Twitter: @AWSreInvent, #reInvent
Web: reinvent.awsevents.com
Date (2021): November 29–December 3
Location (2021): Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (virtual, but live keynotes and leadership sessions; breakout sessions on demand)
Cost (2021): In-person, $1,799; virtual, free

AWS re:Invent is the Amazon Web Services annual user conference, which brings customers together to network, engage, and learn more about AWS. The virtual event features breakout sessions, keynotes, and live content.

Who should attend: AWS customers, developers and engineers, system administrators, and systems architects

Twitter: @datacenterworld, #datacenterworld
Web: datacenterworld.com
Date: March 28–31
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Cost: Regular prices range from $1,999 to $3,299; time-sensitive and AFCOM discounts are available, with prices as low as $1,399

Data Center World delivers strategy and insight about the technologies and concepts attendees need to know to plan, manage, and optimize their data centers. Educational conference programming focuses on rapidly advancing data center technologies, such as edge computing, colocation, hyperscale, and predictive analytics.

Who should attend: Infrastructure managers, facilities managers, cloud architects, engineers, architects, consultants, operations professionals, network security, storage professionals, and C-level executives

Twitter: @Spiceworks
Web: spiceworks.com/spiceworld
Date: September 28–30
Location: Austin, Texas, USA, and virtual
Cost: TBD

Spiceworld brings together thousands of IT pros, dozens of sponsoring vendors, and hundreds of tech marketers for three days of practical how-to sessions, tech conversations with key vendors, in-the-trenches stories from IT pros, networking, and “tons of fun,” according to the organizers.

Who should attend: IT managers, operations engineers, help desk staff, and system admins

Twitter: #gartnerio
Web: gartner.com/en/conferences/emea/infrastructure-operations-cloud-uk, gartner.com/en/conferences/na/infrastructure-operations-cloud-us
Date (2021): December 22–23
Location (2021): Europe, Africa, and Middle East and virtual
Cost (2021): Standard price, €1,275; public-sector price, €850

This conference primarily focuses on scaling DevOps, but also addresses cloud computing and operations automation. Attendees come to learn about the biggest IT infrastructure and operations challenges, priorities, and trends.

Who should attend: Infrastructure and operations executives and strategists, IT operations managers, data center and infrastructure managers, infrastructure and operations architects, and project leaders

Twitter: #SMWorld
Web: smworld.com
Date: November 12–16
Location: Orlando, Florida, USA
Cost: TBD

This event is staged by HDI, an events and services organization for the technical support and services industry. The event includes an expo hall, training sessions, learning tracks, and keynote speeches.

Who should attend: Service and technical support professionals

Twitter: @MS_Ignite, #MSIgnite
Web: microsoft.com/en-us/ignite
Date (2021): November 2–4
Location (2021): Virtual
Cost (2021): Free with registration

Microsoft Ignite allows attendees to explore the latest tools, receive deep technical training, and have questions answered by Microsoft experts. Ignite covers architecture, deployment, implementation and migration, development, operations and management, security, access management and compliance, and usage and adoption.

Who should attend: IT pros, decision makers, implementers, architects, developers, and data professionals

Twitter: @googlecloud
Web: cloud.withgoogle.com/next/sf/
Date (2021): October 12–14
Location (2021): Virtual
Cost: Free

Google Cloud Next focuses on Google’s cloud services (infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service) for businesses. Tracks include infrastructure and operations, app development, and data and analytics.

Who should attend: IT Ops pros and developers using Google Cloud Platform services