2013 was a great year for designers and creative artists and internet enthusiasts etc. Basically, it was a great year for everyone involved in these or related industries. It came and went by as quickly as one could have imagined. It was full of informational conferences and events that were held all around the world and it would seem that this year will not be much different either. 2014 is all set to bring us a plethora of fun, educational and inspirational conferences, expos, events and exhibitions. Of course, no one will be able to attend all of these conference but that is why you prioritize.
Looks like, this year, Europe is going to be really popular with such conferences. Instead of you having to waste your time looking for conferences, we came up with a list of 50 essential Design conferences in 2014 for you to choose from, most of came from DesignCalendar.net. The conferences are spread all over the year, in different parts of the world and of course they all cover different topics. So you go ahead and enjoy the read. Let us know where you plan on going. As always, your comments are welcome.
50. Brighton SEO
The event will start on the 23rd of Aril 2014 and carry on until the 25th. It will be held in Brighton Dome, Brighton, England. As the name suggests, the event will be about SEO and all the web designers and content writers and bloggers should be a part of it.
The Industry Web Conference is a one-day conference to be held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It will start on the 23rd April 2014. Web industry professionals will be talking about their experiences and provide insights into their work etc.
48. Admonsters OPS
The one-day conference will begin on the 29th April of 2014 and will be held in London, UK. Key topics covered will include how mobile and wireless computing are reshaping the way brands and consumers interact, agency strategy, real-time bidding, social media, video and EU privacy regulation.
The expo will begin on the 13th of May and end on the 14th May of 2014. It will be held in London, UK. The expo is designed for experienced internet marketers and all those involved in this industry should gain fresh insights by attending.
This is another conference to be held in London, UK. The conference will begin on the 13th of May and end on the 14th. Key topics to be covered include, KeyAffiliate Recruitment Techniques, Communication with Affiliates, affiliate marketing analytics, affiliate marketing fraud, role of affiliate networks etc.
45. UX London
UX London will begin on the 28th of May and end on the 30th of May in 2014. The conference will be held in London as suggested by the name. It is a three-day event which will combine inspirational talks with in-depth workshops to be presented by few of the industry’s biggest names.
44. Devoxx
Devoxx will be hosted in London from 12th of June to 13th of June in 2014. The conference was originally started in 2001 with the name JavaPolis. It is an annual European Java, Android and HTMl5 conference.
43. MagnetoLive
Magneto Live will start on the 14th of June and end on the 15th of June 2014. It will be held in London, UK. This is your opportunity to join 500 merchants, partners and developers in order to get key insights from Magneto and industry leaders.
42. Internet World
Internet World will be hosted in London from 17th to 19th June of 2014. It is Europe’s longest running, and highest attended annual event when it comes to digital marketing and online business. It attracts over 10,000 visitors and 300 exhibitors so be sure to be a part of it.
41. The London Design Festival
This festival will obviously be hosted in London and will start on the 13th of September in 2014. The festival will carry on till the 21st of September 2014. It is one of the world’s more important annual design events spread over nine days. Be sure to attend this one.
40. Conversion Conference London
The Conversion Conference is set to start on the 29th October and end on the 30th October of 2014. This conference, needless to say, will be situated in London. It is dedicated to anyone looking to increase their return-on-investment when it comes to their online campaigns.
39. Service Design in Government
This event is set to start on the 15th of May 2014. It will end on the 16th and will be held in London, England. “The UK’s event for Government Service Design” is bound to be the conference of the year for developer working with government systems.”
Berlin, Germany will host this event from 15th to 17th May 2014. “TYPO Berlin 2014 Roots is dedicated to the lasting values of design, which have accelerated at a dizzying speed thanks to total digitalisation – from the first draft right up to production.”
37. Port80 2014
This event will happen on the 16th May of 2014 in Newport, Wale. “Pow wows for web folk! We run events for people who design or build websites, who are involved with the designing/building of them or who are just plain old interested.”
36. jQuery UK 2014
This particular event will being on the 16th of May. The one-day event will be hosted in Oxford, England. “Last year we doubled the conference size and kept the winning formula of amazing speakers and seriously good content and added exciting extras like a Rising Stars speaker track and our now famous jBeery festival as part of the after party. jQuery UK 2014 is going to be even better!”
35. PragueJS
The one-day event set to start on the 16th May of 2014, will be hosted by Prague, Czech Republic. “Advanced Javascript topics for rising developers” in one of Europe’s most romantic cities.
