When it comes to industry events for software developers, new highlights are always popping up on an already-packed year-round schedule. How’s an engineer to know which hackathons to hit and which tech conferences to miss?

To help you plan your travels in the months ahead, here’s our comprehensive, chronological, regularly updated list of the most awesome events for software developers and engineers around the world.

March 4-8, 2019
London
Price £1,040 – £2,629
@qconlondon #qconlondon

Like its New York-based sibling scheduled for later in the year, the UK version of QCon aims its programming clearly at front-line development practitioners. A full schedule is now available for QCon London, which will include tracks with titles such as, “Architectures You’ve Always Wondered About,” “Don’t $%@! Up the Culture,” and “Security from First Principles.” QCon vows to deliver content geared towards “Bleeding-edge for the Enterprise” and to prioritize “engineers over evangelists, practitioners over coaches, and team leads over consultants.” Intrigued? Check out this nifty (and persuasive) video, Why People Come Back to QCon London.

March 6-8, 2019
Atlanta
Price $470 – $795
@devnexus #devnexus

Touted as “the professional developers conference,” DevNexus convenes for the 13th time to connect developers from all over the world, provide affordable education, and promote open source values. The 2019 event will bring in 2,200+ attendees for an experience that spans four days, beginning with a two-day workshop dealing with Micronaut, “a revolutionary new framework for building microservices and serverless applications, in concert with Google Cloud Platform services, such as Cloud SQL, Kubernetes, and Google’s Instance Metadata Server.” The second half of the event  includes a mix of workshops, presentations, and live demonstrations on the industry’s hottest topics.

April 9-11, 2019
San Francisco
Price $1,699 ($2,000 after April 7)
@googlecloud #GoogleNext19

The signature event for Google’s enterprise cloud platform. Next ’18 was a global exhibition of inspiration, innovation, and education connecting big thinkers and doers. The 2019 edition promises to be every bit as awesome; the full schedule includes sessions covering 18 featured technical themes—ranging from Application Development and Architecture to Security and Serverless—that promise something for almost everyone working in software development and related fields.

April 10-11, 2019
Dublin, Ireland
Price €349
@DubTechSummit

Proudly touting itself as Europe’s fastest-growing technology conference, Dublin Tech Summit promises 10,000+ leaders, founders, and influencers from around the world. Two days of “growth and development, knowledge sharing, fun networking, and of course … the craic!” Confirmed speakers include NASA CTO Douglas Terrier, Google’s Cassie Kozyrkov, and Elena Gomez of Zendesk.

May 7-9, 2019
Mountain View, Calif.
Ticket drawing closed after February 27 (price TBD)
@googledevs #io19

We finally know the location, venue (Shoreline Amphitheater, about midway between San Francisco and San Jose) and dates for Google’s wildly popular developer event. We also strongly suspect that if you forgot to enter the random ticket drawing during the Feb. 21-27 window, you’re out of luck. (It’s hard to say for sure since the ticket drawing information on the event site ha snot been updated as of March 1.)

One thing we don’t know yet is how much tickets will cost although it’s unlikely to matter much to the event’s target audience. Google’s big dev event is always a blast, with highly technical in-depth sessions balanced with big-name keynotes and exciting new products. For the lucky ticket holder this is likely to be a memorable event.

May 1-9, 2019
Cleveland, Ohio
Price $125 – $700
@pycon #pycon

PyCon is the largest annual gathering of the Python community, dedicated to diversity and affordability. Tutorials and sprints are always central to the fun, as are “lightning talks” and poster sessions. There’s a job fair, too. And, of course, there’s the PyLadies Lunch.

May 8-10, 2019
London
Price £200-£510 (early bird pricing ends March 24)
@DevoxxUK

“From developers, for developers.” What more could you want? Devoxx events are all about community, and the 2018-19 series (with gatherings in Pari; Krakow, Poland; Antwerp, Belgium; and Casablanca, Morocco, as well as this one in London) will have welcomed more than 12,000 devs by the time it wraps up.

May 23-24, 2019
Krakow, Poland
Price €335 and up (prices increase incrementally based on attendance)
@aceconf #aceconf

Since 2010, ACE! has been the largest regional conference of its kind in Central Europe. These folks are all about “Building Software Better, Building Better Products,” so it’s sure to be, well, ace.

June 3-7 2019 (tentative but likely dates)
San Jose, Calif.
Price $1,599 (purchased via lottery to be held mid-March)
#WWDC

As usual, Apple could tell you when and where its flagship developer event will take place and how much it will cost to attend—but it would have to kill you. Fortunately, some enterprising journalists have stepped up with unofficial but highly credible details about WWDC 2019, including likely demos and release announcements for all four of Apple’s core operating systems (iOS 13, macOS 10.15, watchOS 6, and tvOS 13) along with a possible update to the Mac Pro desktop computer line. Before you ask the way to San Jose, however, keep in mind that WWDC is always a very tough ticket: Last year’s ducats were distributed via random drawing, and there’s no reason to believe the 2019 event will be any easier to get into.

June 24-26, 2019
New York City
Price $1,565- $2,095 (prices go up after March 9)
@QConNewYork

If you’re looking for an event that is long on technical content for practitioners and short on marketing fluff, QCon is worth your attention. Billing itself as an event that focuses “senior software engineers and architects on the patterns, practices, and use cases leveraged by the world’s most innovative software shops,” the event schedule includes tracks with intriguing titles such as “Architecting for Failure,” “Software-Defined Infrastructure,” and “21st Century Languages.”

July 8-11, 2019
Hong Kong
Price $340 and up
@RISEConfHQ #RISEConf

From the team behind Web Summit comes RISE, a gathering of the world’s biggest companies and most exciting startups. With more than 15,000 attendees and 350+ speakers expected, this is a truly massive event. “Buzzing and electric” according to Bloomberg. Sounds pretty fun, right?

