Tech Conferences & Technology Trade Shows in the U.S.

The short version: there are 53 major technology conferences and trade shows scheduled in the United States between now and the end of 2027, plus the multi-city TECHSPO series. The largest are CES (Las Vegas, January 2027), AWS re:Invent (Las Vegas, November 2026), RSA Conference (San Francisco, April 2027) and Black Hat USA. Every date was read off the organizer's own site on September 23, 2026.

Technology has more conferences than any other industry, and the listings that try to cover all of them tend to be a wall of names with no way to tell a 60,000-person vendor keynote from a 200-person regional summit.

Below is the full calendar in date order first, then the same events grouped by what they are actually for, with attendance figures where the organizer publishes them. If you exhibit rather than attend, the last section is the one to read.

The full U.S. technology conference and trade show calendar

Every event below takes place in the United States and starts on or after September 23, 2026. Dates are the organizer's own published dates as of that date.

Dates verified against each organizer's own website on September 23, 2026. Attendance and exhibitor figures are the organizers' own published numbers. Technology events change venues and formats often, so confirm before booking.

Three things that changed since last year's lists

These are the differences between this calendar and the technology conference roundups circulating since the start of 2026.

Enterprise IT & Cloud events

Platform and infrastructure events. Most are vendor conferences where the agenda is a product roadmap, which is exactly what you want if you run that stack and a poor use of a week if you do not.

Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo

Dates: October 19-22, 2026
Location: Orlando, FL

4 days · in-person

Gartner's flagship for CIOs and senior IT leadership, built on the firm's research agenda. The one-to-one analyst meetings included with a ticket are the real reason to attend. Dates and registration on the Gartner IT Symposium/Xpo site.

Best for: CIOs and IT VPs shaping next year's strategy with private analyst time
Skip if: you're an engineer wanting deep technical sessions rather than executive-level research briefings

Oracle AI World

Dates: October 25-28, 2026
Location: Las Vegas, NV

4 days · hybrid · tickets from $1,399

Oracle's rebuilt flagship, now centered on AI across its application and infrastructure stack. Product-led, so weight it by whether your organization runs Oracle. Dates and registration on the Oracle AI World site.

Best for: IT leaders and admins on Oracle Cloud, Fusion apps, or OCI roadmaps
Skip if: your stack is mostly AWS, Azure, or SAP with no Oracle footprint

KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America

Dates: November 9-12, 2026
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Venue: Salt Palace Convention Center

4 days · in-person · 9,000+ attendees · tickets from $200

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation's flagship and the center of gravity for Kubernetes and cloud native engineering. Vendor-neutral, deeply technical and very large. Dates and registration on the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America site.

Best for: platform engineers and SREs running Kubernetes who want upstream maintainers and roadmap detail
Skip if: you need executive strategy talks or a small room for vendor conversations

Microsoft Ignite

Dates: November 17-20, 2026
Location: San Francisco, CA
Venue: Moscone Center

4 days

Microsoft's flagship technical conference for IT professionals and developers. Roadmap announcements across Azure, Microsoft 365 and security land here, which makes it the calendar anchor for Microsoft shops. Dates and registration on the Microsoft Ignite site.

Best for: IT architects and admins planning Azure, M365 or security rollouts for the year
Skip if: your stack is mostly AWS, Google Cloud or open source tooling

AWS re:Invent

Dates: November 30 to December 4, 2026
Location: Las Vegas, NV

5 days · in-person · tickets $2,499

The largest cloud conference in the world and the most consequential week of the year for AWS customers. Enormous, and impossible to cover without a plan. Dates and registration on the AWS re:Invent site.

Best for: cloud architects and platform leads betting roadmaps on AWS service launches
Skip if: you want intimate sessions and vendor-neutral comparisons across multiple cloud providers

Google Cloud Next

Dates: April 13-15, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Mandalay Bay Convention Center

3 days

Google Cloud's flagship, covering infrastructure, data and its AI stack. Product-led, and the main venue for Google Cloud roadmap announcements. Dates and registration on the Google Cloud Next site.

