10 conferences in May you can attend from home 🏡

Timur Bublik — Mon, 27 Apr 2020 07:15:37 +0000

Online conference is not just a fix for temporary inability to attend on-site conferences. Recently I had a pleasure to co-organize and participate in Remote Python Pizza. It is a beautiful experience, we had an unforgettable vibe in Discord between talks, people were connecting, learning and growing (and eating pizza!). Even though YouTube banned our livestream right in the middle of conference (supposedly we forgot to uncheck "suitable for kids" checkbox, but there are plenty of other potential reasons).

Below is a list of 10 remote conferences that will happen in May. All of them are either completely free or available for a small donation to fight diseases.

1. ESNEXT 🤝

Date: Mon-Fr, 18th-22nd May
Price: $17,99
Key topics: javascript, development
Good to know: 100% of all proceeds will be donated to World Health Organisation helping battle the spread of COVID-19.
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2. VMware VForum Online

Date: Wed, 13th May @ 9 AM (PDT)
Price: Free
Key topics: multi-cloud, networking, software
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3. Jamstack Conf Virtual

Date: Wed-Thu, 27-28th May @ 2 PM (GMT +1)
Price: Free
Key topics: frontend, full-stack
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4. PickJS 🤝

Date: Fr, 8th May @ 9 AM (UTC -5)
Price: from 15€
Key topics: development, javascript, frontend
Goot to know: 50% of all proceeds will be donated to World Health Organisation helping battle the spread of COVID-19.
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5. SUSECON

Date: Wed, 20th May @ 2 PM (GMT)
Price: Free
Key topics: linux, kubernetes
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6. HalfStack Online

Date: Fr, 22nd May
Price: Free
Key topics: frontend, javascript, web, mobile, design
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7. AWS Summit Online

Date: Wed, 13th May
Price: Free
Key topics: cloud, aws
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8. Percona Live Online

Date: Tue-Wed, 19-20th May @ 10 AM (PDT)
Price: Free
Key topics: databases
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9. DockerCon LIVE

Date: Thu, 28th May @ 9 AM (GMT -7)
Price: Free
Key topics: docker, development
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10. IBM Think Digital

Date: Tue-Wed, 5-6th May @ 11 AM (EDT)
Price: Free
Key topics: digitalisation, innovation
Goot to know: the conference is focused on acceleration of COVID-19 recovery and transformation
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DIY

I know this list is not covering all technologies we use and for that reason I encourage you organising an online conference yourself. It does not involve big budgets, you could even do it completely self-hosted (you would then also avoid our YouTube issue).

I would like to thank Alexandre, Christian, Darya and Artur for all their superhero work done on organising Remote Python Pizza ❤️.

10 conferences in April you can attend from home 🏡

Timur Bublik — Sat, 28 Mar 2020 05:13:13 +0000

Pandemic forced many of us to work remotely these days. Our favourite conferences of the H1 2020 gradually get cancelled. Some companies are cutting education budgets for employees. But it does not mean we will stop learning, networking and sharing knowledge. No, we will grow together.

Some conferences already announced they will switch to streaming format. There are new remote-first conferences revealed as well. Below is a list of 10 remote conferences that will happen in April. All of them are either completely free or available for a small donation to fight diseases.

This is not a comprehensive list, feel free to add yours in comments.

1. Cloud Native Virtual Summit featuring Kubernetes

Date: Wed, 1st April @ 10am - 5:30pm (CET)
Price: Free (suggested donation $100)
Key topics: cloud, infrastructure, Kubernetes
Good to know: 100% of all proceeds will be donated to a qualified charitable organisation helping battle the spread of COVID-19.
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2. Remote Python Pizza

Date: Sat, 25th April @ 8am (CET)
Price: 30€
Key topics: Python, development
Good to know: 100% of all proceeds will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières, an international humanitarian medical non-governmental organisation helping battle endemic diseases. I am a co-organizer of this conference.
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3. AllTheTalks

Date: Wed, 15th April
Price: Free (suggested donation £10-50)
Key topics: DevOps, development, security
Good to know: raising funds to assist select charities benefiting virus victims.
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4. Scala Love

Date: Sat, 18th April @ 9 AM (CET)
Price: Free
Key topics: development, Scala
Good to know: one track for speakers based in Europe/Asia and one for speakers based in America
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5. All Day DevOps Spring Break Edition

Date: Fr, 17th April
Price: Free
Key topics: DevOps, SRE, DevSecOps, CI/CD, cloud
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6. Infrastructure WebConf

Date: Mon, 27th April
Price: Free
Key topics: DevOps, SRE, infrastructure, CI/CD, cloud
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7. DevOps Online Summit

Date: Mon, 20th April
Price: Free ($30-85 for extra perks)
Key topics: DevOps
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8. MagnoliaJS Conference

Date: 15-17th April @ 9 AM (UTC -5)
Price: Free ($149 for an extra JavaScript workshop)
Key topics: development, JavaScript
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9. The Live Coders Conference

Date: Thu, 9th April
Price: Free
Key topics: development
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10. RemoteCon

Date: Tue, 7th April
Price: Free
Key topics: remote work
Good to know: this is not an exclusively IT conference, but a conference about remote work in general (tools & tech, law, organisation & culture).
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Thanks to Michael from DEV team for encouraging me writing this post.

UPD: Below is few more conferences from readers.

Remote AID 2020

Date: Mon, 20th April
Price: Free (suggested donation)
Key topics: time management and personal productivity, communication & collaboration, remote business, remote work, company culture, hiring strategy, tools & tactics
Good to know: all proceedings from voluntary donations will be sent to the Red Cross Coronavirus Donations. One of speakers on this event will be David Heinemeier Hansson, popularly known as DHH, CTO of Basecamp, co-author of 4 books, and the creator of the open-source Ruby on Rails framework.
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Red Hat Summit 2020 Virtual Experience

Date: 28-28th April
Price: Free
Key topics: open hybrid cloud, automation, cloud-native development
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