Benjamin Dunphy

Posted on Dec 26, 2019 • Edited on Feb 7, 2020

Full list of React Conferences in 2020 👩‍🏫 ⚛️ 🤝 ⚛️ 👨‍🏫

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React is a JavaScript library for building modern, powerful user interfaces. It was developed by Facebook engineers and introduced to the world in 2013 as an open source project. Today, it has emerged as the dominant frontend tool preferred by developers -- leading other libraries and frameworks in usage, adoption, developer experience, and interest.

Conferences are beneficial to engineers and their companies for so many reasons. Here are just a few:

Stay up to date. Learn from experienced engineers, maintainers, and core contributors who present what they've been working on the last year (or 2, or 5). JavaScript and React are ever-evolving, and to fall behind these changes is to invite problems into your code and company.
Gain perspective & insight. Conferences aren't just about the talks -- you will also engage in conversations about the technology you love with engineers from other companies. They may help you to solve a problem you've been having, or see something in a way that you and your company have never thought about.
Get inspired. There is something magical about putting hundreds of like-minded folks -- each with their own unique experiences -- in the same room for a day or two. It's thrilling to experience this connection you'll make with other engineers, which brings direct benefit back to the company in terms of education, perspective, and inspiration.

Know any other reasons why you should attend a conference? Leave a comment below.

Here is the full list of React conferences (so far) happening around the world in 2020:

React Barcamp

Date: February 1 - 2, 2020
Location: Cologne, Germany
Notable Speakers: None. A barcamp is similar to an unconference.
Venue: RTL Media Group
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: No
Website: https://react-barcamp.de/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactBarcamp
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Unstructured discussion in the Barcamp/Unconference format
Sponsorship Guide: Unknown
Diversity/Scholarship: Yes. Contact barcamp@kitconcept.com. No formal application available.
Price: Free
Workshops: No
About:
A Barcamp is an event shaped by your contribution. Rather than having scheduled speakers, you will have the opportunity to talk about what is important to you. Anyone with something to contribute in the context of user experience is welcome to join. The goal is to share what you know, to learn from others, to ignite discussion, and to connect in an open environment.

ReactConf AU

Date: February 27 - 28, 2020
Location: Sydney, Australia
Notable Speakers: Tejas Kumar, Diana Mounter, David Khourshid, and more.
Venue: Doltone House
Hotel Room Block: Sort of. They offer various accommodation packages.
Accepting talk proposals: No
Website: https://reactconfau.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactconfau
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: Yes. Deadline January 5
Price: $990 AUD
Workshops: No
About:
ReactConf AU is the biggest gathering of local and international React developers ever to take place in the Southern Hemisphere. ReactConf AU is brought to you by your friends at Thinkmill.
Learn stuff, hang out with the global React community, and make React history on Australia’s famous Sydney Harbour during summer.

Reactathon

Date: March 30 - 31, 2020
Location: San Francisco, CA
Notable Speakers: Guillermo Rauch, Cassidy Williams, Ryan Florence, Kent C. Dodds and more.
Venue: Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Hotel Room Block: Yes. Hilton San Francisco Union Square
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. January 15 priority deadline, February 1 final deadline
Website: https://www.reactathon.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactathon
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, workshops, hiring mixer, topic tables, meetups and afterparties, social activities, city tours
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: Yes. Deadline March 1.
Price: Starting at $599 USD
Workshops: Yes, sold separately (March 30):

React Suspense Workshop - Kent C. Dodds
Build a Modern JAMstack app with Gatsby, GraphQL, & Serverless - Swizec Teller
GraphQL for Frontend Developers - Eve Porcello
Intro to Modern React using Hooks - Ben Ilegbodu

About:
Reactathon is the San Francisco React Conference featuring 2 days of technical talks, networking, workshops, & activities on all things React. Come hang out with and learn from some of the brightest minds and best speakers in the JS/React community. Note: The author of this blog post is the organizer of Reactathon.