Best for: architects and data leaders betting on GCP who need the forward roadmap firsthand
Skip if: you run multicloud or AWS-first shops and want vendor-neutral comparisons

Microsoft 365 Community Conference

Dates: May 4-6, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

3 days · in-person · tickets from $1,879

A community-driven Microsoft 365 conference run with Microsoft engineering involvement. More practitioner-focused than Ignite and easier to get direct answers at. Dates and registration on the Microsoft 365 Community Conference site.

Best for: SharePoint, Teams and Copilot admins who want engineer-level answers to deployment problems
Skip if: you need broad Azure or security coverage beyond the Microsoft 365 stack

Info-Tech LIVE Las Vegas

Dates: May 11-13, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: The Bellagio

3 days · in-person · 4,000+ attendees · tickets from $4,998

Info-Tech Research Group's annual conference for IT leaders, built around its research and advisory frameworks. Practical and template-heavy. Dates and registration on the Info-Tech LIVE Las Vegas site.

Best for: CIOs and IT directors building multi-year strategy with research-backed frameworks and analyst time
Skip if: you want deep hands-on technical labs or vendor product training rather than advisory sessions

Red Hat Summit

Dates: May 25-27, 2027
Location: Boston, MA
Venue: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center

3 days · in-person · six thousand

Red Hat's flagship, covering enterprise Linux, OpenShift and its AI platform work. Technical, and the main venue for open source enterprise roadmaps. Dates and registration on the Red Hat Summit site.

Best for: platform engineers and architects planning OpenShift, RHEL or hybrid cloud migrations
Skip if: your stack is committed elsewhere and vendor specific roadmaps won't apply

Cisco Live US

Dates: June 6-10, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

5 days · hybrid · tickets from $2,795

Cisco's flagship for networking and infrastructure professionals. The certification and hands-on lab program is a large part of why people attend. Dates and registration on the Cisco Live US site.

Best for: network engineers and infrastructure architects chasing Cisco certifications and deep technical labs
Skip if: your stack is multi-vendor or cloud-native and Cisco gear barely features

Splunk .conf

Dates: October 4-7, 2027
Location: Chicago, IL
Venue: McCormick Place Convention Center

4 days · in-person

Splunk's user conference, covering observability, security operations and the data platform underneath both. Dates and registration on the Splunk .conf site.

Best for: SOC analysts and platform engineers deepening Splunk skills for monitoring and threat detection
Skip if: your stack runs on Datadog, Elastic or Sentinel rather than Splunk

AI & Data events

The fastest-moving category on this page. These range from enormous cross-industry events to focused technical gatherings, and the useful distinction is whether you want to see what is coming or decide what to buy.

NVIDIA GTC Washington DC

Dates: November 30 to December 3, 2026
Location: Washington, DC
Venue: Ronald Reagan Building

4 days · in-person · tickets from $899

The Washington edition of NVIDIA's AI conference, weighted toward public sector, policy and national-scale AI infrastructure rather than the developer focus of the San Jose event. Dates and registration on the NVIDIA GTC Washington DC site.

Best for: government AI leads and defense contractors scoping national-scale compute and procurement
Skip if: you want deep developer sessions and CUDA hands-on labs, head to San Jose

HumanX

Dates: March 7-10, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Mandalay Bay

4 days · in-person · 8,000+ attendees · 400+ sponsors · tickets from $2,695

One of the fastest-growing AI conferences in the US, spanning applied AI across every function. Worth attending to see what is arriving in enterprise tooling twelve months out. Dates and registration on the HumanX site.

Best for: enterprise AI buyers and function leads scouting vendors before next year's budget cycle
Skip if: you want deep technical workshops rather than a sprawling cross-industry vendor floor

Ai4

Dates: August 2-5, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: The Venetian

4 days · in-person · 20,000+ attendees · 600+ exhibits · tickets from $1,595

The largest AI conference in the US by attendance, spanning every industry rather than one function. Broad, commercial and heavily attended by enterprise buyers. Dates and registration on the Ai4 site.

Best for: enterprise AI leads scouting vendors and cross-industry use cases in one trip
Skip if: you want deep technical sessions or research depth over vendor breadth

Cybersecurity & Physical Security events

Security splits three ways: the enormous commercial floor at RSA, deep technical research at Black Hat, and physical security at ISC West. Regional events fill the gaps cheaply.

