Administrators EmperoR Posted January 6, 2012 Administrators Report Share Posted January 6, 2012 Here we are well into 2012 and that means another year of conferences, events, MeetUps, Devmeets, hackathons and more. With budgets tight, a rough economy, and conferences coming and going by the wayside, there's a number of choices to be made. 2012 GIS and Geospatial Events To Consider WhereCamp + Ignite Tampa 2012 The first such cozy event in Tampa, FL, this event gets mention because it's the first Ignite and un-conference of the year. Enjoy 2 days with a WhereCamp + Ignite and more http://wherecamptb.org/ ILMF - International LiDAR Mapping Forum IF LiDAR is of interest to your business or if it could be useful to you then this is a must attend... you never know, the weather in Denver in January could even be awesome! Jan 23-25, 2012, Denver CO http://www.lidarmap.org/ILMF.aspx Esri Federal User Conference 2012 THE event for Federal contractors, consultants and others that are interested in doing business with the Feds. Biggest event of it's kind of the year Feb 22-24, 2012 Washington D.C. http://www.esri.com/events/fedcon/index.html ASPRS 2012 Conference Interested in imagery, remote sensing, laser scanning and related technologies? If so then ASPRS is for you March 19-23, 2012 Sacramento, CA http://www.asprs.org/Conferences/Sacramento-2012/ Esri Dev Summit 2012 Tag-teamed with the annual business partner summit, Dev Summit is THE place for Esri developers and Geeks... hands-down the best networking, training, and professional development the hard-core Esri partner and developer can find. March 26-29, 2012 Palm Springs, CA http://www.esri.com/events/devsummit/index.html Where Conference 2012 Where (was Where2.0) is an amazing event in the heart of Silicon Valley where those interested in social location meetup. Look for a blend of mobile, social media, and geo technology. A favorite event of yours truly and I was there for event #1 April 2-4, 2012 San Francisco, CA http://whereconf.com/where2012 The Bentley User Conference The annual Bentley BE event is for Bentley users, partners and customers. Tons of hands on training and presentations to select from. May 15 to 17, 2012 Pennsylvania Convention Center, Philadelphia, Pa. http://www.bentley.com/en-US/Community/BE+Conference/ Hexagon 2012 International Conference Now in it's second year since Hexagon began snapping up companies, look for Leica, ERDAS, and users of the entire Hexagon portfolio to convene at this HUGE event. June 4-7, 2012 Las Vegas, Nevada http://www.hexagonconference.com/ Google Code Jam 2012 A geeky coder event for the Google fans Paris, France Registration opens March 13, 2012 http://code.google.com/codejam/ Google I/O 2012 Register early for this one of you'll be left out. A must for anyone developing or using Google APIs June 27-29, 2012 Moscone Center West, San Francisco https://plus.google.com/s/%23io12 OSCON July 16-20, 2012 Portland, Oregon http://oscon.com/ 2012 International Esri UC The largest user conference for GIS professionals in North America... plan to meetup with 14,000+ of your closest Geo friends and colleagues! July 23-27, 2012 San Diego, CA http://www.esri.com/events/user-conference/index.html FOSS4G 2012 Sept 10-15, 2012 Beijing, China http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2012 GIS Pro 2012 Sept 30-Oct 4, 2012 Portland, OR http://www.urisa.org/conferences/aboutgis-pro GIS in the Rockies 2012 No date set yet, but likely First week-ish in Sept or late August Location: N. Colorado In my opinion this event is BEST when held in Loveland, CO! http://www.gisintherockies.org/GISITR2011/Home/Default.aspx GeoInt 2012 Symposium October 8-11, 2012 Orlando, FL http://geoint2012.com/ Android Open Conference October 15-17, 2012 San Francisco, CA http://www.facebook.com/pages/OReilly-Android-Open-Conference/142636812474847 Autodesk University (and AU Virtual event) November 27-29, 2012. Mandalay Bay Hotel, Las Vegas, NV http://au.autodesk.com/ CalGIS April 11-13, 2012, Sacramento CA A large event of California-based Geo professionals http://www.urisa.org/calgis/info/ AdobeMAX Typically in the fall, MAX is an awesome developer event if you've never been. The speakers are always outstanding and there's loads of interesting material for you to absorb, particularly if the mobile space is of interest to you. MAX 2012 is scheduled to run Oct 20-24 in L.A http://max.adobe.com/ Apple Worldwide developer conference WWDC Date yet to be set, typically in San Francisco, CA A must for those who aspire to be iOS rock stars http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ O'reilly Events O'reilly Media hosts a number of fine developer events including the Android Open, Web2.0 Expo and Web2.0 Summit, OScon and RailsConf http://conferences.oreillynet.com/ If mobile is your thing then consider the CTIA (Spring) event which takes place in New Orleans this May 8010. The event has lost some steam over the years but still a worthwhile stop, particularly this year if you need a reason to hit The Big Easy! http://www.ctiawireless.com/ For a truly MASSIVE mobile tech experience then you need to hit Mobile World Congress (MWC) once again in Barcelona, Spain. This year it runs Feb 27 - March 1, 2012 - http://www.mobileworldcongress.com/ Source : http://www.gisuser.com/content/view/25499/222/ NJOY all :shocked: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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