Highlights/Marketing Video:

React Summit

Date: April 15 - 17, 2020
Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
Notable Speakers: Michel Weststrate, Parris Athena, Kent C. Dodds, Sara Vieira and more.
Venue: Kromhouthal
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Deadline January 31.
Website: https://reactsummit.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactamsterdam
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, workshops, city tours, community pre-parties & meetups
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: Yes, although no application present on website.
Price: Starting at €530 EUR
Workshops: Yes, sold separately (April 15 - 16):

Building WhatsApp in a Day with React Native and GraphQL - Vladimir Novick
Building your First Design System: from Scratch to Production - Siddharth Kshetrapal
React Native - Unknown
Test React Applications - Kent C. Dodds
React Performance - Kent C. Dodds
React Native Animations - Vladimir Novick
CSS in JS - Oleg Isonen
GraphQL - Kitze
Advanced React - Alex Lobera
Typescript for React Devs - Michel Weststrate

About:
A full-day, two-track conference on all things React, gathering Front-end and Full-stack engineers across the globe in the tech heart of Europe. Mark your calendars for the biggest React community event. Next to the main conference day, be prepared for a number of hands-on workshops, pre-party meetups, and mini conferences throughout the week of the event.

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App.JS Conf

Date: April 23 - 24, 2020
Location: Krakow, Poland
Notable Speakers: Nader Dabit, Quinlan Jung, Evan Bacon and more.
Venue: Kijów Cinema
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: No
Website: https://appjs.co/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/appjsconf
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, workshops
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: Yes. Deadline January 15.
Price: Starting at €185 EUR + 23% VAT
Workshops: Yes, sold separately (April 23):

Getting Started with React Native - Brent Vatne
Creating universal web apps with Expo and React Native for Web - Evan Bacon
React Native declarative gestures and animations - William Candillon
React Native Performance - Stanislaw Chmiela
AWS Amplify - Nader Dabit

About:
The very first Expo & React Native conference in Europe. A hands-on two-day conference with workshops and talks on React Native from Expo and Software Mansion.

React Day Bangalore

Date: April 25, 2020
Location: Bangalore, India
Notable Speakers: Unannounced
Venue: Unannounced
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Closes Dec 31, 2019.
Website: https://reactday.in/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactDayIn
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talk
Sponsorship Guide: Unclear. Contact reactday@neostack.com
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at ₹3,500 INR
Workshops: No
About:
A one day conference fully packed with amazing talks and panel discussions on topics related to React and React Native. You get an opportunity to network with 500+ enthusiastic react developers at this conference.

Render(ATL)

Date: May 4 - 6, 2020
Location: Atlanta, GA
Notable Speakers: Ken Wheeler, April Speight, Christian Nwamba, Sophie Alpert, and more.
Venue: The Gathering Spot
Hotel Room Block:Yes, use group code "REN"
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Closes Dec 31, 2019.
Website: https://www.renderatl.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/renderATL
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks
Sponsorship Guide: Email sponsor@renderatl.com for the sponsorship guide
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at $499 USD
Workshops: No
About:
RenderATL is the first major React conference in the Southern United States. Conceived by a team of passionate React engineers who're looking to help drive more diversity, inclusion, and, accessibility into the React ecosystem. With these goals in mind, what better place to hold the conference than the South's very own melting pot – Atlanta! The South's got something to say. Will you be a part of it?

React Europe

Date: May 14 - 15, 2020
Location: Paris, France
Notable Speakers: Lee Byron, Madalyn Parker, Josh Comeau, Shruti Kapoor, and more.
Venue: Palace of Paris-Est Congress
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Closes January 19.
Website: https://www.react-europe.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactEurope
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, workshops, Hackathon
Sponsorship Guide: Email reacteurope@eventlama.com for the sponsorship guide
Diversity/Scholarship:Yes
Price: Starting at €449 EUR (plus €89.80 VAT)
Workshops: Yes. May 12, 13, 16:

React Native workshop - Eric Vicenti & Jon Samp
Modern forms in React - Erik Rasmussen
Build a professional Next.js app with the core team - Joe Haddad & JJ Kasper
FullStack React with GraphQL & AWS Amplify - Nader Dabit
Build great websites and apps using Gatsby.js - Josh Comeau & Madalyn Parker
TypeScript for React & GraphQL Devs - Michel Weststrate
Build great user experiences with Concurrent Mode, Suspense, and Relay - Sibelius Seraphini

About:
At this conference, you will learn how new projects such as ReasonML will bring web and mobile React Native apps to the next level and how projects such as React Native Web, React Primitive and Expo make it easy to write, deploy and share code on all platforms quickly. The conference aims to give talks that inspire and explore new futuristic ideas dealing with all the techs we enjoy from the React ecosystem such as React.js, React Native, GraphQL, Relay, Universal apps, ReasonML, Webpack, inline CSS and more. ReactEurope is also a great occasion to socialize, meet new people and old friends, hack together, taste delicious food and have fun in the beautiful city of Paris.

