A Guide to 2017 Conferences
Back by popular demand! 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
Front
Date: January 5-6
Location: Park City, Utah
Link: https://www.frontutah.com/
Agent Conference
Date: January 20-21
Location: Dornbirn, Austria
Link: http://agent.sh/
February
SVG Summit
Date: TBA
Location: Online
Theme: SVG
The Rolling Scopes Conference
Dates: February 18-19
Location: Minsk, Belarus
Link: https://2017.conf.rollingscopes.com/
ForwardJS
Dates: Workshops Feb 25- March 5, Conference March 1
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: ForwardJS.com
Theme: JavaScript
Webstock
Date: February 13-17
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Link: http://www.webstock.org.nz/17/
March
jDays
Date: Mar 7-8
Location: jDays
Link: http://www.jdays.se/
React Conf
Date: March 13-14
Location: Santa Clara
Theme: React
Link: Coming Soon
JS Remote Conf
Date: March 15-16
Location: Online
Theme: JavaScript
Link: https://devchat.tv/conferences/js-remote-conf-2017
React London
Date: March 28
Location: London, UK
Link: https://react.london/
Theme: ReactJS
JavaScript Summit
Date: TBA
Location: Online
Theme: JavaScript
Design it; Build it
Date: March 30-31
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Theme: Design & Front-End Dev
Link: http://www.dibiconference.com
EmberConf
Date: March 28-29
Location: Portland, Oregon
Theme: Ember.js and Front-End Development
Link: http://emberconf.com
Render Conf
Date: March 30-31
Location: Oxford, UK
Link: http://2017.render-conf.com/
April
AlterConf
Date: April 1
Location: London
Theme: Diversity in Tech and Gaming
Link: https://www.alterconf.com/conferences/london-england
An Event Apart
Date: April 3-5
Location: Seattle
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2017
SmashingConf
Date: April 4-5
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://smashingconf.com/
ng-conf 2017
Date: April 5-7
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Link: https://www.ng-conf.org/
Bulgaria Web Summit
Date: April 7-8
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
Link: https://bulgariawebsummit.com/
Front End Design Conference
Date: April 19-21
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Link: frontenddesignconference.com/
React Amsterdam
Date: April 21
Location: Amsterdam, NL
Link: http://react-amsterdam.com/
FITC Toronto
Date: April 23-25
Location: Toronto, Canada
Link: http://fitc.ca/event/to17/
Open Vis Conf
Date: April 24-25
Location: Boston, MA
Theme: Data Visualization
Link: https://openvisconf.com/
Generate
Date: April 27-28
Location: New York, NY
Link: https://www.generateconf.com/new-york-2017/
May
CSS Conf EU
Date: May 5
Location: Berlin, Germany
Link: http://2017.cssconf.eu/
JS Conf EU
Date: May 6-7
Location: Berlin, Germany
Link: http://2017.jsconf.eu/
Front
Date: May 9-10
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Link: https://www.frontutah.com/
OSCON
Date: May 8–9- Training & Tutorials, May 10–11- Conference
Location: Austin, TX
Theme: Open Source
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/oscon-tx
An Event Apart
Date: May 15-17
Location: Boston
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/boston-2017
React Europe
Date: May 18-19
Location: Paris, France
Theme: React
Link: https://www.react-europe.org/
Beyond Tellerrand
Date: May 15-17
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Link: http://beyondtellerrand.com/
React Europe
Date: May 18-19
Location: Paris, France
Theme: ReactJS
Link: https://www.react-europe.org/
DEVit Conference
Date: May 20-21
Location: Thessaloniki, Greece
Link: http://devitconf.org/
User Experience Lisbon
Date: May 23-26
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Link: https://www.ux-lx.com/
Front-Trends
Date: May 24-26
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Link: https://2017.front-trends.com/
UX London
Date: May 24-26
Location: London, England
Theme: UX
Link: http://2017.uxlondon.com/
Frontend United
Date: May 26-27
Location: Athens, Greece
Link: http://frontendunited.org/
Respond
Date: May 4-5
Location: Sydney
Date: May 8-9
Location: Melbourne
Date: May 12
Location: Brisbane
Theme: Responsive Web Development
Link: http://www.webdirections.org/respond16/
June
Web Rebels
Date: June 1-2
Location: Oslo, Norway
Link: https://www.webrebels.org/
Kerning
Date: June 7-9
Location: Faenza, Italy
Theme: Web Typography and Design
Link: http://2017.kerning.it
UX Scotland
Date: June 7-9
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Theme: User Experience and Design
Link: uxscotland.net/2017/
Generate
Date: June 9
Location: San Francisco
Link: https://www.generateconf.com/
SmashingConf
Date: June 13-14
Location: New York
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2017/smashingconf-new-york/
ConvergeSE
Date: June 14-16
Location: Columbia SC
Link: http://convergese.com/
O’Reilly Fluent
Date: June 19–20, 2017 for training, June 20–22, 2017 for tutorials and conference
Location: San Jose, CA
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/fluent/fl-ca
July
An Event Apart
Date: July 10-12
Location: Washington DC
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2017
Design & Content Conference
Date: July 17-19
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Theme: Design and Content
Link: http://www.designcontentconf.com/
August
An Event Apart
Date: August 28-30
Location: Chicago
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2017
Frontend Conference Zurich
Date: 31 August – 1 September
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Link: https://frontendconf.ch/
September
NordicJS
Date: September 7-8
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Link: http://nordicjs.com
Refresh
Date: September 8
Location: Tallinn, Estonia
Link: http://refresh.rocks/
FrontTalks
Date: Sept 16-17
Location: Ekaterinburg, Russia
Link: http://fronttalks.ru/
Generate
Date: Sept 20-22
Location: London
Link: https://www.generateconf.com/
October
Empire JS
Date: October 22
Location: New York, NY
Theme: JavaScript
Link: http://2017.empirejs.org/
An Event Apart
Date: October 30- November 1
Location: San Francisco
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2017
December
An Event Apart
Date: December 11-13
Location: Denver
Link: https://aneventapart.com/event/denver-2017
TBA Conferences
There are a lot of conferences that will be around this year that don’t yet have dates or an updated site. Here is a list of some of them to watch out for, we’ll be updating them as details come in. If you are the organizer of one of these conferences, please fill out the form below to provide us with details.
- Clarity Conf
- RWD Summit
- CSS Conf AU
- Space City JS
- JSConf Uruguay
- Industry Conf
- HTML5DevConf
- CSSConf Budapest
- JSConf Budapest
- Valio Con
- Port80
- CSSconf Nordic
- CSS Day + HTML Special
- Code (AU)
- CascadiaJS
- CSSConf Argentina
- React Rally
- JS Conf Iceland
- Nebraska JavaScript Conference
- Reasons to be Creative
- Nightly Build
- Full Stack Fest
- ReactNext 2016
- From the Front
- NCDevCon
- FrontTalks
- Mirror Conf
- CSS Conf
- LibertyJS
- View Source Berlin
- Full Stack Toronto
- CSS Dev Conf
- Front Porch
- Empire Node
- Mixin Conf
- SassConf
- View Source Seattle
- Graphical Web
- ELA Conf
- Nodevember
- CSS Conf Asia
- JS Conf Asia
- JS Kongress Munich
- CSS Conf AU
- JS Conf AU
- Ampersand
- dotCSS
- dotJS
- CSSDay.io
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