Ohio Information Security Conference

Dates: March 10, 2027
Location: Dayton, OH

1 day · in-person

A single-day regional security conference in Dayton, run by Technology First. Inexpensive, local and practitioner-focused. Dates and registration on the Ohio Information Security Conference site.

Best for: Ohio-based security analysts and IT managers wanting a low-cost day of peer learning
Skip if: you need national-scale vendor comparisons or deep technical labs across multiple days

RSA Conference

Dates: April 5-8, 2027
Location: San Francisco, CA

4 days · in-person · 44,000 attendees · 600 Exhibitors

The largest cybersecurity conference in the world. The expo floor is effectively the entire security vendor market in one hall, which makes it exhausting and unavoidable. Dates and registration on the RSA Conference site.

Best for: security buyers and CISOs scoping the full vendor landscape in one week
Skip if: you want deep technical training or quiet hallway time over crowded floors

ISC West

Dates: April 5-9, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: The Venetian Expo

5 days · in-person · 29,000+ attendees · 750+ exhibiting brands

The main US trade show for physical security: access control, video surveillance and the growing overlap with IT. A true buying floor rather than a conference. Dates and registration on the ISC West site.

Best for: security integrators and facilities buyers comparing cameras, readers and alarms in person
Skip if: you want deep technical sessions or research talks instead of vendor booths

Black Hat USA

Dates: July 31 to August 5, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Mandalay Bay Convention Center

6 days · in-person · 20,000+ attendees · 350 solution providers and start-ups

The most technically serious of the big security conferences. Original research is disclosed here, and the business hall has grown into a major vendor floor alongside it. Dates and registration on the Black Hat USA site.

Best for: security researchers, red teamers, and CISOs tracking new vulnerability disclosures firsthand
Skip if: you need entry-level awareness content or a quiet, small-scale peer setting

Channel, MSP & IT Service Management events

The densest category here, and the least visible from outside. These serve managed service providers, solution providers and internal IT service teams, and several run on a hosted model where qualified buyers attend free.

North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit

Dates: October 4-6, 2026
Location: Branson, MO
Venue: Hilton Convention Center

3 days · in-person · tickets from $300

A community-run Microsoft 365 and Azure event in Branson, deliberately away from the big-city circuit. Practitioner-led sessions and a small enough room to talk to every speaker. Dates and registration on the North American Cloud & Collaboration Summit site.

Best for: hands-on M365 and Azure admins wanting direct access to practitioner speakers
Skip if: you need vendor deal flow, analyst briefings, or a major-metro travel hub

TSIA Technology & Services World

Dates: October 19-21, 2026
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: ARIA Resort & Casino

3 days · in-person · tickets from $2,100

For technology services leaders: support, customer success, professional services and the economics underneath them. Research-driven and unusually specific about benchmarks. Dates and registration on the TSIA Technology & Services World site.

Best for: support, customer success and professional services executives rebuilding service P&L and pricing models
Skip if: you sell through partners or run an MSP rather than a vendor services org

MMS Midway Edition

Dates: October 25-28, 2026
Location: San Diego, CA
Venue: Manchester Grand Hyatt

4 days · in-person · 300 attendees

A community conference for Microsoft endpoint management, run by practitioners. Deeply technical, small, and one of the better value tickets in enterprise IT. Dates and registration on the MMS Midway Edition site.

Best for: endpoint admins and Intune/Configuration Manager engineers wanting hands-on depth from working practitioners
Skip if: you need a big expo floor, vendor meetings, or non-Microsoft coverage

IT Nation Connect Global

Dates: November 4-6, 2026
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Rosen Shingle Creek

3 days · in-person · 4,000+ attendees · 130+ exhibitors · Starts at $199 for 3 days!

ConnectWise's conference and one of the two biggest gatherings for managed service providers. Business-of-MSP content alongside the product roadmap. Dates and registration on the IT Nation Connect Global site.