React Finland

Date: May 25 - 29, 2020
Location: Helsinki, Finland
Notable Speakers: Emma Wedekind, Jared Palmer, Rachel Nabors, Kent C. Dodds and more.
Venue: Paasitorni
Hotel Room Block: Unclear, but the official hotel is Scandic Paasi
Accepting talk proposals: No
Website: https://react-finland.fi/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactFinland
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Pre-conference events, talks, workshops, post-conference social events
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at €299 EUR
Workshops: Yes.

Modeling React applications with Statecharts - David Khourshid
Advanced React - Suspense, Time-slicing, Hooks and more - Nik Graf
From Legacy to React - Kenigbolo Meya Stephen
FullStack Apps with React & AWS - Nader Dabit
Test React Applications - Kent C. Dodds
Modern Forms with React - Erik Rasmussen
Design Systems for Developers - Andrey Okonetchnikov & Artem Sapegin

About:
React Finland combines the Finnish React community with international flavor. The workshops take place 25-27.05 while the actual conference is between 28-29.05. In this single track event you will learn more about React and surrounding topics while meeting some of the leading talents of the community. In addition to enjoying the event, this is your chance to explore Finland.

Highlights/Marketing Video:

React Next

Date: June 15, 2020
Location: Tel Aviv, Israel
Notable Speakers: Unannounced
Venue: David Intercontinental Hotel
Hotel Room Block: Unclear, but the official hotel is Scandic Paasi
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Deadline Feb 15.
Website: https://react-next.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactnext
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, tour of Israel
Sponsorship Guide: No. Form submission or contact by email at nur@eventhandler.co.il
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at €155 EUR
Workshops: No
About:
React Finland combines the Finnish React community with international flavor. The workshops take place 25-27.05 while the actual conference is between 28-29.05. In this single track event you will learn more about React and surrounding topics while meeting some of the leading talents of the community. In addition to enjoying the event, this is your chance to explore Finland.

Highlights/Marketing Video:

React Loop

Date: June 19, 2020
Location: Chicago, Il.
Notable Speakers: Unannounced
Venue: Venue SIX10
Hotel Room Block: No, but various hotel options listed on the home page
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Deadline Feb 3.
Website: https://reactloop.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactLoop
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, tour of Israel
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at $199 USD
Workshops: No
About:
React Loop is a single day ReactJS conference bringing together a diverse and inclusive group of React enthusiasts from all backgrounds and levels of experience. Speakers will cover topics such as React, React Native, and the related tools in the ever-growing React ecosystem.

React Week New York

Date: July 14-18, 2020
Location: New York, NY
Notable Speakers: Alex Castillo
Venue: Pier Sixty
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Deadline March 15.
Website: https://reactweek.nyc/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/reactweek
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Scavenger hunt, talks, workshops, parties, hackathon
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at $599 USD
Workshops: Yes, sold separately. Unannounced.
About:
We are excited to present React Week New York 2020 – a 5-day program dedicated to React. An amazing networking opportunity with hundreds of attendees from all around the world, that share a passion for React. React Week targets both beginner and experienced devs and will showcase content about React, React Native, Redux, MobX, and everything about the ecosystem.

React Day New York

Date: September 11, 2020
Location: New York, NY
Notable Speakers: Unannounced
Venue: Brooklyn Bowl
Hotel Room Block: No
Accepting talk proposals: Yes. Deadline unknown.
Website: https://reactnewyork.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ReactNewYork
Code of Conduct: Yes
Activities: Talks, bowling
Sponsorship Guide: Yes
Diversity/Scholarship: No
Price: Starting at $295 USD
Workshops: No
About:
Join us for a whole day of React(Native), tech conference and networking at the incredible Brooklyn Bowl. React Day New York is for sharing the latest techniques, best practices and to grow your network. This is an intimate React Day with only 300 available tickets.

That's the entire list as of January 2020! If you're the organizer of one of these conferences and you see missing/incorrect information, contact the author at ben@realworldreact.com to update it.

Is your event missing from this list? Contact the author at ben@realworldreact.com to get it listed!

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