw tens of thousands of design and building professionals. The 2027 edition is at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Plan around distance, because the combined floors span multiple halls and crossing between the kitchen-and-bath side and the builder side eats time. NKBA membership reduces the registration cost enough that it is worth checking before booking.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2027-02-02", "endDate": "2027-02-04", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://kbis.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://kbis.com/attendee/attendee-pricing/", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA)", "sourceUrl": "https://kbis.com/show/design-construction-week/" }, { "id": "nahb-international-builders-show-2027", "name": "NAHB International Builders' Show 2027", "description": "The NAHB International Builders' Show is the largest annual light construction trade show in the US, expecting roughly 78,000 building professionals from more than 27,000 organisations alongside over 1,700 exhibitors. IBS 2027 marks the show's move to Las Vegas and is co-located with the NKBA Kitchen & Bath Industry Show under the Design & Construction Week banner, so badges cover both floors and attendees routinely walk between them. The audience is home builders, remodellers, developers, suppliers and trade contractors rather than architects or consumers, and entry requires industry credentials. Expo-only registration sits at the bottom of the price range while full education passes reach the top, and NAHB membership changes the real cost substantially. Show homes and demonstration builds run outside the halls and fill quickly.", "category": "construction", "startDate": "2027-02-02", "endDate": "2027-02-04", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 195, "priceRange": "$195 - $1,625", "website": "https://www.buildersshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.buildersshow.com/fees-and-deadlines", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Association of Home Builders (NAHB)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.buildersshow.com/" }, { "id": "bank-director-acquire-or-be-acquired-2027", "name": "Bank Director Acquire or Be Acquired 2027", "description": "Acquire or Be Acquired is Bank Director's growth and strategy conference for bank CEOs, senior executives and board members, built around M&A, capital strategy and bank valuation. It typically draws roughly 1,300-1,500 attendees representing several hundred financial institutions, making it one of the largest bank M&A gatherings in the US. The room skews toward community and regional banks rather than the largest national institutions, and a substantial share of it is investment bankers, lawyers and accountants who advise on deals — useful if you want counsel, worth knowing if you expected a peer-only audience. Sessions are pitched to be board-friendly, aimed at directors who are not full-time bankers. Held in the Phoenix area in early February, the timing lands as boards set strategy for the year, and much of the value sits in corridor conversation.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-02-07", "endDate": "2027-02-09", "city": "Phoenix", "state": "AZ", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1795, "priceRange": "$1,795 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.bankdirector.com/events/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.bankdirector.com/events/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Bank Director", "sourceUrl": "https://www.bankdirector.com/events/" }, { "id": "developerweek-2027", "name": "DeveloperWeek 2027", "description": "DeveloperWeek is billed by its organiser as the world's largest developer and engineering technology conference and expo, drawing software engineers, engineering leaders and vendors across 8+ tracks plus a hackathon and an expo hall. The 2027 edition runs three days at the Santa Clara Convention Center, with sessions spanning AI and generative AI engineering, DevOps, APIs, cloud and platform engineering. The character of the event is broad rather than deep: DevNetwork also runs API World and AI DevSummit, and the programming style is similar — many short talks, a substantial vendor presence, and sponsored sessions alongside independent ones. It suits engineers surveying the tooling landscape, or looking for hiring and vendor conversations, more than those wanting sustained treatment of a single technology, where a focused single-topic conference is the better choice.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-02-09", "endDate": "2027-02-11", "city": "Santa Clara", "state": "CA", "venue": "Santa Clara Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 195, "priceRange": "$195 - $2,240", "website": "https://www.developerweek.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.developerweek.com/register/", "featured": false, "organizer": "DevNetwork", "sourceUrl": "https://www.developerweek.com/" }, { "id": "fintech-meetup-2027", "name": "Fintech Meetup 2027", "description": "Fintech Meetup is organised around its meetings programme rather than its stage: an algorithmic double-opt-in system generates 50,000+ mutually matched meetings, and both sides must accept before a slot is booked, which makes it closer to a structured dealmaking floor than a conference. Expert-led content and networking sit around that core. It draws 5,000+ industry professionals including 1,000+ CEOs and founders and representatives from 700+ financial institutions, so the mix runs from banks and credit unions to vendors and investors. Held at The Venetian Resort in Las Vegas in February. Prices are high and rise as the event nears, and the meetings schedule rewards attendees who complete their profile early. For sheer scale and brand presence, Money20/20 in the autumn is the bigger show; this one optimises for booked conversations.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-02-22", "endDate": "2027-02-24", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "The Venetian Resort Las Vegas", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2395, "priceRange": "$2,395 - $4,995", "website": "https://www.fintechmeetup.com/home", "registrationUrl": "https://www.fintechmeetup.com/page/registration", "featured": true, "organizer": "Fintech Meetup", "sourceUrl": "https://www.fintechmeetup.com/home" }, { "id": "distributech-international-2027", "name": "DISTRIBUTECH International 2027", "description": "DISTRIBUTECH is the main annual transmission and distribution event for electric utilities, covering grid modernisation, distributed energy resources, smart metering and storage. The 2027 show expects 18,000+ professionals, 684 exhibitors, 490+ speakers and 800+ utility attendees at the Georgia World Congress Center. Its centre of gravity is utility engineering, operations and IT/OT staff plus the vendors selling to them, which makes it the practical counterpart to policy-led clean energy events: if your interest is generation, project finance or solar and storage development, RE+ is the better fit, while DISTRIBUTECH is where metering, DERMS, outage management and substation technology are actually specified. The exhibit floor is large enough to need a route planned in advance, and conference tracks are priced above the lighter exhibit-focused passes.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2027-03-01", "endDate": "2027-03-04", "city": "Atlanta", "state": "GA", "venue": "Georgia World Congress Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 300, "priceRange": "$300 - $1,900", "website": "https://www.distributech.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.distributech.com/register", "featured": true, "organizer": "Clarion Events", "sourceUrl": "https://www.distributech.com/" }, { "id": "game-developers-conference-2027", "name": "Game Developers Conference 2027", "description": "GDC is the working professional gathering for the video game industry, covering programming, design, art, audio, production and business, with the Independent Games Festival and the Game Developers Choice Awards held during the week. Recent editions have drawn roughly 25,000 attendees. The official GDC site lists March 1-5, 2027 at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Passes are tiered rather than sold at one price: cheaper tiers cover the expo floor and a limited slice of sessions, while summit and all-access tiers open the specialist summits that run at the start of the week. Rates rise as the show approaches, so registering early matters. Talks are recorded and later surface in the GDC Vault. This is a business and recruiting event, not a consumer show; for playing games as a fan, PAX is the relevant event.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-03-01", "endDate": "2027-03-05", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 99, "priceRange": "$99 - $1,149", "website": "https://gdconf.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://gdconf.com/passes-pricing/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Informa Festivals / GDC", "sourceUrl": "https://gdconf.com/" }, { "id": "legalweek-new-york-2027", "name": "Legalweek New York 2027", "description": "Legalweek is ALM's flagship legal industry event and functions as much as a commercial meeting as an educational one. It typically draws 6,000+ attendees and several hundred exhibitors, with the audience split between law firm leadership and operations staff, corporate legal departments, e-discovery and information governance specialists, and the vendors selling to all of them. A good deal of the value sits outside the sessions, on the exhibit floor, in private meetings and at the evening receptions that spread across Manhattan during the week. Registration tiers vary sharply, from expo-focused passes to all-access rates. For 2027 the show moves to the North building of the Javits Center. Law firm technologists wanting peer-led depth are usually better served by ILTACON, and in-house legal operations teams by CLOC.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-03-01", "endDate": "2027-03-03", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Javits Center North", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 245, "priceRange": "$245 - $4,995", "website": "https://www.event.law.com/legalweek/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.event.law.com/legalweek/2027-pricing", "featured": false, "organizer": "ALM (American Lawyer Media)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.event.law.com/legalweek/" }, { "id": "aba-techshow-2027", "name": "ABA TECHSHOW 2027", "description": "ABA TECHSHOW pairs CLE-accredited education with a legal technology expo, and its centre of gravity is the smaller practice: it regularly attracts around 2,000 attendees, primarily solo, small-firm and mid-size firm lawyers, along with roughly 150 exhibitors. Sessions are practical rather than theoretical, covering practice management systems, billing, document automation, security and, increasingly, AI, and they are taught largely by practising lawyers and consultants rather than by vendors. A startup pitch competition and a startup exhibit area run alongside the main hall. ABA membership reduces registration, and expo-only access costs less than the full conference for anyone whose main goal is to see products. The 2027 edition is at the Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago. Large-firm IT staff will find more depth at ILTACON.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-03-03", "endDate": "2027-03-06", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "Hyatt Regency McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 795, "priceRange": "$795 - $1,795", "website": "https://www.techshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.techshow.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "American Bar Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.techshow.com/" }, { "id": "emerald-city-comic-con-2027", "name": "Emerald City Comic Con 2027", "description": "Emerald City Comic Con is Seattle's flagship pop-culture convention, drawing roughly 100,000 attendees over four days for comics, celebrity guests, cosplay, gaming and artist alley. The 2027 edition runs March 4-7 across the Seattle Convention Center's Summit and Arch buildings, which are a short walk apart rather than one continuous floor. ECCC keeps a stronger comics and creator focus than most shows of its size, with artist alley and small-press tables carrying real weight alongside the media guests. Badges are sold to the public in day and multi-day tiers, four-day badges go first, and celebrity autographs and photo ops are ticketed separately from admission rather than included. The larger panels are queued on the day and the biggest ones fill, so arriving early for a specific panel is normal.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-03-04", "endDate": "2027-03-07", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Seattle Convention Center (Summit and Arch)", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 50, "priceRange": "$50 - $700", "website": "https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "ReedPop", "sourceUrl": "https://www.emeraldcitycomiccon.com/en-us.html" }, { "id": "humanx-2027", "name": "HumanX 2027", "description": "HumanX is an enterprise AI conference aimed at founders, executives, investors and practitioners, with keynotes, function-specific tracks and curated matchmaking between buyers, vendors and capital. Organisers describe the flagship 2027 event as gathering 8,000+ enterprise AI leaders, and the official site lists March 7-10, 2027 at Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. It is a young conference rather than one with a long institutional history, and its centre of gravity is commercial: procurement, deployment and funding conversations rather than research talks or hands-on engineering. Much of the value sits in the scheduled meetings rather than the stage programme, so attending without working the matchmaking leaves most of the ticket unused. Engineers wanting technical depth on model building are better served by a developer-focused AI event.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-03-07", "endDate": "2027-03-10", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://www.humanx.co/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.humanx.co/", "featured": false, "organizer": "HumanX", "sourceUrl": "https://www.humanx.co/" }, { "id": "salesforce-trailblazerdx-2027-tdx", "name": "Salesforce TrailblazerDX 2027 (TDX)", "description": "TDX is Salesforce's developer conference, aimed at developers, admins, architects and IT leaders rather than the business buyers who fill Dreamforce in the autumn. Sessions are technical, with hands-on workshops, Trailhead activities and platform and AI announcements that the larger event tends to elaborate on later. It draws roughly 10,000 in-person attendees plus a much larger virtual audience, since the keynote and many sessions stream free on Salesforce+ — worth weighing before booking travel, as a good share of the content is watchable from a desk. Salesforce's save-the-date page confirms March 10-11, 2027 in San Francisco; the venue is expected to be Moscone Center but has not been officially named. The in-person case rests on the workshops, certification sittings and access to product engineers.