Web Design – Web Design & Development Conferences to Attend in 2020
by etrendbiz
We’ve put together a list of all the web design and development conferences and events happening in 2020. When you work in web design and development, one thing you always need to be mindful of is keeping up with the latest trends and technologies. Without this information, it won’t take long before your business is left in the dust behind your competitors.
This is why attending conferences is vital to the health of your sole-proprietorship or agency. These web design and development conferences help you keep “in-the-know” about what’s going on in the industry and can also act as an excellent means of connecting with new potential clients. So, mark your calendars and get ready to learn and make some meaningful industry connections.
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January 2020
New Adventures 2020
January 22, 2020
Nottingham, UK
Don’t miss Nottingham’s world-renowned, future-focused digital design conference. Our fifth event will explore speculative and critical design, radical inclusivity, climate, sustainability, and much more.
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Awwwards Digital Thinkers Conference Tokyo 2020
January 23, 2020
Tokyo, Japan
Awwwards is the most visited digital design awards platform in the world. Every year we hold conferences in iconic cities across the globe including New York, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Los Angeles, to discover trends and new technologies, network and unveil the secrets of the Internet.
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Covalence Conference 2020
January 24, 2020
San Francisco, CA USA
Covalence is an independent, hand-crafted, single-day and single-track conference about building desktop apps with Electron, Node.js and JavaScript. Join us for an exciting look at the future of Electron and JavaScript on the desktop, a chance to meet the community, and a day of inspiration and fun.
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Media on the Web
January 25, 2020
Shared With Attendees
Media on the web has advanced a lot over the years. The capabilities for complex media on the web have increased, as well as our tools as developers for handling them. In this conference, we’ll cover everything to do with media on the web!
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February 2020
JSConf Hawai`i
February 5, 2020
Honolulu, HI USA
JSConf Hawaiʻi is the newest in the family of JSConf events. For our second year, we’re planning to bring about 400 people together for a three-day single track conference. Our goal is that by the time you leave, you’ll have seen some new ideas, learned some more JavaScript, and made new friends to keep in touch with.
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Config 2020
February 6, 2020
San Francisco, CA USA
A one-day conference where Figma users come together to learn from each other.
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Sunshine PHP Developer Conference 2020
February 6, 2020
Miami, FL USA
We’ll host some of the best speakers, awesome talk topics, latest technologies, and up to date news in PHP. And don’t forget our Hack-a-thon and Uncon’ference, as well as a great hallway track! The conference has something for every level of PHP developer.
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Front End North
February 7, 2020
Sheffield, UK
Front End North is a welcoming one day, single track, conference for developers, designers and others who work on the web. FEN is returning on 7th February 2020 at The Crucible in Sheffield, UK. Hosted by the organisers of the Front End Sheffield meetup, FEN is a grassroots, low-cost conference with a mixture of established and new speakers.
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Flashback Conference
February 10, 2020
Orlando, FL USA
Flashback Conference looks at new and cutting-edge web development, browser APIs and developer tooling, but adds the understanding how they’ve evolved from early HTML, JavaScript and a dependency on plugins like Flash to the web of today. Flashback Conference will feature 2 days and approximately 15 speakers who are experts in the field of front-end development.
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ngAtlanta
February 17, 2020
Alpharetta, GA USA
February 17th, 2020 marks the third annual ngAtlanta Conference. We are working tirelessly to create a unique experience for our attendees. Our speaker selection is already under way. We have speakers coming from all over the world. This highly diverse group of experts are sure to provide fantastic actionable knowledge.
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Awwwards Digital Thinkers Conference Amsterdam 2020
February 19, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Awwwards is the most visited digital design awards platform in the world. Every year we hold conferences in iconic cities across the globe including New York, Amsterdam, Paris, London and Los Angeles, to discover trends and new technologies, network and unveil the secrets of the Internet.
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Devopsdays Guadalajara 2020
February 20, 2020
Guadalajara, Jalisco
Devopsdays is a worldwide series of technical conferences covering topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Each event is run by volunteers from the local area.
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PHP UK Conference
February 20, 2020
London, UK
4 full-day workshops, 2 days of inspirational talks. The largest dedicated PHP event in Europe, PHP UK welcomes hundreds of leading developers to London for three days of workshops, talks, networking and socials. Join us for an event packed with up-to-date content about PHP development and related technologies in a comfortable and professional setting.
