A Guide to 2016 Front End Conferences
It’s difficult to keep track of all of the great talks and conferences happening in our industry. Sometimes you may find out too late that an event is taking place, and it’s a real shame when it’s an something you might have attended. We’ve compiled this list so you can see what’s happening, both in your hometown, and abroad. This list will be updated throughout the year.
January
JS Remote Conf
Date: January 14-16
Location: Online
Theme: JavaScript
Link: https://jsremoteconf.com/
SVG Summit
Date: January 21
Location: Online
Theme: SVG
Link: http://environmentsforhumans.com/2016/svg-summit/
Price: $120 – $179
February
Forward
Date: February 10
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: ForwardJS.com
Theme: JavaScript
Price: $179
Webstock
Date: February 11
Location: Wellington, New Zealand
Link: http://www.webstock.org.nz/16/
Price: $1195 – $1595 (Though workshops are as low as $395)
React.js Conf
Date: February 22
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: https://conf.reactjs.com
Theme: ReactJS
Price: $200
JavaScript Summit
Date: February 23-25
Location: Online
Theme: JavaScript
Details to come
March
O’Reilly Fluent
Date: March 8-10
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/fluent/javascript-html-us
Price: ~$1595
An Event Apart
Date: March 14-16
Location: Nashville
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/nashville-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
SmashingConf
Date: March 15-16
Location: Oxford, UK
Link: http://smashingconf.com/
Price: $399
Design it; Build it
Date: March 17
Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
Theme: Design & Front-End Dev
Link: http://www.dibiconference.com
Price: £300
JSLovers Tech Conf
Date: March 20
Location: New Delhi, India
Theme: JavaScript
CSS Conf AU
Location: Melbourne, AUS
Details to come
April
Fronteers Spring Thing
Date: April 1
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Link: https://fronteers.nl/spring
Space City JS
Date: April 2
Location: Houston, TX
Theme: JavaScript
Link: http://spacecity.codes/
Price: $200
An Event Apart
Date: April 4-6
Location: Seattle
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/seattle-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
SmashingConf
Date: April 5-6
Location: San Francisco, CA
Link: http://smashingconf.com/sf-2016/
Price: $599
JSConfUY
Date: April 15
Location: Montevideo, Uruguay
Link: https://jsconf.uy/
Industry Conf
Date: April 20
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Link: https://industryconf.com/
Price: £150
Render Conf
Date: April 21
Location: Oxford, UK
Link: http://2016.render-conf.com
Price: £275 to £420
Generate
Date: April 22
Location: New York, NY
Link: http://www.generateconf.com/new-york-2016
Price: $375
Open Vis Conf
Date: April 25- 26
Location: Boston, MA
Theme: Data Visualization
Link: https://openvisconf.com/
Price: $599
Empire JS
Date: April 26-27
Location: New York, NY
Theme: JavaScript
Link: http://empirejs.org/
Price: Sold out, but scholarships available
Future of Web Design
Date: April 25-27
Location: London
Link: http://futureofwebdesign.com/london-2016
Price: 399, 499, 599 Pounds
HTML5DevConf
Date: tbd
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://html5devconf.com/
ConvergeSE
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
Details to come
May
Future Insights Live
Date: May 2-5
Location: Chicago, IL
Link: https://futureinsightslive.com/chicago-2016/
Price: tbd
Ng-Conf
Date: May 4
Location: Salt Lake City, UT
Theme: Angular
Link: http://www.ng-conf.org
Price: $1200
Beyond Tellerrand
Date: May 9-11
Location: Dusseldorf, Germany
Link: http://beyondtellerrand.com/
Price: €279
CSSConf Budapest
Date: May 11
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Link: http://cssconfbp.rocks/
Price: €135
JSConf Budapest
Date: May 12
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Link: http://jsconfbp.com
Price: €133 – €269
An Event Apart
Date: May 16-18
Location: Boston, MA
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/boston-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
UX London
Date: May 18-20
Location: London, England
Theme: UX
Details to come
Front Trends
Date: May 18-20
Location: Warsaw, Poland
Link: http://2016.front-trends.com/
OSCON
Date: May 18-19
Location: Austin, TX
