Conferences

My little list of conferences (limited to the US) that are out and the offerings:

• Do they pay their presenters?
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters?
• What's the average cost of attending?
• Any other tidbits

All conferences listed give free admittance to their presenters to the conference.

Devops

DockerCon US

• Do they pay their presenters? Keynotes
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: ~$1K
• Other tidbits
  • Offers childcare services for attendees and activities for spouses
  • Scholarships for free entry to conference

Agile + DevOps West

• Do they pay their presenters? Keynotes and workshops
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? On need basis
• Average cost of attending: $500 - ~$4K

Velocity Conference

• Do they pay their presenters? Keynotes
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: ?

DevOps World / Jenkins World

• Do they pay their presenters? Unknown
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: ?

KubeCon/CloudNativeCon

• Do they pay their presenters? Unknown
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: $600 - $1500
• Other tidbits
  • Childcare
  • Scholarships for free entry to conference
  • Visa sponsorship
  • Wellness (puppies, yoga, and nursing stations)

Machine Learning and Devops Summit

• Do they pay their presenters? Unknown
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: ~$2k

Performance/Monitoring

Monitorama PDX

• Do they pay their presenters? Unknown
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Unknown
• Average cost of attending: ~$700

Development

TBD

Testing

TestBash

• Do they pay their presenters? Yes
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? Yes
• Average cost of attending: ~$700 - $K

StarEast/StarWest

• Do they pay their presenters? Keynote and Workshops
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? As needed
• Average cost of attending: ~$1K - $5K

STPCon

• Do they pay their presenters? Yes
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? As needed
• Average cost of attending: ~$700 - $1000

ConTest

• Do they pay their presenters? Keynote
• Do they help pay for traveling for presenters? As needed
• Average cost of attending: ~$1300 - ~$1700

Other Noteworthy Conferences

Women In Product

Grace Hopper

Women in Tech