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RubyConf AU 2020
February 20, 2020
Melbourne, AU
With a mixture of local and international speakers, there will be two days of talks. We’ll cover topics that interest, excite, and delight Rubyists and the Ruby-curious of all levels. There will also be social events hosted where you will get the opportunity to meet like-minded people!
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FITC Amsterdam 2020
February 24, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
FITC Amsterdam features the world’s most innovative, technical and creative talks that will inspire you to pursue your dreams and create your very best work. You’ll have the opportunity to meet and mingle with like-minded individuals who have the potential to become key collaborators throughout your career.
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Devopsdays Charlotte 2020
February 27, 2020
Charlotte, NC USA
Devopsdays is a worldwide series of technical conferences covering topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Each event is run by volunteers from the local area.
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Design Indaba Conference 2020
February 26, 2020
Cape Town, South Africa
Independently curated with a focus on case studies and ingenious problem solving, rather than simply eye-catching portfolios, conference alumni are contemporary industry pacesetters. Despite its name, the Conference’s scope has broadened over the years to include all the creative sectors; in recent years it has been dubbed by some as The Conference on Creativity.
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LADFEST – Latin American Design
February 27, 2020
Lima, Peru
The Latin American Design Festival is a unique experience that inspires creative professionals to bring their ideas to life and transform the future of the creative industry. LADFEST is the first design festival in Latin America. An annual event where conferences, workshops, exhibitions are held, among other activities in order to promote, disseminate and position Latin American design.
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ReactConf AU
February 27, 2020
Sydney, New South Wales
ReactConf AU is the biggest gathering of local and international React developers ever to take place in the Southern Hemisphere. Learn stuff, hang out with the global React community, and make React history on Australia’s famous Sydney Harbour during summer.
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March 2020
VueConf US 2020
March 2, 2020
Austin, TX USA
Join us in Austin Texas for a 3-day event on all things Vue.js! The workshop day is Monday, March 2, with the main conference on March 3-4! Hosted by Vue.js creator, Evan You, you’ll also get to hear from and talk to members of the core Vue.js team, contributors, and developers from all over the world!
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Node.TLV 2020
March 3, 2020
Tel Aviv, Israel
Hand to hand with the Node.js community in Israel and all over the world, Node.js-IL & EventHandler productions bring you the first-ever 100% Node.js focused conference in Israel.
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NO/BS Conference
March 11, 2020
Melbourne, AU
NO/BS is a “Digital Reality Check”, created out of frustration (by agency owner Jason Soultan) from attending too many conferences with weak content: Nothing but fluff and pie in the sky fairy-tales. That’s not hard work and not the real world!
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WebCraftConf
March 12, 2020
Kingston, Jamaica
Web technologies have become a pervasive and indispensable part of modern organisations. Intranets, portals, SaaS, mobile applications and marketing websites all have the web as a common denominator. In 2020 the web touches every industry, from banking to insurance, from education to non-profit and government agencies. Attending WebCraftConf signals your commitment to innovation and technological leadership.
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Munich Frontend Conference 2020
March 21, 2020
Munich, Germany
From JavaScript to UX, featuring two tracks and sixteen speakers.
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CityJS Conference
March 27, 2020
London, England
A Community Event organised by the Community, a Javascript Conference that was requested due to the popularity and success of a monthly meet-up put together by 4 different JavaScript groups in London, including London JS Community, JS Monthly, Halfstack and Node User Group
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Reactathon
March 30, 2020
San Francisco, CA USA
Reactathon is a conference for engineers who love and work with React. Talks are professionally-curated to educate and inspire you for what’s next in the React ecosystem, and breaks are facilitated to ensure that each minute you invest has a maximum ROI. For example, you can easily identify the topic you want to learn about easily with the Topic Tables and listen to or discuss with core contributors and maintainers.
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AIGA Design Conference 2020
March 30, 2020
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania USA
The 2020 AIGA Design Conference brings the design community together in a once-in-a-lifetime, cross-disciplinary exchange of ideas about the changing world of design.
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UX Copenhagen 2020
March 30, 2020
Copenhagen, Denmark
Join us for two days filled with superb content from 20+ speakers, hands-on workshops, inspiration, networking, new knowledge, and new insights. Some of the subjects you will be hearing about are DesignOps, privilege, tech for social good, futures thinking, ethical OS, designing against domestic violence, and maybe even rocket science!
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April 2020
UIArchConf
April 1, 2020
New Orleans, LA USA
We will explore the various aspects of UI Architecture and the role of the UI Architect, and the massive role a UI architect plays in an organization. If you are a Design, UX, User Experience, or Front-End developer/engineer, you can benefit both your company and your career by attending UIArchConf.
