## Preamble Over the past couple of months I have had some conversations with a few people about what conferences are worth going to in 2025. I started putting together a list of things that *I* think are interesting and I am making this public for others to take a look at and to suggest similar conferences. As you can tell, the things listed below are mostly in the DWeb, Open Source, Fiscal Sponsorship, and Standards spaces. Also there is a bias to the Cascadia region since it is easier for me to get to. But if you have other suggestions, please leave a comment, hit me up and I might add it. Or if you have a list, I can link it below. - 🐘 [Mastodon](https://indieweb.social/@chadkoh) - 🦋 [Bluesky](https://bsky.app/profile/chadkoh.com) - 💼 [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chadkohalyk/) - ✉️ [Email via contact form](https://chadkohalyk.com/contact/) Needless to say, I won’t be going to _all_ of these. The ones with a checkbox ▢ are the ones I am (currently) planning on going to. This is a living doc so it will change. Also, if you are thinking about what is the worth of tech conferences pre and post covid, I recommend this podcast ep by our pals over at Oxide Computer: https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/conferences-in-tech ### 📝 Other Lists - https://foss.events - [Metagov Community Events 2024-25](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/17dlUme2XM0fqSnk-XZ6NRymSr1rIKATWaRz90iMaEDc/edit?gid=0#gid=0) ## 🗓️ Calendar - **TBD** - [Hardware Unconf](https://lu.ma/user/usr-QsBfuA209OMyNj6) Vancouver (late Sept?) - [Polyglot Unconf](https://www.polyglotsoftware.com/) Vancouver (TBD) - [National Network of Fiscal Sponsors](https://www.fiscalsponsors.org/) TBD - Web Directions has 4 confs for different things. Since they are in Australia I probably can't make it. But check them out [here](https://webdirections.org/) - **Code** for JS devs (June) - **Code Leaders** for managers (June) - **Developer Summit** which is more general (June) - **NEXT** (Nov) which is futurism ### Jan - [x] [DWeb Local First Weekend](https://dwebyvr.org/lofiwknd/) Vancouver (Jan 11-12) - [Vancouver.systems](https://vancouver.systems/) Vancouver (late Jan) ### Feb - [FOSDEM 25](https://fosdem.org/2025/) Brussels (Feb 1-2) - [OFFDEM 25]([https://oxygen.offdem.net](https://oxygen.offdem.net/)) - [FluConf 2025](https://fluconf.online/) - [RightsCon25](https://www.rightscon.org/) Taipei (Feb 25-27) ### Mar - IETF122 in Bangkok - [ICANN82](https://meetings.icann.org/en/meetings/icann82/) Seattle (Mar 8-13) - [Fediforum](https://fediforum.org/) Online (tentatively March) - [ATmosphere Conf](https://atprotocol.dev/atmosphereconf/) Cascadia (Late Mar) ### Apr - [ ] [FediForum](https://fediforum.org/) Online (Apr 1-2) - [ ] [LinuxFestNorthwest](https://linuxfestnorthwest.org/) Bellingham, WA (Apr 25-27) ### May - [Websummit](https://vancouver.websummit.com/) Vancouver (May 27-30) - [ ] Associated DWeb event (TBD) - [Localfirst Conf 2025](https://www.localfirstconf.com/local-first-conf-2025) in Berlin (May 27-28) ### Jun - [ICANN83 Policy Forum](https://www.icann.org/en/announcements/details/icann83-policy-forum-location-announced-11-06-2024-en) Prague (June 9-12) - [CMC Congress 2025](https://canada.coop/en/events/2025-cmc-congress/) Regina SK (June 10-12) - [Protocol Berg V2](https://protocol.berlin/) Berlin (Jun 12-13) - [IASC 2025 Regenerating the Commons](https://2025.iasc-commons.org/) Amherst MA (June 16-20) - [Internet Governance Forum](https://info.intgovforum.org/en) Norway (June 23-27) - [ ] [Open Source Summit](https://events.linuxfoundation.org/open-source-summit-north-america/) Denver CO (June 23-25) ### Jul - IETF123 Madrid (July 19-25) - [ ] [FOSSY](https://2025.fossy.us/) Portland OR (July 31-Aug 3) ### Aug - [SIGGRAPH 2025](https://s2025.siggraph.org/) Vancouver (Aug 10-14) - [HOPE_16](https://hope.net/) Queens NY (Aug 15-17) ### Sep ### Oct ### Nov - IETF 124 Montreal (Nov 1-7) - [Canadian IGF](https://canadianigf.ca/) Ottawa (Nov) - [CWCF Conference](https://canadianworker.coop/five-reasons-to-plan-ahead-to-attend-the-2025-cwcf-conference/) Edmonton (Nov 18-20) ### Dec - [SplinterCon](https://splintercon.net) Berlin (Dec 9-12)