Top Conferences to attend as a Developer in 2024
Apr 3, 2024
In the ever-evolving landscape of technology, developers stand at the forefront of innovation. Here’s a list of conferences that let you immerse yourself in the world of coding and gain insights that can propel your projects to new heights.
Top Conferences to attend as a Developer in 2024
This article is for all of you developers out there looking forward to the tech events of this year. We've put up a list of some of the top conferences that we're certain would interest you. These events are sure to unite the world of developers, AI innovators, technologists, and leaders.
1. GITEX Africa
Date: May 29-31, 2024
Location: Morocco, Africa
Ticket Pricing: Pre-register to attend
The tech scene in Africa is rapidly advancing and changing at an exceptional rate. GITEX AFRICA 2024 is unveiling three new sectors aimed at propelling the advancement of various technological innovations throughout the continent: Digital Health, Smart Manufacturing, and Agritech. This highlights the increasing significance of Africa in the worldwide technology arena.
Explore the vibrant landscape of global technology that will shape Africa’s future. Whether your goal is to display your inventive ideas, create valuable networks, engage with pioneering projects, establish your position as a thought leader, or gain industry knowledge, you'll encounter unparalleled business prospects. Enhance your brand's influence within one of the planet's most rapidly expanding tech ecosystems, spanning from Cairo to Cape Town.
2. SaaS Insider's DevCon
Date: June 20-21, 2024
Location: Bengaluru, India
URL: https://www.saasinsider.com/DEVCON24
Ticket Price: 3000 INR for super-early bird and 50000 INR for investor tickets per firm.
It is a developer-only conference for tech leadership and SaaS companies. The event is restricted up to 1000 people till 2025. They verify every single attendee and our team strives to make the event rich in quality of attendees rather than quantity.
• 2 days, 1000 attendees, 400+ companies, 600+ founders, 100+ investors.
• Workshops, keynotes, engineering talks, startup booths, and networking.
• Some of our past partners: AWS, Microsoft, Google Cloud, New Relic, CMDK, LinkedIn, Okta, Salesforce, Vultr, and more.
3. Big Data and AI World
Date: March 6-7, 2024
Location: London, England
URL: https://www.bigdataworld.com/
Ticket Price: Register for ticket price information.
Big Data & AI World unites thousands of data and AI innovators, technologists, and business leaders in London on March 6th-7th, 2024. Attendees will discover scalable solutions to enhance data-driven decisions. More than half of the attendees are c-suite directors or departmental heads. Other attendees include data analysts, intelligence managers, AI engineers, cognitive copywriters, full-stack developers, data architects, and more.
4. Enterprise Connect
Date: March 25-28, 2024
Location: Gaylord Palms, Orlando, Florida, USA
URL: https://enterpriseconnect.com/
Ticket Pricing: Free
Enterprise Connect is scheduled for March 25th-28th, 2024, in Gaylord Palms, Orlando, FL, with digital availability. The conference aims to discuss readiness for hybrid work and upcoming changes. Topics of discussion for the enterprise IT community include learning through networks, rejuvenating previous networks, planning technological migration for enterprises (cloud, AI-enabled systems, next-gen video, and more), and exploring the latest technologies in the vendor spectrum. Attendees include business and technology executives, application developers, service providers, system dealers, investors, analysts, and more.
5. GITEX Africa
Date: May 29-31, 2024
Location: Morocco, Africa
Ticket Pricing: Pre-register to attend
The tech scene in Africa is rapidly advancing and changing at an exceptional rate. GITEX AFRICA 2024 is unveiling three new sectors aimed at propelling the advancement of various technological innovations throughout the continent: Digital Health, Smart Manufacturing, and Agritech. This highlights the increasing significance of Africa in the worldwide technology arena.
Explore the vibrant landscape of global technology that will shape Africa’s future. Whether your goal is to display your inventive ideas, create valuable networks, engage with pioneering projects, establish your position as a thought leader, or gain industry knowledge, you'll encounter unparalleled business prospects. Enhance your brand's influence within one of the planet's most rapidly expanding tech ecosystems, spanning from Cairo to Cape Town.
