There's a slew of open source conferences coming up this fall in the US and in Europe. Here are a few of the highlights: -Utah Open Source Conference, Sept 6-8, Provo -Rails Conf Europe, Sept 17-19, Berlin -Gartner Open Source Summit, Sept 19-21, Las Vegas -Zend PHP Conference, Oct 8-11, San Francisco -MySQL European Conferences, Oct 16, 18, 23, London, Munich, Paris There's a wide range of choices. If you're a There’s a slew of open source conferences coming up this fall in the US and in Europe. Here are a few of the highlights: –Utah Open Source Conference, Sept 6-8, Provo –Rails Conf Europe, Sept 17-19, Berlin –Gartner Open Source Summit, Sept 19-21, Las Vegas –Zend PHP Conference, Oct 8-11, San Francisco –MySQL European Conferences, Oct 16, 18, 23, London, Munich, Paris There’s a wide range of choices. If you’re a hard core PHP or Rails developer, then hit the technical conferences. If you’re a manager looking to figure out a best practices open source strategy, then the Gartner show is a good bet. If your travel budget is limited, then pick something close to home. I think the actual topic of a conference is less important than connecting with like-minded people and learning new things. If there’s other upcoming events I’ve missed, please add them as a comment below. Open Source