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

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

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

    Which ever one is in Las Vegas.

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

    select conference_name
    from all_conferences
    where conference_location = 'HAWAII'

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

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