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-03-10", "endDate": "2027-03-11", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center (venue not yet officially named)", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 799, "priceRange": "$799 - $999", "website": "https://www.salesforce.com/tdx/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.salesforce.com/tdx/form-save-date-tdx27/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Salesforce", "sourceUrl": "https://www.salesforce.com/tdx/form-save-date-tdx27/" }, { "id": "sxsw-edu-2027", "name": "SXSW EDU 2027", "description": "SXSW EDU is the education strand of South by Southwest, and it behaves like a festival as much as a conference: sessions, film screenings, competitions and a policy-heavy programme running across downtown Austin hotels rather than a single convention centre. The audience mixes educators, district and university leaders, policymakers, non-profit staff, edtech founders and investors, which makes it stronger for cross-sector conversation than for classroom-level professional development. Part of the session lineup is chosen through SXSW's community voting process. For 2027 it moves to the first weekend of SXSW, running March 13-16 across the Hilton Austin, Austin Marriott Downtown and the JW Marriott, with the EDU Clubhouse at Antone's Nightclub. Accommodation is worth booking early, as Austin hotel rates climb steeply once the wider festival begins.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-03-13", "endDate": "2027-03-16", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "venue": "Hilton Austin / Austin Marriott Downtown / JW Marriott Austin", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 545, "priceRange": "$545 - $845", "website": "https://www.sxswedu.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://cart.sxsw.com/edu", "featured": true, "organizer": "SXSW EDU", "sourceUrl": "https://sxswedu.com/news/2026/sxsw-edu-2027/" }, { "id": "vive-2027", "name": "ViVE 2027", "description": "ViVE is the digital health and health IT executive event co-created by HLTH and CHIME, drawing roughly 8,000-10,000 provider, payer and health tech leaders. The 2027 edition moves to Nashville's Music City Center from its 2026 Los Angeles location, continuing the pattern of changing city each year rather than settling. The audience is weighted toward health system executives, CIOs and CMIOs, digital health founders and investors, and much of the value sits in arranged executive meetings and evening programming rather than the main stage. It functions as the spring counterpart to HLTH in the autumn. Compared with HIMSS, ViVE is smaller, more commercially oriented and easier to navigate for a startup or investor; HIMSS remains the better choice for hands-on health IT, interoperability and vendor evaluation depth.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2027-03-14", "endDate": "2027-03-17", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Music City Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1795, "priceRange": "$1,795 - $3,995", "website": "https://hlth.com/events/vive/", "registrationUrl": "https://hlth.com/events/vive/", "featured": true, "organizer": "HLTH and CHIME", "sourceUrl": "https://hlth.com/events/vive/" }, { "id": "nvidia-gtc-2027", "name": "NVIDIA GTC 2027", "description": "GTC is NVIDIA's AI and accelerated-computing conference, built around Jensen Huang's keynote and a programme of technical sessions, hands-on workshops and a large expo. Recent San Jose editions have drawn roughly 25,000 in-person attendees plus hundreds of thousands online. The audience has widened well beyond graphics and HPC research to include enterprise architects, infrastructure teams and investors tracking the AI supply chain. Two practical points shape the value of a ticket: the keynote streams free and most session recordings are published afterwards on NVIDIA's on-demand platform, while the Deep Learning Institute workshops that justify attending in person require separate registration and fill early. NVIDIA's official site confirms the conference returns to San Jose March 15-18, 2027; hotel capacity near the convention centre is limited, so book early.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-03-15", "endDate": "2027-03-18", "city": "San Jose", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Jose McEnery Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1260, "priceRange": "$1,260 - $2,525", "website": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/", "featured": true, "organizer": "NVIDIA", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nvidia.com/gtc/" }, { "id": "sxsw-2027", "name": "SXSW 2027", "description": "South by Southwest is a convergence of technology, film, music and culture across downtown Austin, regularly drawing well over 100,000 participants from more than 100 countries. SXSW 2027 runs March 15-21, with the Innovation Conference March 15-20, Film & TV and Music across the full span, and the Comedy Festival March 17-20. Badges are sold by track, and a badge buys priority in a queue rather than a guaranteed seat: popular sessions, screenings and showcases fill, and secondary entry lines exist for those without the matching badge type. Programming runs in hotels, theatres and bars spread across downtown, so walking time between venues shapes what is realistically attendable. Austin accommodation is in heavy demand for the week and worth locking in early, well before the programme is announced.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-03-15", "endDate": "2027-03-21", "city": "Austin", "state": "TX", "venue": "Austin Convention Center and venues across downtown Austin", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 820, "priceRange": "$820 - $1,995", "website": "https://www.sxsw.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://cart.sxsw.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "SXSW, LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://sxsw.com/2026/south-by-southwest-2027-dates-announced/" }, { "id": "nsta-2027-national-conference-on-science-education-boston", "name": "NSTA 2027 National Conference on Science Education (Boston)", "description": "NSTA's spring National Conference on Science Education is the main US professional-development event for K-12 science teachers, science coordinators and administrators, and its sessions are led overwhelmingly by practising educators rather than by vendors. Four days of concurrent sessions sit alongside ticketed workshops and short courses that require separate registration, plus an exhibit hall of curriculum publishers, lab equipment suppliers and instructional-materials companies where classroom samples and giveaways are common. Programming is organised by grade band and by discipline, so elementary generalists and high school specialists can each build a coherent schedule. NSTA membership reduces the registration rate enough that joining first often costs less than registering as a non-member. Boston's convention bureau projects roughly 15,000 attendees for the 2027 meeting.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-03-17", "endDate": "2027-03-20", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 185, "priceRange": "$185 - $575", "website": "https://www.nsta.org/national-conference-science-education-boston-2027", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nsta.org/national-conference-science-education-boston-2027", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nsta.org/future-conferences" }, { "id": "afp-fp-a-forum-2027", "name": "AFP FP&A Forum 2027", "description": "The AFP FP&A Forum is the Association for Financial Professionals' dedicated event for financial planning and analysis practitioners, covering budgeting, forecasting, scenario modelling and AI-driven automation in the finance function. It is the FP&A-specific companion to AFP's much larger treasury and finance annual conference, and the difference in scale is the point: this is a small, practitioner-level programme where corporate analysts, managers and directors compare process rather than watch keynotes. Sessions carry continuing education credit relevant to AFP's certifications, which matters to attendees maintaining credentials. AFP membership reduces registration meaningfully, so the headline price is not what most people pay. It runs at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans in March, a single-hotel format that keeps sessions, meals and hallway conversation in one building.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-03-22", "endDate": "2027-03-24", "city": "New Orleans", "state": "LA", "venue": "Hyatt Regency New Orleans", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 985, "priceRange": "$985 - $1,785", "website": "https://www.financialprofessionals.org/afp-fp-a--forum", "registrationUrl": "https://www.financialprofessionals.org/afp-fp-a--forum", "featured": false, "organizer": "Association for Financial Professionals (AFP)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.financialprofessionals.org/afp-fp-a--forum" }, { "id": "drupalcon-orlando-2027", "name": "DrupalCon Orlando 2027", "description": "DrupalCon North America is the Drupal Association's flagship annual conference and the main in-person gathering of the Drupal open source CMS community. The audience is a mix of developers, digital agency staff and site owners in higher education, government and nonprofits — sectors where Drupal remains heavily used — alongside core contributors. Beyond conference sessions and paid training, contribution sprints run through the week and are what most distinguishes the event from a vendor conference; newcomers are usually mentored through their first contribution there. Dries Buytaert's project keynote sets the roadmap for the year. The 2027 edition moves to Orlando at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort, a resort-campus setting rather than a downtown convention centre, and early bird registration is scheduled to open September 14, 2026.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-03-22", "endDate": "2027-03-25", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress Resort", "region": "south", "country": "US", "website": "https://events.drupal.org/orlando2027", "registrationUrl": "https://events.drupal.org/orlando2027", "featured": false, "organizer": "Drupal Association", "sourceUrl": "https://events.drupal.org/orlando2027" }, { "id": "lma-annual-conference-2027", "name": "LMA Annual Conference 2027", "description": "The Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference is the largest gathering of legal marketing and business development professionals, themed \"Integrated. Influential. Indispensable.\" for 2027. It typically draws roughly 1,200-1,500 attendees from law firm marketing, communications, client development and pricing teams, ranging from chief marketing officers to coordinators early in their careers. Sessions cover client experience, pitches and proposals, brand and content, data and technology, and the internal politics of selling professional services, subjects that rarely get airtime at general marketing conferences. LMA membership lowers the registration rate, and regional LMA events run through the year for anyone who cannot travel to the annual meeting. The 2027 conference is in Seattle. Vendors serving the sector attend in numbers, so the sponsor presence is visible throughout.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-03-22", "endDate": "2027-03-24", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1095, "priceRange": "$1,095 - $1,895", "website": "https://conference.legalmarketing.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://conference.legalmarketing.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Legal Marketing Association (LMA)", "sourceUrl": "https://conference.legalmarketing.org/About/Overview" }, { "id": "shoptalk-spring-2027", "name": "Shoptalk Spring 2027", "description": "Shoptalk is the largest retail and ecommerce conference in the U.S., bringing together roughly 10,000+ retail executives, brand marketers, DTC founders and technology vendors in Las Vegas each spring. Programming covers retail media, ecommerce, AI-driven personalisation and omnichannel marketing, but the double-opt-in meetings programme is why many people attend: both sides must accept, meetings are scheduled in advance, and vendors justify the show's cost largely on that basis. The economics are asymmetric — retailer and brand-side attendees are actively recruited and often attend on discounted or hosted terms, while vendors pay toward the $5,500 end of the range. Organiser Hyve Group runs further Shoptalk editions later in the year and in Europe. For merchandising and store-operations depth rather than commercial dealmaking, NRF in January is the closer fit.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2027-03-22", "endDate": "2027-03-24", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2200, "priceRange": "$2,200 - $5,500", "website": "https://shoptalk.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://shoptalk.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Shoptalk (Hyve Group)", "sourceUrl": "https://shoptalk.com/" }, { "id": "social-media-marketing-world-2027", "name": "Social Media Marketing World 2027", "description": "Social Media Marketing World is the largest social media marketing conference in the world, produced by Social Media Examiner and held in Anaheim. It typically draws 3,000-5,000 marketers for sessions on organic and paid social, content strategy, AI and creator marketing across the major platforms. The audience skews toward in-house marketers at small and mid-sized companies, agency staff, consultants and creators rather than enterprise CMOs, and sessions are pitched at people who will execute the tactics themselves rather than commission them. Sessions are recorded, and a virtual pass covering the recordings is sold separately for those who cannot travel. Ticket prices climb in tiers as the date approaches, so the lower end of the range is available only months ahead. Networking is deliberately programmed rather than left to chance.", "category": "marketing", "startDate": "2027-04-01", "endDate": "2027-04-03", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 897, "priceRange": "$897 - $1,797", "website": "https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Social Media Examiner", "sourceUrl": "https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/smmworld/" }, { "id": "star-wars-celebration-2027", "name": "Star Wars Celebration 2027", "description": "Star Wars Celebration is the official Lucasfilm-run fan convention, built around cast panels, first-look footage, exhibits and cosplay for well over 100,000 attendees. The 2027 event runs April 1-4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, marking the 50th anniversary of the original 1977 film and the first Los Angeles edition since 2006. It does not run every year and rotates between the United States, Europe and Japan, so a domestic edition is never a given. Tickets go on sale in announced waves months ahead and sell out, with four-day passes going first. The main stage is the real constraint of the weekend: the largest panels draw queues that form hours ahead, and past editions have used wristbands or lotteries to manage entry. Exclusive merchandise has typically been allocated by lottery rather than open queueing.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-04-01", "endDate": "2027-04-04", "city": "Los Angeles", "state": "CA", "venue": "Los Angeles Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 85, "priceRange": "$85 - $800", "website": "https://www.starwarscelebration.com/en-us.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.starwarscelebration.com/en-us/tickets-merch/ticket-information.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "Lucasfilm / ReedPop", "sourceUrl": "https://www.starwarscelebration.com/en-us.html" }, { "id": "asu-gsv-summit-2027", "name": "ASU+GSV Summit 2027", "description": "The ASU+GSV Summit sits where education, workforce and capital meet: the room is founders, investors, philanthropists, university and district leaders, workforce executives and policymakers rather than classroom teachers. Per the organiser, more than 7,000 global leaders convene over four days across 500+ sessions, though a great deal of the real activity happens in hallway meetings, side events and investor conversations scheduled around the published programme. An AI-focused companion event runs alongside the main summit. The 2027 edition takes place in San Diego, where the summit has settled after earlier editions in Salt Lake City and San Francisco. Registration is priced at business-conference rates rather than educator rates. Anyone looking for classroom professional development should look to ISTE or a subject-association conference instead.