I recommend conferences and MeetUps as a great way to learn, network, and earn Scrum Educational Units (SEUs). This past year was challenging for such events. Many were cancelled. Some managed to inspect and adapt, moving online.
I’m pleased to share our 2021 list of agile, and agile adjacent, conferences. It’s the largest list we’ve ever published.
| Event | Start Date | Location | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lean and Agile Software Development | January 23 | Online | Agile |
| NDC London 2021 | January 25 | Online | Software Development |
| Regional Scrum Gathering, Kolkata | January 29 | Online | Scrum |
| Beyond Agile Israel | January 31 | Online | Agile |
| OOP | February 8 | Online | Software Architecture |
| Agile 20 Conference | February 11 | Online | Agile |
| Agile Open Northwest | February 22 | Online | Open Space |
| ICR Agile | February 25 | Online | Agile |
| Product Camp Portland | March 6 | Online | Product Management |
| Agile In Education | March 18 | Online | Agile For Education |
| DevOpsCon London | April 20 | London / Online | DevOps |
| GOTOpia | April 20 | Online | Software Development |
| Agile Austria Conference | April 28 | Graz, Austria | Agile |
| ScanAgile | April 28 | Online | Remote Team Building |
| Future Of Work 24 Hours | May 7 | Online | Work Patterns |
| Scrum Tulip PLoP 2021 | May 23 | Enkhuizen, Netherlands | Scrum |
| Regional Scrum Gathering, Rio de Janeiro | May 26 | Online | Scrum |
| Craft | May 27 | Online | Software Craftsmanship |
| Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade | June 3 | Belgrade, Serbia | Scrum |
| Agile + DevOps West | June 7 | Online | Agile |
| Agile Coach Camp Worldwide | June 11 | Online | Agile Coaching |
| DevOpsCon Berlin | June 14 | Berlin / Online | DevOps |
| XP 2021 | June 14 | Online | Agile Software Development |
| Agile Coaching Retreat | June 17 | Lisbon, Portugal | Agile Coaching |
| Business Agility Conference Paris | June 17 | Paris | Business Agility |
| Agile Testing Days US | June 20 | Chicago, IL | Agile Testing |
| Regional Scrum Gathering, Lagos | July 12 | Lagos, Nigeria | Scrum |
| ÜberConf | July 13 | Denver, CO | Software Development |
| Agile 2021 | July 19 | Online | Agile |
| System Dynamics | July 25 | Online | System Dynamics |
| NDC Melbourne | July 26 | Melbourne | Software Development |
| Agile Lean Europe | August 18 | Riga, Latvia | Agile |
| Agile On The Beach | September 2 | Cornwall, England | Agile Product Development |
| Regional Scrum Gathering Pune | September 4 | Pune, India | Scrum |
| Agile Prague | September 13 | Prague, Czech Republic | Agile |
| LeSS Conference Prague | September 16 | Prague, Czech Republic | LeSS |
| Regional Scrum Gathering Pakistan | September 18 | Online | Scrum |
| Mob Programming Conference | September 23 | Online | Mob Programming |
| Agile Open SoCal | September 23 | Online | Open Space |
| Agile Coach Camp CZ | September 24 | Czech Republic | Agile Coaching |
| eXperience Agile | September 25 | Online | Agile |
| DevOpsCon New York | September 27 | New York & Online | DevOps |
| Agile Human Factors | September 27 | Online | Human Factors |
| Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade | October 7 | New Belgrade, Serbia | Scrum |
| Pacific NW Software Quality Conference | October 11 | Online | Software Quality |
| Lean Agile Exchange | October 21 | Online | Lean And Agile |
| Agile Open Northern California 2021 | October 22 | Walnut Creek, CA | Agile |
| Agile Business Conference | November 9 | Online | Business Agility |
| Agile Games West | November 12 | Online | Agile Games |
| Agile + DevOps East | November 14 | Orlando & Online | Agile |
| Agile Testing Days | November 15 | Postdam, Germany | Agile Testing |
| Excellence In Agile | November 24 | Online | Agile Practices |
| XP Days Benelux | November 25 | Online | Agile |
| NDC Oslo | November 28 | Oslo, Norway | Software Development |
| DevOpsCon Munich | November 29 | Munich / Online | DevOps |
| Forward Summit | Dec 1 | Online | Management |
| Regional Scrum Gathering Melbourne | TBD | Melbourne, Australia | Scrum |
| 2022 Events | Start Date | Location | Focus |
| Lean and Agile Software Development | January 22 | Online | Agile |
| Agile Open San Diego | March | San Diego, CA | Open Space |
| Agile Prague | September 19 | Prague, Czech Republic | Agile |
| Global Scrum Gathering Lisbon | October 17 | Lisbon, Portugal | Scrum |
| Joy Of Coding | TBD | Rotterdam, Netherlands | Software Development |
| Retrospective Facilitator Gathering | TBD | TBD | Retrospectives |
| Open Leadership Symposium | TBD | TBD | Organizational Change |
| European Testing Conference | TBD | TBD | Software Testing |
| ProductCamp Silicon Valley | TBD | Santa Clara, CA | Product Management |
| Mile High Agile | TBD | Denver, CO | Agile & Lean Methods |
| Agile Games New England | TBD | TBD | Agile Games |
| ACE! | TBD | TBD | Agile Product Development |
| Agile Games Midwest | TBD | TBD | Agile Games |
| Agile Maine Day | TBD | Portland, ME | Agile |
Other Conference Lists
- Agile Alliance’s Agile Conference Calendar
- Scrum Alliance Events
What Did We Miss?
Help make this list more complete. Leave us comments with information about conferences that you recommend.
Cheers,
Agile Games MidWest Online Date TBD Spring Agile Games West Location TBD Date TBD Fall
Emilia,
I’m happy to hear that both events are coming back for 2021! Let us know when there is more information available.
Cheers,
Chris
For 2022, please keep an eye out for AccessAgile.org, as the hosts of Agile20Reflect are preparing a new free global festival.
Hi Chris, we have the monthly agile100 conference series.
Usually 1-4 speakers present live online from all over the world and we put the recordings online afterwards.
The upcoming Event on August 16th is a Special 1-On-1 with Chris Bryar about his Book „Working Backwards“: agile100.com