Top network and data center events 2025 & 2026

Ready to travel to gain hands-on experience with new networking and infrastructure tools? Tech conferences – in person and virtual – give attendees a chance to access product demos, network with peers, earn continuing education credits, and catch a celebrity keynote or live entertainment. Check out our calendar of upcoming network, I&O, and data center conferences, and let us know if we’re missing any of your favorites.

November 2025

• Web Summit, Lisbon, Portugal: November 10-13
• KubeCon & CloudNativeCon, Atlanta, Georgia: November 10-13
• Global NaaS Event, Dallas, Texas: November 10-14
• Supercomputing 2025, St Louis: November 16-21
• Gartner IT Infrastructure Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, London, U.K.: November 17-18
• AutoCon 4, Austin, Texas: November 17-21
• Microsoft Ignite 2025, San Francisco, California: November 18-21

December 2025

• AWS re:Invent, Las Vegas, Nevada: December 1-5
• Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, Grapevine, Texas: December 8-10
• Gartner IT Infrastructure, Operations & Cloud Strategies Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada: December 9-11

January 2026

• CES 2026, Las Vegas, Nevada: January 6-9
• AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Singapore: January 20-27

February 2026

• Cisco AI Summit, San Francisco, California: February 3
• Cisco Live, Amsterdam, Netherlands: February 9-13
• Gartner CIO Leadership Forum, Phoenix, Arizona: February 23-24

March 2026

• Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, Spain: March 2-5
• Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, Mumbai, India: March 9-10
• Gartner Identity & Access Management Summit, London, U.K.: March 9-10
• Nvidia GTC AI, San Jose, California: March 16-19
• DCD>Connect, New York City: March 23-24
• RSAC, San Francisco, California: March 23-26

April 2026

• Data Center World, Washington, D.C.: April 20-23
• Google Cloud Next, Las Vegas, Nevada: April 22-24
• American Data Centers Forum, Houston, Texas: April 23-24

May 2026

• SANS Security Central, New Orleans, Louisiana: May 11-16
• HackMiami 1101, Miama, Florida: May 12-16
• Data Center Expo, San Jose, California: May 18-19
• TechEx North America, San Jose, California: May 18-19
• Dell Technologies World, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 18-21
• Cisco Live, Las Vegas, Nevada: May 31-June 4

June 2026

• Gartner Security & Risk Management Summit, National Harbor, Maryland: June 1-3
• MLCon, San Diego, California: June 1-5
• AI Summit, London, England: June 10-11

July 2026

• SANSFIRE, Washington, D.C.: July 13-18

August 2026

• Black Hat USA, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 1-6
• DEF CON, Las Vegas, Nevada: August 6-9

September 2026

• Dreamforce, San Francisco, California: September 15-17

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