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-04-04", "endDate": "2027-04-07", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://asugsvsummit.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://asugsvsummit.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "ASU+GSV (Arizona State University & GSV Ventures)", "sourceUrl": "https://asugsvsummit.com/" }, { "id": "nab-show-2027", "name": "NAB Show 2027", "description": "NAB Show is the National Association of Broadcasters' annual convention and the largest US event for broadcast, media and entertainment technology, typically drawing 55,000-60,000 attendees and 1,300+ exhibitors. Exhibits run April 4-7, 2027 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with conferences and workshops beginning April 3. The audience is broadcast engineers, production and post-production staff, streaming and media operations teams, and the buyers who specify their equipment. Registration is tiered: an exhibits pass covers the floor and its free stage sessions, while the conference tracks are priced separately, and exhibitors routinely circulate codes that reduce the cost of floor access. The floor spans several halls and takes more than a day to walk properly, so most attendees plan by hall and target vendor list rather than wandering.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-04-04", "endDate": "2027-04-07", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 149, "priceRange": "$149 - $1,395", "website": "https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Association of Broadcasters", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nabshow.com/las-vegas/" }, { "id": "himss-global-health-conference-exhibition-2027", "name": "HIMSS Global Health Conference & Exhibition 2027", "description": "HIMSS is the largest health information and technology conference in the US, typically drawing 30,000+ healthcare IT professionals, clinicians and executives along with 1,000+ exhibitors. HIMSS27 opens with a preconference day on Monday, April 5, followed by the main conference and exhibition April 6-8 at McCormick Place. Preconference forums and symposia are ticketed separately from the main pass, which explains much of the price spread, and continuing education credit is available for eligible sessions. The exhibition is the centre of gravity: this is where health systems do vendor evaluation at scale, and the floor is large enough that most attendees plan routes before arriving. For executive-level digital health strategy and investor conversation, ViVE covers adjacent ground with a smaller, more commercial audience.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2027-04-05", "endDate": "2027-04-08", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place Convention Center", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 185, "priceRange": "$185 - $1,795", "website": "https://www.himssconference.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.himssconference.com/registration/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.himssconference.com/" }, { "id": "rsac-conference-2027", "name": "RSAC Conference 2027", "description": "RSAC Conference is the world's largest and most influential cybersecurity conference, held annually at San Francisco's Moscone Center. The 2026 edition drew nearly 44,000 attendees, 700+ speakers across 570+ sessions and 600+ exhibitors from more than 100 countries; the 2027 event is the 36th annual flagship conference. In practice it is a buyer-and-vendor event: the expo floors are where most of the week's business happens, and the audience skews to CISOs, security architects, product teams and the sales organisations selling to them. The Innovation Sandbox contest and the early-stage expo are the reliable places to see startups before they are widely known. Practitioners looking for offensive research will get more from the Las Vegas summer events; RSAC is about the market. Expect San Francisco hotel rates to climb sharply that week.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-04-05", "endDate": "2027-04-08", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 150, "priceRange": "$150 - $3,595", "website": "https://www.rsaconference.com/usa", "registrationUrl": "https://www.rsaconference.com/usa/passes-and-rates", "featured": false, "organizer": "RSA Conference LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://www.rsaconference.com/library/press-release/2026-closing-release" }, { "id": "cinemacon-2027", "name": "CinemaCon 2027", "description": "CinemaCon is the official convention of Cinema United, formerly NATO, and it is a trade gathering rather than a public film event. The attendees are cinema owners and operators, distributors, concession and equipment suppliers and press, roughly 5,000-6,000 of them from around the world. Studios use the week to present upcoming slates, screen footage and full films, and to put talent on stage in front of the people who will book the screens. The 2027 edition runs April 12-15 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Registration requires industry affiliation, so members of the public cannot simply buy in, and much of the value sits in the studio presentations and the surrounding meetings rather than the trade floor. Anyone wanting a film event open to the public should look at Sundance or SXSW instead.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-04-12", "endDate": "2027-04-15", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Caesars Palace", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 500, "priceRange": "$500 - $1,200", "website": "https://www.cinemacon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.cinemacon.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Cinema United", "sourceUrl": "https://cinemaunited.org/event/cinemacon-2027/" }, { "id": "transform-2027", "name": "Transform 2027", "description": "Transform gathers HR, people and work-tech leaders at the Fontainebleau Las Vegas around panels, roundtables, fireside chats, product showcases and workshops rather than long lecture tracks. The 2027 edition expects about 4,500 attendees, 350+ speakers, 500+ startups and 100+ investors from 50+ countries, and that mix defines the event: it is unusually investor- and startup-heavy for an HR conference, with founders pitching and venture people in the room alongside CHROs and heads of talent. That makes it useful for spotting early-stage work tech and for people building new people functions, less so for compliance, benefits administration or recertification credit. For established-vendor evaluation the HR Technology Conference is the better use of a budget, and for practitioner training SHRM's annual event. The single resort campus keeps the format conversation-led and compact.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-04-12", "endDate": "2027-04-14", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Fontainebleau Las Vegas", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $2,995", "website": "https://www.transform.us/conference/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.transform.us/register/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Transform Media LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://www.transform.us/conference/" }, { "id": "google-cloud-next-2027", "name": "Google Cloud Next 2027", "description": "Google Cloud Next is Google's annual cloud and AI conference for developers, IT leaders and partners, with keynotes, hundreds of breakout sessions and hands-on labs. Recent editions have drawn on the order of 30,000 in-person attendees to Las Vegas, having outgrown the San Francisco venues that hosted earlier years. Google's official event site lists April 13-15, 2027 at Mandalay Bay, with select programming beginning April 12 — typically partner and certification activity that is easy to miss when booking flights. Most product news lands in the opening keynote, which streams free, and session recordings are published afterwards, so the in-person case rests on the labs, certification sittings and time with Google engineers at the demo stations. The audience leans toward existing Google Cloud customers and the partners implementing for them.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-04-13", "endDate": "2027-04-15", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 999, "priceRange": "$999 - $2,999", "website": "https://cloud.withgoogle.com/next", "registrationUrl": "https://www.googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas", "featured": false, "organizer": "Google Cloud", "sourceUrl": "https://www.googlecloudevents.com/next-vegas" }, { "id": "nalp-annual-education-conference-2027", "name": "NALP Annual Education Conference 2027", "description": "The NALP Annual Education Conference serves legal career professionals on both sides of the hiring relationship: law firm recruiting and professional development staff, and law school career services and public interest advisers. It typically draws roughly 1,000-1,300 attendees across four days of programming. Sessions track the recruiting calendar, professional development and competency frameworks, retention, and the NALP standards and employment reporting that member schools and firms work to, which is the reason many people attend rather than the plenaries. Much of the value lies in role-specific meetings and in informal exchange between firms and schools that would otherwise rarely sit in the same room. NALP membership lowers the registration rate. The 2027 conference is at the Hyatt Regency Seattle.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-04-13", "endDate": "2027-04-16", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Hyatt Regency Seattle", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 895, "priceRange": "$895 - $1,495", "website": "https://www.nalp.org/annualeducationconference", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nalp.org/annualeducationconference", "featured": true, "organizer": "NALP (National Association for Law Placement)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nalp.org/futureannualeducationconferencedates" }, { "id": "unleash-america-2027", "name": "UNLEASH America 2027", "description": "UNLEASH America is an HR technology and future-of-work conference and expo, moving to Miami for its 2027 edition after prior years in Las Vegas. Organisers project 4,000+ attendees, 200+ exhibitors and 150+ speakers from 60+ countries. UNLEASH began in Europe — its sister event UNLEASH World runs in Paris — and the American edition keeps that international character, with a noticeable share of global HR leaders and industry analysts among the enterprise buyers. The expo is central, so the practical reason to attend is vendor evaluation and analyst conversation rather than practitioner training. It competes directly with the HR Technology Conference in Las Vegas each autumn, which has the larger US vendor floor; UNLEASH is the better choice when multinational HR operations and cross-border talent strategy are the actual problem.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-04-13", "endDate": "2027-04-15", "city": "Miami", "state": "FL", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1395, "priceRange": "$1,395 - $2,795", "website": "https://www.unleash.ai/unleashamerica/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.unleash.ai/unleashamerica/", "featured": true, "organizer": "UNLEASH Group", "sourceUrl": "https://www.unleash.ai/unleashamerica/future-conference-dates/" }, { "id": "promat-2027", "name": "ProMat 2027", "description": "ProMat is the largest manufacturing and supply chain trade show in the United States, featuring more than 1,200 exhibits, 200 educational sessions and three keynotes. The 2027 edition condenses from four days to three and typically draws 45,000+ attendees; attendee registration is free for qualified professionals, which is unusual at this scale and makes a short visit easy to justify. MHI runs ProMat in odd years at McCormick Place and MODEX in Atlanta in even years, so the two are one alternating cycle rather than competing shows. The floor is dominated by live equipment — conveyors, automated storage and retrieval, robotics, AGVs and AMRs running under power rather than sitting as static displays. Educational sessions are included in that free registration rather than ticketed separately.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2027-04-19", "endDate": "2027-04-21", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free", "website": "https://www.promatshow.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.promatshow.com/register", "featured": true, "organizer": "MHI", "sourceUrl": "https://www.promatshow.com/" }, { "id": "pax-east-2027", "name": "PAX East 2027", "description": "PAX East is the East Coast edition of the Penny Arcade Expo, a four-day consumer gaming festival covering video games, tabletop and esports that regularly draws around 100,000 attendees. The 2027 show returns to Boston's Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center April 22-25. It is a show for players rather than an industry event: badges are sold to the public by the day and for the full run, and they routinely sell out ahead of the weekend. Beyond the publisher booths, the tabletop area runs a lending library and open play space rather than a token corner, and the indie sections are where most attendees find games they had not heard of. Panels are queued in advance rather than entered at the door. Developers attend, but for business meetings GDC is the relevant event.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-04-22", "endDate": "2027-04-25", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 70, "priceRange": "$70 - $270", "website": "https://east.paxsite.com/en-us.html", "registrationUrl": "https://east.paxsite.com/en-us.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "ReedPop / Penny Arcade", "sourceUrl": "https://east.paxsite.com/en-us.html" }, { "id": "workhuman-live-2027", "name": "Workhuman Live 2027", "description": "Workhuman Live is an HR and workplace-culture conference focused on employee recognition, engagement and human-centred leadership, drawing thousands of HR leaders, CHROs, executives and researchers. The 2027 edition runs at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, a self-contained resort campus where attendees stay, eat and meet on site — a format that keeps conversation going between sessions in a way a downtown convention centre does not. It is worth knowing that the event is produced by Workhuman, a recognition software company, so this is a vendor-hosted conference; in practice the programme is broader than the product, leaning on well-known authors and keynote speakers on culture, belonging and leadership. Come for ideas and framing rather than a buying floor — there is no large multi-vendor expo here.