Best for: MSP owners scaling operations on ConnectWise who want peer benchmarking and roadmap access
Skip if: you run on Datto, Kaseya or NinjaOne and need vendor-neutral tooling advice

SpiceWorld

Dates: November 12-13, 2026
Location: Austin, TX
Venue: AT&T Hotel & Conference Center

2 days · in-person · tickets from $299

The Spiceworks community's conference, aimed squarely at IT generalists and small-team admins. Practical, unpretentious and cheaper than almost anything comparable. Dates and registration on the SpiceWorld site.

Best for: solo sysadmins and small-team IT generalists wanting vendor-neutral, hands-on peer advice
Skip if: you run enterprise-scale infrastructure and need deep architecture tracks or executive networking

ITEXPO

Dates: February 9-11, 2027
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL

3 days · in-person · 7,000+ expected · 300+ exhibitors · tickets from $199

A long-running communications and IT event that has broadened into a multi-track technology show covering MSPs, AI and unified communications. Dates and registration on the ITEXPO site.

Best for: MSP owners and UCaaS resellers hunting new vendor partnerships across telecom and AI
Skip if: you need deep single-topic expertise rather than a broad multi-track floor

ElevateIT: Phoenix Technology Summit

Dates: March 3, 2027
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Venue: Phoenix Convention Center

1 day · in-person

A single-day regional IT and cybersecurity summit for Arizona practitioners. Free or low cost, local, and a good use of a day if you are in the region. Dates and registration on the ElevateIT: Phoenix Technology Summit site.

Best for: arizona IT managers and security admins wanting vendor face time without travel costs
Skip if: you need national-caliber speakers, deep technical tracks, or multi-day peer networking

XChange March

Dates: March 7-9, 2027
Location: Arlington, TX

3 days · in-person · 400+ attendees

The Channel Company's matchmaking event, pairing solution providers with vendors through scheduled one-to-one meetings rather than open networking. Dates and registration on the XChange March site.

Best for: solution provider execs and vendor channel chiefs sourcing new partnerships through booked meetings
Skip if: you prefer roaming an expo floor or deep technical sessions over scheduled appointments

HDI Service & Support World

Dates: April 25-29, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Caesars Palace

5 days · hybrid · 1,000+ attendees

The conference for IT service desk and support leaders, covering service management, metrics and the people side of support operations. Dates and registration on the HDI Service & Support World site.

Best for: service desk managers benchmarking ticket metrics, staffing models and support team development
Skip if: you sell channel services and need a partner-heavy dealmaking floor

Midsize Enterprise Summit (MES) Spring

Dates: April 25-27, 2027
Location: Orlando, FL

3 days · in-person · 150+ attendees · 56+ vendors

A hosted event matching midmarket IT leaders with vendors through scheduled meetings. Qualified IT leaders attend on a hosted basis rather than buying a ticket. Dates and registration on the Midsize Enterprise Summit site.

Best for: midmarket CIOs and IT directors sourcing new vendors through prearranged one-to-one meetings
Skip if: you sell to enterprise or want open networking instead of a fixed meeting schedule

Kaseya Connect

Dates: April 26-28, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Mandalay Bay

3 days · in-person · 4000+ attendees · 100 top vendors · tickets from $999

Kaseya's user conference for MSPs and internal IT teams, covering its acquired product portfolio alongside business-of-MSP content. Dates and registration on the Kaseya Connect site.

Best for: MSP owners standardizing on Kaseya tooling who want roadmap access and growth playbooks
Skip if: you run a mixed vendor stack and want neutral comparisons across platforms

MSPGeekCon

Dates: May 23-25, 2027
Location: Orlando, FL

3 days · in-person · tickets from $399 (early bird; $499 regular)

A community-run conference for managed service providers, deliberately small and technical. Less polished than the vendor events and correspondingly more candid. Dates and registration on the MSPGeekCon site.

Best for: hands-on MSP technicians and owners wanting frank peer talk on tooling and automation
Skip if: you need vendor-sponsored polish, big expo halls, or executive-level networking at scale

Pax8 Beyond

Dates: June 6-8, 2027
Location: Chula Vista (San Diego), CA
Venue: Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center

3 days · in-person · tickets from $299

Pax8's conference for the cloud marketplace channel, aimed at MSPs building recurring cloud revenue. Business model content alongside the vendor floor. Dates and registration on the Pax8 Beyond site.

