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The Yale University Astronomy
Department is pleased to invite applications for the first annual Hoffleit
Undergradate Astronomy Research Scholarship. This program serves as an
opportunity for keen undergraduates in STEM fields with a strong interest in
pursuing astronomy to spend 6-8 weeks performing astronomy research in with
Yale rearchers.
Research topics cover a wide range, from the characterization and discovery of exoplanets, the study of the Sun and stars, to the origin and evolution of small and large galaxies. Yale’s astronomy department is located in New Haven, CT, near historic downtown and the East Rock neighborhood. New Haven is a vibrant city in the summertime; home to the Arts and Ideas festival, many cafes and restaurants. The undergraduate students will be housed together in the beautiful campus residential colleges where they will have the opportunity to interact with undergraduate scholars from other departments.
The program encourages undergraduates from all nationalities to apply, particularly, those with a strong desire to continue to graduate school.
To apply or find out more, visit http://www.astro.yale.edu/vlg8/hoffleitfellowship.html
And direct any questions to valerie.robalino@yale.edu Subject: Hoffleit Queries
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research opportunity in computational modeling and simulation of infectious diseases.
Through this ten-week Summer Research Program, participants will gain an appreciation of major research questions being raised at the intersection of public health, biological science, and computer technology and become acclimated to the rigors of scientific research and graduate education.
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2013 has come and gone, delighting us with a plethora of inspirational, educational and fun conferences. You should start planning 2014 right now to make sure that you don’t miss your chance to get away from your desk and meet some brilliant minds and peers — face to face!
In this roundup of conferences, we are happy to present you all of the upcoming Web-related conferences, starting from January. This might be just the time to get a ticket to conferences in warmer climes! For now, we’ve included conferences up to June, so make sure you don’t miss your favorite one.
Get to know your peers in the Web design community and absorb an enormous amount of information in only a short period of time. Keep in mind that visiting a conference is the perfect opportunity to find out more about the latest techniques directly from distinguished authors and speakers.
And by the way, thank you for your kind and helpful comments on previous conference roundups. Keep ‘em coming! If you know of an upcoming event that you think shouldn’t be left out on this list, just let us know in the comments section below!
The list is quite lengthy, so let’s dive in.
The Design of Understanding 2014
“A one day conference looking at how ideas are designed to be more understandable. We look within and beyond the discipline of Information Design to related fields too – this year with speakers from government, product designcomics, toy makers and magazines.”
Mobile Web+DevCon: San Francisco 2014
“Global Strategic Management Institute (GSMI) is excited to host Mobile+Web DevCon 2014, now in its fourth installment. Anyone interested in learning, from the best, solutions for mobile app and web development and design to enhance their business strategy should attend.”
Renaissance 2014
“The first day of Renaissance will inspire us with a great builder’s story and some amazing creative tools. On the second day, we’ll roll up our sleeves and dig into some tough but essential topics for successful app making. On Friday we’ll take a critical look at the state of the iOS app business and explore new areas for growth and app making.”
Take Off 2014
“Your first European tech conference (of the year). Community backed non profit tech event taking place in Lille, between London, Brussels and Paris.”
FOSDEM 2014
“FOSDEM is a two-day event organised by volunteers to promote the widespread use of open source software. Taking place in the beautiful city of Brussels (Belgium), FOSDEM is widely recognised as the best open source conference in Europe.”
Jfokus 2014
“Jfokus is the largest annual conference for everyone who works with Java in Sweden. The conference is arranged together with Javaforum Stockholm. Javaforum is a Swedish developer community and an official Java User Group (JUG) with premier purpose is to support Swedish developers. During three days, you will have an unique opportunity to keep yourself updated with the latest development of the Java platform through numerous interesting sessions.”
Respond 2014
“A festival of Responsive Web Design for designers and developers of the multi-device Web.”
Lift14
“Lift Conference is one of Europe’s key events about innovation and digital technologies. It features a special blend of inspiring speeches by some of the world’s best speakers, truly interactive workshops, exhibitions of interactive media projects and prototypes to play with …and the legendary Fondue!”
Interaction14
“Interaction14 will explore the wide diversity of interaction design practices and seek inspiration from related disciplines. Four days of workshops, presentations and social events.”
Visualized 2014
“Join us as 30+ innovators of the industry take to the stage for discussions on data stories that matter. Stay tuned as more presenters are announced in the weeks to come.”
