best tech conventions/expos/fairs/events?

[ZippyDan]

My boss said if there are any important tech conventions/expos that I need to attend to keep up-to-date in my field that he will gladly send me.

I know I can keep up-to-date with most things via the Internet, but who am I to pass up the opportunity for free travel and to see cool things in person? And... to network of course.

I'm basically the IT Manager/CIO for the entire company, so my area of technical interest is quite broad: hardware, software of most any type - even consumer electronics to some degree. My company does business in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The only big tech event I've been to was something I stumbled into while in Seoul this past June (World IT Show 2009).

Let's say I want to go to 3 or 4 events per year: they can be anywhere in the world. Which would be the best/most important from a business standpoint?

 

[iroast]

You could try http://www.computer.org/portal/web/conferences/calendar/

Use your favorite search engine and search for subject matter conferences/expo. Example, "cloud computing expo"

 

[ZippyDan]

as i stated i have no specific area of interest. general computing and technology: what are the most important events?

 

[DisgruntledVirus]

Well, Defcon might be fun for the security stuff.

 

[Modelworks]

Sigraph, always something cool to look at.

 

[Fayd]

My boss said if there are any important tech conventions/expos that I need to attend to keep up-to-date in my field that he will gladly send me.

I know I can keep up-to-date with most things via the Internet, but who am I to pass up the opportunity for free travel and to see cool things in person? And... to network of course.

I'm basically the IT Manager/CIO for the entire company, so my area of technical interest is quite broad: hardware, software of most any type - even consumer electronics to some degree. My company does business in the Americas, Europe, and Asia.

The only big tech event I've been to was something I stumbled into while in Seoul this past June (World IT Show 2009).

Let's say I want to go to 3 or 4 events per year: they can be anywhere in the world. Which would be the best/most important from a business standpoint?

try to get him to send you to comicon.


GL on it

 

[ZippyDan]

i know i always hear about CES each year... this is a big and important and well-known tech show... what else compares?