2021 tech events, summits and conferences to add to your calendar

The 2020 conference season was over almost before it began. COVID-19 shuttered many major tech events, and many planning to relaunch later in 2020 ended up cancelling altogether. This list of tech events in 2021 will look quite different as a result.

Many events have yet to announce dates, and with good reason: The coronavirus pandemic is leaving 2021 shrouded in uncertainty and announcing dates now could result in another bad investment.

Those events that have been announced for 2021 are here, but be sure to check this list regularly for updates. Some organizations that host event series haven’t released any dates, but still plan to do so. If you don’t see a particular event on this list, check with its host; for instance, some organizations said they’re unlikely to return to any kind of in-person event. Also, check out the TechRepublic listing the 2022 tech conferences and events.

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January

Jan. 11-14: CES [online only]
Jan. 11-16: SANS Security East [online only]
Jan. 12-14, 19, 21-22: NRF 2021 Chapter One [online only]
Jan. 14: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: Welcome to the Everyday Epic [online only]
Jan. 20: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Intersection of Software Architecture and Data [online only]
Jan. 25: IBM CIO Leadership Summit [online only]
Jan. 27: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: CI/CD [online only]
Jan. 28: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Python: Tips and Tricks, Machine Learning, and What’s New in 3.9 and Beyond [online only]

February

Feb. 4: HMG Live! Charlotte CIO executive leadership summit [online only]
Feb. 8-11: 3DEXPERIENCE World [online only]
Feb. 9: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Data Science Fundamentals [online only]
Feb. 9-11: Cisco Live! [online only]
Feb. 21-23: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in Phoenix
Feb. 22-23: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (mideast) [online only]
Feb. 22-24: Esri Federal GIS Conference [online only]
Feb. 23-25: Mobile World Congress in Shanghai

March

March: Microsoft MVP Global Summit [online only, opens in March]
March 2-4: Microsoft Ignite (continuation of Ignite 2020) [online only]
March 9-11: ESRI Developer Summit [online only]
March 16-18: SAP Concur Fusion (Americas) [online only]
March 16-20: SXSW [online only]
March 17: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: AI/ML in Production [online only]
March 17-18: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (India) [online only]
March 17-19: SAP Concur Fusion (EMEA, APAC) [online only]
March 18: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Software Architecture Fundamentals (APAC) [online only]
March 23-24: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit (APAC) [online only]
March 24-25: Domopalooza [online only]
March 25-26: Re.Work AI in healthcare and pharma summit in Boston
March 26-27: MIT Tech Conference
March 30-April 1: ODSC East [online only]
March 31-April 1: Cisco Live

April

April 6-8: Okta Oktane21 [online only]
April 7: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Cloud Engineering for Operators [online only]
April 13-15: Aruba Atmosphere
April 15-16: Re.Work London Summit in London
April 20: Apple event [online only]
April 20-22: Collision
April 26-27: Gartner Digital Workplace Summit (Americas) [online only]
April 27-28: Red Hat Summit (part 1 of 3) [online only]
April 27-29: Adobe Summit [online only]
April 28: Samsung Unpacked
April 28-29: Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit (EMEA) [online only]
April 29: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Go: Generics, Modules, and the Future of Open Source Go Programming [online only]

May

May 4: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Data-Intensive Applications [online only]
May 4-6: Gartner Data and Analytics Summit (Americas) [online only]
May 4-6: Ingram Cloud Summit 2021 in Miami Beach, Florida
May 4-7: Black Hat Asia (location/online status not specified)
May 5-6: Dell Technologies World [online only]
May 11-12: Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit (Americas) [online only]
May 17-20: RSA streaming online
May 18-20: Google I/O [online only]
May 18-20: Gartner Data and Analytics Summit (EMEA) [online only]
May 18-20: Digital Enterprise Show in Madrid
May 19: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Mastering Your Microservices Stack [online only]
May 20: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: Site Reliability Engineering [online only]
May 25-27: Microsoft Build [online only]
May 25-26: Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference (Americas) [online only]
May 26: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Creating Your Kubernetes Platform [online only]
May 26-27: Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit (Americas) [online only]