Webstock 2014
“A spectacular of astounding talent & splendour set to edify, enlighten, dazzle & delight.”
Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit: San Francisco 2014
“Join us at the Mobile Marketing Strategies Summit (MMSS) on February 11-13, 2014 in San Francisco, CA to better understand how to truly drive revenues with an integrated mobile strategy. With mobile website and app usage rising exponentially, now more than ever is the time to adopt a mobile marketing strategy.”
jQuery Conference San Diego 2014
“jQuery Conference is about bringing together experts from across the field of front-end development to bring you up to speed on the latest open-web technologies. Get the latest on jQuery and related projects, code architecture and organization, design and implementation practices, tooling and workflow improvements, and emerging browser technologies.”
Tag-It
“Be inspired and keep up with the latest trends and opportunities. Build networks and contribute to the recruitment and human resource development in the North. A conference tailored to those who work in IT, web or digital solutions.”
Meta Refresh 2014
“Meta Refresh is an annual conference on the construction of user interface on the web and mobile. This year’s edition features two days of workshops (with limited seating capacity) and two days of conference featuring a stellar line-up of speakers from around the world.”
London JS Conf
“London JS Conf is a brand new JavaScript Conference from the team behind London JS, the monthly JavaScript meet-up in London.”
EdinburghJS February 2014
“The long awaited EdinburghJS meetup begins this year on the 13th February! The event will be hosted in TechCube and feature two talks from local JavaScripters, plus pizza and drinks. Tickets are free but due to venue restrictions spaces are limited, so please register here if you plan to attend.”
The Product Owner
“Inspirational talks on innovative products by their product owners.”
Awwwards – Love Days
“Romantic and inspiring days for passionate web designers. We’re living in a truly exciting time; when new technologies, trends, and ideas are in full bloom all over the internet. To celebrate this, we are bringing together well-known web designers, visionaries, and innovative thinkers to inspire, teach, and help us uncover the challenges and opportunities which lie ahead.”
DeveloperWeek 2014 Conference & Expo
“DeveloperWeek 2014 Conference & Expo in San Francisco is the first dev conference that invites thousands of developers not just to learn new skills – but to build new apps, startups, and product features within one week.”
In Control Conference 2014
“A great line-up of 12 internationally recognized educators and industry leaders that includes Dave Rupert, Estelle Weyl, Val Head, Daniel Ryan, and more.”
An Event Apart: Atlanta 2014
“An Event Apart Atlanta is an intensely educational learning session for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you’ve been waiting for. Join us for twelve great speakers and sessions, plus an optional day-long workshop on mobile design with Luke Wroblewski.”
UX Riga 2014
“The first ever Usability & User Experience design conference in Latvia.”
Snow*Mobile 2014
“There will be meaningful discussion about Mobile Development (iOS, Android, Window Phone, Mobile Web) in Madison. Learn strategies and gain best practices for the rapidly changing mobile landscape.”
TOCA ME Design Conference
“The TOCA ME design conference will facilitate critical discussions on the issue of design and provide opportunities for Munich-based designers and creative persons to network with representatives of design centers from around the globe.”
DevNexus 2014
“Atlanta’s most exciting conference for professional software developers is back in 2014! Come discover how the industry’s best minds use the latest technologies to build solutions to business problems. Network with other Atlanta software developers, and study real life case studies in application design and development.”
Usability Week San Diego
“NN/g’s Usability Week helps you get up to speed on user experience best practices, so you can plan, create and manage successful user interfaces.”
Mobile World Congress 2014
“Mobile World Congress is the blueprint for the NEXT big innovation. Whatever is coming NEXT will likely be born at Mobile World Congress 2014 – either announced on stage during our Conference programme, showcased in our award-winning Exhibition, or conceived during one of the thousands of meetings taking place during the week.”
ConFoo Conference 2014
“ConFoo is a non for profit, multi-technology conference including PHP training, talks on HTML5, PHP, Cloud Computing and many industry topics.”
Reasons:London
“Reasons:London returns for a 2nd time to Old Street, London. An affordable single dayer, with an awesome line-up of speakers. Kicking off at lunchtime on Friday 28th Feb is the perfect way to finish your working week and start your weekend!”
jQuery Europe 2014
“International speakers and web pioneers show the newest trends and techniques for web, apps and smart TV development with jQuery. Two days of conference with awesome sessions, one additional day of jQuery training and lots of opportunities to meet and greet with developers from all Europe.”
