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2009 conference schedule for the digital media industry

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The 2009 conference season begins
Happy new year! Recently, Jason Oberfest of MySpace put together a great resource of a bunch of digital media tech conferences. I added a couple ad-related conferences, and he agreed to graciously share.

Is this list complete?
Of course this list isn’t complete at all. If there’s anything missing in the list, please leave a link in the comments!

The digital media conference list (so far):

Demos and General Technology

Platforms, apps, and widgets

Online Advertising events

Gaming

Finance

Business and analysts

UPDATED: added a couple games and search ones, courtesy reminders from Jameson Hsu, Joe Ludwig, Lee Clancy, Wallen’s, Niki Scevak Charles Hudson, Andrew Parker, and Jonathan Mendez. Thanks!

Written by Andrew Chen

January 5th, 2009 at 8:00 am

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  1. Andrew, great list of the mainstream events. Which will you be attending?

    dherman76

    5 Jan 09 at 8:24 am

  2. Dissing search? ;)

    It will be interesting to see attendance. Pretty hard to justify $1k to hit a conference these days.

    jonathanmendez

    5 Jan 09 at 8:59 am

  3. whoops. What else should be on there other than SES?

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 9:52 am

  4. as few as possible ;-)
    Darren, am I missing any gaming conferences that you would add?

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 9:53 am

  5. Here are some dates from an elearning/tech perspective: http://elearningtech.blogspot.com/2009/01/elear...

    jadekaz

    5 Jan 09 at 10:37 am

  6. fine suggestions! thank you sir

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 10:42 am

  7. just re-updated the list with your ideas

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 10:43 am

  8. You're missing both of the big MMO conferences:
    http://www.2009.loginconference.com/
    http://www.austingdc.net/

    Joe Ludwig

    5 Jan 09 at 12:23 pm

  9. The virtual goods conference looks like a good one, but the link is for October 2008. Do you know if they're planning it again for 2009? Did anyone who attended find it valuable?

    Robin

    5 Jan 09 at 1:16 pm

  10. Hey Andrew,
    Here's another one for the games/virtual worlds set: Engage! Expo (March 10/11, 2009 in NYC, formerly Virtual Worlds 2009)

    http://www.engageexpo.com/index.html

    leeclancy

    5 Jan 09 at 1:21 pm

  11. Thanks for these great lists!
    Since you have LeWeb up there, here are 2 other general tech conferences in European
    - The Next Web conference in Amsterdam (http://2009.thenextweb.com/)
    - Lift in Geneva (http://www.liftconference.com)

    Wallen's

    5 Jan 09 at 1:32 pm

  12. I'm sure Charles will do it again. I think he's working on an iPhone gaming conference right now also.

    I spoke and attended at the last conference and thought it was great. Would definitely recommend it.

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 1:56 pm

  13. thanks! Just added it.

    Andrew Chen

    5 Jan 09 at 1:58 pm

  14. Hi Andrew, here is another conference for your list: J. Boye Conferences Philadelphia 09. Our Philadelphia conference in May is modeled on our successful European conference, now in its 5th year, in Aarhus, Denmark. Website for Philly conference is http://jboye.com/conferences/philadelphia09/ (Most recent conference: http://jboye08.dk) Look forward to seeing it added to the list! Thanks – Lau Andreasen

    Lau Andreasen

    5 Jan 09 at 2:55 pm

  15. Leadscon.com is also one of the best in the online advertising category.

    nikiscevak

    5 Jan 09 at 4:11 pm

  16. Hey Andrew what 3 would you recommend for someone seeking to learn more about integrating social media into the non-profit sector?

    Brian B

    5 Jan 09 at 4:30 pm

  17. I think most folks nailed it.

    I'm very interested in the marketing conferences.

    dherman76

    5 Jan 09 at 6:59 pm

  18. Nice list! I added a few of the names to the Google Calendar with conferences that I have. You'll find a few more European ones there too: http://tinyurl.com/conferencecalendar

    Björn J

    6 Jan 09 at 5:50 am

  19. Niki, you're the best!

    March 4 -5 in Las Vegas.

