10 Tech Events on Week 20

Little weekly guide to tech events between 14–20 May 2018.

In about two months from now, developers will be heading to WeAreDevelopers World Congress in Vienna or ACE! in Krakow, HR specialists will be at UNLEASH conference in Las Vegas while European startup community will hang out in Berlin at CUBE Tech Fair and mix with AI experts at Rise of AI. Impact tech will be found at Katapult Future Fest in Oslo, best startups from Central Europe at PODIM conference in Maribor or EMERGE in Minsk, most interesting trends at Tech in Asia in Singapore. Social marketing conference Engage will be organized by Socialbakers in Prague.

ACE! (May 17–18) in Krakow, Poland
#developers

Under slogan “Building Software Better. Building Better Products.” ACE! is organizing the largest developers conference in Central Europe, attracting over 2.000 people from all over the region. ACE! offers two tracks and number of workshops to learn new skills and experiment with new ideas.

CUBE Tech Fair (May 15–16) in Berlin, Germany
#startups #corporate

“No pitches. No booths. Only business.”

CUBE Tech Fair displays great speaker lineup, provides a matchmaking platform between startups and corporates to partner up and collaborate, and aims to rewrite “the formula behind innovation”.

EMERGE (May 17–18) in Minsk, Belarus
#startups #NewEast

EMERGE is the new space to meet the startup and innovation scene from the New East —
Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Ukraine, Belarus, Russia, CIS and Central Asia, and observe trends in these ecosystems. Conference aims to involve 1100+ attendees, 100+ investors, and 200+ startups.

Engage (May 16–18) in Prague, Czechia
#socialmedia #marketing

Engage is an award-winning global social media conference, organized by Socialbakers. It is social media marketing summit that brings together leading experts, delivers insights into the latest trends, and offers endless networking opportunities and hands-on workshops with the experts.

Katapult Future Fest (May 14–16) in Oslo, Norway
#impact #techforfuture

Katapult Future Fest is a three-day festival focused on discussion about how exponential technologies and impact investing can be used to create a better future society for all, referring to the UN Sustainable Development Goals. KFF numbers: 500 participants, 100 investors, 50 startups.

PODIM (May 15–16) in Maribor, Slovenia
#startups #Adriatic #WesternBalkans

PODIM conference is connecting startups, investors, corporates and other 800+ stakeholders in the European Adriatic & Western Balkans, serving as an effective platform for investing in the most promising companies from the region, and also hosts Slovenian Startup of the Year Award.

Rise of AI (May 17) in Berlin, Germany
#AI

Deep dive into AI topics — Rise of AI is a full-day conference in Berlin limited to 500 AI experts, decision-makers, opinion-leaders and game-changers. The conference will give opportunity to network with AI community, learn how to apply AI and understand Artificial Intelligence’s impact for society.

Tech in Asia (May 15–16) in Singapore
#startups #Asia

To discover Asian startup ecosystem head to Tech in Asia conference, Singapore edition. With a great lineup of speakers and endorsement by Ben Horowitz, this conference helps to uncover the latest trends and build connections with Asian tech community. Conference is attended by over 5.000 people.

UNLEASH (May 15–16) in Las Vegas, USA
#HR #futureofwork

UNLEASH says “The Future of Work is Now!” and focuses on helping to unleash the potential of people while discussing latest technological innovations. Conference creates the platform to meet with the vendors, leaders, decision makers and innovators shaping the way we work and get work done.

WeAreDevelopers World Congress (May 16–18) in Vienna, Austria
#developers

WeAreDevelopers is Europe’s leading Congress for developers which unites tech professionals, empowered through code and as diverse as the languages they yield. WeAreDevelopers World Congress brings together over 8.000 brightest minds in tech for an exciting 3 days event in Vienna, Austria. What to expect:

• 150+ speakers, of which Steve Wozniak (co-founder of Apple, Inc), John and Brenda Romero (id Software, respectively Romero Games Ltd), Angie Jones (Twitter and Black Girls Code), Zeev Suraski (Zend Technologies) and Martin Odersky (inventor of Scala) are confirmed
• 10+ tracks
• Expo & Dev playground
• 50+ countries

Bonus: WeAreDevelopers encourages to bring children to the conference and promises to take care of them while participants enjoy the Congress.

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