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-04-26", "endDate": "2027-04-29", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1195, "priceRange": "$1,195 - $2,295", "website": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Workhuman", "sourceUrl": "https://www.workhumanlive.com/llm-info/" }, { "id": "agntcon-mcpcon-north-america-2027", "name": "AGNTCon + MCPCon North America 2027", "description": "AGNTCon + MCPCon is the Linux Foundation's conference for the open agentic AI ecosystem, bringing together builders, contributors and enterprises working on the Model Context Protocol and related agent systems. Programming targets open source developers, enterprise engineers, platform builders and researchers putting agent systems into production, with the emphasis on reliability, scale and security rather than demos. It is a new event without a long track record, so the shape of the programme will depend on the response to the call for proposals. Linux Foundation events generally publish session recordings free afterwards, offer reduced academic and hobbyist ticket tiers, and often run travel funding for contributors who need it. The 2027 North American edition is listed on the LF Events calendar for April 28-29, 2027 in San Francisco.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-04-28", "endDate": "2027-04-29", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/agntcon-mcpcon-north-america-2027/", "registrationUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/agntcon-mcpcon-north-america-2027/", "featured": false, "organizer": "The Linux Foundation", "sourceUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/about/calendar/" }, { "id": "c2e2-2027-chicago-comic-entertainment-expo", "name": "C2E2 2027 (Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo)", "description": "C2E2 is Chicago's largest pop-culture convention, drawing roughly 90,000 attendees for comics, film and television guests, anime, gaming and the C2E2 Crown Championships of Cosplay. The 2027 show moves later in the calendar to April 30 - May 2 in McCormick Place's South Building. Badges are sold to the public as single-day or full-weekend passes, Saturday is by some distance the busiest day, and autographs and photo ops with celebrity guests are ticketed on top of admission. The cosplay championships are the signature programme item and seating for the finals fills early. McCormick Place sits south of the Loop rather than in the centre of the city, so factor in the shuttle, transit or rideshare trip from most hotels when planning early panels.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-04-30", "endDate": "2027-05-02", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place (South Building)", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 45, "priceRange": "$45 - $400", "website": "https://www.c2e2.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.c2e2.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "ReedPop", "sourceUrl": "https://www.c2e2.com/" }, { "id": "berkshire-hathaway-annual-shareholders-meeting-2027", "name": "Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting 2027", "description": "Known as \"Woodstock for Capitalists\", Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting draws roughly 30,000-40,000 shareholders to Omaha for a multi-hour Q&A with company leadership plus a large shareholder shopping exhibition of Berkshire-owned brands. Attendance requires proof of Berkshire share ownership and a credential — a single share qualifies, and credentials are requested in advance rather than bought at the door, so this is not an event to decide on at the last minute. The Q&A is the draw, and arena seating means queueing outside the CHI Health Center well before doors open. Omaha hotel rates rise sharply for the weekend and rooms go early. The meeting has been broadcast in recent years, so the reason to travel is the exhibition, the surrounding events and the crowd itself.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-05-01", "endDate": "2027-05-01", "city": "Omaha", "state": "NE", "venue": "CHI Health Center Omaha", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free (shareholders only)", "website": "https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/sharehold.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "Berkshire Hathaway Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/meet01/visguide2026.pdf" }, { "id": "milken-institute-global-conference-2027", "name": "Milken Institute Global Conference 2027", "description": "The Milken Institute's flagship convening brings together roughly 4,000-5,000 participants and 1,000+ speakers from finance, business, government, philanthropy, health and entertainment, with the 2027 edition marking the 30th annual Global Conference across The Beverly Hilton and Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. It is not a general-admission event: attendance runs through invitation and approval, and the price range reflects institutional and sponsorship tiers rather than an ordinary delegate ticket, so most people in the room are there through a firm's relationship with the Institute. The programme is broad and policy-adjacent rather than technical, and panels are recorded and published online afterwards — meaning the content itself is accessible without attending. What attendance actually buys is the private meeting schedule that forms around the sessions and across two adjacent hotels.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-05-02", "endDate": "2027-05-05", "city": "Beverly Hills", "state": "CA", "venue": "The Beverly Hilton & Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 12500, "priceRange": "$12,500 - $50,000", "website": "https://milkeninstitute.org/events", "registrationUrl": "https://milkeninstitute.org/events", "featured": true, "organizer": "Milken Institute", "sourceUrl": "https://milkeninstitute.org/events" }, { "id": "finovatespring-2027", "name": "FinovateSpring 2027", "description": "FinovateSpring is built around a rapid-fire seven-minute live demo format in which dozens of fintech companies show working product on stage, without slideware, to an audience of banks, credit unions, VCs and analysts. The event typically draws around 1,200-1,500 attendees, small enough that demoing companies actually get found. Attendees vote for Best of Show awards, and demo videos are published free afterwards, so the demos can be watched later — the reason to attend is the buyer audience in the room and the meetings arranged around it. The 2027 edition runs at the Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center in San Diego, a resort-campus setting that keeps attendees together. Informa runs a FinovateFall edition on the same model, so timing rather than format usually decides which one to pick.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-05-03", "endDate": "2027-05-05", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "venue": "Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1799, "priceRange": "$1,799 - $3,299", "website": "https://informaconnect.com/finovatespring/", "registrationUrl": "https://informaconnect.com/finovatespring/purchase/select-package/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Informa Connect (Finovate)", "sourceUrl": "https://informaconnect.com/finovatespring/" }, { "id": "hd-expo-conference-2027", "name": "HD Expo + Conference 2027", "description": "HD Expo is the leading North American trade event for hospitality interior design, drawing designers, architects, hoteliers, brand teams and purchasing professionals from all 50 states and 34 countries. For 2027 the format changes: May 3 becomes a dedicated pre-conference education day, including an expanded HD University, with the expo hall open only May 4-5. It is held at Mandalay Bay, which keeps the sessions, the floor and much of the attendee accommodation on one property. The floor is manufacturers of furniture, lighting, textiles, surfaces and bath fittings meeting the people who specify them, not a consumer showcase. The compressed two-day hall is the thing to plan around: with the same exhibitors in less time, working a target list beats browsing, and the continuing-education content is now concentrated on the opening day.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2027-05-03", "endDate": "2027-05-05", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 45, "priceRange": "$45 - $795", "website": "https://hdexpo.hospitalitydesign.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://hdexpo.hospitalitydesign.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Emerald / Hospitality Design", "sourceUrl": "https://hdexpo.hospitalitydesign.com/news/hd-expo-2027-were-listening-heres-whats-changing/150748" }, { "id": "npe2027-the-plastics-show", "name": "NPE2027: The Plastics Show", "description": "NPE is the triennial plastics industry mega-show produced by the Plastics Industry Association, connecting 51,000+ professionals with 2,200+ exhibitors. Because it runs only once every three years, it works as the release window for machinery: injection moulding presses, extrusion lines and auxiliary equipment are shown running in production on the floor rather than as static displays, and buyers plan capital purchases around the cycle. NPE2027 spans the entire Orange County Convention Center with technology zones for bottles, materials, moldmaking, manufacturing services, and recycling and sustainability. It is a trade event, and the week is long enough that most attendees target specific halls rather than attempting all of it. The nearest equivalent elsewhere is K in Düsseldorf, the other triennial where major machinery launches land.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2027-05-03", "endDate": "2027-05-07", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Orange County Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 150, "priceRange": "$150 - $350", "website": "https://www.npe.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.npe.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Plastics Industry Association (PLASTICS)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.npe.org/show-info" }, { "id": "offshore-technology-conference-2027", "name": "Offshore Technology Conference 2027", "description": "OTC is the long-established offshore energy technology event, covering drilling, subsea systems, offshore wind and decarbonisation, historically drawing 30,000+ attendees from 100+ countries. OTC 2027 runs May 3-5 at Reliant Park in Houston. Despite the breadth of the billing, the centre of gravity remains upstream oil and gas engineering — subsea hardware, rigs, well construction and the supply chain around them — with offshore wind and emissions work a growing but secondary presence. The technical programme is paper-based and peer-reviewed, closer to an engineering conference than a keynote-driven one, and the exhibition spreads across multiple halls plus outdoor space for equipment too large to bring inside. The international share of attendance is high, and Houston hotel rates and cross-town traffic reflect the week.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2027-05-03", "endDate": "2027-05-05", "city": "Houston", "state": "TX", "venue": "Reliant Park (NRG Park)", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 150, "priceRange": "$150 - $1,095", "website": "https://2027.otcnet.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://2027.otcnet.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Offshore Technology Conference", "sourceUrl": "https://2027.otcnet.org/" }, { "id": "consensus-miami-2027", "name": "Consensus Miami 2027", "description": "Consensus is CoinDesk's flagship crypto, blockchain and digital assets conference and the largest crypto event in the Americas, historically drawing 15,000-20,000 attendees across developers, institutional investors, exchanges and regulators. The 2027 edition returns to the Miami Beach Convention Center. It is a broad, multi-chain event rather than a single-asset one, and policy and institutional-finance content forms a real part of the programme rather than a side track — the main difference from the Bitcoin-only conferences. Ticket prices climb steeply as the date approaches, so booking early and booking late are very different propositions. As much happens outside the venue as inside: side events, private parties and sponsor suites run across Miami Beach all week, and some attendees work the week without buying a main pass at all.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-05-04", "endDate": "2027-05-06", "city": "Miami Beach", "state": "FL", "venue": "Miami Beach Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 599, "priceRange": "$599 - $3,499", "website": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/", "featured": false, "organizer": "CoinDesk", "sourceUrl": "https://consensus.coindesk.com/" }, { "id": "servicenow-knowledge-2027", "name": "ServiceNow Knowledge 2027", "description": "Knowledge is ServiceNow's flagship annual user conference, aimed at enterprise IT leaders, platform developers, administrators and the implementation partners who build on the platform. Recent editions have drawn more than 20,000 in-person attendees to Las Vegas, and ServiceNow's official events page lists Knowledge 2027 for May 4-6, 2027 there again. The programme mixes keynotes and roadmap sessions with technical breakouts, hands-on labs, certification sittings and a large partner expo; CreatorCon is the developer-facing strand within it. This is a customer conference rather than an industry one — attendees are largely people already running ServiceNow rather than evaluating it — and the practical benefit concentrates in the labs and certification, which fill quickly once session booking opens. Partner-led sales conversations are a constant presence on the expo floor.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-05-04", "endDate": "2027-05-06", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://www.servicenow.com/events/knowledge.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.servicenow.com/events/knowledge.html", "featured": false, "organizer": "ServiceNow", "sourceUrl": "https://www.servicenow.com/events/knowledge.html" }, { "id": "cloc-global-institute-2027", "name": "CLOC Global Institute 2027", "description": "The CLOC Global Institute is the annual event of the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium and the main gathering for legal operations professionals working inside corporate legal departments. It regularly draws around 2,000-2,500 attendees plus a large sponsor exhibit hall. The programme is built around the discipline's own concerns, including outside counsel management, billing and spend, matter management systems, vendor selection, technology adoption and the work of building an ops function within a legal department, and it is largely delivered by in-house practitioners. Registration is tiered, with service providers and law firms paying more than in-house members, which keeps the balance of the room tilted towards corporate legal departments. The 2027 institute is at the ARIA Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. Companies selling into this audience will find heavier vendor programming at Legalweek.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-05-10", "endDate": "2027-05-13", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "ARIA Resort & Casino", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1045, "priceRange": "$1,045 - $2,550", "website": "https://globalinstitute.cloc.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://globalinstitute.cloc.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Corporate Legal Operations Consortium (CLOC)", "sourceUrl": "https://globalinstitute.cloc.org/history/" }, { "id": "odsc-ai-east-2027", "name": "ODSC AI East 2027", "description": "ODSC AI East is the Boston edition of the Open Data Science Conference, marking its 12th year in 2027 and drawing 3,500+ AI and data science professionals per the organisers. The emphasis is training rather than keynote spectacle: sessions are hands-on workshops and tutorials in LLMs, machine learning, deep learning, NLP and generative AI, taught largely by working practitioners. An AI expo and the AIX executive summit sit alongside the technical programme for those on the business side. Pass tiers matter more here than at most conferences, because the cheaper ones exclude much of the hands-on training that is the reason to attend — check what each tier includes before buying. The 2027 edition moves to the Menino Convention and Exhibition Center; ODSC also runs a West Coast edition later in the year.