Network World's guide to data center, I&O, and network conferences around the world.

Ready to travel to gain hands-on experience with new networking and infrastructure tools? Tech conferences – in person and virtual – give attendees a chance to access product demos, network with peers, earn continuing education credits, and catch a celebrity keynote or live entertainment. Check out our calendar of upcoming network, I&O, and data center conferences, and let us know if we’re missing any of your favorites.

April 2026

• Channel Partners Conference & Expo, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 13–16
• CIO 100 Leadership Live, Los Angeles, California: April 16
• Data Center World, Washington, D.C.: April 20-23
• Black is Tech Conference, Houston, Texas: April 20-24
• Microsoft 365 Community Conference, Orlando, Florida: April 21-23
• Google Cloud Next, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 22-24
• American Data Centers Forum, Houston, Texas: April 23-24
• StrictlyVC San Francisco: April 30

May 2026

• Extreme Connect, Orlando, Florida: May 4-7
• SalesForce Tableau Conference, San Diego, California: May 5-7
• CSO Cybersecurity Awards & Conference, Nashville, Tennesee: May 11-13
• Red Hat Summit, Atlanta, Georgia: May 11-14
• SANS Security Central, New Orleans, Louisiana: May 11-16
• HackMiami 1101, Miama, Florida: May 12-16
• ONUG’s AI Networking Summit, Frisco, Texas: May 13-14
• The Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit, Minneapolis, Minnesota: May 18-20
• Data Center Expo, San Jose, California: May 18-19
• TechEx North America, San Jose, California: May 18-19
• Dell Technologies World, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 18-21
• Cisco Live, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 31-June 4

June 2026

• Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 1-3
• Snowflake Summit, San Francisco, California: June 1-4
• MLCon, San Diego, California: June 1-5
• Info-Tech LIVE, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 9-11
• AI Summit, London, England: June 10-11
• HPE Discover, Las Vegas, Nevada: June 15-18
• Telco AI Forum, virtual: June 16
• Sloss.Tech: Birmingham, Alabama: June 14-26

July 2026

• IEEE’s COMPSAC, Madrid, Spain: July 7-10
• SANSFIRE, Washington, D.C.: July 13-18

August 2026

• Black Hat USA, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 1-6
• Ai4, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 4-6
• DEF CON, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 6-9
• VMware Explore, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 31 – September 3

September 2026

• DataCloud USA, Austin, Texas: September 2-3
• Splunk .conf26, Denver, Colorado: September 14-17
• Dreamforce, San Francisco, California: September 15-17
• Yotta 2026, Las Vegas, Nevada: September 28-30

October 2026

• infra/STRUCTURE 2026, Las Vegas, Nevada: October 6-8
• TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, San Francisco, California: October 13-15
• Gartner IT Symposium | Xpo, Orlando, Florida: October 19-22
• Oracle AI World, Las Vegas, Nevada: October 25-28

November 2026

• TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026, Boston, Massachusetts: November 4
• IT Connect Global, Orlando, Florida: November 4-6
• KubeCon | CloudNativeCon, Atlanta, Georgia: November 10-13
• SpiceWorld, Austin, Texas: November 12-13
• Microsoft Ignite, San Franscisco, California: November 17-20
• AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, Nevada: November 30-December 4

December 2026

• The AI Summit New York, New York City: December 9-10

January 2027

• CES, Las Vegas, Nevada: January 6-9

• VMware Explore 2025: News and analysis from the show
• Cisco Live: AI takes center stage