Ten years is long enough to prove a concept and short enough to still feel the momentum. VivaTech, which opened in Paris in 2016 as an ambitious experiment in bridging the startup world with the corporate establishment, returns to Porte de Versailles from June 17 to 20, 2026 for its tenth edition — and the numbers it is carrying into that anniversary tell a story of compounding … [Read more...] about VivaTech 2026, June 17–20, Porte de Versailles, Paris
Accelerate 2026, May 21–22, 2026, Salt Palace Convention Center
Accelerate 2026 is coming back this year, and it’s shaping up to be one of those gatherings where the industry tries to figure itself out in real time. Hosted by Pattern Group Inc., the two-day event is scheduled for May 21–22, 2026, at the Salt Palace Convention Center. The pitch is pretty simple, but also kind of telling about where ecommerce is right now. Everything is … [Read more...] about Accelerate 2026, May 21–22, 2026, Salt Palace Convention Center
JSNation 2026, June 11 & June 15, Amsterdam and Remote
JSNation 2026 positions itself as one of the central gatherings for the web development community this year, split across a hybrid in-person event in Amsterdam on June 11 and a fully remote day on June 15. The scale alone hints at its ambition—more than 50 speakers, around 1,500 attendees on site, and over 10,000 joining remotely, all converging around a shared language: modern … [Read more...] about JSNation 2026, June 11 & June 15, Amsterdam and Remote
ICMC 2026, July 30–31, Long Beach
Registration has opened for the 2026 International Compact Modeling Conference, a focused gathering that sits right at the intersection of device physics, circuit behavior, and the increasingly unforgiving realities of advanced semiconductor scaling. Hosted aboard the historic RMS Queen Mary in Long Beach, the setting alone feels slightly surreal—old-world engineering wrapped … [Read more...] about ICMC 2026, July 30–31, Long Beach
Elevate 2026, April 22–24, 2026, Atlanta
Diligent is leaning directly into the moment where AI stops being a slide deck topic and starts becoming operational infrastructure. Elevate 2026, set for April 22–24 at the Hilton Atlanta, feels less like a traditional industry conference and more like a working session for organizations trying to translate AI ambition into measurable outcomes across governance, risk, … [Read more...] about Elevate 2026, April 22–24, 2026, Atlanta
WWDC 2026, June 8–12, Cupertino & Online
Apple is setting the stage again for what tends to become a defining moment in the annual tech calendar. The company has confirmed that its flagship developer gathering, WWDC 2026, will run from June 8 through June 12, blending its now-familiar online-first format with a limited in-person experience at Apple Park. That hybrid structure—part global broadcast, part tightly … [Read more...] about WWDC 2026, June 8–12, Cupertino & Online
Zip Forward Europe 2026, April 16, 2026, London
A certain shift is becoming impossible to ignore across enterprise operations, and procurement sits right in the middle of it. What used to be a back-office function is now something closer to a strategic control tower, where risk, compliance, cost, and increasingly AI all intersect in real time. Zip Forward Europe 2026 feels like one of those events that isn’t just reacting to … [Read more...] about Zip Forward Europe 2026, April 16, 2026, London
AI Summit: Operationalizing Intelligence and Driving Innovation, April 16, 2026, Woburn, Massachusetts
Something shifts when AI conversations move out of theory and into the room where people actually run operations, manage teams, and make decisions that affect real outcomes. That’s the space this upcoming summit is trying to occupy. On April 16, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Massachusetts Innovation Network and the Middlesex 3 Coalition will bring together industry, … [Read more...] about AI Summit: Operationalizing Intelligence and Driving Innovation, April 16, 2026, Woburn, Massachusetts
GTC 2026, March 16–19, San Jose
The air inside the convention halls in San Jose had that very specific hum you only get when something big is unfolding in real time—part trade show, part developer pilgrimage, part financial signal flare. NVIDIA GTC 2026 didn’t feel like a typical tech conference this year; it felt more like a staging ground for the next phase of the AI economy, with conversations drifting … [Read more...] about GTC 2026, March 16–19, San Jose
Taiwan’s AI Ecosystem Steps Into the Spotlight at NVIDIA GTC, March 16–19, 2026
Every year the NVIDIA GTC conference acts as a kind of pulse check for the global AI industry. What technologies are real, what companies are shaping the stack, and which regions are emerging as the operational backbone of the AI economy tends to become visible on that stage. The 2026 edition of the summit, taking place March 16–19, once again highlights a reality that has been … [Read more...] about Taiwan’s AI Ecosystem Steps Into the Spotlight at NVIDIA GTC, March 16–19, 2026