7 Upcoming Conferences for Engineering Leaders and Managers in the USA

 This list is **WIP** ### The Austin CTO Summit 2018 April 10, 2018 – Capital Factory 701 Brazos St TX A full day, single track summit of the latest tricks other companies are using to successfully build and run engineering teams. Attendance to the event is strictly limited to engineering leaders. [Registration](http://www.ticketbase.com/events/2018-austin-cto-summit) * * * ### Elevate Leaders April 21, 2018 – Sacramento, CA Should You Go? If you’re an entrepreneur, if you’re in leadership at a startup, if you’re a founder, a team lead, a manager, or someone who aspires to be one someday… YES, you should go. [http://elevateleaders.co/\](http://elevateleaders.co/) * * * ### Heartifacts April 20th & 21st, 2018 — Pittsburgh, PA Heartifacts is a conference created to facilitate the intimate and important conversations that software professionals need to have about mental health, communication techniques, and community involvement. Attendees will be empowered to advance their careers and themselves after this special event. [https://codeandsupply.co/heartifacts\](https://codeandsupply.co/heartifacts) * * * ### The Lead Developer April 24, 2018 – New York, US The Lead Developer New York 2018 is a 1-day conference featuring practical advice from experts on leading and motivating your team and high-level sessions on new and disruptive technologies. [https://newyork2018.theleaddeveloper.com/\](https://newyork2018.theleaddeveloper.com/) * * * ### TEMSCON 2018 June 27- July 1, 2018 – Orrington Hilton, Evanston IL TEMSCON 2018 is the annual flagship conference of the IEEE Technology and Engineering Management Society (TEMS). This conference provides studies on the concepts, theories and best practices in the field of technology management, with a particular focus on disruptive technologies. [http://www.temscon.org/\](http://www.temscon.org/) * * * ### Calibrate 2018 September 21, 2018 – San Francisco, CA You’re a great engineer. Become a great leader. Calibrate is aimed at practicing engineering managers, responsible for the people on their team. [http://www.calibratesf.com/\](http://www.calibratesf.com/) You can find videos of previous years at [https://www.youtube.com/user/sharethrough/playlists\](https://www.youtube.com/user/sharethrough/playlists) * * * ### 2018 Annual Conference: Why Deming, Why Now October 5 – 6, 2018 – Westdrift Manhattan Beach, (formerly the Manhattan Beach Marriott), Manhattan Beach, CA The aim of The W. Edwards Deming Institute is enriching society through the Deming “theory of management”. You can read more about The Deming Institute [here](https://deming.org/). [Registration](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-annual-conference-why-deming-why-now-registration-44382993729?aff=es2)