Best for: MSP owners scaling subscription cloud services through a marketplace-led practice
Skip if: you buy outside the Pax8 ecosystem or want deep hands-on technical labs

Engineering, Hardware & Robotics events

Trade shows rather than conferences. Components, instruments, automation and manufacturing, where the visitors are engineers specifying parts and the exhibitors are the supply chain.

DeveloperWeek

Dates: February 9-11, 2027
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center

3 days · hybrid · 5,000+ attendees · 100+ sponsors · tickets from $785

One of the largest independent developer conferences in the US, spanning languages, tooling and AI engineering. Independent of any single vendor, which is its main appeal. Dates and registration on the DeveloperWeek site.

Best for: full-stack engineers and eng leads surveying cross-platform tooling without vendor lock-in
Skip if: you need deep certification tracks or roadmap access from one platform provider

APEC (Applied Power Electronics Conference)

Dates: March 7-11, 2027
Location: New Orleans, LA
Venue: Ernest N. Morial Convention Center

5 days · in-person · 260 companies signed up to exhibit · tickets from $975

The IEEE's applied power electronics conference and the main technical event for power conversion engineering, with a substantial component supplier exhibition. Dates and registration on the APEC site.

Best for: power supply and converter design engineers sourcing magnetics, semiconductors, and control ICs
Skip if: you work on grid-scale systems or software rather than circuit-level hardware

IPC APEX EXPO

Dates: April 3-8, 2027
Location: Anaheim, CA
Venue: Anaheim Convention Center

6 days · in-person

The electronics manufacturing industry's main North American event, covering PCB fabrication, assembly and test. Standards work happens here alongside the exhibition. Dates and registration on the IPC APEX EXPO site.

Best for: PCB design, process and quality engineers sourcing suppliers and shaping industry standards
Skip if: you build software or systems and never touch board fabrication or soldering

RAPID + TCT

Dates: April 12-15, 2027
Location: Detroit, MI
Venue: Huntington Place

4 days · in-person · 1,000 conference delegates · 450+ solution providers

North America's largest additive manufacturing event, covering industrial 3D printing from materials through to production applications. Dates and registration on the RAPID + TCT site.

Best for: manufacturing engineers and ops leaders sourcing industrial printers, materials, and production partners
Skip if: you work in consumer or desktop printing, or want deep research-level technical sessions

Pittcon

Dates: April 24-28, 2027
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Venue: David L. Lawrence Convention Center

5 days · in-person · 6,000+ attendees · 350+ exhibitors

The analytical chemistry and laboratory science conference and exposition, pairing a scientific program with a large instrument exhibition. Dates and registration on the Pittcon site.

Best for: lab managers and analytical chemists comparing instrument vendors before a capital purchase
Skip if: you build robotics or hardware outside the lab measurement and spectroscopy world

Automate

Dates: May 10-13, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Venue: Las Vegas Convention Center

4 days · in-person · Free show badge; conference All Access Pass from $1095...

North America's largest robotics and automation trade show, covering industrial robots, machine vision and motion control. A genuine buying floor. Dates and registration on the Automate site.

Best for: manufacturing and automation engineers scoping vendors for a real integration or capex purchase
Skip if: you want research talks or deep technical training rather than a vendor-packed exhibit hall

XPONENTIAL

Dates: May 17-20, 2027
Location: Miami, FL
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center

4 days · in-person · nearly 10,000 attendees · 600+ exhibitors

The main US event for uncrewed systems and autonomy, spanning drones, ground vehicles and the regulatory environment around them. Dates and registration on the XPONENTIAL site.

Best for: drone and autonomous vehicle program leads tracking hardware suppliers and FAA policy
Skip if: your robotics work is indoor industrial automation with no airspace or defense angle

Sensors Converge

Dates: June 8-10, 2027
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Venue: Santa Clara Convention Center

3 days · in-person · 5,000+ attendees · 200+ exhibitors

The main US event for sensor and embedded system engineers, covering design, test and the component supply chain. Dates and registration on the Sensors Converge site.

