Software Design Smorgasbord Conference Watch

Upcoming conferences from all of the pages are consolidated here and listed chronologically. The pages from which they were taken are identified by color and linking buttons.

I find that exploring the offerings at these conferences valuable even when I can't attend. Each one is an anthology of abstracts of what's going on in a field. Scanning the conference program identifies both the important themes and the contributing players.

This page features upcoming conferences, but often these conference sites contain valuable information (including proceedings) that's useful after the conference has taken place. You can find these sites in the conference sections of their respective pages.

IDEA2009	Sept. 15-16, 2009. Toronto. IDEA2009 explores the convergence of Experience Design with Social and User Experiences. (Posted 5/09)
Mobile HCI 2009	September 15-18, 2009. Bonn, Germany. "A forum for academics and practitioners to discuss the challenges and potential solutions for effective interaction with mobile systems and services. It covers the design, evaluation and application of techniques and approaches for all mobile and wearable computing devices and services." (Posted 5/09)
Europe's Fifth Information Architecture Summit	September 25-26, 2009. Copenhagen. "This year we will explore the theme "Beyond Structure". That's because websites have moved to a new level. Any random page can be accessed from Google. Pages themselves may consist of information from many sources. And even the concept of a "page" is changing thanks to new backend technologies. In other words, we've moved beyond the traditional sitemap and into a new and exciting era of web development. " (Posted 9/09)
ACM Multimedia 2009	October 19 - 24, 2009. Beijing, China "The premier annual multimedia conference, covering all aspects of multimedia computing: from underlying technologies to applications, theory to practice, and servers to networks to devices." (Posted 3/09)
J. Boye Conferences: Aarhus 2009	Knowledge Sharing Summits for Online Professionals November 3-5, 2009. Aarhus, Denmark. Forum for knowledge sharing among web practitioners, web managers, web project managers, intranet managers and other online professionals. (Posted 3/09)
DevLearn09	November 10-13, 2009. San Jose, California. "DevLearn 2009 Conference & Expo is for learning management, design, and development professionals who are leading e-Learning efforts, and who need to stay on top of emerging technologies, proven strategies, and best practices to ensure their organization’s success." (Posted 9/09)
FOWD	November 18-19, 2009. New York City. Future of Web Design Conference. Here's the schedule. (Posted 11/09)
KM Asia 2009	November 24-26, 2009. Singapore. "Using knowledge management to advance your organisation during times of change." The programme will be posted here. (Posted 7/09)
Content Strategy Form 2010	April 15-16, 2010. Paris. "Two exciting days of workshops, presentations and discussions led by leading experts and practitioners from the emerging field of Content Strategy. Whether you are already a content strategist, or looking to break into the field, this exceptional event will put you in touch with inspiring people and new ideas." (Posted 11/09)
UPA International Conference	May 24-28, 2010. Munich, Germany. "Our key theme will focus on how UX professionals can create great user experiences across different cultures, meeting the challenges of delivering to diverse audiences." (Posted 11/09)
How Design Conference	June 6-9, 2010. Denver. The creativity, business, and technology conference for graphic designers. Sponsored by How Magazine. Handouts from the 2009 conference are available here. (Posted 11/09)
Conference Calendar	From Interaction-Design.Org. The most comprehensive listing of current and previous conferences of which I'm aware. (Posted 11/09)