This conference will be hosted by Dusseldorf, Germany from the 16th of May to the 17th. “SHiFT is a conference where design and technology are discussed in a language that everyone can understand, to nurture creativity and innovation and help society progress to a better living.”
This event will be held in Toulouse, France. It is set to start on the 16th of May and end on the 17th. “One day of lectures to learn and start conversations plus one day of practice and experimentation. Two evenings to get to know and build relationships.”
32. Society for Technical Communication Summit 2014
The event will be held in Phoenix, United States. The event will start on the 17th May and end on the 21st May of 2014. “The Summit is packed with more than 80 sessions over the three full workdays with topics covering all aspects of technical writing, editing, project management, and publication production.”
This is another event to be hosted by Dusseldorf, Germany. It will start on the 19th May and end on the 21st May of 2014. “For a friendly and inspiring community. Workshops and talks for web enthusiasts. Get your dose of design, tech, inspiration and networking!”
30. OFFF
This event will be held in Barcelona, Spain from 15-17 May 2014. It is perfect for artists and creative. The even first started over a decade ago and it has become one of the more exciting events of the world today.
All the graphic and web designers should be prepared for this exciting held to be held in Dusseldorf, Germany from 19th to 21st May 2014. It is one of the more affordable and friendly design events in Europe and should be a refreshing experience for all who attend.
28. Kerning
Typography is an important aspect of design and this event is for all the typographers out there. The event will be held from 5th to 6th June 2014 in Faenza, Italy. It will a day of workshops and conference talks and will showcase several popular typographers.
The event will be held in New York on the 20th of June 2014 and it is specifically for web designers. It will be their very first event in the United States and will be in conjunction with the net magazine. With amazing speakers set to talk, the experience should be amazing.
26. SIGGRAPH / SIGGRAPH Asia
This event will be held in Vancouver from 10th to 14th August 2014 and Hong Kong from 19th to 22nd November 2014. It is perfect for the 3D designers. The event will see a host of popular 3D designers from all around the world to discuss the latest hardware and software.
25. D-Construct
The event will be held on the 6th September 2014 in Brighton, United Kingdom and is perfect for Web and Product Designers. The event has a different theme every year and this year will be no different. Will be an excellent experience for beginners.
24. AIGA
The event is scheduled to be held in New York from 23rd to 24th October. If you are a designer, the discipline does not matter, the event is perfectly suited for you. AIGA, for those who are wondering, stands for American Institute of Graphic Arts and was founded in 1914.
23. MadWorld 2014
The event will be held in San Diego, United States from 13th to 15th April 2014. MadWord 2014 is set to be the premier conference for technical writers, documentation managers and content strategists when it comes to technical communication and content strategy.
22. Industry 2014
This conference will be held in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. It will be held from 22nd to 23rd April 2014. “Industry is back with another carefully curated selection of talks covering a range of topics. 8 Speakers will provide insights in to their work and offer ways to make us all better at what we do.”
21. Mobile Midwest
This showdown will happen in Kansas City, United States of America. It is scheduled to take place on the 23rd of April 2014. “From the fabric of society to new opportunities in the economy, how is mobile altering every facet of your life? How can you leverage the shift towards a Mobile First” world to create new opportunities for your company? How will the explosive growth of mobility change the trajectory of your future?”
Craft conference is set to take place in Budapest, Hungary on from 23rd to 25th April 2014. “CRAFT is about craftsmanship, which tools, methods, practices should be part of the toolbox of a modern developer and company, and it is compass on new technologies, trends. You can learn from the best speakers and practitioners in our community.”
19. JS Unconf
JS Unconf is scheduled to start on the 26th April 2014 and end on the 27th April. It will take place in Hamburg, Germany. “Unconf means unconference. There is no schedule or speaker list in advance. Everybody can apply with a talk. Everybody can vote for talks. The talks with the most upvotes will be picked.”
The event will happen from 27th to 29th April 2014 in Toronto, Canada. “FITC is the intersection between Creative Technologists, Designers, Developers and all-around awesome thinkers from various innovative industries across the globe. They converge every year in Toronto to connect, challenge, inspire and to experience the cutting edge in design and technology.”