Kod.io 2014
“Kod.io is a developer conference from Europe. It brings people from various programming disciplines together in order to create the ideal environment to share knowledge.”
Intro to Ember
“In this course, you will be building a full-fledged Ember application from the ground up. As you build the application, we will explain the concepts behind each feature that you will need to implement.”
Wearables DevCon
“Wearable computing devices are the next Big Wave in technology. And the winning developers in the next decade are going to be the ones who take advantage of these new technologies EARLY and build the next generation of red-hot apps.”
QCon London 2014
“QCon highlights the most important development topics driving innovation – things you should be doing now or researching for your next project – presented by the doers in our community. Our conferences bring practitioners together with attendees who influence innovation in their teams.”
UX Hong Kong 2014
“User Experience Hong Kong (UXHK) is a learning event dedicated to bringing all product and service design disciplines together, from research, marketing, design, technology and the business to name a few, who are interested and passionate about designing great experiences for people and business for a better world for all.”
Mdevcon 2014
“The conference is by mobile developers, for mobile developers. We have two days with multiple tracks, designed in such a way that whether you’re an android, iOS or other mobile platform developer, there’s always at least one session that should be of interest.”
SXSW Interactive Festival
“An incubator of cutting-edge technologies and digital creativity, the 2014 event features five days of compelling presentations and panels from the brightest minds in emerging technology, scores of exciting networking events hosted by industry leaders and an unbeatable lineup of special programs showcasing the best new websites, video games and startup ideas the community has to offer.”
India Technology Tour March 2014
“Zenith Society invites extraordinary achievers around the world to participate in high-impact business travel opportunities. By unlocking valuable contacts and networks of influencers we help you take your passions to the next level.”
Fluent 2014
“O’Reilly Fluent spotlights the emerging methods, tools, and technologies of the Web Platform. Developers, UX/UI designers, and project teams come to Fluent to share their experiences and expertise—and to learn what they need to know to stay competitive.”
STLUX 2014
“A one-day user experience conference where professionals come together and explore current research, trends, and best practices in creating phenomenal user experiences.”
JSConfUY 2014
“JSConfUY is the first JavaScript conference in Uruguay featuring Paypal’s Doug Crockford.”
wroc_love.rb 2014
“We had a dream, of a not-for-profit event organized by the community. Shaped by the speakers ready to fight with arguments, but always in a friendly atmosphere and with mutual respect. With an audience that values diversity of opinions and experiences and can also express its voice on stage. We believe that we can fulfill this promise with your little help.”
WebCoast 2014
“A physical meeting place for those of us who work, play and socialise on the web. A market place where we can exchange ideas and opinions, knowledge and inspiration.”
jQueryTO 2014
“The 2014 edition of jQueryTO will feature a 2-day schedule starring local and international thinkers, providing insights into the future of development, design, user experience, hardware, gaming and development processes using JavaScript, HTML & CSS.”
SmashingConf Oxford 2014
“With our upcoming SmashingConf Oxford 2014, we’ll explore real-life projects, workflows and hands-on insights that we all can learn from and use right away. Same game, same rules: 1 track, 2 conference days, 5 workshops, 18 excellent speakers!”
NSConference 6
“NSConf isn’t just about super speakers, awesome networking and loads of learning. It’s about that feeling you take away when you leave. The feeling you can take on the world – one app at a time.”
Makerland
“3 days of talks and intensive workshops on Arduino, Raspberry Pi, 3D printing, iBeacons, micro-location, robots and everything you can label as ‘Internet of things’. Dive into the world of hardware and learn how to build stuff.”
MobileTech Conference 2014 (Spring Edition)
“Sustainable mobile strategies require a high level of technical and strategic knowledge. Due to its cross-platform concept the MobileTechCon has become one of the most important events in Germany for the mobile industry.”
Webkongress Erlangen
“Webkongress Erlangen has been conceived as a forum for the exchange of information between Web developers and Administrators. Its main focus lies on emerging technologies and trends in the field of web technologies. In 2014 the main subjects will be accessibility, user-friendly Web design and Content-Management-Systems.”
