Cloud Computing Events for 2009

Posted by: Dmitry Sotnikov on: December 24, 2008

In: Conferences
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With Cloud Computing taking all the media attention, rapidly growing and generating so much hype no wonder that various industry events are starting to sprawl. Here’s my attempt to put together the schedule of the cloud computing conferences announced for 2009:

CloudCamp -

MIX 2009 – March 18-20, Las Vegas – Microsoft’s key event on Azure and other web technologies.

The Experts Conference (TEC) – March 22-25, Las Vegas and September 14-16, Berlin – Microsoft space deep-dive IT event with a lot of focus on cloud messaging and cloud identity management.

Cloud Computing Conference and Expo – March 30 – April 1, 2009 – New York – this is SYS-CON’s event, check out my notes from their previous event which took place in November 2008 in San Jose to get an idea of what to expect. As last year, it will coincide with Virtualization Conference so you will be able to pick the sessions to attend from both events.

Cloud Slam 2009 – Cloud Computing Conference – April 20-24, 2009 – virtual event over the internet.

Enterprise Cloud Summit 2009 – May 18-21, 2009 – Las Vegas – this one specifically has enterprise focus and will coincide with Interop.

2009.cloudviews.org – May 28-29, 2009 – Oporto, Portugal

CloudWorld Conference & Expo – August 11-12, 2009 – San Francisco – this event is put together by IDG World Expo, CIO and CSO, and (as with both other events) it is co-located with Next Generation Data Center and OpenSource World.

CloudStorm – London, October 13th – receive in 100 minutes an update of the latest trends and products in Cloud Computing, followed by a mini expo and networking opportunity.

ARM techcon3, October 21-23 at the Santa Clara Convention Center - a new engineering-oriented conference with three design pavilions, one specifically called ‘Internet Everywhere’ with Cloud Computing as part of the conference sessions.

Cloud VISION 2009 – October 21st – Minneapolis, MN.

Cloud Computing Conference & Expo – 2 – 4 November – Santa Clara, CA.

Microsoft Professional Developers Conference (PDC) – November 17 – 19, 2009 – Los Angeles, CA – Expected launch of Windows Azure.

IGT2009 – The World Summit of Cloud Computing – December 2-3 – Israel.

Web 2.0 ii – 3-4 December – London.

Plus, obviously there will be a strong cloud angle at general events in specific segments such as TEC and TechEd in the Microsoft space, Google’s developer conferences, VMworld, and so on.

Did I miss any?