17. An Event Apart Boston 2014
Boston, United States of America will see this event take place from 28th to 30th April, 2014. “An Event Apart Boston is an intensely educational learning session for passionate practitioners of standards-based web design. If you care about code as well as content, usability as well as design, An Event Apart is the conference you’ve been waiting for. Join us for twelve great speakers and sessions, plus an optional day-long workshop on mobile design with Luke Wroblewski.”
The conference will take place in York, England on the 1st May of 2014. “A one-day conference for people who make websites. We’re planning on sitting 200 of you in a cinema for the day, and putting six great speakers in front of you. It’ll be inspirational, fun, and affordable.”
15. FutureJS
Starting on the 1st May of 2014 and ending on the 3rd May, the conference will take place in Barcelona, Spain. “A conference about JavaScript, fresh ideas and what’s to come in our browsers.”
14. ConverSE 2014
This conference will take place in Columbia, United States of America. The conference will begin on the 1st May of 2014 and end on the 3rd May. “Welcome to the conference for everyone working with technology in creative ways. Learn from experts. Hang with friends. Be entertained and inspired.”
13. Things
Things is scheduled for Berlin, Germany. It will begin on the 2nd of May 2014 and end on the 3rd of May. “ThingsCon is a two-day conference about the future of the hardware business ranging from Internet of Things, wearables and connected devices to 3D printing and new manufacturing techniques.”
The conference will take place from 5th to 7th May 2014 in Austin, United States of America. “ARTIFACT is an intimate two-day, single-track conference that helps WEB DESIGNERS and DEVELOPERS adapt their tools and processes to the challenges of designing for a MULTI-DEVICE world.”
11. DATA 2014: Creative Technologies Summit
This conference is scheduled to begin on the 7th of May and end on the 8th. It will take place in Pittsburgh, United States of America. “DATA Interactive 2014, an annual celebration of creativity and innovation in Pittsburgh, PA. In its sixth year, this event showcases the coolest new art and technology projects, and, this year is expanding to include a national creative technology think tank where big thinkers get together in small spaces to share and create new big ideas.”
The conference will take place in Portland, United States of America. It will start on the 7th May and end on the 9th May of 2014. “WebVisions explores the future of design, content creation, user experience and business strategy in an event that inspires learning, collaboration and entrepreneurism. Since 2001, we’ve built a loyal audience of designers, developers and industry leaders.”
Starting on the 7th May and ending on the 9th May of 2014, this conference will take place in Warsaw, Poland. “Check out the newest installment of the Font-Trends conference with many notable industry speakers.”
This conference will begin on the 8th May and end on the 10th May of 2014 in Osijek, Coratia. “The South East Europe and Balkan Dev Conference with the coolest name in the business is back.”
Droidcon 2014 will start on the 8th of May and end on the 10th of May in 2014. The conference will happen in Berlin, Germany. “droidcon is all about Android, meeting the Android community, learning about the latest develops and giving you a stage to talk about your apps and solutions or just discuss a problem you are facing.”
One-day conference set to start on the 9th of May 2014, will take place in Baltimore City, USA. “bmoresponsive is a 1-day, single track conference dedicated to responsive web design, development, and user experience.”
City of Edinburgh in Scotland will see the conference start on the 9th of May and end on the 10th of May 2014. “JavaScript keeps growing and growing. It is the language most repos on GitHub are written in! Scotland JS aims to bring together 30+ local and international speakers and to enable attendees to share their experiences and learn we are introducing a new Discussion Track.”
4. Codefront.io
This conference is scheduled to take place on the 10th of May 2014 in Linz, Austria. “A ground-shaking festival for Front-end Developers, UI/UX Designers and Web ninjas! A great opportunity to meet the masters of Web.”
3. JavaCro’14
Porec, Coratia is where this conference will begin on the 12th of May and end on the 14th May of 2014. ““JavaCro’13” was our 2nd International Java conference in Croatia which gathered in 2,5 days over 200 participants and presented 50 attractive sessions, including Java evangelists keynotes. And now we proudly present JavaCro’14 3rd International Java Conference in Croatia!”
2. JAX 2014
Mainz, Germany will be hosting this conference from 12th to 16th May 2014. “JAX represents Europe’s leading conference series about enterprise technologies, agile methods and software architecture.”
1. Laracon 2014
This conference will happen in New York, United States of America. It will take place from 15th to 16th May of 2014. “Laracon is a conference centered around the Laravel framework. The first Laracon was held in Washington, DC on February 22nd and 23rd, 2013.”
