When: December 1 - 3, 2009
Where: San Francisco, CA

Description:  The Supernova conference explores the transformation of computing, communications, business, and society in the Network Age. Now in its eighth year, Supernova brings together approximately 500 leading executives, entrepreneurs, intellectuals, government officials, and business practitioners to make connections, discuss emerging trends, and discover innovative new ideas and companies.

Where 2.0 Online

When: December 3, 2009
Where: Online

Description:  The mobile phone is fast becoming the primary I/O device for geodata. Since the last Where 2.0 Conference in May 2009, the iPhone has continued to define the state of the art for location enabled sensors. By creating a widespread platform that allows for third-party development and geolocation, iPhones are advancing the whole industry. Learn more about the game-changing applications now under construction and how we are perceiving and consuming new information at Where 2.0 Online.

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: December 15, 2009
Where: Santa Clara, CA

Description:  Digital Living Room, one of the oldest conferences about the future of home entertainment, focuses this year on the future – the technologies that are most likely to transform consumer experience in 2010.  The summit will examine which of the products unveiled at CES in January are likely to catch fire and which will fail. At the same time, it will assess a historically challenging 2009 for its successes and missteps.

Guru Only Deal:

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.