6. GitHub Universe
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GitHub Universe is a gathering for developers passionate about version control, collaboration, and open source. The conference delves into the latest features of GitHub, explores best practices in collaborative coding, and provides insights into emerging trends in the developer community. Developers attending GitHub Universe gain valuable knowledge to enhance their workflow and contribute effectively to open-source projects.
7. AWS re:Invent
Dates: December 2–6, 2024
Location: Las Vegas, NV
URL: https://reinvent.awsevents.com/
Ticket Price: N/A
AWS re:Invent is a learning conference hosted by AWS for the global cloud computing community. The in-person event features keynote announcements, training and certification opportunities, 2,000+ technical sessions, the Expo, after-hours events, and so much more. The event is ideal for anyone who wants to transform their business with the cloud, hear the latest innovations with AWS, explore new technology, and level up their cloud-computing skills to advance their career.
8. CloudNativeCon and KubeCon Europe
Date: March 19-22, 2024
Location: Paris, France
URL: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/
Ticket Price: Tickets range from USD 200 for academics to USD 2229 for corporates.
The conference aims to gather adopters and technologists from leading open source and cloud native communities to further education and advancement of cloud native computing. Attendees include application developers, IT operation members, technical management, executive leadership, product managers and marketers, end-users, service providers, CNCF contributors, and those curious to learn more about Cloud Native. The event will cover topics like machine learning and data, service mesh, GRC, customizing and extending Kubernetes, security and identity, and more.
9. KotlinConf
Date: May 22-24, 2024
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Ticket Price: €650
KotlinConf is the official conference for Kotlin, a programming language gaining traction for Android development and beyond. Developers attending KotlinConf explore advanced Kotlin features, best practices, and case studies. This conference is essential for developers seeking to leverage Kotlin's expressive syntax and conciseness to build robust and maintainable code.
10. PyCon
Date: May 17–19, 2024
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
URL: https://us.pycon.org/2024/
Ticket Price: $100 to $750 USD
PyCon is the largest annual gathering of the Python community. Developers attending PyCon explore diverse aspects of Python development, including web frameworks, data science, and machine learning. With tutorials, talks, and open spaces, this conference is a hub for Python developers to learn, collaborate, and stay up-to-date on the latest advancements in the Python ecosystem.
Attending these conferences in 2024 is essential for developers aiming to stay at the forefront of technology, gain practical insights, and connect with fellow developers and industry experts. Each conference offers a unique opportunity for skill enhancement and staying informed about the latest tools and trends in the rapidly evolving field of development.
11. Engineering Leadership Conference
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All of your sessions will be led by experienced engineering leaders who are well-versed in their fields. You won’t leave this summit without learning something valuable from some of the best-in-class. Between curated 1:1 meetings and peer groups, expect to leave this summit with a support system of peers to turn to when you need mentorship and connection outside of the ELC Annual. Curated peer groups and self-selected roundtables give you exposure to real-life challenges and the opportunity to learn from other engineering leaders' experience across companies to truly put things into perspective. It truly is a conference to look forward to.
12. Data Cloud Summit
Date: June 3-6, 2024
Location: San Francisco
URL: https://www.snowflake.com/summit/
Ticket Pricing: Register for attendee passes.
Snowflake is coming home to San Francisco. Join us at Snowflake Summit 2024 to explore all the cutting-edge innovation the Data Cloud has to offer. Discover the latest in AI, genAI, Apache Iceberg, streaming, privacy-preserving collaboration, flexible programmability, application development and much more. Hear valuable insights from data and AI experts and business leaders, while discovering the limitless possibilities of data, AI and application collaboration for your organization.
13. Leap 2024
Date: March 4–7, 2024
Location: Riyadh Exhibition and Convention Center, Malham, Saudi Arabia
URL: https://onegiantleap.com/
Ticket Pricing: Register for attendee passes.
The second edition of LEAP was the most attended tech event in the world. The event welcomed 172,000+ attendees from 183 countries. In 2024, LEAP will be back for the third year to bring together the global technology ecosystem. If you want to discover what's next for technology, meet with the key changemakers, and broaden your horizons, you need to be there. LEAP in and tap into the limitless potential of technology for a positive future.
Let this article guide you into attending the conferences that best suit your needs. Be excited to have a year filled with a diverse array of conferences that dotted the calendar. These conferences will prove to be not just gatherings but places where developers come together to write the code that propels us into the digital future.