The sixth annual crowdsourced list of must-attend events.
It’s a new year — and in 2024, there is no shortage of opportunities to convene and connect.
Luminary Labs conducted a survey from November 9, 2023, through January 2, 2024, to crowdsource a list of the year’s most anticipated events and track shifting attitudes toward convening. Conferences come in all shapes and sizes, and as we’ve heard in previous years, people gather for many reasons: Networking, learning, and inspiration topped the list of reasons to attend events in 2024.
Our annual list of crowdsourced conferences, now in its sixth year, is organized around Luminary Labs’ focus areas, with an additional category for events that offer broader coverage of topics across futurism, technology, and innovation, including open innovation.
Where do you go to expand your network or find inspiration for your next big idea? If you don’t see your favorite event on this list, email editor@luminary-labs.com to let us know where you’ll be this year.
Future of work and education
- AASA (School Superintendents Association) National Conference on Education
- ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education) CareerTech Vision
- ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education) National Work-based Learning Conference
- ACTER’s CTE Research and Professional Development Conference
- American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE) Annual Meeting
- American Educational Research Association (AERA) Annual Meeting
- Anthology Together
- ASU+GSV Summit
- Aurora Institute Symposium
- Carnegie Summit
- Coalition on Adult Basic Education (COABE) National Conference
- Consortium for School Networking (CoSN)
- Council for Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) Conference
- Culturati Summit
- EdTech Week
- EdTech World Forum
- Future of Work USA
- Grantmakers for Education Annual Conference
- Innovative Schools Summit
- Institute for Education Innovation
- ISTELive (International Society for Technology in Education)
- JFF Horizons
- Learning Ideas Conference
- National Conference on Science Education
- National Consortium of Secondary STEM Schools (NCSSS) Professional Conference
- National Forum to Advance Rural Education
- National Hybrid Schools Conference
- National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education (NICE) Conference and Expo
- NICE K12 Cybersecurity Education Conference
- NSBA (National School Boards Association) Rural Education Summit
- NSBA (National School Boards Association) Annual Conference
- Quality Assurance Symposium (AAQEP Annual Meeting)
- Skills Summit (National Skills Coalition)
- Space Exploration Educators Conference
- SXSW EDU
Future of health
- AHIP
- Ai-Med Global Summit
- Behavioral Health Tech Conference
- CNS Summit (Collaborating for Novel Solutions)
- Civitas Networks for Health Annual Conference
- Digital Healthcare Innovation Summit (DHIS East)
- DTx East and DTx West
- FIERCE Biotech Summit
- Frontiers Health
- Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS)
- HLTH
- Integrative Healthcare Symposium
- International Forum on Quality and Safety Healthcare
- J.P. Morgan Health Care Conference
- Lake Nona Impact Forum
- LogiMed
- MED-PR
- Mental Health America Conference
- Milken Institute Future of Health Summit
- Open Innovation in Life Sciences
- NextMed Health
- Rare Disease Summit
- Rock Health Summit
- SCOPE Summit for Clinical Ops Executives
- Society for Public Health Education Annual Conference
- STAT Summit
- SXSW Health & MedTech
- ViVE
- World Health Summit
- Young Health Leader Summit
Scientific discovery
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Spring Meeting
- Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Annual Meeting
- BIO International Convention
- Bloom
- CubeSat Developers Workshop
- Falling Walls Science Summit
- ID Week (Infectious Diseases Society of America)
- IEEE Aerospace Conference
- International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society
- International Conference on Neurology and Neurological Disorders
- Michigan Institute for Computational Discovery and Engineering (MICDE) Annual Symposium: Scientific Foundation Models
- NASEM State of the Science
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Regulatory Information Conference
- Open Science Conference and EOSC Symposium
- Science Summit at UN General Assembly
- Small Satellite Conference
- Space Economy Summit
- Space Symposium
- Space Tech Expo
- STAT Breakthrough Summit
- SynBioBeta Global Synthetic Biology Conference
- University of Arizona Science of Consciousness Conference
Infrastructure
- America’s SBDC Annual Conference
- BloombergNEF Summit
- BuiltWorlds Infrastructure Conference
- Circularity
- Climate Week NYC
- DistribuTECH International
- Green Schools Conference
- Infra4Dev Conference (World Bank)
- Innovations in Climate Resilience Conference
- International Conference on Healthy Buildings
- Micromobility World
- MIT Energy Conference
- NASEM Transportation Research Board Annual Meeting
- National Association of Development Organizations (NADO) and the Development District Association of Appalachia (DDAA) Washington Conference
- National Planning Conference (American Planning Association)
- Pacific Conference for Development Economics
- Placemaking Week
- Smart Cities Connect Conference
- Smart City Expo USA
- Smart Growth America’s Equity Summit
- TransportationCamp
- Urban Tech Forward
- Urban Tech Summit
- VERGE Climate Tech Event
Futurism, technology, and innovation
- AIGA Design Conference
- Aspen Ideas Festival
- Button
- Code for America Summit
- Design Thinkers
- Dubai Future Forum
- EmTech Digital (MIT Technology Review)
- Fast Company Innovation Festival
- The Future of Everything Festival (Wall Street Journal)
- FWD50
- Global Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research Conference
- International Society for Professional Innovation Management (ISPIM) Innovation Conference
- Milken Institute Global Conference
- National Cyber Summit
- New Yorker Festival
- NYCxDESIGN Festival
- OPEN Annual Conference (VentureWell)
- SOCAP Global
- Solve at MIT
- SXSW
- Transform
- World Open Innovation Conference
- World Usability Congress
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