Editor’s Note: The dates of some of the events below have yet to be announced. We’re including them here under the month they are usually held so they’re at least on your radar. Have an event to add to the list? Email Sarah at sarah@immersiveshooter.com.
January
CES (Consumer Electronics Show)
January 7-10
Las Vegas, Nevada
https://www.ces.tech
Sundance Film Festival
January 23-February 2
Park City, Utah
https://www.sundance.org/festivals/sundance-film-festival
February
International Conference on Virtual Reality
February 8-10
Singapore
http://www.icvr.org/
Mobile World Congress
February 24-27
Barcelona, Spain
https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/
March
Virtual Reality 2020
March 11
Oulu, Finland
http://www.virtualrealitynordic.com/
SXSW (South by Southwest)
March 13-22
Austin, Texas
https://www.sxsw.com/
VRDC (Virtual Reality Developers Conference)
March 16-17
San Francisco, California
https://www.gdconf.com/vrdc
GDC (Game Developers Conference)
March 16-20
San Francisco, California
https://www.gdconf.com/
IEEE Virtual Reality
March 22-26
Atlanta, Georgia
http://ieeevr.org/
Augmented World Expo
March 28-29
Shenzhen, China
https://www.aweasia.com/
Realities 360
March 31-April 2
Orlando, Florida
https://www.realities360.com/
April
F8 (Facebook Developer Conference)
Dates TBD
San Jose, California
https://www.f8.com/
Tribeca Film Festival
April 15-26
New York, New York
https://www.tribecafilm.com/
NAB Show
April 18-22
Las Vegas, Nevada
https://www.nabshow.com/
Laval Virtual
April 22-24
Laval, France
https://www.laval-virtual.com/
Seoul VR/AR Expo 2020
April 23-25
Seoul, South Korea
http://seoulvrar.com/
XRAll of immersive media encompassing VR, AR, MR and beyond. Europe 2020–CANCELLED
April 28-29
London, UK
https://events.vr-intelligence.com/europe/
May
Vive Ecosystem Conference
Dates TBD
Shenzhen, China
Google I/O
Dates TBD
Mountain View, California
https://events.google.com/io/
VR World
Dates TBD
London, UK
http://www.vrworldevent.com/
XRAll of immersive media encompassing VR, AR, MR and beyond. Immersive Enterprise 2020 (ONLINE ONLY)
May 5-6
Boston, Massachusetts
https://events.vr-intelligence.com
Asia VR&AR Fair & Summit
May 10-12
Guangzhou, China
http://www.vrarfair.com/
Cannes Film Festival
May 12-23
Cannes, France
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/
Digital Hollywood Spring
May 19-21
Los Angeles, California
http://www.digitalhollywood.com/
Augmented World Expo
May 27-29
Santa Clara, California
https://www.awexr.com/usa-2020/
Photokina
May 27-30
Cologne, Germany
http://www.photokina.com
June
WWDC (Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference)
Dates TBD
San Jose, California
https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/
Mojofest
Dates TBD
Galway, Ireland
https://ti.to/mojofest/mojofest-2019-galway/en
IVRPA (International Conference for Virtual Reality Professionals)
Dates TBD
Location TBD
http://ivrpa.org/
FoST (Future of Storytelling)
June 3-4
New York, New York
https://futureofstorytelling.org/summit
Cinegear Expo
June 4-7
Los Angeles, California
http://www.cinegearexpo.com/
VRTO
June 6-8
Toronto, Canada
https://conference.virtualreality.to/
E3
June 9-11
Los Angeles, California
https://www.e3expo.com/
VR & AR World
June 10-11
London, UK
https://10times.com/ar-vr-world-summit
CES Asia
June 10-12
Shanghai, China
http://www.cesasia.cn/
Digital Transformation Conference
June 10-13
Boston, Massachusetts
http://digitaltransformationconf.com/
Mobile World Congress Shanghai
June 30-July 2
Shanghai, China
https://www.mwcshanghai.com/
July
Journalism 360 Unconference
Dates TBD
New York, New York
https://medium.com/journalism360/journalism-360-unconference-2018-challenge-498b333c98b9
SIGGRAPH
July 19-23
Washington, D.C.
https://www.siggraph.org/
August
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September
World XRAll of immersive media encompassing VR, AR, MR and beyond. Forum
Dates TBD
Geneva, Switzerland
https://worldxr.org/
FIVARS (Festival of International Virtual and Augmented Reality)
September 25 – 27, 2020
Toronto, Canada
https://fivars.net/
IFA
September 4-9
Berlin, Germany
https://www.ifa-berlin.com/
IBC (International Broadcasting Conference)
September 11-15
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
https://show.ibc.org
Oculus Connect 6
September 25-26
San Jose, California
https://www.oculusconnect.com/
Online News Association Conference
September 30-October 3
Atlanta, Georgia
https://journalists.org/conference/
October
Unity Unite Los Angeles
Dates TBD
Los Angeles, California
https://unite.unity.com/
Digital Transformation Conference
October 3
Amsterdam, Netherlands
http://digitaltransformationeurope.com/
Augmented World Expo
October 15-16
Munich, Germany
https://www.awexr.com/eu-2020/
The Enterprise Wearable Technology Summit
October 20-22
San Diego, California
https://brainxchange.com/events/ewts-2020/
XRDC
Dates TBD
San Francisco, California
https://www.xrdconf.com
November
Augmented World Expo
Dates TBD
Tel Aviv, Israel
https://www.awexr.com/tlv-2019/
Samsung Developer Conference
Dates TBD
San Francisco, California
https://www.samsungdeveloperconference.com
Adobe MAX
Dates TBD
Los Angeles, California
https://max.adobe.com/
SIGGRAPH Asia
November 17-20
Daegu, South Korea
https://sa2019.siggraph.org/about-us/sa2020
AVRA Days–Moscow
Dates TBD
Moscow, Russia
https://avradays.com/2019en
December
VRX Conference & Expo
Dates TBD
San Francisco, California
https://events.vr-
AWS re:Invent
Dates TBD
Las Vegas, Nevada
https://reinvent.awsevents.com/
Additional festivals (and submission deadlines) are available in this Medium post from Georgy Molodtsov.
Have an event to add to the list? Email Sarah at sarah@immersiveshooter.com.