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ScanAgile 2020
April 1, 2020
Helsinki, Finland
ScanAgile is the most agile conference in Finland. It gathers like minded Agilists from all over the Nordics in one place. The presentations and workshops are suitable for developers, scrum masters, product owners, team leaders, agile coaches, project and program managers, management consultants as well as executives – both private and public sector.
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Midwest PHP 2020
April 2, 2020
Minneapolis, MN USA
In 2012 Midwest PHP was created to provide a low-cost, inclusive conference for PHP developers (and those interested in learning) in the Midwest. It is now the longest continuously running community PHP conference in the United States.
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GenerateJS 2020
April 2, 2020
London UK
Following the roaring success of our first short-form conference Generate CSS, we’re back – and tackling a whole new language. GenerateJS is our brand new single-day conference offering web designers and devs a distilled dose of skills and insight from true giants of JavaScript.
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VueDay
April 3, 2020
Verona, Italy
Vue is a progressive framework for building user interfaces. Vue is designed from the ground up to be incrementally adoptable. The core library is focused on the view layer only, and is easy to pick up and integrate with other libraries or existing projects.
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UXinsight 2020
April 6, 2020
Breda, Netherlands
This years’ theme focusses on the creative part of UX research. In our increasingly fast and agile working environments, we need to be even more creative to deliver solid research.
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HolyJS 2020 Piter
April 10, 2020
St. Petersburg, Russia
HolyJS 2020 Piter will be the ninth in a row JavaScript conference held by JUG Ru Group. More than 1000 JS developers will be brought together to discuss the present and future of JavaScript community with the world’s leading experts and watch dozens of frontend talks and much more.
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An Event Apart
April 13, 2020
Washington DC USA
An Event Apart DC is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.An Event Apart DC is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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JS Kongress 2020
April 15, 2020
Munich, Germany
JS Kongress 2020 is a two-day developer-driven and single-track International JavaScript / Web Conference. This edition is about Scaling JS – Pushing the Limits. It’s about Massive Platforms, Data-Driven Architectures, and Modern APIs. The #DeepTrack is about all things JavaScript. YOU create the program! Join us, and let’s watch out for solutions and best practices.
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Forward Festival
April 16, 2020
Vienna, Austria
Forward brings together the best international and local creative heads, who provide insights into their success stories in an exciting atmosphere. The conference, the centerpiece of the festival, is accompanied by various side events, such as workshops, live art sessions and networking events.
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React Summit
April 17, 2020
Kromhouthal, Amsterdam
A full-day, two-track conference on all things React, gathering front-end and full-stack engineers across the globe in the tech heart of Europe. We’re coming back with a new gig on April 17, 2020. Next to the main conference day, be prepared for a number of hands-on workshops, pre-party meetups, and mini conferences throughout the week of the event.
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Smashing Conference
April 21, 2020
San Francisco, California
Let’s rock’n’roll! We’ll explore live sessions on performance, accessibility, security, privacy, interface design, debugging and practical CSS/JS jazz. Plus a bunch of hands-on workshops on accessibility, design, front-end and UX.
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Devopsdays Baltimore 2020
April 21, 2020
Baltimore, MD USA
Devopsdays is a worldwide series of technical conferences covering topics of software development, IT infrastructure operations, and the intersection between them. Each event is run by volunteers from the local area.
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Uphill Conf 2020
April 23, 2020
Bern, Switzerland
Learn about the latest trends in frontend web technologies in an inspiring, open environment. Meet and connect with our speakers and other like-minded, passionate developers. Catch up with the latest trends in frontend development and get inspired by our amazing talks.
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JSHeroes
April 23, 2020
Cluj, Romania
JSHeroes is a two-day single track event, focusing on a wide range of topics around JavaScript and the Web ecosystems. Each year we bring a diverse lineup of speakers in front of an audience of 700 people in the beautiful heart of Transylvania, Cluj-Napoca, Romania.
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Halfstack Charlotte
April 24, 2020
Charlotte, North Carolina
An authentic, high value experience for attendees and sponsors focused on UI-centric JavaScript and web development.
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May 2020
UX Burlington 2020
May 1, 2020
Burlington, VT USA
UX Burlington is an annual single day conference, focused on what it really takes to build great digital user experiences on the web, in apps, and beyond. This year’s conference theme is 20/20 Hindsight and, to our benefit, we will hear from UX practitioners who can share what they’ve learned from their own User Experience mistakes.
