/tech-conferences-with-childcare

This list should exist. Now it does.

Tech Conferences With Childcare

How it works

In the CodeNewbie Twitter chat tonight (4/5/2017), several people mentioned lack of childcare as a barrier for their attendance at tech conferences. I thought a list like this should exist, so I made one.

Make a PR to add a conference to the list! PRs also welcome to improve the template.

Instructions

  • use the below template
  • place your conference name under the corresponding country/continent
  • sort it alphabetically within that sublist
  • PR!

Template

Conference name

  • link
  • Childcare:
    • Free/Paid
    • On-site/Stipend provided
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes/No
  • Location: Location (include country if city varies)
  • Date: Date/Date Range (if recurring)
  • Recurring conference? [recurrence]/No

Table of Contents

Conference List

United States

Abstractions

  • http://abstractions.io/
  • Childcare:
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
  • Date: Varies
  • Recurring conference? Biennial

Code4Lib

  • Code4Lib conference
  • Childcare:
    • Paid, details have varied depending on the host
    • was available at the 2015 and 2016 conferences -- not sure about 2017
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: varies, USA
  • Date: February or March

DjangoCon US

  • DjangoCon US
  • Childcare:
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Varies, United States
  • Date: August
  • Recurring conference? Yearly

Dockercon

ElaConf

  • elaconf.com
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • Stipend provided
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
  • Date: November
  • Recurring conference? Annually

EmberConf

  • EmberConf
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Portland, OR, USA
  • Date: March
  • Recurring conference? Annually

Google I/O

Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing

LambdaConf

  • lambdaconf.us
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes (Volunteer opportunities also available)
  • Location: Boulder, CO, USA
  • Date: June 3-5, 2018 (Paid commercial training + Free Mini-Conf(s) preceeding)
  • Recurring conference? Annually

MongoDB World

ng-conf

  • https://www.ng-conf.org/
  • Childcare:
    • Paid ng-daycare: $25/day - "Childcare will be available from 9:00 am - 5:30 pm and is provided at the Grand America Hotel."
    • Paid ng-kids track: $200 - "Bring your 1st-8th grade child(ren) to our fun and educational program on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 am - 5 pm."
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Unknown
  • Location: Salt Lake City, UT, USA
  • Date: April 18-20, 2018
  • Recurring conference? Annually

PyCon

  • PyCon Childcare
  • Childcare:
    • Paid, cost subsidized by PSF
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Varies, USA
  • Date: end of May
  • Recurring conference? Annual

RailsConf

RubyConf

  • http://rubyconf.org/
  • Childcare:
    • Free
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: varies, USA
  • Date: November
  • Recurring conference? Annually

RustConf

  • RustConf
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Portland, OR, USA
  • Date: August
  • Recurring conference? Annually

Rust Belt Rust

  • https://rust-belt-rust.com/
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • Stipend provided for childcare at hotel
  • Attendee scholarship available? No
  • Location: varies - Rust Belt Cities, OH, USA
  • Date: late October
  • Recurring conference? Annually

Write/Speak/Code Conference

  • Write/Speak/Code Conference
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: Portland, OR, USA
  • Date: August 23-26, 2017
  • Recurring conference? Annually

WWDC (Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference)

  • https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes
  • Location: San Jose, CA, USA
  • Date: June 5-9, 2017
  • Recurring conference? Annual

Canada

Node Interactive

India

JSFoo - Conference and Workshops on JavaScript

  • https://hasgeek.com/jsfoo/2019
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? No
  • Location: Bangalore, India
  • Date: Sep 27-28
  • Recurring conference? Yearly

Rootconf - India's Principal Conference on DevOps and Monitoring

  • https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/2019
  • Childcare:
    • Free
    • On-site
  • Attendee scholarship available? No
  • Location: Bangalore, India
  • Date: June 21-22
  • Recurring conference? Yearly

The Fifth Elephant - India's Largest Data Science Conference

Europe

Domain-Driven Design Europe

  • https://dddeurope.com
  • Childcare:
  • Attendee scholarship available? No program, but reach out w/ inquiries
  • Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands
  • Date: Jan 30-Feb 2
  • Recurring conference? Yes

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

LibreOffice Conference

  • LibC
  • Childcare:
    • will be provided if needed (per their conference wiki)
    • opt-in for childcare part of registration
  • Attendee scholarship available? Unknown
  • Location: Europe
  • Date: early Fall (Sept/Oct)
  • Recurring conference? Annually

MozFest

  • https://mozillafestival.org/
  • Childcare:
    • Free for Speakers/session leaders
    • space is limited so contact to book a slot
  • Attendee scholarship available? Unknown
  • Location: Ravensbourne College, Greenwich, London
  • Date: mid-fall (October)
  • Recurring conference? Annually

Australia

linux.conf.au

  • https://linux.conf.au
  • Childcare:
    • Free (for children of conference attendees)
  • Location: Varies (normally in Australia, sometimes in New Zealand)
  • Date: January
  • Recurring conference? Annually

PyCon Australia

  • http://pycon-au.org
  • Childcare:
    • Paid (2018: AUD 30 per child, per day)
    • Must be purchased along with conference ticket, child care sign-ups close simultaneously with ticket sales (about one week prior to conference).
  • Attendee scholarship available? Yes (“If that cost is problematic for you let us know and we can work something out,” from the 2018 conference web site)
  • Location: Varies (2018 and 2019: Sydney)
  • Date: August
  • Recurring conference? Annually