2022 tech conferences and events to add to your calendar

If you missed in-person tech events in 2020 and 2021, here's some good news: It looks promising that in 2022 many conferences will get back to almost normal.

2020 was a wash for many tech conferences, and events in 2021 have largely been online as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to wreak havoc with schedules around the world. As we edge toward 2022, many events that were canceled or held online-only are planning a big in-person comeback, including CES.

It’s still early, so expect much of this list to be updated in the coming months as events are added, removed or rescheduled. It’s also important to note that many of these events are not yet open to registration. And, if a month isn’t listed, it’s not missing — there just haven’t been any events scheduled for that period yet.

With any luck, we’ll be back at face-to-face trade shows, professional seminars and industry meetups in less than a year.

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January

Jan. 5-8: CES in Las Vegas [hybrid]
Jan. 11: HMG Live! Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit [online]
Jan. 16-18: NRF 2022: Retail’s Big Show in New York City [in-person]
Jan. 25: HMG Live! Financial Services CIO Executive Leadership Summit [online]
Jan. 26: HMG Live! Pacific Northwest CIO Executive Leadership Summit [online]
Jan. 26-28: Distributech International in Dallas, Texas [in-person]
Jan. 27-Feb. 5: SANS Institute’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit & Training 2022 [online]
Jan. 27-Feb. 5: SANS Institute’s Cyber Threat Intelligence Summit & Training in Bethesda, Maryland [in-person]

February

Feb. 3: HMG Live! Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit [online]
Feb. 6-8: Geo Week in Denver, Colorado [in-person]
Feb. 6-9: 3DEXPERIENCE World in Atlanta, Georgia [in-person]
Feb. 7-10: RSA in San Francisco [in-person]
Feb. 7-11: Cisco Live in Amsterdam [in-person]
Feb. 8: Microsoft Envision: Episode 3 [online]
Feb. 8-9: Esri Federal GIS Conference in Washington, D.C. [in-person]
Feb. 9: Samsung Galaxy Unpacked [online]
Feb. 9: O’Reilly Data Superstream: Data lakes and warehouses [online]
Feb. 14-15: Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit in Dubai [in-person]
Feb. 17-18: RE•WORK Deep Learning Hybrid Summit in San Francisco [hybrid]
Feb. 22-24: IDC Middle East CIO Summit in Dubai [hybrid]
Feb. 23: O’Reilly AI Superstream: Efficient machine learning [online]
Feb. 24: HMG Live! Toronto CIO Executive Leadership Summit [online]
Feb. 28-March 1: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in Phoenix, Arizona [in-person]
Feb. 28-March 3: Mobile World Congress in Barcelona [in-person]
Feb. 28-March 3: Black Hat Spring Trainings in Arlington, VA [in-person]

March

March 2-3: Big Data & AI World in London [in-person]
March 6-10: OFC 2022 in San Diego, California [in-person]
March 8-11: Esri Developer Summit in Palm Springs, California [in-person]
March 9: O’Reilly Software Architecture Superstream [online]
March 11-20: SXSW in Austin, Texas [in-person]
March 14-16: Gartner Identity & Access Management summit in Las Vegas [in-person]
March 14-17: Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Orlando, Florida [in-person]
March 15-17: Adobe DITAWORLD [online]
March 15-17: SAP Concur Fusion in Orlando, FL [hybrid]
March 21-25: Game Developers Conference in San Francisco [in-person]
March 21-24: Enterprise Connect in Orlando [in-person]
March 22-23: Gartner CIO Leadership Forum in London [in-person]
March 22-25: Domopalooza in Salt Lake City, Utah [online]
March 23: O’Reilly Software Dev Superstream: Becoming a senior software engineer [online]
March 24: CIO Leadership Summit in De Montil, Affligem, Belgium [in-person]
March 27-April1: Aruba Atmosphere Americas in Las Vegas [hybrid]
March 29-30: Aruba Atmosphere EMEA, location TBD
March 29-31: Microsoft MVP Global Summit, location TBD
March 30-April1: Aruba Atmosphere APAC, location TBD

April

April 12: Microsoft Envision: Episode 4 [online]
April 13: O’Reilly Security Superstream: Ransomware [online]
April 14: IDC Swiss IT Conference in Zurich [in-person]
April 14-15: RE•WORK New York 4-in-1 Summit in New York City [in-person]
April 19-21: ODSC East in Boston [in-person and online]
April 22: HardwareCon in Mountain View, California [in-person]
April 21-22: Re-Work New York AI Summit in New York City [in-person]
April 23-27: NAB Show in Las Vegas [in-person]
April 27: O’Reilly Infrastructure & Ops Superstream: Distributed computing [online]
April 27-28: SaaS Connect in San Francisco [in-person]

