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SSG Booraem (2553474) writes I've recently been hired to a IT supervisor position at a local college. My boss wants me to find some technology conferences that I'd like to attend and submit them to her. Since I've worked in IT for 18 years but usually done scut work, I don't have any ideas. I'd appreciate suggestions with personal experiences.

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  1. Dreamforce and MS TechEd by VTBlue · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Dreamforce and TechED get my vote, sadly TechEd will no longer be around, but they are recorded and very interesting.

  2. Congratulations! by Pumpkin+Tuna · · Score: 5, Informative

    I work on the instructional side of technology in K-12. I would suggest the yearly ISTE conference. It rotates around the country in late June. Next year it will be in Philly, I believe. It is massive and has sessions on instruction, administration and pretty much anything else you can imagine. The vendor area usually draws the latest heavy hitters in software, services and hardware.

    You may also want to check and see if your state has an ISTE affiliate group. They often hold quality state conferences as well. Here in North Carolina, we have NCTIES in March. It's good for a state conference.

  3. try these lists ...USENIX, OSCON, VMworld by traveller9 · · Score: 3, Informative

    This should get you started. USENIX https://www.usenix.org/confere... VMWorld http://www.vmworld.com/index.j... OSCON (must wait until 2015) http://www.oscon.com/oscon2014...

  4. More info? by Darth+Twon · · Score: 5, Informative

    Without knowing your interests or area of expertise, there are some big ones like:

    Spiceworld
    Various Microsoft conferences: Exchange, SharePoint, TechEd
    Some Cisco stuff

    And Probably a whole host of others. Choose a vendor/specialty and search for their conferences.

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  5. Re:Any good technology conferences to attend? by ArhcAngel · · Score: 4, Funny

    There are no good technology conferences, my friend.

    You are mistaken. They list several.

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  6. Hard to travel to. by nospam007 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If I were you, I'd go quickly.

    Most of them are back in the nineties.

  7. It would be a bit of a help by redmid17 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    to know exactly what you're doing. IT supervisor is about as generic as consultant.

    Do you run the helpdesk?
    Are you in charge of the student hourlies?
    Do you have a cadre of minions running the data center?

    If you don't know that, what would get you fired in 2 seconds?

  8. Re:If only... by GrumpySteen · · Score: 5, Insightful

    He asked which ones are good to attend, not which ones are best at SEO.

  9. Very simple decision by smooth+wombat · · Score: 4, Funny

    Which ever one is in Las Vegas.

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  10. Location, Location, Location by ardmhacha · · Score: 5, Funny

    select conference_name
    from all_conferences
    where conference_location = 'HAWAII'

  11. LISA Conference by sentiblue · · Score: 4, Informative

    I go to this conference at least once every 2 years https://www.usenix.org/confere...

  12. Suggestions for the Apple technologist by plsuh · · Score: 3, Informative

    In chronological order looking forward:

    MacTech Boot Camps - http://www.mactech.com/bootcam...
    Small, local, inexpensive. Check to see if there's one close to you.

    MacTech Conference - http://www.mactech.com/confere...
    Larger, both sysadmin and developer tracks

    MacIT - http://www.macitconf.com/
    Larger, multiple tracks and levels of knowledge

    WWDC - https://developer.apple.com/ww...
    The granddaddy of them all, but next to impossible to get into these days. Mostly developer focused. May not be useful if you don't already have a deep knowledge base.

    MacAdmins - http://macadmins.psu.edu/
    The most education-focused of the conferences. Very knowledgeable presenters.

    FWIW, I've been a presenter at MacTech Boot Camps, MacIT, and WWDC.

    --Paul