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-05-10", "endDate": "2027-05-12", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Menino Convention and Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 399, "priceRange": "$399 - $2,499", "website": "https://odsc.ai/east/", "registrationUrl": "https://odsc.ai/east/register/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Open Data Science Conference (ODSC)", "sourceUrl": "https://odsc.ai/east/" }, { "id": "uli-spring-meeting-2027", "name": "ULI Spring Meeting 2027", "description": "The Urban Land Institute Spring Meeting gathers real estate developers, investors, planners and public officials, typically drawing 3,000-4,000 attendees for programming on capital markets, development trends and urban land use. It is the smaller of ULI's two annual meetings — the Fall Meeting is the larger — and it moves from city to city, meeting for 2027 in the Summit Building of the Seattle Convention Center. ULI membership changes both the price and the experience: member rates sit well below non-member rates, and the product council sessions that run alongside the public programme are open only to council members. The public-sector and planning presence is heavier than at investor-focused conferences, and locally organised tours of development sites are typically part of the week.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-05-11", "endDate": "2027-05-13", "city": "Seattle", "state": "WA", "venue": "Seattle Convention Center, Summit Building", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1250, "priceRange": "$1,250 - $2,600", "website": "https://spring.uli.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://spring.uli.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Urban Land Institute (ULI)", "sourceUrl": "https://spring.uli.org/future-uli-meetings" }, { "id": "atd-international-conference-expo-2027", "name": "ATD International Conference & EXPO 2027", "description": "ATD's International Conference & EXPO is the world's largest event for talent development, learning and organisational development professionals, typically drawing 10,000+ attendees and several hundred exhibitors. The audience is corporate L&D managers, instructional designers, training facilitators, leadership development staff and independent consultants, with sessions grouped into career tracks and a keynote programme that leans on well-known outside speakers. The EXPO is weighted towards learning management systems, content libraries and authoring tools, so vendor conversations are easy to arrange. ATD membership reduces the registration rate. The 2027 edition runs at the Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center in Boston, with both in-person and virtual attendance options. Practitioners whose work is mainly learning technology often find DevLearn a closer match than ATD's broader people-development programme.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-05-16", "endDate": "2027-05-19", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Thomas M. Menino Convention & Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 595, "priceRange": "$595 - $2,895", "website": "https://atdconference.td.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://atdconference.td.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Association for Talent Development (ATD)", "sourceUrl": "https://atdconference.td.org/" }, { "id": "aia-conference-on-architecture-design-2027", "name": "AIA Conference on Architecture & Design 2027", "description": "The AIA Conference on Architecture & Design is the American Institute of Architects' flagship annual event, combining continuing-education sessions, keynotes and a large expo of building products and services for architects and design professionals. It typically draws well over 10,000 architecture and design professionals, and the 2027 edition, AIA27, is at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, May 19-22. Much of the practical draw is licensure-related: sessions carry AIA learning units, including health, safety and welfare credit, which for many attendees is what gets the trip approved. AIA membership reduces the registration price meaningfully, and expo-only access exists for those who mainly want to see manufacturers. Building tours of the host city are a long-standing part of the programme, are booked separately from the main registration and fill before the conference opens.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2027-05-19", "endDate": "2027-05-22", "city": "Philadelphia", "state": "PA", "venue": "Pennsylvania Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 159, "priceRange": "$159 - $1,200", "website": "https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "American Institute of Architects (AIA)", "sourceUrl": "https://conferenceonarchitecture.com/" }, { "id": "megacon-orlando-2027", "name": "MEGACON Orlando 2027", "description": "MEGACON Orlando is the largest fan convention in the southeastern United States, drawing roughly 150,000 attendees over four days for comics, sci-fi, anime, gaming and a deep celebrity guest lineup. The 2027 edition runs May 20-23 at the Orange County Convention Center. Run by FAN EXPO HQ, it is a guest-driven show: the headline appeal is autographs and photo ops with film and television casts, and those are sold as separate tickets on top of admission rather than included in the badge. Badges are open to the public, sold by day and as multi-day passes, with Saturday busiest and Sunday quieter and more family-oriented. The convention centre sits in the tourist corridor near the theme parks rather than downtown, so most attendees drive or rideshare and should budget for parking.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-05-20", "endDate": "2027-05-23", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Orange County Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 45, "priceRange": "$45 - $450", "website": "https://fanexpohq.com/megaconorlando/", "registrationUrl": "https://fanexpohq.com/megaconorlando/", "featured": false, "organizer": "FAN EXPO HQ", "sourceUrl": "https://fanexpohq.com/megaconorlando/" }, { "id": "national-restaurant-association-show-2027", "name": "National Restaurant Association Show 2027", "description": "The National Restaurant Association Show is the largest annual foodservice and hospitality trade show in the Western Hemisphere, drawing roughly 55,000 attendees and 2,000+ exhibitors to McCormick Place each May. It is a trade event, credentialed to the industry rather than open to the public. Expo badges are $199 for operators, with an Expo + Education upgrade at $449, and NRA restaurant members receive complimentary expo badges — so association membership, more than early registration, is what changes the real cost. The floor spans several halls and covers equipment, food and beverage products, technology and supplies, with substantial tasting and demonstration space; plan the days around walking distance as much as session times. Independent operators and multi-unit chains both attend, and much of the value comes from supplier meetings arranged beforehand.", "category": "hospitality", "startDate": "2027-05-22", "endDate": "2027-05-25", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 199, "priceRange": "$199 - $1,450", "website": "https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/home/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/home/registration/", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Restaurant Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nationalrestaurantshow.com/home/attendee-faqs/" }, { "id": "cleanpower-2027", "name": "CLEANPOWER 2027", "description": "CLEANPOWER is the American Clean Power Association's annual conference and expo covering wind, solar, storage and transmission, typically drawing 10,000-15,000 clean energy professionals, with the 2027 edition returning to the Anaheim Convention Center. The audience is utility-scale: developers, EPC contractors, equipment manufacturers, offtakers, financiers and the policy staff around them, rather than residential installers. Because ACP is a trade association, the programme carries more policy, permitting, interconnection and market-design content than a pure product expo would, and member registration costs meaningfully less than the public rate. RE+ later in the year is the larger show and the better one for breadth of exhibitors, particularly solar and storage hardware; CLEANPOWER is the more focused choice if your work is project development, offtake and federal or state policy.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2027-05-24", "endDate": "2027-05-27", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "venue": "Anaheim Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 795, "priceRange": "$795 - $2,195", "website": "https://cleanpower.org/expo/", "registrationUrl": "https://cleanpower.org/expo/", "featured": true, "organizer": "American Clean Power Association (ACP)", "sourceUrl": "https://cleanpower.org/expo/" }, { "id": "dell-technologies-world-2027", "name": "Dell Technologies World 2027", "description": "Dell Technologies World is Dell's flagship annual customer and partner conference, covering AI infrastructure, storage, servers, multicloud, client devices and cybersecurity through keynotes, breakout sessions, hands-on labs and certification. Recent editions have drawn well over 10,000 attendees to Las Vegas, and Dell's official pre-registration page confirms May 24-27, 2027 there. The audience is infrastructure buyers and operators — storage and server administrators, data centre architects, IT directors and the channel partners selling to them — rather than software developers. Michael Dell's opening keynote carries the year's product announcements, and much of the remaining programme is roadmap detail and hands-on time with hardware that is hard to evaluate remotely. Existing Dell customers with a refresh cycle ahead get the most from it, and the labs and one-to-one engineering sessions book up in advance.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-05-24", "endDate": "2027-05-27", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://www.dell.com/en-us/delltechnologiesworld/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.dell.com/en-us/delltechnologiesworld/lp/2027-pre-register", "featured": false, "organizer": "Dell Technologies", "sourceUrl": "https://www.dell.com/en-us/delltechnologiesworld/lp/2027-pre-register" }, { "id": "icsc-las-vegas-2027", "name": "ICSC LAS VEGAS 2027", "description": "ICSC LAS VEGAS is billed as the world's largest commercial real estate event, bringing more than 25,000 retail real estate decision-makers — retailers, landlords, developers, brokers and investors — to the Las Vegas Convention Center for three days of dealmaking, networking and education. It was known as RECon until ICSC rebranded its events, and long-time attendees still use the old name. Dealmaking comes first: much of the show is leasing conversations booked into exhibitor booths weeks in advance, and anyone arriving without a meeting schedule will get far less from it than the education programme suggests. The range from $50 to $2,600 reflects how much ICSC membership and registration category matter — member pricing sits substantially lower, and non-member attendance at the full rate is the expensive way to go.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-05-24", "endDate": "2027-05-26", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 900, "priceRange": "$50 - $2,600", "website": "https://www.icsc.com/attend-and-learn/events/details?eventId=ICSC-LAS-VEGAS", "registrationUrl": "https://www.icsc.com/event-registration/2027LASVEGAS", "featured": false, "organizer": "ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.icsc.com/attend-and-learn/events/details?eventId=ICSC-LAS-VEGAS" }, { "id": "red-hat-summit-2027", "name": "Red Hat Summit 2027", "description": "Red Hat Summit is Red Hat's annual open source conference, covering Linux, OpenShift, Ansible and enterprise AI through keynotes, breakout sessions, labs and a partner expo. Red Hat's official recap put attendance above 6,000 for the 2026 edition, which makes this a mid-sized vendor conference rather than a mega-show, and the practical consequence is that engineers can usually reach the people who actually maintain the products. The audience is enterprise: platform engineers, sysadmins, architects and the managers holding subscription budgets. Ansible automation content has been folded into the same programme in recent years. Hands-on labs are why many people attend and they fill first, so book them the moment scheduling opens; keynotes are typically streamed and posted free afterwards. The event returns to Boston for 25-27 May 2027, with registration expected in early 2027.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-05-25", "endDate": "2027-05-27", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1199, "priceRange": "$1,199 - $1,599", "website": "https://www.redhat.com/en/summit", "registrationUrl": "https://www.redhat.com/en/summit", "featured": false, "organizer": "Red Hat, Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/save-date-red-hat-summit-2027-coming-boston" }, { "id": "asco-annual-meeting-2027", "name": "ASCO Annual Meeting 2027", "description": "The American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting is the leading oncology research conference worldwide, drawing roughly 40,000-45,000 oncologists, researchers and industry professionals to McCormick Place. Practice-changing clinical trial results are presented across plenary and oral abstract sessions, with abstracts released under embargo shortly before the meeting — which is why coverage and biotech share prices move during the week. CME credit is available, and ASCO members register at a lower rate than non-members. The meeting is genuinely research-first: an exhibition exists, but people attend for the data and the discussant commentary that follows each presentation. A virtual attendance option has been offered in recent years, which suits clinicians who want the sessions without Chicago hotel costs in early June.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2027-06-04", "endDate": "2027-06-08", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 795, "priceRange": "$795 - $1,895", "website": "https://www.asco.org/annual-meeting", "registrationUrl": "https://www.asco.org/annual-meeting/registration", "featured": true, "organizer": "American Society of Clinical Oncology", "sourceUrl": "https://www.asco.org/annual-meeting" }, { "id": "cisco-live-us-2027", "name": "Cisco Live US 2027", "description": "Cisco Live is Cisco's flagship US networking and IT conference, built around keynotes, technical breakout sessions, hands-on labs, certification testing and the World of Solutions expo. The US edition typically draws in the range of 20,000 in-person attendees plus a large free online broadcast audience, so the streamed keynote content is a genuine alternative if travel is not funded. The core audience is network engineers, infrastructure and security operations staff, and Cisco partners, and much of the value sits in the labs and the DevNet-style hands-on areas rather than the main stage. Certification exams can be sat on site, which is a real reason to go for anyone mid-CCNA or CCIE. It runs 6-10 June 2027 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in Las Vegas, with registration opening in autumn 2026.