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State of Tech Conferences

Q3 2026 data report · updated September 25, 2026

Where, when and what the tech world convenes about — in data. Based on the 364 conferences currently verified on conventions.io, each checked against its official website and refreshed daily.

364

upcoming conferences

50

countries

50

open CFPs right now

October

busiest month (101 events)

Where the tech world meets

Top 10 host countries by number of upcoming conferences

Leading cities: Berlin (19) · London (15) · Amsterdam (14) · San Francisco (12) · New York (10) · Munich (10) · Barcelona (9) · Las Vegas (8)

In person is winning

Share of upcoming conferences by format

In-person295 · 81%
Hybrid42 · 12%
Online27 · 7%

The conference calendar heartbeat

Upcoming conferences per month

What everyone is talking about

Top 14 topics — bubble size tracks how many conferences cover it

AI126Software Development87Data82Machine Learning59Data Science58Cloud58Open Source44DevOps43Engineering41Security41Architecture40Backend32Cybersecurity27Frontend24

For speakers

50 conferences are accepting talk proposals right now — and 26 of those deadlines fall in October 2026, so the submission window is busiest then. Track them all, sorted by closing date, on the Call for Papers page.

Methodology. Based on the 364 conferences currently verified on conventions.io as of September 25, 2026 — each link-verified against its official website, refreshed daily, with past events removed automatically. Figures update continuously; the quarter label reflects the reporting period. Cite as: "conventions.io, State of Tech Conferences Q3 2026" with a link to https://conventions.io/reports.