May

May 2-4: Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit in Orlando, Florida [in-person]
May 2-5: Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas [in-person]
May 4: O’Reilly Open Source Software Superstream: Open Source Essentials for Enterprise [online]
May 5: DTG Summit, London [in-person]
May 5: MIT Efficient AI and Computing Technologies Conference in Cambridge, MA [in-person]
May 9-11: Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in London [in-person]
May 10-11: IBM Think in Boston [hybrid]
May 10-13: Black Hat Asia in Singapore [in-person, online]
May 11-12: Google I/O [online]
May 12: HMG Live! Florida in Kissimmee, Florida [in-person]
May 16-17: Gartner Application Innovation & Business Solutions Summit in London [in-person]
May 17-19: Ingram Micro Cloud Summit in Miami Beach, Florida [in-person]
May 17-19: Tableau Conference, Las Vegas [in person, online]
May 18-19: Gartner Digital Workplace Summit in London [in-person]
May 19: IDC South Africa CIO Summit [online]
May 23-25: Gartner Marketing Symposium Xpo in Aurora, Colorado [in-person, online]
May 24-26: Microsoft Build [online]
May 25: O’Reilly Data Superstream: Analytics Engineering [online]

June

June 1-2: Gartner CFO & Finance Executive Conference in Phoenix, Arizona [in-person]
June 6-9: Gartner Supply Chain Symposium Expo in Orlando [in-person]
June 6-9: RSA Conference, San Francisco, California [in-person]
June 6-10: Apple Worldwide Developer Conference [online]
June 7-9: Women in Tech Global Conference [hybrid, in-person location TBA]
June 7: Ardoq Amplify 2022 in Oslo, Norway and New York City [hybrid]
June 8: O’Reilly Cloud Superstream: Cloud Security [online]
June 9: HMG Financial Services CIO Executive Leadership Summit
[online]
June 12-16: Cisco Live in Las Vegas [hybrid]
June 13-15: Black Hat Spring Training, Arlington, Virginia [in-person, online]
June 14: Microsoft Envision: Episode 5 [online]
June 14-16: Digital Enterprise Show in Malaga, Spain [in-person]
June 15-16: ODSC Europe in London [in-person]
June 16-17: TNW Conference in Amsterdam [in-person]
June 20-23: Collision in Toronto [in-person]
June 21-22: Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit in Sydney, Australia [in-person]
June 21-22: Gartner Digital Workplace Summit in San Diego, California [in-person]
June 29-July 1: Mobile World Congress Shanghai [in-person]

July

July 11-12: Gartner Supply Chain Leaders Forum in Hertfordshire, U.K. [in-person]
July 11-15: Esri User Conference in San Diego, California [in-person]
July 22-24: A New HOPE (Hackers on Planet Earth) in New York City [in-person]
July 25-26: Gartner Data & Analytics Summit in Sydney, Australia [in-person]

August

Aug. 6-11: Black Hat USA in Las Vegas [in-person]
Aug. 11-14: DEF CON in Las Vegas [in-person]
Aug. 14-18: KDD 2022 Event in Washington, DC [in-person]
Aug. 15-17, 24-25: CIO 100 Symposium in Rancho Palos Verdes, California
Aug. 31-Sept. 3: NamesCon in Austin, Texas [in-person]

September

Sept. 6-8: Code 2022 in Beverly Hills, CA [in-person]
Sept. 7-8: ODSC APAC [online]
Sept. 13-15: Silicon Labs Works With 2022 [online]
Sept. 14-15: Big Data Expo in Utrecht, The Netherlands [in-person]
Sept. 15-16: Gartner ReimagineHR Conference in London [in-person]
Sept. 19-20: Industry of Things World in Berlin [in-person, online]
Sept. 28-29: IoT World in Santa Clara, California [in-person]
Sept. 28-30: Mobile World Congress Americas in Las Vegas, Nevada [in-person]

October

Oct. 12-14: Gartner CSO & Sales Leader Conference in San Diego, California [in-person]
Oct. 19-20: RE•WORK Toronto AI Summit in Toronto [in-person]

November

Nov. 1-3: ODSC West in San Francisco [in-person]

December

Dec. 5-8: Black Hat Europe in London [in-person]
Dec. 6-9: Cisco Live, Melbourne, Australia [in-person]

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More tech events in 2022

O’Reilly has a number of small, one-day events throughout the year. Please see this article for information on additional sessions not listed in the calendar above.

Evanta is also hosting events for CIOs, CISOs and other roles throughout the year in cities around the world. Please see Evanta’s event calendar for dates and locations, both in-person and online.

We expect the following tech events to be held in 2022, but they are not scheduled yet.

Microsoft Ignite and other Microsoft events
AWS re:Invent
IBM CIO Leadership Summit

Editor’s note: The article was updated to reflect newly announced and changed dates for events.

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2022 tech conferences and events to add to your calendar