JavaLand
“JavaLand 2014 is opening its gate for two days only. Be there when the new conference becomes the center of Germany’s Java-development scene. Knowledge transfer, Networking and good conversations meet adventure, fun and action!”
IA Summit 2014
“The way we find information, the devices and interfaces we use to find it, and the methods behind it all create frustration, joy, and affect the lives of everyone we know. The IA Summit is the premiere, community-curated, and community-run gathering on the ever-evolving disciplines of information architecture, and experience design.”
JS.everywhere(2014) Europe
“The JS.everywhere() conference demonstrate how strong are JavaScript and HTML5 to build and deploy Web and mobile community as well as B2E, B2B and B2C professional application using widely supported Web Standards. 4D is glad to organize the 5th edition of JS.everywhere() and is working hard to provide you again an awesome experience.”
RubyConf Philippines 2014
“Join us in the first ever Ruby conference in the Philippines. Get to know the vibrant local community in 2 days of great Ruby talks and other exciting activities.”
Beyond the Desktop Conference
“Beyond The Desktop focuses on new, emerging techniques for web development and design for mobile devices. Our speakers are hand-picked to make sure you get challenging, well-delivered talks from a variety of different perspectives.”
An Event Apart: Seattle 2014
“If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you’ve been waiting for. Join us for twelve great speakers and sessions, plus an optional day-long workshop on touch-based design with Josh Clark.”
RWD Summit 2014
“The 3rd annual online, live responsive web design conference.”
Berlin Expert Days 2014
“The Berlin Expert Days conference promises to hold the promise of the previous years and deliver worthy industry knowledge with over 50 talks in two days.”
WebVisions
“WebVisions explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy in an event that inspires learning, collaboration and entrepreneurism.”
WebExpo Prague 2014 Conference
“Sharing best web creation practices helps creators build better web applications effectively and with a joy. We believe that it makes users happy as well.”
UX Salon 2014
“UX Salon mission is to bring you the most updated information in the UX world, practical tools and inspiration for your day-to-day work. UX Salon is a group dedicated to the professional practice and learning of user experience design. This April, join us for two days of networking and great talks by design professionals and leaders in the industry.”
IDC 2014: Information Design Matters
“2014 is the 30th anniversary of an almost continuous series of IDA conferences, so we plan to celebrate this through reminiscences and surprises.”
Future Of Web Design
“What makes Future of Web Design different from other design conferences? Experience. We’ve been producing web design conferences for almost a decade, and are intimately familiar with the trends, technologies, and stars that make the web beautiful. Our two-track event means you always have a choice — you’re not locked into one room and one track. And we record every session for all attendees, so you’ll never miss a thing. As always, content is king.”
UX Immersion Mobile Conference
“The best mobile experiences follow users from one place to another no matter what device they use. They seem to effortlessly fuse content, context, and user behavior. The result means we can start a video on our commute, keep watching at our desk, then pick up where we left off once we get home. UX Immersion Mobile dives into what it takes to create these kinds of seamless experiences.”
TEDx Charleston 2014
“We will open your mind, inspire your heart and make you aware that even the smallest ideas and actions can have exponential impact on our community and the world.”
Funka Accessibility Days
“Funka Accessibility Days is northern Europe’s largest conference on accessible ICT. We are proud to welcome some of the world´s leading experts on web accessibility to the beautiful city of Stockholm.”
QCon São Paolo 2014
“The QCon São Paulo 2014 will take place in the new location and will have 10 tracks of content, the most ever, plus two tracks solutions. There will be six rooms simultaneously in large installations WTC Events Center, with over 60 speakers discussing and presenting the most innovative and current trends in software development topics.”
UX Poland
“As people around the world continue to discuss user experience, customer experience and the like, sometimes we forget that we are in fact designing for other people. At UX Poland, we believe that we need to focus on designing for the human experience.”
MadWorld 2014
“MadWorld 2014 is the premier technical communication and content strategy conference for technical writers, documentation managers and content strategists.”
Industry 2014
“Industry is back with another carefully curated selection of talks covering a range of topics. 8 Speakers will provide insights in to their work and offer ways to make us all better at what we do.”
Mobile Midwest
“From the fabric of society to new opportunities in the economy, how is mobile altering every facet of your life?
How can you leverage the shift towards a “Mobile First” world to create new opportunities for your company?
How will the explosive growth of mobility change the trajectory of your future?”