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-06-06", "endDate": "2027-06-10", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2995, "priceRange": "$2,995+", "website": "https://www.ciscolive.com/us.html", "registrationUrl": "https://www.ciscolive.com/us/learn/registration.html", "featured": true, "organizer": "Cisco Systems", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ciscolive.com/us.html" }, { "id": "snowflake-summit-2027", "name": "Snowflake Summit 2027", "description": "Snowflake Summit is Snowflake's annual data and AI user conference, running 500+ sessions alongside hands-on labs and training and certification at Moscone Center in San Francisco. Recent editions have drawn roughly 20,000 in-person attendees. The programme covers agentic AI, generative AI, machine learning and application development over enterprise data, and the audience skews toward data engineers, analytics leaders and platform teams already running the product rather than people evaluating it cold. Opening keynotes carry the year's product announcements, so the sessions that follow assume that context. Certification sittings are usually available on site and are one of the more concrete reasons to attend. Note that Databricks holds its own summit at the same venue within weeks; if the estate is lakehouse-first rather than Snowflake-first, that is the better week to buy.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-06-07", "endDate": "2027-06-10", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1295, "priceRange": "$1,295 - $2,495", "website": "https://www.snowflake.com/en/summit/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.snowflake.com/en/summit/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Snowflake Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.snowflake.com/en/summit/" }, { "id": "neocon-2027", "name": "NeoCon 2027", "description": "NeoCon is North America's largest design exposition and conference for commercial interiors, held at THE MART in Chicago every June since 1969, with the 2027 edition running June 13-16. The organiser reports over 50,000 design professionals attending each year across more than 400 exhibiting companies and showrooms. The audience is interior designers, architects, dealers, workplace and facilities teams, and the manufacturers who sell to them. Its structure is unusual: much of the show happens inside permanent manufacturer showrooms that occupy the building year-round, alongside temporary booths on the upper floors, so it feels closer to touring a building than walking a hall. Seminars carry continuing-education credit. A parallel programme of showroom openings and events has grown up in Fulton Market during the same week, and many attendees plan for both.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2027-06-13", "endDate": "2027-06-16", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "THE MART", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "website": "https://neocon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://neocon.com/register", "featured": false, "organizer": "NeoCon / THE MART", "sourceUrl": "https://neocon.com/attend/planning" }, { "id": "gartner-security-risk-management-summit-2027", "name": "Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit 2027", "description": "Gartner's flagship North American cybersecurity conference, rebranded for 2027 as the Gartner Cybersecurity & Risk Management Summit, gathers 4,500+ CISOs and security leaders with 60+ Gartner analysts and 250+ solution providers. Tracks cover cybersecurity leadership, cyber risk and regulation, and security operations, and the format includes the invitation-based CISO Circle Programme and a dedicated Government Programme. The real draw is the one-to-one analyst meetings, which are booked through the event portal and go quickly, so anyone attending should treat scheduling as the first task rather than an afterthought. Existing Gartner clients can often apply contract value against the ticket, which changes the effective cost considerably. It is held at the Gaylord National Resort in National Harbor, a self-contained campus outside Washington that pulls in a notable federal and contractor contingent.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-06-14", "endDate": "2027-06-16", "city": "National Harbor", "state": "MD", "venue": "Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 4175, "priceRange": "$4,175 - $4,925", "website": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/security-risk-management-us", "registrationUrl": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/security-risk-management-us/register", "featured": true, "organizer": "Gartner, Inc.", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gartner.com/en/conferences/na/security-risk-management-us/register" }, { "id": "databricks-data-ai-summit-2027", "name": "Databricks Data + AI Summit 2027", "description": "Data + AI Summit is Databricks' annual conference for data engineers, data scientists, analysts and AI practitioners, spread across Moscone North, West and South in San Francisco with a virtual attendance option. Recent editions have drawn roughly 20,000+ in-person attendees and tens of thousands more online, with hundreds of technical sessions covering lakehouse architecture, Apache Spark, MLflow and generative and agentic AI. Training and certification days sit before the main programme and are usually a separate paid add-on, so check what a pass actually includes before booking flights. Sessions run across three connected Moscone halls, which means walking time between tracks is real. Many talks are published free afterwards. If the stack is Snowflake rather than Databricks, the competing summit at the same venue weeks earlier is the better fit.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-06-21", "endDate": "2027-06-24", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone Center (North, West and South)", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1495, "priceRange": "$1,495 - $2,895", "website": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit", "registrationUrl": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit", "featured": false, "organizer": "Databricks", "sourceUrl": "https://www.databricks.com/dataaisummit" }, { "id": "iste-ascd-conference-2027-istelive-2027", "name": "ISTE+ASCD Conference 2027 (ISTELive 2027)", "description": "ISTE's flagship edtech conference is now presented jointly with ASCD as the ISTE+ASCD Conference following the two organisations' merger, so a single registration covers both the ISTELive and ASCD Annual Conference programmes. That is a real change for schools that previously had to choose between an instructional-technology event and a curriculum and leadership one. It remains one of the largest education technology gatherings in the world, drawing teachers, coaches, technology directors, curriculum leaders and administrators. The exhibit hall is substantial and vendor-facing, while playgrounds and poster sessions offer more informal, teacher-led alternatives. Membership reduces the registration rate. The 2027 event runs at the Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, with the expo open June 28-30. FETC in January is the smaller winter alternative.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-06-27", "endDate": "2027-06-30", "city": "Boston", "state": "MA", "venue": "Thomas M. Menino Convention and Exhibition Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 595, "priceRange": "$595 - $895", "website": "https://conference.iste.org/2027/", "registrationUrl": "https://conference.iste.org/2027/", "featured": true, "organizer": "ISTE+ASCD", "sourceUrl": "https://conference.iste.org/2027/" }, { "id": "shrm-annual-conference-expo-2027", "name": "SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2027", "description": "SHRM27 is the flagship annual conference of the Society for Human Resource Management, historically drawing 20,000-25,000 HR professionals and several hundred exhibitors, and returning to McCormick Place in Chicago. SHRM has announced that the 2027 edition is being redesigned around a curated curriculum, level-matched networking and an earned SHRM credential, a departure from the pick-your-own-sessions format long-time attendees will remember. The audience is practitioners across generalist HR, employee relations, benefits and compliance rather than technology buyers, and SHRM membership lowers the registration rate enough to be worth weighing against the cost of joining. Sessions carry recertification credit, which is a large part of why people come. For vendor evaluation the HR Technology Conference is the better event, and for early-stage work tech, Transform.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-06-27", "endDate": "2027-06-30", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 1795, "priceRange": "$1,795 - $2,795", "website": "https://annual.shrm.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.shrm.org/buildingfor27", "featured": true, "organizer": "Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.shrm.org/buildingfor27" }, { "id": "ai-engineer-world-s-fair-2027", "name": "AI Engineer World's Fair 2027", "description": "The AI Engineer World's Fair is the largest conference aimed specifically at AI engineers rather than researchers, run by the AI Engineer / Software 3.0 team at Moscone West in San Francisco. Organisers target over 7,000 AI engineers, founders and VPs of AI across multi-track programming on agents, evals, RAG, infrastructure and applied LLM engineering. Tracks are curated by working practitioners, and the tone is closer to a technical meetup scaled up than to a vendor conference, though model labs and tooling companies are visible throughout. Talks are generally posted publicly after the event, so the case for attending in person is the hallway track, hiring and the expo rather than the recordings. Anyone after peer-reviewed research on model architectures should look at the academic ML conferences instead.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-06-29", "endDate": "2027-07-02", "city": "San Francisco", "state": "CA", "venue": "Moscone West", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1199, "priceRange": "$1,199 - $2,999", "website": "https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/2027", "registrationUrl": "https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/2027", "featured": false, "organizer": "AI Engineer (Software 3.0)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.ai.engineer/worldsfair/2027" }, { "id": "anime-expo-2027", "name": "Anime Expo 2027", "description": "Anime Expo is the largest anime and Japanese pop-culture convention in North America, drawing well over 100,000 unique attendees for industry panels, premieres, concerts and a large exhibit hall. The 2027 edition takes place July 2-5 at the Los Angeles Convention Center, over the Independence Day weekend. It is a public consumer show run by the non-profit SPJA, and badges sell out ahead of the event, with prices stepping up in tiers as the date approaches. Practical planning matters more here than at most conventions: badge pickup and morning entry queues are long, popular panels and premieres are entered by line rather than reservation, and the headline concerts are ticketed or balloted separately from the badge. Premier badges exist largely to buy earlier entry and priority lines.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-07-02", "endDate": "2027-07-05", "city": "Los Angeles", "state": "CA", "venue": "Los Angeles Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 85, "priceRange": "$85 - $500", "website": "https://www.anime-expo.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.anime-expo.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.anime-expo.org/" }, { "id": "vidcon-anaheim-2027", "name": "VidCon Anaheim 2027", "description": "VidCon is the largest gathering for online video and the creator economy, and it is really three events sold together: a fan-facing Community track, a Creator track for people making video, and an Industry conference for platforms, agencies, brands and management companies. It typically draws 50,000+ attendees and returns to the Anaheim Convention Center July 8-10, 2027. The pass tier shapes the experience more than at most conferences: Community covers the expo and stage shows, Creator adds the craft and business sessions, and Industry is a separate and considerably more expensive tier with its own programme and networking. Meet-and-greets with featured creators are allocated rather than open to every badge holder. The venue sits beside the Disneyland resort, which keeps nearby hotel demand high across the weekend.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-07-08", "endDate": "2027-07-10", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "venue": "Anaheim Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 109, "priceRange": "$109 - $1,200", "website": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/tickets/", "featured": true, "organizer": "VidCon (Informa)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.vidcon.com/anaheim/" }, { "id": "bitcoin-2027", "name": "Bitcoin 2027", "description": "Bitcoin 2027 is the flagship annual conference of BTC Inc and Bitcoin Magazine and the largest Bitcoin-focused event in the world, drawing well over 20,000 attendees in recent editions along with miners, developers, institutional investors and policy figures. After two years in Las Vegas, the conference returns to Nashville's Music City Center. It is deliberately single-asset: the programme covers Bitcoin, mining economics, self-custody and regulation rather than multi-chain crypto generally, and recent editions have leaned heavily into US policy and political appearances. Ticketing is steeply tiered, from a general pass covering the main stages and expo floor up to expensive tiers buying access to separate rooms and events. For broader digital asset coverage and institutional infrastructure across chains, Consensus is the alternative worth weighing.", "category": "finance", "startDate": "2027-07-15", "endDate": "2027-07-17", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Music City Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 399, "priceRange": "$399 - $3,000", "website": "https://conference.b.tc/", "registrationUrl": "https://conference.b.tc/", "featured": true, "organizer": "BTC Inc / Bitcoin Magazine", "sourceUrl": "https://conference.b.tc/" }, { "id": "comic-con-international-san-diego-2027", "name": "Comic-Con International: San Diego 2027", "description": "Comic-Con International is the largest and most prominent comic and pop-culture convention in North America, drawing roughly 135,000 attendees for studio, comics and gaming presentations in Hall H and across the exhibit floor. The 2027 edition runs July 22-25, with Preview Night on Wednesday, July 21. Getting in is the hard part. Badges are not sold first-come but allocated through an online lottery that requires a member ID registered well in advance, and Preview Night is limited to holders of the four-day badge that includes it. Hotels are distributed through a separate lottery of their own. Hall H panels involve overnight queueing and wristbands rather than same-day arrival. Much of the surrounding activity, including the studio activations across the Gaslamp Quarter, is free and open without a badge.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-07-22", "endDate": "2027-07-25", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "venue": "San Diego Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 65, "priceRange": "$65 - $350", "website": "https://www.comic-con.org/cc/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.comic-con.org/cc/badges/", "featured": false, "organizer": "Comic-Con International", "sourceUrl": "https://www.comic-con.org/cc/plan-your-visit/" }, { "id": "inman-connect-san-diego-2027", "name": "Inman Connect San Diego 2027", "description": "Inman Connect's summer edition moves to San Diego for 2027, bringing together thousands of real estate agents, brokers and technology leaders for sessions on industry disruption, AI and brokerage growth. It shares the format of the New York winter event — short main-stage segments, interviews and heavy hallway networking — but the summer meeting is traditionally the more relaxed of the two, with more of the schedule given over to informal sessions and evening events. The companion Luxury Connect event runs immediately before it on July 26-27, 2027, as a separate registration aimed at agents working the high-end market. Registration is tiered and climbs closer to the date. If only one Inman event fits the year, New York is the one built around the market outlook.