The new year is upon us and we’re already making sure we have the best voice-first events in our calendars. Whether you are a developer, VUX designer, QA specialist, or simply curious about the voice-first industry, you’ll find there is much to gain by attending.
Conferences and events are a great way to connect with other voice-first enthusiasts, find resources for sharpening your skills and to keep up with the voice-first revolution. We’ve definitely taken advantage of that.
Last year we attended AlexaConf, Voice Summit 2018 and DigitalXChange – you can see John’s talk from Voice Summit with Robert Bruchhardt from Mercedes-Benz R&D North America here. This year, we’re starting at CES 2019 and are looking forward to more and more opportunities to witness how the voice first industry will grow this year. We’re also looking forward to connecting with our old pals that have been a part of this community from the beginning, and we’re excited to meet the new folks that have taken on the challenge of pioneering in this very young industry.
That’s why we’ve put together a short list of voice first events to keep an eye out for this year. Most of these have a registration fee but there are still plenty of Meetup groups and Webinars where you can join in the conversation for free all over the globe. Check it out:
| Conference | Location | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| CES | Las Vegas | January 8-11, 2019 |
| The Alexa Conference | Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA | January 15-17, 2019 |
| Lingofest | Ogden, Utah, USA | February 1-2, 2019 |
| Business of Bots 2019 | San Francisco, California, USA | February 5-7, 2019 |
| Smart Voice Summit | Paris, France | February 19, 2019 |
| Conversational Interaction Conference | San Jose, California, USA | March 14, 2019 |
| TechNova | London, UK | March 11-12, 2019 |
| Superbot | San Francisco, California, USA | April 2, 2019 |
| The Voice of the Car | San Francisco, California, USA | April 9, 2019 |
| State of Voice Apps for the Enterprise | San Francisco, USA | April 11, 2019 |
| IntentConf | Cordoba, Spain | April 27, 2019 |
| SpeechTEK | Washington DC, USA | April 29 – May 1, 2019 |
| Alexa Live: Free Online Conference for Voice Developers | Online | May 2, 2019 |
| Voice Summit Spain | Madrid, Spain | May 10, 2019 |
| Bottish | Online | May 16, 2019 |
| Voice in Health | Boston, USA | May 20-22, 2019 |
| Connections: Connected Home Conference | San Francisco, USA | May 21-23, 2019 |
| Voice of Hospitality Summit | Dallas, Texas, USA | June 4th, 2019 |
| Amazon re:MARS | Las Vegas, USA | June 4-7, 2019 |
| Voice Summit AI | New Jersey, USA | July 22-26, 2019 |
| The Voice of Healthcare Summit | Boston, USA | August 5-6, 2019 |
| The Voice of Education Summit | Boston, USA | August 7, 2019 |
| Conversational Users Interfaces | Dublin, Ireland | August 22-23, 2019 |
| Conversational Commerce Conference | NYC, USA | August 27, 2019 |
| All About Voice | Munich, Germany | October 11, 2019 |
| Voice of Money | NYC, USA | October 29, 2019 |
| Voice Conference Spain | Madrid, Spain | November 15-16, 2019 |
| Voice Tech Paris | Paris, France | November 26-27, 2019 |
| AWS re:INVENT | Las Vegas, USA | December 2-6, 2019 |
Note: We’ll be updating throughout the year as more events come up, so make sure to check back regularly😉