Craft Conf 2014
“CRAFT is about craftsmanship, which tools, methods, practices should be part of the toolbox of a modern developer and company, and it is compass on new technologies, trends. You can learn from the best speakers and practitioners in our community.”
JS Unconf
“Unconf means unconference. There is no schedule or speaker list in advance. Everybody can apply with a talk. Everybody can vote for talks. The talks with the most upvotes will be picked.”
FITC Toronto 2014
“FITC is the intersection between Creative Technologists, Designers, Developers and all-around awesome thinkers from various innovative industries across the globe. They converge every year in Toronto to connect, challenge, inspire and to experience the cutting edge in design and technology.”
An Event Apart Boston 2014
“An Event Apart Boston is an intensely educational learning session for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you’ve been waiting for. Join us for twelve great speakers and sessions, plus an optional day-long workshop on mobile design with Luke Wroblewski.”
DotYork Conference 2014
“A one-day conference for people who make websites. We’re planning on sitting 200 of you in a cinema for the day, and putting six great speakers in front of you. It’ll be inspirational, fun, and affordable.”
FutureJS
“A conference about JavaScript, fresh ideas and what’s to come in our browsers.”
ConverSE 2014
“Welcome to the conference for everyone working with technology in creative ways. Learn from experts. Hang with friends. Be entertained and inspired.”
Things
“ThingsCon is a two-day conference about the future of the hardware business ranging from Internet of Things, wearables and connected devices to 3D printing and new manufacturing techniques.”
ARTIFACT Conf 2014
“ARTIFACT is an intimate two-day, single-track conference that helps WEB DESIGNERS and DEVELOPERS adapt their tools and processes to the challenges of designing for a MULTI-DEVICE world.”
DATA 2014: Creative Technologies Summit
“DATA Interactive 2014, an annual celebration of creativity and innovation in Pittsburgh, PA. In its sixth year, this event showcases the coolest new art and technology projects, and, this year is expanding to include a national creative technology think tank where big thinkers get together in small spaces to share and create new big ideas.”
WebVisions Portland 2014
“WebVisions explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy in an event that inspires learning, collaboration and entrepreneurism. Since 2001, we’ve built a loyal audience of designers, developers and industry leaders.”
Front-Trends 2014
“Check out the newest installment of the Font-Trends conference with many notable industry speakers.”
The Geek Gathering
“The South East Europe and Balkan Dev Conference with the coolest name in the business is back.”
droidcon 2014
“droidcon is all about Android, meeting the Android community, learning about the latest develops and giving you a stage to talk about your apps and solutions or just discuss a problem you are facing.”
ScotlandJS 2014
“JavaScript keeps growing and growing. It is the language most repos on GitHub are written in! Scotland JS aims to bring together 30+ local and international speakers and to enable attendees to share their experiences and learn we are introducing a new Discussion Track.”
JavaCro’14
““JavaCro’13” was our 2nd International Java conference in Croatia which gathered in 2,5 days over 200 participants and presented 50 attractive sessions, including Java evangelists keynotes. And now we proudly present JavaCro’14 3rd International Java Conference in Croatia!”
JAX 2014
“JAX represents Europe’s leading conference series about enterprise technologies, agile methods and software architecture.”
Laracon 2014
“Laracon is a conference centered around the Laravel framework. The first Laracon was held in Washington, DC on February 22nd and 23rd, 2013.”
Service Design in Government
“The UK’s event for Government Service Design” is bound to be the conference of the year for developer working with government systems.”
TYPO Berlin 2014 »Roots«
“TYPO Berlin 2014 Roots is dedicated to the lasting values of design, which have accelerated at a dizzying speed thanks to total digitalisation – from the first draft right up to production.”
OFFF Barcelona 2014
“Dubbed a “creativity festival,” OFFF has been functioning as a reference point for creators, artists, programmers, theorists, students and enthusiasts interested in post-digital culture and free contemporary creation in the worlds of art and design for just over a decade now. The 2014 edition will see contributions from a huge variety of creators.”
Port80 2014
“Pow wows for web folk! We run events for people who design or build websites, who are involved with the designing/building of them or who are just plain old interested.”
jQuery UK 2014
“Last year we doubled the conference size and kept the winning formula of amazing speakers and seriously good content and added exciting extras like a Rising Stars speaker track and our now famous jBeery festival as part of the after party. jQuery UK 2014 is going to be even better!”