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-07-27", "endDate": "2027-07-30", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 999, "priceRange": "$999 - $2,499", "website": "https://www.inman.com/events", "registrationUrl": "https://promo.inman.com/upcoming-events/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Inman", "sourceUrl": "https://promo.inman.com/upcoming-events/" }, { "id": "aba-annual-meeting-2027", "name": "ABA Annual Meeting 2027", "description": "The ABA Annual Meeting is the American Bar Association's largest gathering and combines three fairly different things: CLE programming, working meetings of the association's sections, divisions and committees, and the House of Delegates session that sets ABA policy. It typically draws several thousand lawyers, judges and legal professionals from across the United States. Much of the schedule can be attended at no charge, with tickets needed for meal functions, receptions and award programmes, so what an attendee actually pays depends more on the social calendar than on the sessions. Bar association officers, delegates and section leaders make up a large share of the room. The 2027 meeting is in Chicago. The winter Midyear Meeting is the smaller, more strictly governance-focused counterpart.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-07-28", "endDate": "2027-08-03", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $795", "website": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/annual-meeting/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/annual-meeting/", "featured": true, "organizer": "American Bar Association", "sourceUrl": "https://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/meetings_travel_dept/future-past-meetings/" }, { "id": "black-hat-usa-2027", "name": "Black Hat USA 2027", "description": "Black Hat USA combines multi-day hands-on Trainings, peer-reviewed Briefings, Arsenal open source tool demos, executive Summits and a large Business Hall, and regularly draws 20,000+ security professionals to Las Vegas under Informa's ownership. The 2027 programme spans six days, 31 July to 5 August, at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Trainings are priced separately from the Briefings and are the expensive part of the week, though they are also the part that teaches a skill rather than describing one. The audience is broader and more corporate than the research reputation suggests: vendors, buyers and enterprise security teams fill the Business Hall. It runs straight into DEF CON at the other end of the strip, and most researchers stay for both, so book accommodation early and expect August rates.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-07-31", "endDate": "2027-08-05", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1399, "priceRange": "$1,399 - $4,499", "website": "https://www.blackhat.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.blackhat.com/upcoming.html", "featured": true, "organizer": "Informa Tech / Black Hat", "sourceUrl": "https://www.blackhat.com/upcoming.html" }, { "id": "def-con-35-2027", "name": "DEF CON 35 (2027)", "description": "DEF CON is one of the world's largest and longest-running hacker conventions, and recent editions have drawn more than 30,000 attendees. The official site confirms DEF CON 35 for 5-8 August 2027 at the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall. Talks are only part of it: the villages, contests, capture-the-flag competitions and electronic badge culture are what most regulars actually come for, and the villages function as small conferences in their own right. It is deliberately unlike a trade show, with a small vendor area, strong norms about photography and recording, and a flat admission price rather than tiered passes. Talks are published free afterwards. It follows immediately on from Black Hat at the same time of year; attend Black Hat for the corporate track and DEF CON for the community one.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-08-05", "endDate": "2027-08-08", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 500, "priceRange": "$500 - $500", "website": "https://defcon.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://defcon.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "DEF CON Communications", "sourceUrl": "https://defcon.org/" }, { "id": "gen-con-2027", "name": "Gen Con 2027", "description": "Gen Con is the largest tabletop gaming convention in North America, drawing roughly 70,000 unique attendees for board games, role-playing games and miniatures alongside a large exhibit hall and tens of thousands of scheduled game events. The 2027 convention runs August 5-8 across the Indiana Convention Center, Lucas Oil Stadium and participating downtown hotels. The structure that catches newcomers is event registration: individual games and seminars are ticketed separately from the badge and go on sale on a single announced day months ahead, when the sought-after tables fill within minutes. Generic tickets can be exchanged for open seats on site, and unscheduled open gaming runs throughout. Downtown hotels are allocated through a housing portal that opens earlier still, and the closest ones connect to the convention centre by skywalk.", "category": "entertainment", "startDate": "2027-08-05", "endDate": "2027-08-08", "city": "Indianapolis", "state": "IN", "venue": "Indiana Convention Center and Lucas Oil Stadium", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 65, "priceRange": "$65 - $500", "website": "https://www.gencon.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.gencon.com/attend/badges", "featured": false, "organizer": "Gen Con LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://www.gencon.com/attend/futuredates" }, { "id": "iltacon-2027", "name": "ILTACON 2027", "description": "ILTACON is the annual conference of the International Legal Technology Association and the largest legal technology event aimed at the people who run technology inside law firms and legal departments: CIOs, IT directors, knowledge management leads, security staff and practice technology teams. It typically draws roughly 3,000-3,500 attendees plus several hundred exhibiting vendors across five days of education and an exhibit hall. Sessions are peer-led by ILTA members, and vendors are generally expected to present alongside a practitioner rather than alone, which keeps content closer to implementation experience than to product pitches. ILTA membership reduces registration. The 2027 conference is at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville, a self-contained resort campus where attendees stay on site and evenings mostly stay within the venue.", "category": "legal", "startDate": "2027-08-08", "endDate": "2027-08-12", "city": "Nashville", "state": "TN", "venue": "Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1595, "priceRange": "$1,595 - $2,595", "website": "https://www.iltacon.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.iltacon.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "International Legal Technology Association (ILTA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.iltacon.org/" }, { "id": "siggraph-2027", "name": "SIGGRAPH 2027", "description": "SIGGRAPH is ACM's annual conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, typically drawing 15,000-20,000 attendees from research, film and VFX, animation, gaming, AI and real-time graphics. The 2027 edition, chaired by Kristy Pron, moves to the Anaheim Convention Center and spans technical papers, courses, the Computer Animation Festival, Emerging Technologies and a large industry exhibition. The location rotates between a handful of North American cities, so the travel calculation changes year to year. Registration is heavily tiered, from inexpensive exhibition-only access up to full conference passes, and the cheaper tiers exclude the technical papers programme that researchers come for. Recruiting is a genuine part of the event for studios and hardware vendors, and the student volunteer programme remains one of the cheaper routes in for early-career attendees.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-08-08", "endDate": "2027-08-12", "city": "Anaheim", "state": "CA", "venue": "Anaheim Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 100, "priceRange": "$100 - $1,850", "website": "https://www.siggraph.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.siggraph.org/", "featured": false, "organizer": "ACM SIGGRAPH", "sourceUrl": "https://blog.siggraph.org/2025/01/inspiration-innovation-and-ice-cream-kristy-pron-to-lead-siggraph-2027.html/" }, { "id": "epic-ugm-2027-users-group-meeting", "name": "Epic UGM 2027 (Users Group Meeting)", "description": "Epic's annual Users Group Meeting gathers roughly 20,000 healthcare executives, clinicians and IT staff at Epic's campus in Verona, Wisconsin, covering new EHR functionality, roadmap sessions and peer-led best-practice tracks; the Call for Presentations for 2027 opens in October 2026. Attendance is effectively closed: it is for staff of Epic customer organisations and invited guests, so vendors and press generally cannot buy their way in, which is why registration is free rather than priced. Sessions run in Epic's own themed buildings and underground auditorium, and the campus is elaborately decorated to an annual theme that staff commit to fully. Practical planning matters more than usual — Madison-area lodging is limited relative to the crowd, and customer organisations tend to fix their delegate lists well in advance.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2027-08-16", "endDate": "2027-08-19", "city": "Verona", "state": "WI", "venue": "Epic Systems Campus", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free", "website": "https://ugm.epic.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://ugm.epic.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Epic Systems Corporation", "sourceUrl": "https://ugm.epic.com/" }, { "id": "fabtech-2027", "name": "FABTECH 2027", "description": "FABTECH is North America's largest metal forming, fabricating, welding and finishing event, typically drawing 35,000-45,000 attendees and 1,500+ exhibitors. It rotates among Chicago, Las Vegas, Orlando and Atlanta, returning to McCormick Place in 2027. The show is jointly organised by several trade bodies — SME, FMA, AWS, PMA and CCAI — and that shows in the layout: welding, stamping, tube and pipe, and finishing each hold recognisable territory on the floor, with the AWS welding content effectively a show within the show. Entry is trade-only, and the exhibit pass is inexpensive while conference sessions, certification courses and workshops are ticketed separately and account for the upper end of the range. Machinery runs under power, so allow a full day per hall.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2027-09-13", "endDate": "2027-09-16", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 50, "priceRange": "$50 - $500", "website": "https://www.fabtechexpo.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.fabtechexpo.com/", "featured": true, "organizer": "SME, FMA, AWS, PMA, CCAI", "sourceUrl": "https://www.pfonline.com/news/fabtech-determines-dates-locations-for-future-events" }, { "id": "pack-expo-las-vegas-2027", "name": "PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2027", "description": "PACK EXPO Las Vegas is biennial, running in odd years and alternating with PACK EXPO International in Chicago, so PMMI's calendar delivers one large US packaging show each year in a different city. The 2027 edition expects 2,300 exhibitors and 30,000+ industry professionals across 40+ vertical industries, with attendee registration opening in April 2027. It is co-located with the Healthcare Packaging EXPO, which shares the floor and the badge. Entry is trade-only, and the registration fee is low compared with other shows of this size, particularly for those who book before the on-site rate applies. The draw is running machinery — fillers, cartoners, labellers, robotics and end-of-line equipment operating live — so buyers evaluating capital equipment get far more from it than a conference-goer would.", "category": "manufacturing", "startDate": "2027-09-27", "endDate": "2027-09-29", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 30, "priceRange": "$30 - $130", "website": "https://www.packexpolasvegas.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.packexpolasvegas.com/attending", "featured": true, "organizer": "PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies", "sourceUrl": "https://www.packexpolasvegas.com/the-show" }, { "id": "pytorch-conference-2027", "name": "PyTorch Conference 2027", "description": "The PyTorch Conference is the Linux Foundation's event for the PyTorch open source deep learning community, drawing researchers, framework maintainers and production ML engineers for technical talks, tutorials and co-located AI infrastructure events. Recent North American editions have drawn several thousand attendees, which keeps it small enough that maintainers are approachable. The Linux Foundation Events calendar lists 6-7 October 2027 in San Jose. Content leans toward the framework and the systems around it rather than novel model research, so it suits people shipping and serving models more than people publishing papers. Co-located days run either side of the main programme and often require separate registration. Talks are usually posted free afterwards, and the Foundation's academic, student and hardship registration rates make the real cost lower than the headline for many attendees.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-10-06", "endDate": "2027-10-07", "city": "San Jose", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/", "registrationUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/pytorch-conference-north-america/", "featured": true, "organizer": "PyTorch Foundation / The Linux Foundation", "sourceUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/about/calendar/" }, { "id": "educause-annual-conference-2027", "name": "EDUCAUSE Annual Conference 2027", "description": "The EDUCAUSE Annual Conference is the main meeting for higher education IT, drawing CIOs, enterprise systems and infrastructure staff, teaching-and-learning technologists, institutional researchers, security officers and the vendors serving campuses. It is the largest annual gathering focused on technology in higher education, typically drawing several thousand attendees plus a large corporate exhibit hall. Sessions are largely presented by campus staff describing what they implemented and what it took, which makes the programme more candid than a vendor-run event. It runs in a hybrid format, and EDUCAUSE membership, held institutionally rather than individually, reduces the registration rate for staff at member campuses. The 2027 edition runs in Orlando, Florida, with a companion online conference for colleagues who cannot travel.