Ask HN: Good tech conferences in Europe for 2014

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by huherto • 13 years ago

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We are doing budget planning for 2014 to attend a tech conference. We are in new england, but I would like to find something in Europe to get the feeling on how is the dev env over there. We use spring, java on a daily basis. I am also interested on machine learning may be something to apply ML in business.

This is the best I have found so far in the US.(2013) https://springone2gx.com/conference/santa_clara/2013/09/springone/event_schedule

ksatirli• 13 years ago

Velocity is a really great conference (I've attended the Santa Clara edition twice now) and they are about to have their second European edition: http://velocityconf.com/velocityeu2013

Velocity’s sessions are separated into four distinctive tracks, namely web performance, mobile performance, operations and (Velocity) culture and are aimed at various skill-levels, ranging from intermediate to guru (or ninja, if you prefer IT-marketing terms).

I find that, though a novice will definitely gain value out of the conference, most presentations requires more than a basic understanding of the technology, process or ideology being discussed.

Nonetheless, Velocity is very open in its structure, lacking the exclusionary-ness and elitism of other conferences, thereby creating an environment that is highly conducive to learning from others.

[EDIT] turns out it is the second edition, not the first