PragueJS
“Advanced Javascript topics for rising developers” in one of Europe’s most romantic cities.
SHiFT Conference 2014
“SHiFT is a conference where design and technology are discussed in a language that everyone can understand, to nurture creativity and innovation and help society progress to a better living.”
The South Web Experience
“One day of lectures to learn and start conversations plus one day of practice and experimentation. Two evenings to get to know and build relationships.”
Society for Technical Communication Summit 2014
“The Summit is packed with more than 80 sessions over the three full workdays with topics covering all aspects of technical writing, editing, project management, and publication production.”
beyond tellerrand 2014
“For a friendly and inspiring community. Workshops and talks for web enthusiasts. Get your dose of design, tech, inspiration and networking!”
SDD 2014
“SDD (Software Design & Development) is an annual conference for software designers, developers and architects, which takes place at the Barbican Centre in London. We bring together some of the world’s foremost software development experts, and put together an intensive five-day programme of in-depth technical sessions and workshops on a wide range of key topics.”
HighEdWeb Michigan 2014
“THIS TIME…IT’S PERSONAL. The HighEdWeb Regional Conference in Michigan is designed for all higher education web professionals — from programmers and developers to communicators and designers — who want to explore the unique web issues facing colleges.”
La Conf Paris 2014
“A conference to share wonderful food with the coders, entrepreneurs and visionaries who build the things you love.”
UX Lausanne 2014
“UX Lausanne is the first Western Switzerland event dedicated exclusively to User Experience Design. We look forward to connect you with some of the most influential UX practitioners, leading thinkers, talented developers and innovative designers.”
Semi-Permanent Sydney
“2014 will see an exciting reinvention of Semi-Permanent. We’re expanding the world’s premier design conference into a fresh festival of art, design and creativity. New additions to the event mean more levels of entertainment, interaction and inspiration than ever before, so if this isn’t already an unmissable event on your creative calendar, it is now.”
IA Konferenz 2014: Brand Experience
“The IA Konferenz, the german conference for information architecture, is the yearly meeting of the german language IA and UX community.”
Mobile Trends for Business & Mobile-IT EXPO
“Krakow will witness the first edition of the Fair Solutions and Mobile Technologies Mobile-IT . The event is devoted to issues related to the effective use of mobile technology in both the private and public sectors.”
CSS Conf 2014
“CSSConf is where developers come together to talk about building the world’s most engaging user interfaces. The presenters push the boundaries of what is possible — talking about the latest technologies, cutting edge techniques, and tools. We look forward to seeing you on Amelia Island!”
JSConf US 2014
“JSConf has been the launch pad for many of the greatest things that we now take for granted on the web. This year will be no exception thanks to our famously unique call for speakers process designed to spotlight the new faces and ideas in the community.”
UX London 2014
“We bring engaging industry leaders from around the world, a format which combines inspirational talks with lively, hands-on workshops, and a flexible ticket structure that lets you immerse yourself in the whole event, or just the days most relevant to you. Not to mention that the venue – and even the food! – are an experience in themselves. This is a UX conference with a difference.”
Bulgaria Web Summit 2014
“Bulgaria Web Summit is the new name of the conference, which started back in 2004 under the name WebTech and then was renamed to P2P Conference. We started WebTech in 2004. The aim was to provide a forum, where people, interested in web programming, development, Internet entrepreneurship and so on, could meet and exchange ideas.”
Collision
“Collision is our first major tech conference in the United States. If you want the chance to join 500 tech industry leaders, as well as a select group of early stage startups, this May in Las Vegas then simply apply for a 2 for 1 ticket above. It’s free to apply, and takes less than a minute.”
webinale 2014
“Business, Design and Technology are the foundation to success on the Web. Only who has mastered the combining all three disciplines has the necessary tools to design successful digital business models.”
International PHP Conference Spring 2014
“The International PHP Conference is a globally recognized event for PHP developers, webworkers, IT managers and everyone interested in web-technology. Once again, the conference will explore key topics and core technologies for developers and decision makers.”
DrupalCon
“DrupalCon remains one of the most affordable tech conferences around thanks to support from our generous sponsors.”
CSS Day 2014
“CSS Day is an event for intermediate and advanced CSS developers featuring eight world-class speakers and eight world-class sessions.”