June

June 2: Facebook F8 Refresh [online only]
June 2: SAPPHIRE NOW [online only]
June 6-11: OFC 2021 in San Francisco
June 7–10: SAPPHIRE NOW EMEA [online only]
June 7–10: SAPPHIRE NOW Americas [online only]
June 7-11: WWDC [online only]
June 7-11: Women Tech Global Conference [online only]
June 8: HardwareCon in Mountain View, California [online only]
June 8-10: ODSC Vitural conference Europe [online only]
June 8-9: Gartner Data and Analytics Summit (APAC) [online only]
June 8-10: Cisco Live! [online only]
June 12-15: E3 [online only]
June 14-15: Gartner Digital Workplace Summit (EMEA) [online only]
June 15: Tableau Virtual IT Conference [online only]
June 15-16: Red Hat Summit (part 2 of 3) [online only]
June 15–18: SAPPHIRE NOW Korea [online only]
June 16: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Responsible AI [online only]
June 16–17: SAPPHIRE NOW Greater China [online only]
June 21-22: Amazon Prime Day [online only]
June 21-25: Pride Summit [online only]
June 21–24: SAPPHIRE NOW Asia Pacific [online only]
June 22: Evanta global CISO virtual town hall [online only]
June 28-July 2: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain
June 30: Evanta global CIO virtual town hall [online only]

July

July 8: Future Vision: DTG Summit 2020 in London [postponed from May 6]
July 12–July 15: SAPPHIRE NOW Japan [online only]
July 14-15: Microsoft Inspire [online only]
July 19-23: Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
July 22: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) [online only]
July 31-Aug. 5: Black Hat USA in Las Vegas

August

Aug. 4-5: Gartner Data and Analytics Summit (India) [online only]
Aug. 5-8: DEF CON in Las Vegas
Aug. 10: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Data Warehouses, Data Lakes, and Data Lakehouses [online only]
Aug. 11: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked [online only]
Aug. 12: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: DevSecOps [online only]
Aug. 17-18, and 24-25: CIO 100 Virtual Symposium [online only]

September

September: Red Hat Summit (part 3 of 3) in various locations, dates TBD
Sept. 14: Apple Fall product reveal [online only]
Sept. 21-23: Dreamforce [streaming on Salesforce+, physical event by invite only]
Sept. 21-23: Dreamforce EMEA [online only]
Sept. 22: Microsoft Surface event [online only]
Sept. 22: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Scaling AI [online only]
Sept. 22-24: Dreamforce APAC [online only]
Sept. 22-24: NamesCon Online [online only]
Sept. 23: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: Observability [online only]
Sept. 20-21: Industry of Things World in Berlin
Sept. 27-29: Enterprise Connect in Orlando, Florida, and online
Sept. 27-29: Recode Code Conference 2021 in Beverly Hills, California
Sept. 27-Oct. 1: Grace Hopper Celebration [online only]

October

Oct. 1-2: TNW Conference in Amsterdam [postponed from June 18-19]
Oct. 5-7: VMworld [online only]
Oct. 5: IDC CIO Summit in France [online only]
Oct. 6: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Washington, D.C. [being held as scheduled]
Oct. 8: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Detroit [being held as scheduled]
Oct. 9-13: NAB Show in Las Vegas
Oct. 18: Apple Unleashed [online only]
Oct. 18-21: Gartner IT Symposium ~~in Orlando, Florida~~ [online only]
Oct. 19-21: Arm DevSummit [online only]
Oct. 20: Samsung Unpacked 2 [online only]
Oct. 20-21: Re.Work Toronto summit in Toronto
Oct. 21: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: Container Orchestration [online only]
Oct. 22: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in Greenwich, Connecticut [being held as scheduled]
Oct. 26-28: Mobile World Congress Americas in Los Angeles

November

Nov. 2-4: IoT World in Santa Clara, California
Nov. 3: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Architecture Outside of Applications [online only]
Nov. 9: LevelUp productivity conference [online only]
Nov. 9-10: SaaS Connect in San Francisco [postponed from April 15-16]
Nov. 11-12: Re.Work Seattle Summit in Seattle
Nov. 16-18: ODSC West Reconnect San Francisco [hybrid]
Nov. 16-18: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit [online only]
Nov. 17: CIO Executive Leadership Summit in St. Louis
Nov. 18: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: Low-code/no-code [online only]

December

Dec. 1: O’Reilly’s Superstream Series: Securing AI [online only]
Dec. 1-2: DevOps Institute SKILup Day: SKILup Festival [online only]
Dec. 6-8: Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference [online only]
Dec. 7-10: Cisco Live! In Melbourne, Australia

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2021 tech events, summits and conferences to add to your calendar