10 Product Development Conferences to Attend in 2024
Whether you’d like to admit it or not, 2024 is fast approaching and your calendar for next year is likely already filling up. That being said, it’s never too soon to start thinking about your event strategy and what conferences you might want to attend next year to hear from product development leaders, brush up on your skills, and network with peers in the tech community.
The good news is we’ve done some of the leg work for you and compiled this list of ten exciting product development conferences to attend in 2024. We’ve organized the list by discipline, but each one of these conferences is likely to have something for everyone, whether you’re a product manager, product designer, engineer, marketer, or executive. The hard part will be deciding which ones to attend!
Product Management
Mind the Product
2024 Dates TBA | San Francisco, London, and HamburgMind the Product is the world’s largest product management conference, with annual flagship conferences in San Francisco and London (which can also be attended online) and a regional conference in Hamburg. While the 2024 dates have yet to be announced, you can expect to hear from industry leaders, gain valuable insights, learn new product strategies, and connect with fellow product professionals.
Also, if you’re in the Denver area, be sure to check out ProductTank Denver, a Mind the Product meetup. Crafted and Fluvio are proud sponsors, and we host events featuring talks from guest speakers, networking opportunities for product managers, and good old-fashioned chatting over a beer (or two).
INDUSTRY
SEptember 23-25 | Cleveland, OHINDUSTRY, The Product Conference, is a multi-day conference that features presentations from product leaders and influencers like Marty Cagan, networking events where you can meet fellow product people, group discussions with speakers, and more. While INDUSTRY Global is the largest conference, you can also attend smaller conferences in other locations (like New York and Dublin, Ireland) as well as virtually.
Some of the Crafted crew attended 2023’s INDUSTRY conference, and you can check out this blog post for our five key takeaways.
Pendomonium
2024 dates TBA | Raleigh, NCEach year, Pendo brings together over 1,000 product leaders, practitioners, and enthusiasts for three days of learning, connection, and celebration. Pendomonium is an opportunity to deepen your product-led skills, advance your career, grow your network, and get inspired—all in a festival-style setting that changes everything you thought you knew about tech events. While Pendo has yet to announce the dates for next year, you can join their interest list to be the first to know about the 2024 conference.
Some of the Crafted crew attended 2023’s conference, and here were our biggest takeaways:
Data is everything! It encourages curiosity, helps inform execution, drives prioritization, and sells
Data should not be used as confirmation bias; it should actually inform the solutions you create for your users
Artificial intelligence (AI) enhances what we currently use data to inform, but it doesn’t replace people; it helps us do things faster, more efficiently, and more reliably (when done right)
Product Design
ConveyUX
February 27-29 | Seattle, WAAttend ConveyUX in-person or online to learn the latest in UX, grow your skills, and connect with like-minded peers around the world. You’ll learn how industry experts are adapting their processes in an AI-driven era and walk away with new strategies and insights you can implement right away. You’ll hear from speakers from widely-recognized brands like Microsoft, Nike, The New York Times, and more.
UXDX
May 15-17, 2024 | New York, NYYou can attend UXDX USA in person or online, where you’ll learn how to break down the barriers between Product, UX, Design and Dev so you can build better products, faster, together. Don’t forget to check out our Balanced Teams white paper to learn more about breaking down silos to drive customer and business outcomes.
Some of the Crafted crew attended 2023’s conference, and here were our key takeaways:
Do not overlook product design at your organization and be sure to factor it into your overall strategy
We learned tips and tricks for implementing good design practices
We got the opportunity to talk with some of the speakers 1:1, who worked at companies like Etsy, Shopify, Figma, and more
UX360
May 16-17 | Berlin, GermanyUX360 will showcase the latest UX and design research, from planning and conducting, to analysis and the implementation of UX insights. This exciting conference includes presentations from global thought leaders and international brands (Google, AWS, and LinkedIn to name a few), interactive panel discussions, and 1-2-1 meetings. This is a must-attend conference for UX researchers to learn, be inspired and to network with peers. There will also be a virtual conference January 30-31.
Software Engineering
AWS re:Invent
2024 Dates tba | Las Vegas, NVThere’s still time to register for this year’s AWS re:Invent! From November 27 to December 1, you’ll join cloud enthusiasts from around the world to hear the latest cloud industry innovations, meet with AWS experts, have fun, and build connections. Needless to say, artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) are on the agenda. Don’t let the price of admission scare you as you’ll gain skills and expertise that would take weeks or months to learn at home.
DeveloperWeek
February 21-23 | San Francisco Bay Area, cAJoin 8,000+ developers, engineers, software architects, dev teams, managers, and executives at the world’s largest developer and engineering expo and conference. There will be over fifteen tracks with sessions on AI and machine learning, DevOps, API and microservices, and more. You’ll discover the latest in developer technologies, languages, platforms, and tools and have chances to participate in a hackathon or attend a hiring expo. You can also attend live online February 27-29.
AWS Summit New York
2024 Dates TBA | New York, NYWhile AWS (Amazon Web Services) has yet to announce the dates for their 2024 conference, this free event will give you the opportunity to attend the keynote, walk the Expo, and talk with AWS Experts. You’ll see how your peers and competitors are using the cloud to their advantage, and learn all the ways you can use AWS to jump-start, grow, or supercharge your business and take your career to the next level.
General
SaaStr Annual
September 10-12 | San Francisco Bay Area, CAJoin 13,000 cloud and SaaS founders, VCs, and executives for the tenth annual SaaStr. The three-day agenda will be jam-packed with tactical content, hundreds of workshops, and thousands of networking sessions—all to help you scale faster with less stress and more success.
Some of the Crafted crew had the pleasure of attending SaaStr Annual in 2023 and here were our biggest takeaways:
While it’s been a very difficult year for growth stage SaaS companies, there are plenty of reasons to be optimistic!
While a lot of companies are focused on more sustainable growth, AI is driving new investments (have you checked out our AI/ML engagement offerings yet?)
Speed to market was a big theme, which requires a highly collaborative approach between sales, marketing, and product
Colorado Product
2024 Events TBA | Greater Denver/Boulder Area, COColorado Product is a nonprofit professional organization focused on the growth and development of the product management practice and community in Colorado. What started as a Meetup group has evolved into regular events, which are a mix of speakers and panels, workshops, and networking. We partner with Colorado Product on educational meetups and invite-only executive events like this one.
Crafted
2024 Events TBA | Greater Denver Area, COLast but not least, Crafted is proud to sponsor and host our own events for the Denver tech community. Events range from webinars to networking opportunities with panels. We love sharing our product development expertise locally and beyond, and hope to see you at a future event! To stay up to date on our 2024 events, be sure to subscribe to our newsletter.
