There is no better way for IT professionals to enhance their careers and network with like-minded executives than by attending technology conferences. With big names like Interop and EMC World happening this week in Las Vegas, CIOs are realizing that half the year has almost slipped by and they need to start thinking about which opportunities they’d like to pursue or risk losing a chunk of that training budget in 2012.
We’re here to help: We’ve picked through what’s out there and given you a crib sheet of the best technology conferences of 2011 and early 2012, complete with locations and registration prices. You can easily pick one that’s right for your career goals and objectives, as well as find opportunities to ensure that your staff is current on the latest IT trends.
September 2011
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- International Conference on Software Maintenance, Sept. 25 – 30, Williamsburg, Mass. (Tiered $135-$1150)
October 2011
- Comptel Plus, Oct. 2-5, Orlando, Fla. ($1100 for nonmembers)
- Oracle OpenWorld, Oct. 2-6, San Francisco ($2,095)
- ACM/IEEE Symposium on Architectures for Networking and Communications Systems, Oct. 3-4, New York ($785 for non-members)
- Cloud Computing, Oct. 6, Chicago (Tiered $249-$599)
- Interop, Oct. 3-7, New York ($3,295)
- Gartner Symposium ITxpo, Oct. 16-20, Orlando, Fla. ($3,795)
- Visual Studio Live, Oct. 17-21, Redmond, Was ($2095)
- MIT Emerging Technologies, Oct 18-19, Boston ($1898)
- ARMA International, Oct 17-19, Washington, DC ($1249 for nonmembers)
- McAfee Focus, Oct. 18-20, Las Vegas ($995)
- Desktop Virtualization Strategies, Oct. 19, Chicago (Tiered $249-$599)
- ISSA International Conference, Oct. 20-21, Baltimore ($350 for nonmembers)
- Technology Services World, Oct. 22-26, Las Vegas ($2295)
- IBM Information On Demand, Oct. 23-27, Las Vegas ($2195)
- ISACA Training Week, Oct. 24-28, Baltimore ($2,495 for nonmembers)
- Forrester Consumer Forum, Oct. 27-28, Chicago ($2195 for nonclients)
November 2011
- CIO: IT Leadership Strategies, Nov. 1, Chicago (Tiered $249-$599)
- Microsoft Dynamics Users Group Summit, Nov. 6-8, Las Vegas ($599)
- Forrester's Sourcing & Vendor Management Forum, Nov. 7-8, Miami ($2195 for nonclients)
- Cloud Expo, Nov. 7-10, Santa Clara, Cal, ($2500)
- IT Infrastructure & Operations Management, Nov. 9, Chicago (Tiered $249-$599)
- Forrester's Infrastructure & Operations Forum, Nov. 9-10, Miami ($2195 for nonclients)
- SC11, Nov. 12-18, Seattle (Tiered $175-$1,235)
- SIMposium 2011, Nov. 13-15, Orlando, Fla. ($1595 for nonmembers)
- SES Chicago, Nov. 14-18, Chicago ($2495)
- Comdex Virtual, Nov. 15-16, Virtual (Free)
- Disaster Recovery / Business Continuity Data Protection Strategies, Nov. 17, Chicago (Tiered $249-$599)
- Gilbane Conference, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Boston ($1295)
- Autodesk University, Nov. 29-Dec. 1, Las Vegas ($2595)
December 2011
- Gartner Data Center, Dec. 5-9, Las Vegas ($2,150)
- ISACA Training Week, Dec. 5-9, Scottsdale, Ariz. ($2,495 for nonmembers)
- VS Live, Dec. 5-9, Orlando, Fla. ($1895)
- Business Intelligence/Master Data Management Strategies, Dec. 8, Chicago, (Tiered $249-$599)
- SOCA 2011, Dec. 12-14, Irvine, Cal, (TBA)
January 2012
- International CES, Jan. 10 - 13, 2012, Las Vegas ($200)
- Macworld 2012, Jan. 26-28, 2012, San Francisco (Registration not available at press time)
February 2012
- Healthcare IT Summit, Feb. 20-24, 2012, Las Vegas (Registration not available at press time)
March 2012
- IBM Pulse, March 4-7, 2012, Las Vegas ($2195)
- Fusion CEO-CIO Symposium, March 7-8, 2012, Madison, Wisc. (Registration not available at press time)
- Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit, March 12-14, 2012, Orlando Fla ($2150)
- Gartner Customer 360 Summit, March 14-16, 2012, Orlando, Fla ($2150)
April 2012
- Gartner Business Intelligence Summit, April 2-4, 2012, Los Angeles ($2150)
- Gartner Master Data Management Summit, April 4-6, 2012, Los Angeles ($2150)
- Collaborate 12, April 22-26, 2012, Las Vegas (Registration not available at press time)
- HDI, April 24-27, 2012, Orlando, Fla. (Tiered free-$2,195 non-members)
- Gartner Business Process Management Summit, April 25-27, 2012, Baltimore ($2150)
- IBM Impact 2012, April 29- May 4, Las Vegas, (Registration not available at press time)
May 2012
- Gartner PPM & IT Governance Summit, May 21-23, 2012, National Harbor, Mar. ($2150)
- IBM Exceptional Web Experience, May 21-24, 2012, Austin, Tex. (Registration not available at press time)
- Gartner Enterprise Architecture Summit, May 23-24, 2012, National Harbor, Mar. ($2150)
June 2012
- IBM Innovate, June 3-7, 2012, Orlando, Fla. (Registration not available at press time)
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