When: November 18 - 19, 2009
Where: San Mateo, CA

Description:  GreenBeat 2009 brings together the nation’s 500 leading entrepreneurs, investors, utility and technology executives, policymakers and press to affect an accelerated development of a leaner, more efficient electrical grid. With participation by Al Gore, former Vice President and Nobel Prize Winner; John Doerr of Kleiner Perkins; and industry leaders, including from Cisco, Tendril, PG&E, expect lively discussion and power networking. The program will highlight new technologies and explore the opportunities afforded by the stimulus package. 

When: December 8 - 9, 2009
Where: Menlo Park, CA

Description:  Venture Summit Silicon Valley is a two-day gathering that highlights the significant economic, political, and technology trends impacting the global growth investor. The Venture Summit features the most influential institutional investors, venture capitalists, corporate buyers, investment bankers, and research analysts in keynote presentations and panel debates. The Venture Summit will also host 14 Best of Breed CEO Showcases handpicked from the AlwaysOn annual top 100 private company list and 36 other qualified six-minute CEO pitches from companies seeking later-stage capital or potential acquirers.

When: January 7, 2010
Where: Las Vegas, NV

Description:  For the fourth year, Parks Associates is hosting the CONNECTIONS™ Summit at CES. The 2010 event, held on January 7, features sessions focusing on trends, emerging business models and technologies, and growth opportunities for companies developing products and services for the digital home.  

When: February 22 - 24, 2010
Where: New York, NY

Description:  The O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference is a meeting ground for innovation at a time when all things publishing are in flux. Ebook and mobile marketplaces are blossoming while brick-and-mortar outlets continue to fade. Print on demand and other digital publishing tools are suggesting new models. Innovative start-ups are being acquired by major players, altering the balance of power overnight. "Wait and see" is no longer an option, it's past time to be gentle. "Change or die" is the urgent reality publishers are grappling with.

When: March 2010
Where: London, England

Description:  The CONNECTIONS™ Europe Summits, produced by Parks Associates, focus on the impact of new platforms, consumer buying habits, and new business models and opportunities for TV operators, content developers, advertisers, and consumer electronics companies.

When: March 30 - April 1, 2010
Where: San Jose, CA

Description:  Where 2.0 is one of the world's foremost events dedicated to exploring the emerging technologies in the geospatial industry. At Where 2.0, we expose the tools pushing the boundaries of the location frontier, track the emergence of new business models and services, and examine new sources of data and the platforms for collecting them.

When: April 12 - 15, 2010
Where: Santa Clara, CA

Description:  The MySQL Conference & Expo is the largest event of its kind, bringing over 2,000 open source and database enthusiasts together from around the world to explore the power of MySQL and celebrate the diverse MySQL ecosystem. This deeply technical conference brings all of that creativity, energy, and knowledge together in one place for four very full days.

When: May 10 - 13, 2010
Where: Seattle, WA

Description:  LOGIN is the conference for leaders and innovators of the online game industry. This annual conference hosted in Seattle each May brings together industry leaders to discuss, collaborate, and share advancements about technology, design, business, community and legal areas of online game development. LOGIN 2010 features three and a half days of online game development lectures, panels, and roundtables, renowned local and international industry speakers, facilitated networking activities, parties, keynote lunches, meetings and an exhibition area.

When: June 7 - 10, 2010
Where: Baltimore, MD

Description: RailsConf, co-produced by Ruby Central, Inc. and O'Reilly Media, Inc., is the largest official conference dedicated to everything Rails. Through keynotes, sessions, tutorials, panels, and events, RailsConf is an interactive meeting ground for the most innovative and successful Rails experts and companies. The conference provides attendees with examples of business models, development paradigms, and design strategies to enable mainstream businesses and new arrivals to the Web and Rails to take advantage of this new generation of services and opportunities.  

When: June 8 - 10, 2010
Where: Santa Clara, CA

Description: CONNECTIONS™: The Digital Living Conference &Showcase is a research-driven executive conference and showcase delivers insight and recommendations for new business models and opportunities in digital media/content, connected consumer electronics, broadband and value-added services, and home systems.

When: June 22 - 24, 2010
Where: Santa Clara, CA

Description: Velocity, the Web Operations and Performance Conference from O'Reilly, is the the place to be to obtain the crucial skills and knowledge to build successful websites that are fast, scalable, resilient, and highly available. It’s a unique opportunity to learn from your peers, exchange ideas with experts, and share best practices that will help maximize your company's efficiency, performance, and responsiveness. Through keynotes, sessions, tutorials, panels, and events, Velocity is a rich and engaging community for the most innovative and successful Web Ops and Performance players.