Best for: hardware engineers sourcing sensing components and MEMS suppliers for embedded product designs
Skip if: you work in software or AI applications far from the physical component layer

Space Tech Expo USA

Dates: June 29 to July 1, 2027
Location: Anaheim, CA
Venue: Anaheim Convention Center

3 days · in-person · 350 companies

The US space industry's supply chain exhibition, covering manufacturing, components and testing for spacecraft and launch systems. Dates and registration on the Space Tech Expo USA site.

Best for: procurement and hardware engineers sourcing qualified suppliers for satellite and launch vehicle builds
Skip if: you want mission science talks or research papers rather than a vendor exhibition floor

Design Automation Conference (DAC)

Dates: July 11-14, 2027
Location: San Jose, CA
Venue: San Jose Convention Center

4 days · in-person · 200 companies

The chip design and electronic design automation industry's main technical conference, pairing academic research with a significant EDA vendor exhibition. Dates and registration on the Design Automation Conference site.

Best for: chip architects, EDA tool researchers, and silicon engineering leads evaluating verification toolchains
Skip if: you work in software or systems and need little silicon-level tooling depth

Consumer, Media & AV Technology events

Consumer hardware, professional audiovisual and the creative technology market. Large exhibit floors and a meetings-first culture.

CES

Dates: January 6-9, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

4 days · in-person

The largest consumer technology trade show on earth. Less useful as a conference than as a read on where hardware, automotive and consumer AI are heading, and unmatched for meetings. Dates and registration on the CES site.

Best for: corp dev, product and partnership execs packing a week of buyer meetings
Skip if: you want deep technical sessions instead of crowded halls and booked calendars

SXSW

Dates: March 15-21, 2027
Location: Austin, TX

7 days · in-person · tickets from $625

A week of overlapping conferences across interactive, film and music. The technology value is in the early read on cultural and product trends rather than the formal sessions. Dates and registration on the SXSW site.

Best for: brand strategists and product leads scouting emerging consumer behavior before it goes mainstream
Skip if: you need structured technical sessions and a targeted vendor floor over sprawling serendipity

Adobe Summit

Dates: March 22-25, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

4 days · hybrid · tickets from $1,895

Adobe's digital experience conference and one of the largest marketing technology events in the world. Product-led but broad enough to draw a general audience. Dates and registration on the Adobe Summit site.

Best for: martech leads and CX teams building on Adobe Experience Cloud at scale
Skip if: your stack runs on Salesforce or HubSpot and vendor-neutral sessions matter more

InfoComm

Dates: June 16-18, 2027
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Orange County Convention Center

3 days · in-person · 28,132 verified attendees; 30,000+ claimed · 807 exhibiting companies

The largest professional audiovisual trade show in North America, covering displays, conferencing, digital signage and the integration business around them. Dates and registration on the InfoComm site.

Best for: AV integrators and facilities teams specifying displays, conferencing and signage hardware
Skip if: you sell software and need buyer meetings rather than walking a hardware floor

CEDIA Expo

Dates: September 7-10, 2027
Location: Las Vegas, NV

4 days · in-person · 10,000+ attendees · 300+ brands

The residential technology integration industry's trade show, covering home automation, AV and networking for custom installers. Dates and registration on the CEDIA Expo site.

Best for: custom install firm owners sourcing smart home, audio and networking gear lines
Skip if: you sell into commercial or enterprise AV rather than high-end residences

Dreamforce

Dates: September 21-23, 2027
Location: San Francisco, CA

3 days · hybrid

Salesforce's annual conference and one of the largest software events in the world. Sprawling, and worth attending mainly if your organization runs on Salesforce. Dates and registration on the Dreamforce site.

Best for: CRM admins, RevOps leads and IT buyers standardizing on the Salesforce ecosystem
Skip if: your stack is built on another CRM, or you dislike vendor-driven megashows

Sector Technology events

Technology events serving one industry: education, energy, biotech and offshore. Narrow by design, and far more useful than a general tech show if you sell into that sector.

