Ask HN: What's your favorites conferences?

#1

Post by Lenad » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 8:14 AM UTC

I have in mind tech related conferences but it might be something else. Why do you appreciate it? Do you attend the event? Watch it online?

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#2

Post by gek » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 8:45 AM UTC

I really like the chaos communication congress in Germany. It has a nice mixture of technical talks societal talks. Most of the talks are in English, but there are some German ones as well. They're really good at uploading videos quickly as well, so if I can't make it to go in person, I just watch on YT.

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Post by thorin » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 8:58 AM UTC

gek wrote: post #2

I really like the chaos communication congress in Germany. It has a nice mixture of technical talks societal talks. Most of the talks are in English, but there are some German ones as well. They're really good at uploading videos quickly as well, so if I can't make it to go in person, I just watch on YT.

This looks brilliant, my wife is out tonight - entertainment sorted!

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Post by EnderMB » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 10:07 AM UTC

It's very niche to one open-source CMS, and it's not even the major one, but I'm a fan of the Umbraco UK Festival. It's one day in London with a bunch of talks, and a ton of socialising.

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Post by 8draco8 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 10:58 AM UTC

I like Voxxed Days series of conferences https://voxxeddays.com . They are doing them all over Europe, good content and not crazy expensive. Here you have Voxxed Days Bristol https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPZC59LwYbiKx3u6SFfWNpQ

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Post by derpyderps » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 11:16 AM UTC

I enjoy defcon. I've been going for nearly 20 years and it's changed a lot, but dark tangent (guy who started it) has kept it pretty honest to the hacker ethos. I've heard shmoocon is good too, but it's sold out every year I've wanted to go.

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Post by kagaw » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 12:46 PM UTC

I like NDC conferences because most talks are about practicality and based on experiences https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTdw38Cw6jcm0atBPA39a0Q

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Post by indescions_2017 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 12:50 PM UTC

I still love the pilgrimage feel of giant spectacles: walking the floor at PAX, GDC, or E3 is sensory overload and I'm addicted ;) Goal is to attend one of the offshoots in Asia such as PAX Guangzhou or GDC Shanghai. And someday the grandaddy of them all, the Tokyo Game Show!

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Post by tombot » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 2:19 PM UTC

selfish plug for a product conference I co-organise in the UK called Canvas. We try to find speakers doing the actual hard behind the scenes work building amazing products. http://canvasconference.co.uk/

You can watch last years talk from Netflix, Spotify, Slack, Intercom, Facebook etc http://383project.com/blog/canvas-2016-the-full-talks/

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#10

Post by atsaloli » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 3:28 PM UTC

I like Ohio Linux Fest (https://ohiolinux.org/) even though I have to fly across the country to attend it. It's cozy and it's got heart. I remember having breakfast with Ethan Galstad (Nagios founder) a few years back, and he keynoted it last year. They had some great speakers last year, a father-daughter entrepreneur pair (Joe and Lily Born). It was lovely!