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San Diego IT Conference Calendar · 2026
14 major events · February – November · 2 peak clusters · 5 recurring meetups
Dense windows: May 31–Jun 10 (FiRe + DevOpsCon + MLcon + SDIC, five overlapping days) and Sep 14–17 (VSLive, Gartner Procurement, and DDX in the same week). July–August run completely quiet — no major conferences.
Cybersecurity
Enterprise / Analyst
AI / Innovation
Developer Tools
Startup / Ecosystem
UX / Design
Expo / Mixed
2026 event distribution — Feb → Nov
- FEB
- MAR
- APR
- MAY
- JUN
- JUL
- AUG
- SEP
- OCT
- NOV
Peak cluster ①
May 31 – Jun 10
May 31
– Jun 3
Future in Review (FiRe)
Advanced AI · climate tech · semiconductors · global economy
UC San Diego / Qualcomm Institute
$2,900–$4,900 · invitation-leaning
Jun 1
– Jun 5
DevOpsCon + MLcon
DevSecOps · Kubernetes · GenAI agents · MLOps · LLMOps (co-located)
Hyatt Regency La Jolla at Aventine · 2,500+ attendees
$719 / day → $2,339 all-inclusive
Peak cluster ②
Sep 14 – 17
Sep 14
– Sep 18
VSLive! San Diego
Microsoft .NET · Azure · Blazor · MAUI · GitHub Copilot
Bahia Resort Hotel · 5-day training format
Pricing TBA
Sep 15
– Sep 16
Gartner Procurement
CPO & sourcing leadership · IT vendor management · direct/indirect
Gaylord Pacific Resort & Convention Center
~$3,000+
Sep 17
DDX Innovation & UX
UX · product design · AI · digital transformation · 25 speakers · 6 workshops
UC San Diego Park & Market, 1100 Market St
350 attendees
Year-round — no conference required
AI Tinkerers San Diego
Recurring
Live technical demos: agentic workflows, inference optimization · builders-focused
San Diego Machine Learning
Monthly
Paper reviews, book clubs, lightning talks