10 tech conferences you can't miss in India in 2024

Join 1015 participating brands from 36 countries and over 44,000 tech enthusiasts for three days of marveling at the latest innovations at IOT India. Wander through the extensive trade show where 182 startups will gather to demonstrate their cutting-edge tech solutions or scope out 40 exciting conference sessions on a variety of fascinating futuristic topics.This year, 200 speakers will share the inside scoop on themes like AR & VR, AI & robotics, 6G, blockchain, cloud computing, and more. This year's lineup includes P. Balaji, Chief Regulatory and Corporate Affairs Officer at Vodafone Idea Limited, H.E. Karel Hirman from the Slovak Ministry of Economy, and Nitin Gadkari, Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways at the Government of India, among others. 

In town for IOT India? Then you will want to attend its sister event, IndiaSoft. Hosting over 1500 leading information technology companies since 2001, this three-day expo celebrates the stars of the software industry, focusing on helping attendees forge meaningful business connections. Participants can organize meetings with peers working in various specialties, including Artificial Intelligence, Robotics Process Automation, and Big Data Analytics. The conference not only covers the full gamut of tech sectors but draws an international crowd with over 700 delegates visiting from over 80 different countries.

With partnerships with tech leaders from Intel, Microsoft, and Dell, among other large brands, the Smart CIO Summit boasts an action-packed agenda crafted to provide managers with strategic breakthroughs to take their teams to the next level.With informative sessions sharing revolutionary practices and up-and-coming trends across cybersecurity, risk management, and talent retention, participants are sure to leave with a wealth of knowledge. Drawing Chief Information Officers, Chief Digital Officers, Chief Analytics Officers, and more, the summit enables attendees to build business relationships through shared experiences, master their technology strategy, vision, and digital leadership skills, innovate as part of digital transformation, and more. 

This event is geared towards academics, industrialists, researchers, and experts from the fields of computer science, computer applications, IT, AI, and more. The purpose of the conference is to discuss new research in the fields of IoT, big data, data management and analytics, and cybersecurity. Conference attendees can expect to benefit from research insights on analyzing large amounts of data to improve workplace efficiencies and assist in monitoring, communications analysis, behavior analysis, decision-making, security, privacy, and trust. Topics to be covered include AI algorithms and models, machine learning in cybersecurity, applied cryptography, text analysis, and sentiment analysis. The keynote speakers are Prof. Cleber Zanchettin of Cidade Universitária in Brazil and Dr. Francesco Mercaldo of the University of Molise in Italy.

This is the sixth edition of India’s largest summit on diversity and inclusion in technology. Over 1000 tech professionals will gather in Bengaluru to discuss the journey to achieving Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) milestones, and to network within the female and non-binary tech community. There will also be awards for companies and business leaders who have excelled in embodying the principles of DEI. With over 50 speakers from across the globe, this year's sessions fall into two tracks: Thought Leadership and Tech Talks. There will also be mentoring sessions, awards and exhibitions, an afterparty, and more. Last year’s edition included sponsors like Deloitte and Walmart Global Tech, and featured speakers like Olympic Long Jumper Anju Bobby George, Swethnisha Panicker, Head of Application Technology at Merck Group, and Ashima Purohit, Director of Engineering at FreshWorks—attendees can expect an impressive roster for this year as well.

Sponsored by Red Hat, Freshworks, and Zoho, GIDS India offers four days of intensive learning for software engineers. Providing a cornucopia of insights, the impressive agenda blends technical discussions like The Linux Shell — From Novice to Wizard with domain-specific conversations such as AI for Autism: Bridging Neuroscience and AI.Along with visionary seminar sessions, attendees can head to the expo to meet with some of the most innovative companies in tech. They can enjoy live product demos, special offers, and opportunities to learn about various software engineering cultures, and can also participate in contests to win swag. Looking for a mentor or future business partner? This extensive tech event has ample opportunities to network with the best developers and entrepreneurs from various sectors.

This event is a user conference for the Apache Kafka® software hosted by Confluent. Data architects, engineers, DevOps professionals, and developers who want to learn about streaming data may all be interested in attending. The purpose of the conference is to bring the Apache Kafka community together to write code, share best practices, and discuss the future of streaming technologies within this tech ecosystem.Speakers for the summit will be announced in February 2024. Meanwhile, there is a call for papers open for potential speakers who are interested in giving a talk on Apache Kafka.

Gearing up for its third edition, the Data Engineering Summit will bring together over 1000 attendees to take advantage of its extensive agenda of presentations, workshops and panels. With over 50 speakers on the roster, 2024 will see the likes of Gopan Vijayan Nair, Head of Enterprise Business at NVIDIA India and Ramanuj Vidyanta, Head of Machine Learning & AI Business Development at AWS, take to the stage.This conference is perfect for tech professionals looking to brush up on the latest industry advancements. Topics up for discussion this year will include data engineering in the age of AI and the rise of data mesh architecture. 

TECHSPO's world-renowned tech conference heads to New Delhi in September. Stretched over two days, this summit draws developers, marketers, and designers together to share cutting-edge developments with fellow professionals and the world's media. With attendees from the mobile, SaaS, and internet industries, to name a few, there are valuable insights for all tech workers to take in.This event, which is part conference and part exhibition, allows participants to beef up their knowledge, wow their peers, and expand their networks by showcasing their businesses' latest innovations. Featured by news outlets like CNN, NBC, and CBS, this is India's only TECHSPO edition, so be sure to secure your tickets soon!  

With six distinct tracks, this two-day technology conference aims to provide attendees with a streamlined schedule tailored to their role-specific interests. Whether you are a software developer or a senior business decision-maker, there is a host of information on offer. From discussing emerging tools and technologies to debating the best DevOps and management practices, there are golden insights for tech professionals at every level. Attracting top names in 2023, this tech fest's expert speakers last year included Rahul Garg, Lead Consultant at Thoughtworks Technologies, Karan MV, Senior Manager of International Developer Relations at GitHub, and Dr. Biswajit Mohapatra, Head of Customer Solutions Management at Amazon Web Services.