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-10-18", "endDate": "2027-10-21", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1079, "priceRange": "$1,079 - $1,779", "website": "https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference", "registrationUrl": "https://events.educause.edu/annual-conference", "featured": true, "organizer": "EDUCAUSE", "sourceUrl": "https://events.educause.edu/3-year-event-calendar" }, { "id": "uli-fall-meeting-2027", "name": "ULI Fall Meeting 2027", "description": "The ULI Fall Meeting is the Urban Land Institute's largest annual gathering, typically drawing 5,000-6,000 real estate and land use professionals for general sessions, product council meetings and networking, held for 2027 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. The product councils are the core of it: ongoing member groups that convene in closed sessions during the meeting, so a non-member attending only the public programme sees a smaller event than the headline figure implies. ULI membership also lowers the registration rate materially. The audience is developers, investors, planners, architects and public officials, weighted toward senior people, and the tone is analytical rather than promotional. The Spring Meeting is the smaller sibling; if only one fits the year, the Fall Meeting carries the fuller programme.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-10-18", "endDate": "2027-10-20", "city": "Philadelphia", "state": "PA", "venue": "Pennsylvania Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "price": 1250, "priceRange": "$1,250 - $2,600", "website": "https://fall.uli.org/", "registrationUrl": "https://fall.uli.org/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Urban Land Institute (ULI)", "sourceUrl": "https://fall.uli.org/future-meetings/" }, { "id": "money20-20-usa-2027", "name": "Money20/20 USA 2027", "description": "Money20/20 USA is the largest global fintech, payments and financial services technology conference, drawing roughly 10,000-13,000 attendees including banks, payment networks, fintech startups and investors. Official dates are 19-21 October 2027, and after a decade at The Venetian the show moves to the Las Vegas Convention Center and Resorts World. It is best understood as a business development event rather than a technical one: the stage programme matters far less than the meetings, and most attendees arrive with a calendar filled through the event's matchmaking app weeks in advance. Anyone turning up without pre-booked meetings will get much less from it. Passes are among the more expensive in technology events, so the case for attending usually rests on partnership, funding or sales objectives rather than learning.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-10-19", "endDate": "2027-10-21", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center and Resorts World Las Vegas", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 2499, "priceRange": "$2,499 - $5,499", "website": "https://us.money2020.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://us.money2020.com/attend", "featured": false, "organizer": "Money20/20 (Ascential/Informa)", "sourceUrl": "https://us.money2020.com/money2020-new-home" }, { "id": "hr-technology-conference-exposition-2027", "name": "HR Technology Conference & Exposition 2027", "description": "The HR Technology Conference & Exposition is the largest independent HR technology event in the world, drawing HR leaders, practitioners, analysts and investors alongside 500+ exhibiting vendors to the Mandalay Bay Convention Center. Programming covers HR tech buying, AI in HR, talent acquisition technology and the Pitchfest startup competition. Its usefulness is buyer-side: the expo is the point, and sessions are built around selection, implementation and analyst commentary rather than generalist HR practice. The range starting at $195 reflects expo-focused passes, which are enough if vendor meetings are the reason for the trip, while full conference access runs considerably higher. Independence from any single vendor is the distinguishing feature — compare it with vendor-hosted user conferences, which cover their own products in far more depth but nothing else.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-10-25", "endDate": "2027-10-28", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Mandalay Bay Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 195, "priceRange": "$195 - $3,700", "website": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/register", "featured": false, "organizer": "HR Executive / LRP Media Group", "sourceUrl": "https://www.hrtechnologyconference.com/faq" }, { "id": "nsta-2027-national-conference-on-science-and-stem-education-", "name": "NSTA 2027 National Conference on Science and STEM Education (Portland)", "description": "NSTA's fall national conference on science and STEM education offers four days of educator-led sessions, workshops and short courses for K-12 science teachers, science coordinators and administrators, alongside an exhibit hall of curriculum publishers and lab-equipment suppliers. It follows the same format as the association's spring national conference but is the smaller of the two, which some teachers prefer for the easier access to presenters and less crowded workshops. Workshops and short courses are ticketed separately from the main registration, and NSTA membership reduces the registration rate. The 2027 fall meeting is scheduled for Portland, Oregon. Teachers choosing between the two national meetings usually decide on travel cost and on which one falls at a workable point in the school year.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-11-03", "endDate": "2027-11-06", "city": "Portland", "state": "OR", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 185, "priceRange": "$185 - $575", "website": "https://www.nsta.org/future-conferences", "registrationUrl": "https://www.nsta.org/future-conferences", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Science Teaching Association (NSTA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.nsta.org/future-conferences" }, { "id": "corenet-global-north-america-summit-2027", "name": "CoreNet Global North America Summit 2027", "description": "The CoreNet Global North America Summit serves corporate real estate and workplace executives — the occupier side of the business — covering portfolio strategy, workplace design and location decisions, and typically drawing 2,000-3,000 corporate real estate professionals and service providers. CoreNet manages the balance between end users and providers, which is what keeps the summit from turning into a sales floor; membership also affects registration rates, and association business and chapter meetings run alongside the programme. The 2027 summit is at the Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin in Orlando, a resort-campus setting where attendees stay on site and conversation carries between sessions. It suits people accountable for corporate portfolios and workplace strategy; for retail leasing or investment-side real estate, ICSC and ULI respectively are the better fits.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-11-08", "endDate": "2027-11-10", "city": "Orlando", "state": "FL", "venue": "Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 1595, "priceRange": "$1,595 - $2,795", "website": "https://www.corenetglobal.org/attend-summits-events/corenet-global-summits-conferences-and-events", "registrationUrl": "https://www.corenetglobal.org/attend-summits-events/corenet-global-summits-conferences-and-events", "featured": true, "organizer": "CoreNet Global", "sourceUrl": "https://www.corenetglobal.org/attend-summits-events/corenet-global-summits-conferences-and-events" }, { "id": "kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2027", "name": "KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America 2027", "description": "The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship North American conference brings adopters and technologists from the cloud native open source communities together for four days of keynotes, breakouts, co-located events and a Solutions Showcase, centred on Kubernetes, observability, platform engineering and cloud native AI infrastructure. Recent North American editions have drawn roughly 9,000-12,000 attendees. Day-zero co-located events run before the main programme and generally need separate registration, and they are often where the deepest project-specific content sits. Sessions are published free on the Foundation's channel shortly after, so the reason to attend is the maintainer track, the contributor conversations and the hiring. Early-bird and individual rates are far below corporate pricing, and scholarships exist for contributors and underrepresented attendees. It runs in New Orleans in November 2027.", "category": "technology", "startDate": "2027-11-08", "endDate": "2027-11-11", "city": "New Orleans", "state": "LA", "region": "south", "country": "US", "price": 399, "priceRange": "$399 - $2,278", "website": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2027/", "registrationUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america/register/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) / The Linux Foundation", "sourceUrl": "https://events.linuxfoundation.org/kubecon-cloudnativecon-north-america-2027/" }, { "id": "nar-nxt-the-realtor-experience-2027", "name": "NAR NXT, The REALTOR Experience 2027", "description": "NAR NXT is the National Association of REALTORS' annual conference and expo, combining governance meetings, education sessions and the industry's largest real estate trade expo, typically drawing 10,000-20,000 REALTORS, brokers and proptech companies. The governance side is a genuine part of the week rather than a footnote — associated NAR governance meetings run November 10-15, ahead of and overlapping the main programme, and committee and board business occupies a substantial share of those on site. Registration is inexpensive by industry standards at $150 to $725, since this is a member event and the association carries much of the cost. The expo is broad but diffuse, mixing technology vendors with franchise brands and service providers. For sharper technology and brokerage-strategy programming, Inman Connect is the more focused alternative.", "category": "business", "startDate": "2027-11-12", "endDate": "2027-11-14", "city": "San Diego", "state": "CA", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 150, "priceRange": "$150 - $725", "website": "https://narnxt.realtor/", "registrationUrl": "https://narnxt.realtor/registration/", "featured": false, "organizer": "National Association of REALTORS (NAR)", "sourceUrl": "https://tnrealtors.com/events/nar-events/" }, { "id": "icff-2027", "name": "ICFF 2027", "description": "The International Contemporary Furniture Fair is North America's leading platform for contemporary furnishing design, covering furniture, lighting, seating, textiles and accessories for the residential, contract and hospitality markets. The organiser reports roughly 10,000 attendees and over 450 exhibiting brands from more than 35 countries. ICFF 2027 is listed for November 14-16 at the Javits Center in New York, a notable shift for a fair that has long run in May as an anchor of the city's spring design week. The audience is specifiers and buyers, meaning interior designers, architects, retailers and hospitality purchasers, and registration is trade-oriented rather than aimed at consumers shopping for a sofa. It has been co-located with WantedDesign Manhattan, which brings younger studios and international pavilions alongside the established brands.", "category": "design", "startDate": "2027-11-14", "endDate": "2027-11-16", "city": "New York", "state": "NY", "venue": "Jacob K. Javits Convention Center", "region": "east-coast", "country": "US", "website": "https://icff.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://icff.com/attend/", "featured": true, "organizer": "Emerald X, LLC", "sourceUrl": "https://icff.com/" }, { "id": "rsna-2027-annual-meeting", "name": "RSNA 2027 Annual Meeting", "description": "The 113th Scientific Assembly and Annual Meeting of the Radiological Society of North America is the world's largest radiology conference, with roughly 40,000 attendees and 700+ technical exhibitors at McCormick Place. It falls the week before US Thanksgiving in 2027, opening on the Sunday, with technical exhibits closing November 17. The audience is radiologists, radiologic technologists, medical physicists and imaging IT staff, plus every major imaging vendor. CME credit is central to why many attend, and RSNA members register at no charge, which is where the free end of the price range comes from. The technical exhibition is enormous and organised by modality, with AI taking an increasing share of it in recent years. Chicago in late November is cold and downtown hotel demand is heavy.", "category": "healthcare", "startDate": "2027-11-14", "endDate": "2027-11-18", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "venue": "McCormick Place", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 0, "priceRange": "Free - $1,395", "website": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting", "registrationUrl": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting/registration", "featured": true, "organizer": "Radiological Society of North America", "sourceUrl": "https://www.rsna.org/annual-meeting/future-and-past-meetings" }, { "id": "re-2027", "name": "RE+ 2027", "description": "RE+ is the largest clean energy event in North America, spanning solar, energy storage, microgrids, wind, hydrogen and EV infrastructure, with roughly 40,000 attendees and 1,000+ exhibitors. It is the show formerly held as Solar Power International and Energy Storage International, which combined and were rebranded under the RE+ name, and it is run by SEIA and SEPA. The event moved to the Las Vegas Convention Center for its 2026-2028 editions and shifted to a November slot, so anyone working from an older calendar should check the dates. The floor skews toward solar and storage hardware, EPC services and project finance, with developers, installers and manufacturers dominating. For utility grid and distribution technology, DISTRIBUTECH is the better fit, and CLEANPOWER is the more policy- and development-focused option.", "category": "sustainability", "startDate": "2027-11-15", "endDate": "2027-11-18", "city": "Las Vegas", "state": "NV", "venue": "Las Vegas Convention Center", "region": "west-coast", "country": "US", "price": 300, "priceRange": "$300 - $2,500", "website": "https://www.re-plus.com/", "registrationUrl": "https://www.re-plus.com/register/", "featured": true, "organizer": "RE+ Events (SEIA and SEPA)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.re-plus.com/about/future-dates/" }, { "id": "naeyc-annual-conference-2027", "name": "NAEYC Annual Conference 2027", "description": "NAEYC's Annual Conference is the largest early childhood education gathering in the US, drawing teachers, programme directors, family child care providers, higher education faculty, researchers and advocates working with children from birth through age eight. The four-day programme mixes research presentations with practical professional-development workshops, and the expo carries curriculum, classroom materials, assessment tools and services aimed at early childhood centres and programmes rather than at K-12 districts. Policy and advocacy sessions on funding, workforce compensation and programme quality standards run alongside the classroom-practice content, reflecting how much of this sector's work is political. Accreditation and leadership content is pitched at directors rather than at classroom staff. NAEYC membership reduces the registration rate. The 2027 conference is scheduled for Chicago.", "category": "education", "startDate": "2027-12-04", "endDate": "2027-12-07", "city": "Chicago", "state": "IL", "region": "midwest", "country": "US", "price": 295, "priceRange": "$295 - $720", "website": "https://www.naeyc.org/events/annual", "registrationUrl": "https://www.naeyc.org/events/annual/registration", "featured": true, "organizer": "National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)", "sourceUrl": "https://www.naeyc.org/events/future-dates" } ], "lastUpdated": "2026-08-22", "count": 225 }