UXLx: User Experience Lisbon 2014
“Come to sunny Lisbon for 16 hands-on workshops to hone up your skills and 10 inspiring talks from thought leaders in the field. Apply for one of the 10 talk slots to share your experiences. After hours, meet fellow UX Pros from all over the world in our great parties and meetups.”
Scotch on the Rocks
“Scotch on the Rocks is our annual gathering of web technologists, bringing together some of the brightest minds from across the globe. Focusing on development, best practices and human experience, Scotch on the Rocks has built a reputation as a must attend event.”
Kerning 2014
“Kerning features a day of workshops and a Conference day full of talks. Kerning offers a very interesting chance to meet developers, gurus, managers and innovators from all over the world. Kerning is a non-profit event.”
UXcamp Europe 2014
“Get in touch with other campers and most importantly be open for new ideas and topics. Be proactive, you are the UXcamp! We want this event to cover the breadth of Europe and take a full international focus and we’re relying on each attendee to help make it so.”
2014 M-Enabling Summit
“The M-Enabling Global Summit is the only program exclusively dedicated to promoting mobile accessible and assistive applications and services for senior citizens and users of all abilities, a market of more than one billion users worldwide, with considerable untapped potential.”
Web Conference at Penn State 2014
“A community of higher education, web and other professionals from Penn State and around the world who engage, interact and share knowledge about the web. With Will Wheaton!”
QCon New York 2014
“QCon aims to empower software development by facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in the enterprise software development community.”
Ready to Inspire XL
“Ready to Inspire is a brand new conference about the craft of web design, type and code. It has workshops, live music, meetups and parties, but above all an exciting lineup of today’s craftspeople and mind blowing new faces.”
Giant Conf
“If you’re designing, building, sketching, structuring, strategizing or engineering solid experiences for web, print, retail or branding, then you’re creating rad things. And our theme this time around is “Creating Rad.” Remember those old skateboard movies? Those were rad.”
PUBKON Conference
“Two days full of diverse topics and lectures around Publishing with some of the best speakers from Germany.”
PePcon 2014: The Print + ePublishing Conference
“The InDesign event of the year! Find answers and valuable insight on publishing for eBooks, print, iPad/tablets, interactive documents, and more! Be inspired by fresh ideas and new products.”
Future Insights Live
“Web Design Conferences. Mobile App Developer Events. Tech Workshops.”
SmashingConf New York 2014
“The Smashing Conference finally crosses the Atlantic with 2 days, one track, 18 brilliant speakers, and hands-on, practical and useful talks. Big Apple, here we come!”
Interlink Conference
“Interlink Conference is a hand-crafted event created for all types of creative web professionals. Explore the intersection of web design, code, ball hockey and content during 3 empowering days of curated talks and workshops in the city of Toronto.”
UX Scotland 2014
“From the organisers of UX Cambridge comes another practical UX conference. Now in its second year we expect UX Scotland to be even bigger and better than our 2013 event.”
WebVisions Barcelona
“WebVisions explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy in an event that inspires learning, collaboration and entrepreneurism. Since 2001, we’ve built a loyal audience of designers, developers and industry leaders.”
Generate Conf
“The conference for web designers and developers, presented by .net magazine and creative bloq.”
mLearnCon 2014 Conference & Expo
“The premier mLearning conference and expo … mLearnCon is focused on every aspect of mobile learning including management strategies, platforms, operating systems, authoring tools and technologies, content design and development, and best practices.”
Open Source Bridge
“Open Source Bridge is an annual conference focused on building open source community and citizenship through four days of technical talks, hacking sessions, and collaboration opportunities.”
enterJS 2014
“JavaScript is the only language that allows consistent and continuous development of Web apps from UI to server-side. enterJS discusses the resulting challenges businesses face in a series of talks and workshops.”
Here are a few links that will also help you keep up with the newly scheduled design and/or development conferences being shared through Lanyard that have been sorted out by category:
If you are going to any one of these events, we’d love to hear about this in the comments section below! What are you most excited about? And what are you looking forward to learning and experiencing?
Our next events list will come out mid 2014, so keep your eyes and ears open! And by the way, the Smashing team is constantly organizing a series of workshops, as well as the Smashing Conferences this year — it would be wonderful and a great honor to meet you personally someday!
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