2019 tech conferences and events to add to your calendar

It’s time to start scheduling 2019 conference trips. Here’s a list of every major tech conference happening in 2019, and links to the websites you need to visit to find out more. (Note: This article about 2019 tech conferences and events is also available as a free PDF download.)

Be sure to check this list throughout the year–we’ll be updating it as new conferences are announced, changes are made, and dates are formalized.

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January

January 8-11: CES in Las Vegas
January 10-11: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Toronto
January 16-17: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Singapore
January 22-23: EmTech Asia in Singapore
January 22-23: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Tel Aviv
January 24-25: Re.Work Deep Learning Summit in San Francisco
January 28-February 1: Cisco Live! in Barcelona
January 28-29: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Johannesburg
January 29-30: Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, D.C.
January 31-February 1: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Milan

February

February 4-5: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Washington, D.C.
February 7: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Phoenix, AZ
February 12: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Charlotte, NC
February 12-15: IBM Think in San Francisco
February 13-14: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Sydney, Australia
February 20-21: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Hong Kong
February 25-28: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (TechRepublic is a media sponsor of this event.)
February 26: Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit in Menlo Park, CA
February 26-27: Microsoft Ignite Tour in London
February 27-28: IDC Middle East CIO Summit in Dubai

March

March 4-6: Gartner Symposium ITXPO in Dubai
March 4-6: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in London
March 4-8: RSA in San Francisco
March 5-8: Cisco Live! in Melbourne
March 8-17: SXSW in Austin
March 10-12: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in Phoenix, AZ
March 18-21: NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, CA
March 18-20: IDG Agenda19 in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
March 18-20: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in Amsterdam
March 18-21: DataWorks Summit in Barcelona
March 20-21: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Amsterdam
March 25: Apple event in Cupertino, CA
March 27-28: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Dubai
March 31-April 2: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in Hollywood, FL

April

April 3-4: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Seoul, South Korea
April 7-9: Midmarket CIO Forum in Louisville, KY
April 9-11: Google Cloud Next in San Francisco
April 10-11: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Mexico City
April 15-17: Smart Cities Week in San Diego, CA
April 17-18: Hardwarecon in Mountain View, CA
April 23-26: Brooklyn 5G Summit in Brooklyn, NY
April 24-25: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Stockholm
April 29-May 2: Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas

May

May 2: Landmark CIO Summit in New York City
May 6-8: Microsoft Build 2019 in Seattle
May 7-9: Google I/O 2019 in Mountain View, CA
May 13-16: Internet of Things World in Santa Clara, CA
May 19-21: Alltech Ideas Conference in Lexington, KY
May 20-21: Gartner CIO and IT Executive Summit in Munich
May 21-23: Digital Business World Congress in Madrid (TechRepublic is a media sponsor of this event.)
May 22-23: Microsoft Ignite Tour in Mumbai
May 22: MIT Sloan CIO Symposium in Cambridge, MA

June

June 3: WWDC in San Jose, CA
June 9-13: Cisco Live! in San Diego, CA
June 25-26: AWS re:Inforce in Boston

July

July 14-18: Microsoft Inspire 2018 in Las Vegas
July 16-18: RSA in Singapore

August

August 25-29: VMworld 2019 US in San Francisco

September

September 11-13: Global CIO Executive Summit in Westlake Village, CA
September 16-17: Industry of Things World in Berlin
September 30-October 2: Smart Cities Week in Washington, D.C.

October

October 27-29: Midmarket CIO Forum in Tucson, AZ

November

November 4-7: VMworld 2019 Europe in Barcelona
November 4-8: Microsoft Ignite in Orlando, FL
November 10-14: CIO Midmarket Summit in Scottsdale, AZ

December

December 2-6: AWS re:Invent in Las Vegas

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2019 tech conferences and events to add to your calendar