iOS DevCamp announced its 2010 event a few days ago, but it’s only one of a number of upcoming iPhone and iPad events, summits and conferences. Here’s a short list of what’s in store for the remaining half of 2010:
iPhone iPad Summit – August 25th, Online: The lone online only event in this list is the first one up. It features Jesse MacFadyen from PhoneGap, David Kaneda from Sencha Touch and other experts in app development, UI and mobile web design. Early signup prices start at $149 for individuals.
iOS DevCamp 2010 – August 20th – 22nd, San Jose, CA: The granddaddy of all iPhone dev camps once again takes place at the PayPal/eBay offices for its fourth year and expects over 500 attendees this time around. Admission is a mere $50 for the three day event.
APPNATION – September 13th – 14th, San Francisco, CA: This ALL CAPS event covering more than just iOS devices calls itself the ‘Show me the money conference’ and promises to mash-up a dynamic and diverse group of app developers and media professionals. Speakers from Marve, ESPN, Time Inc., Sequoai Capital and the Wall Street Journal will attend and prices range from only $25 for early bird expo floor to $995 for the full conference.
FITC Mobile 2010 – September 16th – 18th, Toronto, Canada: FITC is a mobile development in its second year, covering the iPhone, Android, Flash 10.1, Windows Mobile, HTML5, Unity, Blackberry, Marketing, Usability, and other topics in the mobile world. Registration is between $99 and $299 CDN for the conference, up to $499 CDN including workshops.
CocoCamp – September 25th, Atlanta GA – An unconference event with people interested in the iPad, iPhone, iPod touch and Mac development. Aaron Hillegass will also be providing the keynote to this event too, and registration is only $20.
iPhone/iPad DevCon 2010 – September 27th – 29th, San Diego, CA: This one boasts over 45 workshops and 25 expert speakers in attendance, with topics ranging from developer training & essentials to spotlights on the iPad, enterprise and app marketing. The keynotes will be given my Mike Lee (AKA ‘The World’s Toughest Programmer’) and Aaron Hillegass of Big Nerd Ranch. Exhibit hall registration is only $50, and workshops or the full 3 day event range from $675 to $1395.
iPhone App Dev Online Conference – September 28th: A Carsonified event, covering the basics of Objective-C and app development, debugging it and preparing it for an app store submission. Run by Brian FLing and Dan Pilone, the cost for the 4 hour event is $150.
iPhone Games Summit at GDC Austin – October 5th, Austin: The Game Developer Confernce Online conference in Austin will feature a one day event dedicated to iPhone game development, covering topics like app store survival and lessons to be learned from mobile social gaming success stories in Asian markets. The summit & tutorial pass costs between $395 and $595.
Voices That Matter iPhone Developer’s Conference – October 16th – 17th, Philadelphia: Learn from industry leaders who literally wrote the books on iOS Development, including Aaron Hillegass, Jeff LaMarche, Steve Kochan and Erica Sadun. All access registration costs between $495 and $695.
iPad Summit – November 1st, Santa Clara, CA: This event specializes on how & why
to create compelling, profitable iPad apps and coincides with the 7th Cloud Expo conference. Registration for the expo + summit is $195 – $295.
MacTech – November 3rd-5th, Los Angeles, CA: A conference for IT Pros and Apple ‘to raise the level of knowledge for the entire Apple/Mac community’. Speakers include Sal Sogohian, Andy Inhatko, Wil Shipley, Mike Lee and Daniel Jalkut. Tickets are $899.
360|iDev – November 7th – 10th, Austin: 360|Dev bills itself as the ‘first and best iPhone developer conference in the world’, but speakers and schedules for November’s event have not yet been posted. Attendee pricing is $499 – $599.
iPhone Developer Conference – December 1st – 2nd, Cologne, Germany: Over in Europe, Cologne is home to its own conference for developers and business folks alike. Details are pending and prices are between 399 and 799 Euros.
SmartphoneGamesSummit – September 24th, San Francisco, CA: Another Bay Area event, this time covering the business of mobile gaming across the whole smart phone market. In attendance will be Michael Chang of Greystripe, Jason Citron of OpenFeint, Lee Linder of Tapjoy, Chris Williams of PlayFirst and others.Registration is $350 right now, with discounts for students and groups.
Even if you can’t make it (or simply afford to go) to any of the big events, a number of local groups meet regularly all over the country and beyond. A search on Meetup for iPhone or iPad turns up results like the Silicon Valley iPhone and iPad Developers’ Meetup (2,227 members, next meeting August 16th) or the Silicon iPhone iPad Business Meetup (1,006 members, next meeting July 26th) that meet monthly or more often.
NSCampfire also has a great directory of iOS and Mac developer events.
Am I missing anything big? Drop me a line or leave a comment.
thax , i was looking for some event list .. but in Germany
i found one, so thax a lot
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