The UK Conferences You Don’t Want To Miss

Everybody loves a good tech conference, but choosing which conferences to devote your time to can be challenging.

We’ve been looking at conferences that could be interesting to attend in 2016 and compiled a great list of events in the UK if you are looking to get to speed up with the latest development in the IT world.
We also included the short list of conferences that haven’t got a date or the program yet but are great options to consider attending, so we’ll keep the list updated. 

NDC London

11th – 15th January 2016, London

NDC Conferences started in Oslo in 2008 as the Norwegian Developers Conference dedicated to .NET and Agile open space development. 

This is a third NDC conference in London, which includes high quality workshops and seminars, but it’s more than a tech conference – it’s a festival for developers.

Today it’s a five-day event with three days of conference sessions and two days of pre-conference workshops, focusing on all technologies of interest to developers.

There are many interesting workshops on .NET, DevOps, IoT, Agile, Methodology, Architecture, Cloud, Function Programming for developers and great keynote speakers, so make sure to check it out.

Mac Admin & Developer Conference UK

9th – 10th February 2016, London

The UK’s first conference for Apple IT Professionals gathers some of the world’s leading guest speakers in their field for two days of an immersive learning and networking experience.

Packed with presentations, workshops and demos, it is a premium event for Apple IT professionals in the education and enterprise sector, consultants, techs and business leaders.

The conference program is still being finalized, but, as the conference is before the release of new hardware, we can expect sessions on the management of iOS, OS X and the talks, workshops and discussions on the latest software release.

If you are relying on Apple devices, this is a conference you should attend as you will learn new trends and tools and best practice and processes.

IoT Tech Expo

10th – 11th February 2016, London

Europe’s largest Internet of Things Conference and Exhibition is a two day event that brings together prominent keynote speakers from different industries (Manufacturing, Transport, Health, Logistics, Government, Energy and Automotive) to explore the latest innovations in the IoT arena.

The conference will cover topics related to Smart Cities, Connected Living, Wearables, Connected Health, Connected Industry as well as Data & Security. Developing for the Internet of Things are especially interesting sessions.

More than 200 speakers will share insights on the latest development and challenges facing the IoT industry, highlighting the most innovative advancements in technologies, while attendees will have an opportunity to see cutting edge technologies from more than 100 exhibitors.

PHP UK

18th – 19th February 2016, London

The 11th Annual PHP UK conference will probably be as amazing, pragmatic and progressive as this year’s event. The conference started in 2006 and since then have been delivering great insights, amazing training and up-to-date content on everything PHP as well as related web technologies, inspiring creative discussion in the PHP community.

The program and schedule will be announced soon, but you can expect great international keynote speakers, amazing talks and plentiful of networking opportunities.

QCon London

7th – 11th March 2016, London

QCon is a conference for professional software developers to facilitate the spread of innovation in enterprise software development.

Technical team leads, architects, engineering directors, and project managers will share and talk on the most important development topics, focusing on case studies, which will be delivered by some of the thought leaders from the biggest software development companies.

If you are interested in learning more about software development, architecture, Big Data, DevOps, Java, IoT, Reactive, Agile, Open Source and more software related topics, don’t miss it.

SmashingConf Oxford 2016

15th –16th March 2016, Oxford

Smashing Conferences are quite remarkable experience. You can expect two days of amazing talks (some of the keynote speakers are already announced) covering topics from front end to design to UX to get some fresh look and ideas to improve.

On March 14th you can attend full-day workshop with Aarron Walter who will provide hands-on design techniques, Sara Soueidan who will be leading Mastering SVG class and Vitaly Friedman with his eCommerce Checkout Design Patterns workshop.

On March 17th, Rachel Nabors leads her CSS Animations workshop, and Vitaly Friedman provides real-life RWD Tips and Tricks.

You can expect many inspiring and thought provoking presentations that will help you to stimulate creativity and start thinking in new areas.

Smart IoT London

12th –  13th April 2016, London

With as many as 50 billion connected products by the end of the decade, we certainly need to focus on understanding and exploring business opportunities behind the smart products.

If you have interest in IoT, Big Data, Analytics, Smart Platforms and Applications, Smart IoT London is a conference you should attend.

Co-located with leading IT events Cloud Expo Europe and Data Centre World, Smart IoT London will explore and present business case studies related to Smart Cities, Smart Health, Smart Retail and Smart Manufacturing & Automotive and Building, and offer valuable insights of the opportunities and challenges.

The event brings together 160 of the world’s global thought leaders to talk IoT security, management, deployment and analysis. The conference is organized in 8 unique “theaters”, and The Innovate Launchpad theater will give an opportunity to startups and young entrepreneurs to pitch their ideas and showcase their solutions to investors and big tech companies.

Let us now if you have suggestions for conferences to add.