40 Web Design Conferences To Look Forward To In 2014
There’s no place better than a conference to elevate your creativity. Listening to fresh lectures from top-class experts from around the world and mingling with a ton of like-minded fellow professionals can really breathe life into your career and future plans.
To save your time, we have done the hard work of identifying 40 web design conferences you might be interested in, for your convenience. Check your travelling schedules, book your reservations and have fun at these 40 Web Design conferences. A table of summary has been prepared for you at the end of the post.
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CrossTrain Morning
CrossTrain will fulfill your precious morning with 6 killer presentations by UX professionals, learning space provided by Dallas User Experience Group and hundreds of dollars’ worth in giveaways. [Jan 24, Addison]
Mobile + Web DevCon
Latest mobile development tools, app optimization with updated HTML5 and JavaScript technologies, cross-platform app development are all highlights in this conference. [Jan 28-30, San Francisco]
RESPOND
In Respond, not only can you meet the masters of responsive web design, but also learn about mobile-first responsive design, data-driven interactive content and the current state of responsive images. [Feb 4-5, Sydney]
ConveyUX
Over 40 sessions with 30+ presenters in 3 full days, ConveyUX has everything you want to know about UX including content strategy, interaction, development, management and research. [Feb 5-7, Seattle]
Interaction
In this conference you will have 4 days of workshops and presentations to allow you to explore the interaction design practices, and gain inspiration plus insights from relevant disciplines. [Feb 5-8, Amsterdam]
Roost
Roost is the embodiment of conference and training that aims to provide you clear lessons about modern websites, applications and core processes, and principles to build them correctly. [Feb 10-11, San Diego]
IRCE Focus
The web design conference at IRCE will focus on current design and usability development and help online marketers tackle rising customer’s expectation. On the other side, the mobile commerce conference will supply insights about today’s mobile customers, and the latest commerce strategies to deal with them. [Feb 10-12, Orlando]
jQuery San Diego
It’s not only about jQuery itself, but also most recent jQuery-related projects, code architecture, design and implementation practices, tools and workflow improvement, and finally rising browser technologies. [Feb 12-13, San Diego]
Meta Refresh
Meta Refresh is a showcase for web designers and developers to present their original works, and what contributions they have made to advance the state of the Web. For 2014 the spotlight is on the front-end workflow process. [Feb 12-15, Bangalore]
In Control
12 world-certified educators and industry leaders will talk to you their professional ways of handling web and mobile designs in this conference. [Feb 17-19, Orlando]
An Event Apart Atlanta
If you are passionate about perfecting every corner of web design including code, content and usability, this 3-day educational event with 12 renowned speakers will take your web design skills to new heights. [Feb 17-19, Atlanta]
ConFoo
ConFoo is a friendly learning experience, spanning different programming languages such as Ruby on Rails, jQuery, Java, Asp.Net, and more! Check out the huge schedule. [Feb 24-28, Montreal]
O’Reilly Fluent
Fluent is the conference where developers and UX/UI designers gather together to share their experience in technologies like HTML5 and Node.js, and discuss the future of web. [Mar 11-13, San Francisco]
Smashing Conference
For sure Smashing Conference is going to be about real-life projects, workflows and practical insights that can be deployed as soon as you learn them. You get 2 conference days, 5 workshops, and 18 expert speakers with ticket. [Mar 18-19, Oxford]
Breaking Development Dallas
If you are that kind of person who always seek for ground-breaking solutions with flux of creativity, this event is for you. Featured speakers include Brad Frost, Ben Callahan, Jason Grigsby, Scott Jenson and Jonathan Stark. [Mar 31 – Apr 2, Dallas]
Microsoft Build
An event organized by Microsoft to help developers build better experience on hundreds of millions of Microsoft devices. [Apr 2-4, San Francisco]
WebVisions New York
Seek the visions of web and mobile technology, and eventually the paths to triumph in them with WebVisions conference. [Apr 3-4, New York]
Future of Web Design
In FOWD, designers and developers talk about the latest technologies and techniques that bring the revolution to the web, and that includes zero interface, digital agency revolution, responsive web typography, future of interaction, etc. [Apr 7-9, London]
UX Immersion Mobile
‘Design for the user, not the device’ is the slogan for the UX Immersion Mobile conference that will deliver on workflow, usability studies, design patterns and any other UX topic. [Apr 7-9, Denver]
WebExpo
The conference will be sharing the most harmonious web development practices that bring joy to both developers and users; talk about a win-win situation! [Apr 11-12, Prague]
MinneWebCon
In MinneWebCon you are guaranteed 2 full days of committed knowledge-sharing sessions from speakers of all backgrounds and work environments. [Apr 14-15, Minneapolis]
Industry Conference
In this conference you will meet with 8 speakers from Foursquare, Etsy, Happy Cog, Charity:Water and The Washington Post to learn their insights in design in organizations, metrics, UX, CSS, business and web performance. [Apr 22-23, Newcastle upon Tyne]
The Next Web Europe
