Virtual Conferences & Events in 2020

With the COVID-19 virus that’s been going around the US, and indeed the world in recent months, a lot of in-person tech meetups, events, and conferences have been canceled. Fortunately, tech is nothing if not resilient to this sort of situation, and a lot of events have gone online/virtual over the past several weeks. Here’s a list of some upcoming conferences and events that I’m aware of coming up in 2020! Events marked with a dollar sign ($) require paid registration; otherwise assume that all events are free.

• ongoing | Hackathons on DevPost | https://devpost.com/hackathons
• ongoing | events @ SecureSet Academy | https://secureset.com/events/
• ongoing | events @ Codesmith | https://codesmith.io/coding-events
• 7/30-31 | GraphQL Summit Worldwide | https://summit.graphql.com/
• 8/4-6 | Game Developers Conference Summer 2020 | https://www.gdconf.com/
• 8/6-7| GraphQL Summit Worldwide | https://summit.graphql.com/
• 8/11 | live@manning: Natural Language Processing | https://freecontent.manning.com/register-for-livemanning-nlp/
• 8/14 | React Rally 2020 ($) | https://ti.to/trace-events/react-rally-2020
• 8/14-16 | DrupalCamp Colorado ($) | https://2020.drupalcampcolorado.org/
• 8/16-19 | 360iDev ($) | https://360idev.com/
• 8/20 | React.js Global Summit | https://react.geekle.us/
• 9/1-2 | CascadiaJS 2020 ($) | https://2020.cascadiajs.com/
• 9/3-4 | ElixirConf US 2020 ($) | https://2020.elixirconf.com/
• 9/13-18 | CppCon ($) | https://cppcon.org/
• 9/14-18 | Denver Startup Week 2020 | https://www.denverstartupweek.org/
• 9/21-23 | ForwardJS 2020 | https://forwardjs.com/sanfrancisco/
• 11/4-6 | VueConf Toronto 2020 | https://vuetoronto.com/
• 11/19 | Python Universe | https://python.geekle.us/
• 12/7-8 | GraphQL Galaxy 2020 | https://ti.to/gitnation/gql-galaxy

Past events:

• 5/27, 6/10, 6/24 | API The Docs | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/api-the-docs-virtual-series-tickets-101520027134
• 5/27, 6/1, 6/3, 6/8, 6/10 | JavaScript Hackathons for Job Seeking Developers | https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/javascript-hackathons-for-job-seeking-developers-careerhack-4-hours-registration-103523802480
• 5/27-28 | Jamstack Conf | https://jamstackconf.com/
• 5/30 | Node.js Global Summit Online | https://geekle.us/
• 6/1-17 | DeveloperWeek Global 2020 Hackathon | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/developerweek-global-2020-hackathon-registration-101114431988
• 6/12-14 | Hack the Crisis – The Web Hackathon | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hack-the-crisis-the-web-hackathon-tickets-105834477772
• 6/15 (submission deadline) | HarperDB Cloud Hackathon | https://harperdb.io/harperdb-hackathon/
• 6/16-17 | DeveloperWeek Global 2020 | https://www.developerweek.com/global/
• 6/18-19 | JSNation Live | https://live.jsnation.com/
  • Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfIM4SvaiIyySUvx7L8PXNl5nqM9x_dXC
• 6/23-24 | DevOps Fast Forward ($20) | https://swampup.jfrog.com/americas/
• 6/23-24 | OpenJS World | https://events.linuxfoundation.org/openjs-world/
• 6/30-7/2 | Google web.dev LIVE | https://web.dev/live/
  • Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLNYkxOF6rcIDC0-BiwSL52yQ0n9rNozaF
• 7/14-17 | UberConf Virtual | https://uberconf.com/
• 10/6 | JamStack Conf Virtual 2020 | https://jamstackconf.com/virtual/
  • Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL58Wk5g77lF94tg-F3y5zRyDeLVhTDnTg
• 11/4-6 | VueConf Toronto 2020 | https://vuetoronto.com/
  • Recordings: https://www.youtube.com/c/VueConfToronto/featured

I’ve also recently been searching Meetup for other tech-related groups around the US that are hosting virtual tech meetups, and have come across these groups that have been consistent in delivering some great talks:

• Build With Code – Los Angeles | https://www.meetup.com/build-with-code-los-angeles/
• js.la – The Los Angeles JavaScript meetup | https://www.meetup.com/Los-Angeles-JavaScript-and-Node-js/
• JavaScriptLA Meetup | https://www.meetup.com/javascriptla/
• NYC Coders | https://www.meetup.com/nyc-coders/
• Seattle JS | https://www.meetup.com/seattlejs/