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Ask HN - Small cool niche conferences worth attending

8 points by ThomPete ↗ HN
Any cool conferences out there? Let's assemble a list without the usual suspects (TED, E3 or SXSW)

Small cool niche conferences that you think are interesting.

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j45
Top of my list: MicroConf
bdunn
Agreed. I was there a few days ago, hands down the best conference I've been to.
dylanhassinger
Strange Loop in St. Louis - https://thestrangeloop.com/

Big Omaha - http://www.bigomaha.com/

zerohp
Thanks to my previous employer, in St. Louis, I attended the first two Strange Loop conferences. Although I wasn't able to go the third year (2011) I saw it's been growing by leaps and bounds. I think Strange Loop has the potential to be one of the big professional software conferences.
timjahn
I second Big Omaha. Third year going.
petercooper
Strange Loop is undeniably awesome and everyone should endeavor to go sometime, but as a multi-disciplinary conference aiming for 1000 attendees this year, it's neither niche or small, unless I misunderstand the OP. A "cool conference" though, for sure.
dejagern
For iOS development, 360iDev (http://360idev.com, Denver, September) is very good. World class speakers, great community feel, and quite affordable.