What is the next big thing for web? Over 2500 attendees will explore it together in The Next Web conference. Speakers include Chad Hurley, Stephen Wolfram, Matt Mullenweg and Kevin Rose – all famous people you recognize. [Apr 24-25, Amsterdam]
ConvergeSE
Be entertained and inspired with great tips covering design, gaming, frontend development, mobile development and marketing as well. You also get to hang out with new friends! [May1-3, Columbia]
Artifact
More and more mobile devices are going for different specs and features, and Artifact Conference wants to help you the web designer and developer to solve development challenges with tool adaptation as the core strategy. [May 5-7, Austin]
HOW Design Live
With 3000+ attendees and 80+ speakers, HOW Design Live is a combined effort to offer you the life-changing 5-day learning experience with topics covering print, package and web design as well as technology, leadership and freelancing. [May 12-16, Boston]
DESIGN Conference
Besides design theory and research methods, DESIGN Conference will present about design processes, tools, education and sociotechnical issues to ensure you understand your design from the inside out. [May 19-22, Dubrovnik]
PHP Conference
As a PHP developer, you probably don’t want to miss this international conference and workshops that will improve your fundamental understanding on not only PHP development, but also database, methodologies, web API, security, and more. [Jun 1- 4, Berlin]
WEB Conference
Web Conference returns this year with ‘future-friendly web’ as the main topic. You can check out past year’s schedule to get familiar with the conference. [Jun 9-10, Penn Stater]
Future Insights
Future Insight is known for bringing out the best inspiration and insights for thinkers, explorers and pioneers of web. [Jun 16-20, Las Vegas]
Generate
Launched by Net Magazine and Creative Bloq, Generate is the source of inspiration, education and social center for web designers and developers. [Jun 20, New York]
O’Reilly Velocity
Velocity is for web professionals hunting training events and information from companies of all sizes. You get books, newsletters and industry reports as well. [Jun 24-26, Santa Clara]
NAGW
Ethan Marcotte coined the term ‘responsive web design’, and even introduced the new way to design for multiple screens, and now he’s going to speak for NAGW together with other inspiring speakers. [Sep 9-12, St.Paul]
SmartWeb
SmartWeb is dedicated to east-European web designers and developers who are ready to boost their creativity and skill. [Sep 23-24, Bucharest]
Adobe MAX
In Adobe MAX, you connect with over 5000 creative minds to improve your development knowledge, techniques and strategies within 5 days. All for delivering your epic product. [Oct 4-8, Los Angeles]
Fronteers
Since 2008, Fronteers Conference has been one of Europe’s largest conferences focusing on front-end web development with workshops and meet-ups. [Oct 9-10, Amsterdam]
CSS Dev Conference
Want to master your CSS kung fu? Look no further than this. [Oct 13-15, New Orleans]
HighEdWeb
If you are both a web specialist and educator, HighEdWeb will be your ideal conference to explore all web issues related to colleges and universities. [Oct 19-22, Portland]
Web Summit
A conference with a gathering of the world’s leading thinkers from companies, big and small from all around the world. Last year, there were 300 speakers and 10,000 attendees.
Ready To Inspire
Get ready to be inspired with new knowledge of web design, type and code, shared directly by experienced web experts. On top of these, you got to enjoy live music, meet-up and parties too.
Summary [Table]
For your reference, here’s summary of all the conferences, dates, locations and price per pax.
| Conference | Date | Location | Price (General) |
|---|---|---|---|
| CrossTrain Morning | Jan 24 | Addison, TX | $75 |
| Mobile + Web DevCon | Jan 28-30 | San Francisco | $1895 (Early Bird) |
| RESPOND | Feb 4-05 | Sydney | $599 |
| ConveyUX | Feb 5-07 | Seattle | $995 |
| Interaction | Feb 5-08 | Amsterdam | $315 (Single Day) |
| Roost | Feb 10-11 | San Diego | $599 |
| IRCE Focus | Feb 10-12 | Orlando | $845 |
| jQuery San Diego | Feb 12-13 | San Diego | $449 |
| Meta Refresh | Feb 12-15 | Bangalore | $42 |
| In Control | Feb 17-19 | Orlando | $595 |
| An Event Apart Atlanta | Feb 17-19 | Atlanta | $1095 |
| ConFoo | Feb 24-28 | Montreal | $715 |
| O’Reilly Fluent | Mar 11-13 | San Francisco | $1645 |
| Smashing Conference | Mar 18-19 | Oxford | $597.60 |
| Breaking Development Dallas | Mar 31 – Apr2 | Dallas | $995 |
| Microsoft Build | Apr 2-04 | San Francisco | $2095 |
| WebVisions New York | Apr 3-04 | New York | $325 |
| Future of Web Design | Apr7-09 | London | $595 |
| UX Immersion Mobile | Apr7-09 | Denver | $1689 |
| WebExpo | Apr 11-12 | Prague | TBA |
| MinneWebCon | Apr 14-15 | Minneapolis | TBA |
| Industry Conference | Apr 22-23 | Newcastle upon Tyne | $273 |
| The Next Web Europe | Apr 24-25 | Amsterdam | $725 (Early Bird) |
| ConvergeSE | May 1-03 | Columbia | $325 |
| Artifact | May 5-07 | Austin | TBA |
| HOW Design Live | May 12-16 | Boston | $1995 |
| DESIGN Conference | May 19-22 | Dubrovnik | TBA |
| PHP Conference | Jun1-04 | Berlin | $1230 |
| WEB Conference | Jun9-10 | Penn Stater | $650 |
| Future Insights | Jun 16-20 | Las Vegas | TBA |
| Generate New York | Jun 20 | New York | TBA |
| O’Reilly Velocity | Jun 24-26 | Santa Clara | TBA |
| NAGW | Sep9-12 | St.Paul, Minnesota | TBA |
| SmartWeb | Sep 23-24 | Bucharest | TBA |
| Adobe MAX | Oct4-08 | Los Angeles | TBA |
| Fronteers | Oct9-10 | Amsterdam | TBA |
| CSS Dev Conference | Oct 13-15 | New Orleans | $695 |
| HighEdWeb | Oct 19-22 | Portland | TBA |
| Web Summit | TBA | TBA | TBA |
| Ready To Inspire | TBA | TBA | TBA |
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