- Spiceworks News & Insights brings you the important tech conferences and one point curated event catalog for April 2024.
- Check out the five most important conferences scheduled for this month.
The tech industry is expected to post “modest” growth in 2024, which is reason to cheer as recessionary and inflationary forces from global geopolitical upheavals and other supply constraints ease.
IN The State of IT 2024: How Does Your Organization Compare?Aberdeen Strategy & Research found that 66% of organizations plan to increase IT investment in 2024. Accordingly, Deloitte noted in its Technology Industry Outlook 2024 report that 55% of executives surveyed in the fourth quarter of 2023 rated the technology industry as “healthy.” or “very healthy”, while 62% expect to maintain this level in six months.
Meanwhile, Gartner expects worldwide IT spending to grow 6.8% to nearly $5 trillion in 2024, driven by software and IT services.
Optimism about artificial intelligence (AI), the ubiquity of cloud computing and the need for cybersecurity measures are expected to drive technology spending this year, Deloitte said.
Last month at NVIDIA GTC 2024, the industry saw the possibilities with new hardware and sheer computing power available. This month, expect a closer look at the software, Google’s ambitions for cloud-based services and Intel’s vision, and a dive into the data that drives it all.
Check out Spiceworks News & Insights’ picks for tech conferences to watch in April 2024.
Top technology conferences in April 2024
1. Google Cloud Next 2024
Organized by Google Cloud, the conference is a way for the third largest cloud service provider to show its range. Google Cloud Next is known to be aimed primarily at enterprises and developers, and its AI advancements should reflect just that.
The schedule of keynote sessions suggests the company will elaborate on how it sees future software development and plans to help organizations increase efficiency, empower employees, engage customers and drive growth with generative artificial intelligence.
About 30,000 people are expected to go to Las Vegas for Google Cloud Next 2024 for 778 sessions spread over three days.
Place: Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
date(s): April 9-11, 2024
Attendance: offline; paid registration required
2. ODSC East 2024
Open Data Science Conference 2024 begins in the fourth week of April, and includes more than 280 speakers and participants from approximately 1,700 companies. ODSC East 2024 will also see more than 60 workshops, tutorials and training sessions on what feeds AI: data.
Participants can choose sessions from a dozen tracks, including Data Engineering, AI Bootcamp, MLOps and LLMOps, Data Visualizations and more. The conference is primarily intended for data scientists and machine learning engineers, but is open to anyone interested in pursuing a career in data science.
Don’t miss the Ai X Keynote by Alex Pentland, Ph.D., Professor at MIT and Founder and Director of MIT Connection Science.
Place: Boston Hynes Convention Center
Date(s): April 23-25, 2024
Attendance: Offline, paid registration required; Virtual, paid registration required
See more: AI Powerhouse on Display: The Best of NVIDIA GTC 2024
3. Intel Vision 2024
Intel Vision 2024 is about artificial intelligence and Intel’s role in exciting new technology. All eyes are on the company as keen observers prepare for what Intel highlights next after coining the ‘silicon economy’ at Intel Vision 2023.
Among the highlights of the 19-session conference is Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger’s keynote address on business artificial intelligence, enabling AI-driven business and how it fits into Intel’s “silicon, software and services.”
The conference also serves as a way for Intel executives to weigh in on current and future projects the American semiconductor company is planning.
Place: Arizona Grand Resort and Spa, Phoenix, AZ
Date(s): April 8-9, 2024
Attendance: offline; paid registration required
4. Microsoft 365 Community Conference
This Microsoft 365 community event is aimed at those interested in integrating Microsoft AI products, including Copilot for Microsoft 365 and others, as well as Teams, Viva, SharePoint and Windows, into their service offerings.
The AI powered workplace is a topic of discussion and everyone is expected to have an interesting perspective.
The Microsoft 365 Community Conference is also a great way for admins to keep up with the latest company news, updates, and trends, and to connect with colleagues.
Place: Walt Disney World Swan & Dolphin Resort, Orlando, FL
Date(s): April 30 – May 2, 2024
Attendance: offline; paid registration required
5. Conferences of the Network of Women in Technology
The Women in Tech Network will host the Women in Tech 2024 Global Conference this month, which will include three other events: the 2024 Career Development Summit, the 2024 Key Tech Summit, the 2024 Chief in Tech Summit and the 2024 Global ESG Impact Summit.
This fully virtual conference will have 700 speakers from 179 countries participating in keynotes, panels, breakout rooms, technical workshops and more.
Place: Virtual; Limited personal meetings
Date(s): April 23 – April 25, 2024
Attendance: On the line; paid registration required
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