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Pixel Up!
May 4, 2020
Cape Town, Africa
Africa’s premier user experience and design conference. 3 days of learning, connecting, and discovery with local and international speakers in beautiful Cape Town. Pixel Up! is by designers for designers. We deliver an inspiring program packed with practical skills you can take back to your desk and apply immediately.
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Into The Box 2020
May 5, 2020
The Woodlands, TX
Into The Box is a 1-day, 2-track event with speakers from around the world presenting on topics surrounding web technologies and software craftsmanship.
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HalfStack Tel Aviv
May 11, 2020
Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
An authentic, high value experience for attendees and sponsors focused on UI-centric JavaScript and web development.
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An Event Apart
May 11, 2020
Seattle, WA USA
An Event Apart Seattle is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.An Event Apart Seattle is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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React Finland
May 12, 2020
Helsinki, Finland
React Finland combines the Finnish React community with international flavor. The first of its kind in Finland, the event consists of two days of workshops and two days of talks around the topic. In this single track event you will learn more about React and surrounding topics while meeting some of the leading talents of the community.
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You Gotta Love Frontend (YGLF)
May 14, 2020
Vilnius, Lithuania
YGLF is a series of community events built by developers for developers, a non-profit conference aimed at delivering high-quality content on the hottest topics that cutting edge frontend developers need to know. Bringing in internationally recognized speakers and attendees, YGLF creates a buzzling bustle of software engineers from around the globe.
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Voxxed Days Frontend Bucharest 2020
May 19, 2020
Bucharest, Romania
This developer conference aims to bring together popular speakers, core developers of popular open source technologies and professionals willing to share their knowledge and experience on frontend development. With several tracks on different topics, attendees can satisfy their curiosity and learn new skills while enjoying and having fun!
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The Design Conference 2020
May 20, 2020
Brisbane, AU
The Design Conference is an event for creatives. We discuss more than the future of design — but what design means in the hearts and minds of the worlds favourite creative leaders. By being transparent and vulnerable, we engineer an experience which is designed to move, motivate, educate and connect.
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UX Camp Spring
May 30, 2020
Chicago, IL USA
If you’re just getting your start in UX and you’re hoping to learn more, or you’ve been in the field awhile and want to stay current, UX Camp is for you. A full day–3 full tracks–of UX talks, surrounded by impressive keynotes and all for a great price that includes your lunch.
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June 2020
99U Conference 2020
June 3, 2020
New York, NY USA
What does it mean to be a creative? At the 12th Annual Adobe 99U Conference, we’ll unpack our creative identities, explore how to establish purpose, find ways to nurture our talents, and redefine success on our own terms. Join us.
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Eyeo Festival 2020
June 8, 2020
Minneapolis, MN USA
Eyeo brings together a creative technology community like no other; creative coders, data designers, artists, and forward thinkers share talks, workshops, inspiration, and meet friends – new and old. It’s a delight.
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NDC Oslo 2020
June 8, 2020
Oslo Spektrum, Norway
From 8-12 June 2020, NDC Oslo will offer a combination of talks, lightning talks, workshops and panels, Inspiring Software Developers since 2008.
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Smashing Conference
June 9, 2020
Austin, TX USA
We’ll explore how to improve accessibility and front-end workflow, refactoring, web performance, HTML email,interface design patterns and how to write better CSS/JavaScript. Plus a bunch of hands-on workshops on design, front-end and UX.
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Craft Conference 2020
June 9, 2020
Budapest, Hungary
Craft is an inclusive and professional conference about software delivery craft, presenting which mindset, tools, methods and practices should be part of the toolbox of a modern developer and company. Our event is serving as a compass on new technologies and trends where you can learn from top-notch international practitioners in our community.
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React Loop
June 19, 2020
Chicago, IL USA
React Loop is a single day ReactJS conference in Chicago bringing together a diverse and inclusive group of React enthusiasts from all backgrounds and levels of experience. Speakers will cover topics such as React, React Native, and the related tools in the ever-growing ecosystem.
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Lead Dev London 2020
June 24, 2020
London, UK
Join our community at the Lead Dev London, where technical leaders learn to nurture high performing teams, apply the best tech and tools for the job, and thrive as they meet the challenges of software engineering leadership.