    Jay Weintraub
    Leadscon.com

    Jay Weintraub

    6 Jan 09 at 2:17 pm

  20. of course, how could I forget. I added it to the above.

    Andrew Chen

    6 Jan 09 at 8:51 pm

  21. added it and gave you credit too! Thanks.

    Andrew Chen

    6 Jan 09 at 8:56 pm

  22. tough question – some of the larger ones, like Web 2.0 Expo, are likely to have stuff specifically about your topic – the smaller events (like Startonomics) are great once you are tactically executing a plan and need to understand more about the nitty gritty. So if you are reasoning by analogy, I'd mostly stick with the big conferences in the Demo/General tech area.

    Andrew Chen

    6 Jan 09 at 8:57 pm

  23. How bout finovate? or finovate startup?

    http://finovate.com/flagship09/index.html

    dan

    7 Jan 09 at 8:14 am

  24. added!

    Andrew Chen

    7 Jan 09 at 10:48 am

  25. Hey Andrew,

    A few more for you, including links:

    Virtual Goods Summit 2009 – http://www.vgsummit2009.com
    Social Gaming Summit 2009 – http://www.socialgamingsummit2009.com
    iGames Summit (iPhone Games) – http://www.igsummit.com

    Have you been using Gary's Guide at all? It also has a good list of events.

    chudson

    7 Jan 09 at 11:15 am

  26. added!

    What's gary's guide? I'll check it out…

    Andrew Chen

    7 Jan 09 at 11:20 am

  27. It's like upcoming.org but only for tech and media events:

    http://sf.garysguide.org/

    chudson

    7 Jan 09 at 11:25 am

  28. Might add Money:Tech in nyc to either personal finance or Business sectors.

    andrewparker

    7 Jan 09 at 2:38 pm

  29. Andrew, here a new Games event to add to your list:
    GamesBeat – http://venturebeat.com/2008/12/22/introducing-g...

    Oliver

    12 Jan 09 at 11:20 am

  30. For Asia: IFRA’s first Mobile Media Conference and second Social Media Workshop in Kuala Lumpur in July 2008:
    http://www.ifra.com/website/news.nsf/wuis/ACDB6...

    skyliner

    13 Jan 09 at 3:08 am

  31. Thanks for pulling this together, Andrew. From Philadelphia, we offer the Emerging Tech for the Enterprise conference. The conference provides a great venue for developers and designers interested in the latest technologies used in Digitial Media and software in general (Ruby, Springs, iPhone Apps). Also includes some killer tracks for management hoping to use these technologies.
    http://www.phillyemergingtech.com/

    Skip Shuda

    18 Jan 09 at 6:04 am

  32. Useful list Andrew, thanks.

    This is one which I attended last year (travelling from Ireland to do so) and I will be there again this year. A great 2 day gathering of businesses in the subscription/freemium space.
    http://www.sherpastore.com/SubscriptionMarketin...

    Unfortunately it does not leak into the Web2 world a whole lot and certainly gets little attention on this side of the Atlantic. My live blogging notes from 2008 are here if anyone is interested:
    http://bohanna.typepad.com/pureplay/selling_onl...

    keith

    keithbohanna

    19 Jan 09 at 1:07 am

  33. BTW — your link for MIXX is broken, it should point here: http://www.mixx-expo.com

    Tyler Willis

    14 Feb 09 at 1:20 pm

  34. Andrew, Couple more relevant conferences for your list:

    General Tech / Entrepreneurship:

    TiEcon 2009 – http://www.tiecon.org – 3500+ attendees (last year) – slated for May 15-16 this year

    Online Advertising/Media & Entertainment:

    Digital Hollywood Spring – http://www.digitalhollywood.com – May 4-7 this year in Los Angeles

    Thanks,
    Mani

    Mani Iyer

    8 Mar 09 at 11:59 am

  35. Any suggestions for Dig Media conferences in Europe (Aug Sept Oct 09) that are relevant to community driven arts projects; community development; social inclusion; projects with aims of empowerment (especially young people; indigenous communities etc)?

    ollie black

    18 May 09 at 8:06 pm

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