What conferences are you attending this year?

General Discussion
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Hey all!

What conferences are you all attending this year? Why? What makes them great?

I’m trying to put together my calendar for 2022 and want to make sure I make sure I don’t waste time on ones that are mostly fluff. :cloud:

Virtual and IRL and in-between :slight_smile:

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I’m thinking about attending SXSW 2022 in Austin this year. It’s a great place to hear what people are thinking about across a lot of disciplines. I’m still on fence due to COVID, but thinking about signing up and seeing how things are going in March.

What do you think I should do? Go anyway? Or, look for an online conference for this year?

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With Omicron, I am hoping that this big wave in the U.S. will calm down by SXSW. Can you imagine it’s already been 2 years since they first canceled and we thought…“wow this coronavirus thing is the real deal if SX is canceling!” I think this year has taught us to be flexible…so I would plan to go but know that you might have to be flexible…if it doesn’t pan out, then enjoy the week in Austin :slight_smile:

Depending on the conference…I’ve been a bit burned out personally from online conferences. If I can get a recording of the speakers, then I think it’s worthwhile…but from a networking perspective, they still seem a bit odd. Any online conferences or even webinars you’ve come across, Kevin?

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I haven’t found any online conference yet. I was thinking about finding a DevOps, database or development related conference.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

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Do you prefer U.S. based or worldwide also? @kevin

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I know I personally would love to know about non-us conferences as well. I always hear good things about FOSDEM from friends.

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@rgrzegorczyk so we all know…what conferences are you planning to speak at this year? Hoping you can make it to the one in Texas :slight_smile:

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@carolhunt8 don’t know yet :slight_smile:

I can only express my opinions about Oracle products related conferences I’ve already been at.

  1. HrOUG in Croatia ( October) - If you want to spend 3 days on the beautiful island, listen to great speakers, try delicious food, and party a lot - then go there :slight_smile:
  2. POUG - Poland(Warsaw) - September, but it’s subjective opinion :slight_smile: Come visit my country and listen to great content about Oracle ( a lot of deep, technical speeches)