A Guide to 2016 Front End Conferences
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the great talks and conferences happening in our industry. Sometimes you may find out too late that an event is taking place, and it’s a real shame when it’s an something you might have attended. We’ve compiled this list so you can see what’s happening, both in your hometown, and abroad. This list will be updated throughout the year.
January
SVG Summit
Date: January 21
Location: Online
Theme: SVG
Details to come
February
Forward
Date: February 10
Location: San Francisco
Link: ForwardJS.com
Theme: JavaScript
Price: $179
JavaScript Summit
Date: February 23-25
Location: Online
Theme: JavaScript
Details to come
March
O’Reilly Fluent
Date: March 8-10
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/fluent/javascript-html-us
Price: ~$1595
An Event Apart
Date: March 14-16
Location: Nashville
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/nashville-2016
Price: $1,290
SmashingConf
Date: March 15-16
Location: Oxford, UK
Link: http://smashingconf.com/
Price: $399
CSS Conf AU
Location: Melbourne, AUS
Details to come
April
An Event Apart
Date: April 4-6
Location: Seattle
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2016
Price: $1,290
SmashingConf
Date: April 5-6
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: http://smashingconf.com/sf-2016/
Price: $599
Generate
Date: April 22
Location: New York, NY
Link: http://www.generateconf.com/new-york-2016
Price: $375
Open Vis Conf
Date: April 25- 26
Location: Boston, MA
Link: https://openvisconf.com/
Price: $599
Future of Web Design
Date: April 25-27
Location: London
Link: http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2016
Price: 399, 499, 599 Pounds
HTML5DevConf
Date: tbd
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://html5devconf.com/
ConvergeSE
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Details to come
May
Future Insights Live
Date: May 2-5
Location: Chicago, IL
Link: https://futureinsightslive.com/chicago-2016/
Price: tbd
Beyond Tellerrand
Date: May 9-11
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Link: http://beyondtellerrand.com/
Price: 279 Euro
An Event Apart
Date: May 16-18
Location: Boston, MA
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/boston-2016
Price: $1,290
UX London
Date: May 18-20
Location: London, England
Theme: UX
Details to come
OSCON
Date: May 18-19
Location: Austin, TX
Theme: Open Source
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/open-source
June
SmashingConf
Date: June 14-15
Location: New York, NY
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-new-york/
Price: $599
Front End Design Conference
Date: June 15-17
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Link: frontenddesignconference.com/
July
Generate
Date: July 15
Location: San Francisco, CA
Details to come
An Event Apart
Date: July 25-27
Location: Washington, DC
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2016
Price: $1,290
Summer tbd
CSS Conf
Location: New York, NY
Details to come
August
AlterConf
Date: August 27
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: Diversity in Tech and Gaming
Link: http://www.alterconf.com/sessions/cape-town-south-africa
An Event Apart
Date: August 29-31
Location: Chicago, IL
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2016
Price: $1,290
September
Dconstruct
Date: tbd
Theme: Designing the Future
Details to come
Reasons to be Creative
Date: tbd
Location: Brighton, UK
Theme: Creativity
Details to come
SmashingConf
Date: September 12-13
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-freiburg/
October
CSS Dev Conf
Details to come
An Event Apart
Date: October 3-5
Location: Orlando, FL
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/orlando-special-edition-2016
Price: $1,290
An Event Apart
Date: October 21-Nov2
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2016
Price: $1,290
SmashingConf
Date: October 25-26
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-barcelona/
HTML5DevConf
Date: tbd
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://html5devconf.com/
November
SassConf
Details to come
Ampersand
Date: tbd
Theme: typography
Details to come
ELA Conf
Date: tbd
Theme: Women in Tech Leadership
Details to come
December
None yet
We’ve created a Google Calendar so that you can easily see what events are going on. This calendar and post will be updated throughout the year.
If you have more information or details for any of the conferences listed, or information on a conference we might have missed, please fill out this form and we will update this page.
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