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An Event Apart
June 29, 2020
Boston, MA USA
An Event Apart Boston is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.An Event Apart Boston is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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July 2020
CSSCamp
July 15, 2020
Barcelona, Spain
CSSCamp is a one-day, one-track conference for Web designers and developers in Barcelona.
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JSCamp
July 16, 2020
Barcelona, Spain
International single-track and two-day conference covering all about JavaScript and modern web technologies.
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React La Conferencia
July 18, 2020
Medellín, Colombia
This year will take place the first React conference in Spanish in America, it’s a community effort, created by the community for the community. We want to connect the whole Latin American React Community.
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August 2020
Leadership By Design
August 5, 2020
Chicago, IL USA
A two-day, single-track conference featuring inspiring keynote speakers, accomplished design leaders, and experienced professionals from major brands and organizations.
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HalfStack New York
August 14, 2020
New York, NY USA
An authentic, high value experience for attendees and sponsors focused on UI-centric JavaScript and web development.
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An Event Apart
August 17, 2020
Minneapolis, MN USA
An Event Apart Minneapolis is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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React Rally
August 22, 2020
Salt Lake City, UT USA
React Rally is a two day single track conference for developers of all backgrounds using React.js, React Native, and related tools. Speakers will cover topics like React Native, state management, hooks, universal JavaScript, and more. Whether you’re a seasoned developer who has been using React since before it was cool, or a newcomer to the scene, React Rally has something for everyone!
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beyond tellerrand
August 24, 2020
Berlin, Germany
beyond tellerrand is back for the 7th time in Berlin. Two days of conference with talks about design, technology and many opportunities to meet old and make new friends. Don’t miss out.
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September 2020
Smashing Conference
September 7, 2020
Freiburg, Germany
We’ll explore how to improve accessibility and front-end workflow, refactoring, interface design patterns, performance, and how to write better CSS/JavaScript. Plus a bunch of hands-on workshops on design, front-end and UX.
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HalfStack Vienna
September 18, 2020
Absberggasse, Vienna
An authentic, high value experience for attendees and sponsors focused on UI-centric JavaScript and web development.
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Us by Night
September 24, 2020
Antwerp, Belgium
Us By Night is a unique nocturnal experience. Our combination of an inspiring lineup and an endless nightmarket are guaranteed to provide 3 nights you can’t miss. Come for the talks, stay for the experience.
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JSConf Budapest
September 24, 2020
Budapest, Hungary
JSConf Budapest is a JSConf family member 2-day, single track non-profit for-the-community by-the-community conference about JavaScript in Budapest, Hungary.
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October 2020
An Event Apart
October 5, 2020
Orlando, FL USA
An Event Apart Orlando is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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Design Thinking Conference 2020
October 8, 2020
Amsterdam, Netherlands
The Design Thinking Conference is an interactive and high-energy gathering of experienced design thinking practitioners from around the world. We offer a platform to share knowledge and further your understanding of what is driving the changes we all experience in today’s world.
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Connect.Tech
October 14, 2020
Atlanta, GA USA
The largest multi-framework front-end conference in the USA. The 2020 event includes talks and keynotes by among others Angular, Vuejs and React core team members: 3 days total with a workshop day and 2 conference days with 10 tracks.
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Smashing Conference
October 15, 2020
New York, NY USA
For the 7th SmashingConf New York we will be back in downtown New York, just around the corner of Times Square on October 20–21, 2020. With one track, two days, 13 speakers and 400 attendees, expect actionable insights for your work.
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UX Camp Fall
October 17, 2020
Chicago, IL USA
If you’re just getting your start in UX and you’re hoping to learn more, or you’ve been in the field awhile and want to stay current, UX Camp is for you. A full day–2 full tracks–of UX talks, surrounded by impressive keynotes and all for a great price that includes your lunch.
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November 2020
beyond tellerrand
November 2, 2020
Munich, Germany
beyond tellerrand is back in Munich again! Meet 500+ people at the event about design, technology and inspiration. Two days of conference, plus full-day workshops and side events around the core event.
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December 2020
An Event Apart
December 14, 2020
San Francisco, CA USA
An Event Apart San Francisco is a three-day conference with 17 sessions and an intense focus on digital design, UX, content, code, and more, giving you deep insights into where we are now and where things are going next.
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Events You Won’t Want to Miss
These are events you won’t want to miss out on this year. Hopefully by having this list of web design and development conferences all in one location, you’ll be able to book your travel plans accordingly. In the meantime, if you’re looking for other ways to improve your skills, be sure to check out all of the tutorials here at 1WD. Best of luck this year!
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