We have no idea how long the coronavirus pandemic will last, let alone how long it will last, but the current crisis will have an impact on what happens this year.
Not all technology conferences will disappear as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, but their numbers are likely to decrease as the companies hosting them turn to virtual events.
Elitech Systems offers you today a small overview of the tech events that are maintained today
Microsoft Inspire 2020 – July 21 and 22
Inspire is Microsoft’s largest annual event in the world, and brings together Microsoft partners from around the world. This is an opportunity for Microsoft to present its vision, to preview new innovations and to share big news that affects its entire community.
Through a mix of briefings, exciting keynote addresses from the biggest names in technology and IT, and meeting other Microsoft professionals,
The conference allows you to leave better informed, more connected and more motivated.
In mid-April, Microsoft effectively announced that all of its events would take place online until 2021.
The event Inspire 2020 will take place on July 21 and 22.
More info on: https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire
IFA 2020 – September 4 to 9
The world meeting of electronics will be held well between September 4 and 9 if with the current period, everything calms down.
The IFA is the European showcase for future innovations and technologies, but also the consumer electronics fair.
IFA is a global innovation fair that brings together researchers, industry professionals, start-ups and retailers to enable the sharing of knowledge, information and business ideas.
More info on: https://www.ifa-berlin.com
Dreamforce
Dreamforce is an annual conference organized by Salesforce that brings together industry leaders and pioneers as well as thousands of IT professionals.
Attending the Dreamforce allows you to attend conferences, discover new products, attend training sessions, establish contacts with their peers and also obtain certifications.
The themes of Dreamforce conferences are focused on mobile, data intelligence or even data from the Internet of Things (IoT).
More info on: https://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/
Build 2020
This year things have changed. The effects of the coronavirus epidemic turned the event into a fully digital experience, with live sessions throughout the two days.
Microsoft generally uses this conference to discuss developer-specific products and services, but this year the conference is not going to have the same formula as it has in the past.
The emphasis is less on software, but also on Windows or Office and Microsoft products or even on applied computing.
More info on: https://mybuild.microsoft.com
Worldwide Developers Conference – June 22
The Apple Global Developer Conference will be a digital-only event in 2020, with no physical gathering planned due to the spread of the coronavirus worldwide.
The WWDC virtual event will start on June 22 and will be free for all developers. According to Apple, this online event will allow millions of creative and innovative developers to access future versions of iOS, iPadOS, macOS, watchOS and tvOS, but also to be able to chat with engineers from Apple.
Apple plans to hold a main event to announce the new software, likely on June 22, when WWDC will start.
More info on: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc20/
Adobe Summit – October 19-21
Summit is the annual Adobe developer conference that brings together hundreds of thousands of industry leaders, speakers and e-commerce enthusiasts who want to share their ideas and best practices for digital experience and innovation and get inspired each other.
The conferences and workshops will be exclusively offered online but open to all and free of charge.
More info on: https://www.adobe.com/fr/summit.html
Computex – from September 28 to 30, 2020
Computex is the main world fair for ICT and IoT, but also for ecosystems.
The fair covers the entire spectrum of the ICT industry, from established brands to start-ups and from the ICT supply chain to IoT ecosystems.
It is both a global platform for the launch of basic products and technologies, but also a place to connect manufacturers with distributors and component manufacturers with integrators.
As always, the show will be loaded with events and press conferences.
More info on: https://www.computextaipei.com.tw
Food Hotel Tech Nice October 13 and 14
At the national level, the Food Hotel Tech Nice is a place of meetings and exchanges allowing to discover and test all the digital and technological innovations dedicated to the Hotel and Catering industry.
Exhibitors, conferences, animations around Start-ups…: Food Hotel Tech offers a complete and relevant panorama of digital tools and technological innovations allowing to have a vision of the future of Food Tech.
More info on: https://www.fhtnice.com
Conclusion
In conclusion, in the future, technological events will never be the same again. Some will cease to exist, others will change radically and, that some will remain as they were, only better.
It remains to be seen how each tech company will transform its conference into a virtual conference. Developer summer conferences are often a place for conferences and announcements, but they are also essential for developers who have the chance to mingle with engineers working on and between large platforms.
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