Theme: Open Source
Link: http://conferences.oreilly.com/oscon/open-source
Port80
Date: May 20
Location: Newport, South Wales
Link: http://port80events.co.uk
User Experience Lisbon
Date: May 24-27
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Link: https://www.ux-lx.com/
Price: €245-€795
Frontend United
Date: May 27
Location: Ghent
Link: http://frontendunited.org/
June
CSSconf Nordic
Date: June 1
Location: Oslo, Norway
Link: cssconf.no
Web Rebels
Date: June 2
Location: Oslo, Norway
Link: https://www.webrebels.org/
React Europe
Date: June 2-3
Location: Paris, France
Theme: ReactJS
Link: https://www.react-europe.org/
UX Scotland
Date: June 8
Location: Edinburgh, UK
Theme: User Experience and Design
Link: uxscotland.net/2016/
SmashingConf
Date: June 14-15
Location: New York, NY
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-new-york/
Price: $599
Front End Design Conference
Date: June 15-17
Location: St. Petersburg, Florida
Link: frontenddesignconference.com/
Web Design Day
Date: June 24
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Theme: Design & Front-End Dev
Link: webdesignday.com
July
Generate
Date: July 15
Location: San Francisco, CA
Details to come
An Event Apart
Date: July 25-27
Location: Washington, DC
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/washington-dc-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
Summer tbd
CSS Conf
Location: New York, NY
Details to come
August
CascadiaJS
Date: August tbd
Location: Pacific Northwest (city TBD)
Link: cascadiajs.com
Design & Content Conference
Date: August 1
Location: Vancouver, Canada
Theme: Design and Content
Link: http://www.designcontentconf.com/
React Rally
Date: August 25
Location: Salt Lake City, Utah
Theme: React
Link: http://reactrally.com
AlterConf
Date: August 27
Location: Cape Town, South Africa
Theme: Diversity in Tech and Gaming
Link: http://www.alterconf.com/sessions/cape-town-south-africa
An Event Apart
Date: August 29-31
Location: Chicago, IL
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/chicago-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
September
Dconstruct
Date: tbd
Theme: Designing the Future
Details to come
Reasons to be Creative
Date: tbd
Location: Brighton, UK
Theme: Creativity
Details to come
NightlyBuild
Date: tbd
Location: tbd
Link: http://www.nightlybuild.io/
Details to come
Frontend Conference Zurich
Date: September 1
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Link: https://frontendconf.ch/
SmashingConf
Date: September 12-13
Location: Freiburg, Germany
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-freiburg/
From the Front
Date: September 15-16
Location: Bologna, Italy
Link: http://2016.fromthefront.it/
FrontTalks
Date: September 17–18
Location: Yekaterinburg in Russia
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/fronttalks2016/
October
CSS Dev Conf
Details to come
An Event Apart
Date: October 3-5
Location: Orlando, FL
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/orlando-special-edition-2016
Price: $1290 or $1615 (Special Edition Pricing)
Full Stack Toronto
Date: October 17
Location: Toronto, Canada
Link: http://fsto.co
Price: $300
Front Porch
Date: October 20
Location: Dallax, TX
Link: http://frontporch.io/
An Event Apart
Date: October 21-Nov 2
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://aneventapart.com/event/san-francisco-2016
Price: $499 – $1290
Empire Node
Date: October 23
Location: New York, NY
Link: http://2015.empirenode.org/
SmashingConf
Date: October 25-26
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Link: http://lanyrd.com/2016/smashingconf-barcelona/
HTML5DevConf
Date: tbd
Location: San Francisco
Link: http://html5devconf.com/
November
SassConf
Details to come
Full Frontal
Location: Brighton, UK
Link: http://2015.ffconf.org/
Details to come
Ampersand
Date: tbd
Theme: typography
Details to come
ELA Conf
Date: tbd
Theme: Women in Tech Leadership
Details to come
December
None yet
We’ve created a Google Calendar so that you can easily see what events are going on. This calendar and post will be updated throughout the year.
If you have more information or details for any of the conferences listed, or information on a conference we might have missed, please fill out this form and we will update this page.
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