EDUCAUSE Annual Conference

Dates: September 29 to October 2, 2026
Location: Denver, CO

4 days · hybrid

The main conference for higher education IT. CIOs, infrastructure leads and edtech vendors, with an agenda that spends as much time on governance and budget as on technology. Dates and registration on the EDUCAUSE Annual Conference site.

Best for: campus CIOs and IT directors setting institutional tech strategy, policy and spend
Skip if: you want deep hands-on engineering sessions rather than leadership and procurement talk

FETC (Future of Education Technology Conference)

Dates: January 26-29, 2027
Location: Orlando, FL
Venue: Orange County Convention Center

4 days · in-person · 450+ edtech providers · tickets from $455

A long-running K-12 education technology conference, aimed at district technology leaders and classroom practitioners alike. Dates and registration on the FETC site.

Best for: K-12 district CTOs and instructional coaches scouting classroom tools and vendor options
Skip if: you sell to higher ed or corporate learning rather than school districts

TechAdvantage

Dates: February 14-17, 2027
Location: San Diego, CA

4 days · in-person · 400 vendors

Run alongside the NRECA annual meeting, this is the technology event for electric cooperatives. Utility-specific and the right room if you sell into that sector. Dates and registration on the TechAdvantage site.

Best for: vendors and IT leaders targeting rural electric co-op buyers and their boards
Skip if: your utility customers are investor-owned or municipal, not member-owned cooperatives

eMerge Americas

Dates: March 2-4, 2027
Location: Miami, FL

3 days · in-person · 20k+ attendees · 400+ exhibitors · tickets from $249

Miami's flagship technology conference, positioned as the bridge between US and Latin American tech. Startup and investor heavy. Dates and registration on the eMerge Americas site.

Best for: founders and VCs chasing Latin American expansion, capital, or cross-border partnerships
Skip if: you need deep technical sessions rather than dealmaking and ecosystem networking

Offshore Technology Conference (OTC)

Dates: May 3-5, 2027
Location: Houston, TX
Venue: Reliant Park

3 days · in-person · 25,000 attendees · 1,000+ exhibiting companies

The offshore energy industry's main technical conference and exhibition. Enormous, engineering-led, and the anchor event for that sector in Houston. Dates and registration on the Offshore Technology Conference site.

Best for: subsea and drilling engineers, operators, and suppliers sourcing deepwater equipment and partners
Skip if: you work onshore renewables or want intimate, small-group discussion over a vast show floor

BIO International Convention

Dates: June 7-10, 2027
Location: Philadelphia, PA

4 days · in-person

The biotechnology industry's main global partnering event. Less a conference than a scheduled-meeting machine for licensing and business development. Dates and registration on the BIO International Convention site.

Best for: biotech BD and licensing leads hunting partners, in-licensing deals, or pharma term sheets
Skip if: you want scientific sessions and technical depth rather than a packed meeting calendar

TECHSPO: the multi-city expo series

TECHSPO runs a compact two-day technology expo in a rotating set of U.S. cities, each with its own site. It is small compared to the events above, which is the point: a regional floor you can work in two days without a cross-country flight. Upcoming U.S. stops are below.

Cities and dates as published on the TECHSPO city sites, starting with Philadelphia, verified September 23, 2026.

How to choose which ones to attend

Technology conference budgets get spent badly more often than in any other industry, usually by sending people to the biggest event rather than the right one. The question that decides it is whether you are deepening a commitment or making one.

A practical note on the biggest events: CES, AWS re:Invent and RSA Conference are each large enough that walking the floor without a plan achieves almost nothing. Build a shortlist before you travel and book what meetings you can. The people worth meeting at those shows have their calendars full weeks in advance.

If you are exhibiting rather than attending

Technology floors are the most competitive on any of our calendars. At RSA or CES your booth sits among hundreds of others selling something adjacent, and the visitor has seen a dozen before yours.

The follow-up problem is what actually decides the return. A team scans several hundred badges across four days, the file arrives the following week as a spreadsheet of names and titles, and by the time anyone enriches it and writes something specific the buyer has forgotten which booth was which. The scanning is not the problem. The gap between the scan and a usable, enriched record is.

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