July 15-18, 2019
Portland, Ore.
Price TBD (registration opens March 2019)
@oscon #OSCON

When it comes to open source, OSCON is “where all of the pieces come together: developers, innovators, business people, and investors.” The 2018 event, which took place in July in Portland, Ore., featured Microsoft’s Jessica Deen and Flyball’s Mack Hendricks. This year, organizers will build the event program around five pillars of modern software development, including Open Source, Cloud Native, Data-Driven, AI-Enhanced, and Customer-Driven tracks. Stay tuned if Oscon is on your summer event agenda: Registration may be open by the time you read this update.

August 21-23, 2019
San Diego, Calif.
Price $800 (early bird option through May 9; $275 hobbyist/academic tickets also available)
@LinuxFoundation #OpenSourceSummit

If the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit was a rock band, it would be a supergroup. The event  consists of three distinct conferences—LinuxCon, ContainerCon, and CloudOpen—that cover three of the industry’s hottest technology topics and attracted more than 2,000 attendees in 2018. Details about this year’s event program are still scarce—in fact, organizers are still accepting session and speaker proposals. But it’s a safe bet that the 2019 schedule (you can check out the 2018 program here) will offer a familiar diverse mix of technology deep-dive sessions, thought leadership, vendor-sponsored events, and networking opportunities.

September 9-12, 2019
Las Vegas
Price (2018) $575 and up
@ApacheCon #ApacheCon

Apache has long been the world’s most widely used web server; today, the open-source server powers claims a 44% market share. But this is just the tip of the iceberg for ApacheCon, which also includes events and educational programming for users of Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, and the vast array of projects managed within the Apache Software Foundation. The schedule for ApacheCon 2019 is still a blank slate, so stay tuned for details about speakers and sessions.

 

September 23-25, 2019
Austin, Tex.
Price $295 (early bird pricing through June 14)
@spiceworks

Just as there are tech events for even the most niche tools and topics, there are also events that deliver kitchen-sink diversity and enough attendees to populate a small city. Spiceworld 2019 tends towards the kitchen-sink end of the spectrum—last year’s event drew some 1,500 attendees, and the 60+ sessions are organized into fairly broad topic tracks. (The 2019 program isn’t available yet, but video from the 2018 sessions is available.) And if networking (or nightlife) are high on your list of developer event priorities, this event definitely deserves a spot on your calendar.

October 7-10, 2019
London
Price 399.00 £ – 649.00 £ (early bird pricing through June 17)
@JAXLondon #jaxlondon

JAX London is a four-day conference and two-day expo with programming that “brings together the world’s leading innovators in the fields of Java, microservices, continuous delivery, and DevOps.” This year’s conference program includes 60+ sessions with a strong emphasis on cutting-edge software development tools and methodologies. There’s also a track devoted to blockchain technologies and solutions—a fitting topic for an event located in one of the world’s key financial centers.

November 4-8, 2019
Orlando, Fla.
Price (2018) $995 – $2,220 (2019 pricing not yet announced)
@MS Ignite #MS Ignite

Since 2014, Microsoft Ignite has provided a single, combined home for one very large event (TechEd) and a handful of smaller ones (Microsoft Management Summit, SharePoint Conference, and Project Conference, among others). This year’s event program preview promises a stronger focus on advanced and expert sessions; more hands-on learning lab activities, and more than 20 role- or priority-based learning paths for attendees. The event’s vendor expo included more than 100 participating companies in 2018.

December 2-6, 2019
Las Vegas
Price (2018) $1,799
@AWSreInvent #reInvent

AWS re:Invent is the undisputed cloud computing event of the year—and each year, AWS somehow manages to raise the bar a little higher. The 2018 event drew 40,000 participants to 1,000+ breakout sessions, multiple hackathons, bootcamps, workshops, and much more—all of it held across more than a half-dozen locations around Las Vegas. It’s not uncommon for attendees to walk miles simply getting around the massive event, although you’ll want to pace yourself to catch the epic, end-of-week re:PLAY party. (Don’t miss our coverage of last year’s event.)

Desember 5-6, 2019
Paris
Price €299/€199 (2-day/1-day passes)
@dotJS #dotJS

For the first time,  “the world’s largest JavaScript” conference is expanding to a two-day event format. The first day will focus on frontend development, including UI frameworks and browsers; the second day will shift to backend topics, including a generous helping of Node.js and related content. (It’s not too late to submit a proposal to speak  at either day of dotJS 2019, by the way.) The new format is a logical next step for dotJS, which launched in 2012 and grew to more than 1,400 attendees in 2018.  And even if the timely educational content or myriad networking opportunities don’t sell you on dotJS 2019, the fact that it happens in Paris certainly should!

January 7-10, 2020
Sandusky, Ohio.
Price (2018) $350/$700 (2-day/4-day passes)
@CodeMash #CodeMash

Is CodeMash a Ruby conference? A Java conference? A security conference? Try all of the above: The event that likes to call itself the “everything conference” returns to Sandusky, a city located on Lake Erie about halfway between Cleveland and Toledo. If that does not sound like somewhere you want to be in January, keep an open mind: CodeMash has built a reputation as a solid event with an eclectic but consistently high-quality program; a rich source of networking opportunities; and happenings like KidzMash that give the next generation of geeks a starting point to develop their talents. And since the Kalahari Resort, which hosts CodeMash, offers amenities like a heated indoor pool, it turns out that a trip to Lake Erie in the dead of winter might be warmer than you think.

Interested in learning about all New Relic events, user groups, and meetups? Be sure to bookmark the New Relic Events page, which we update on a regular basis. We’re looking forward to seeing you at a future event!