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!
- 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
- http://abstractions.io/
- Childcare:
- Paid, cost subsidized by Code and Supply
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA
- Date: Varies
- Recurring conference? Biennial
- Code4Lib conference
- Childcare:
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: varies, USA
- Date: February or March
- DjangoCon US
- Childcare:
- Free
- See site for details
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Varies, United States
- Date: August
- Recurring conference? Yearly
- http://2017.dockercon.com/childcare/
- Childcare:
- Paid
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Not sure
- Location: Austin, TX, USA
- Date: April 17-20, 2017
- Recurring conference? Yes
- elaconf.com
- Childcare:
- Free
- Stipend provided
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Philadelphia, PA, USA
- Date: November
- Recurring conference? Annually
- EmberConf
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Portland, OR, USA
- Date: March
- Recurring conference? Annually
- https://events.google.com/io
- Childcare:
- Up to $300 reimbursement
- See site for details
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Mountain View, CA, USA
- Date: Varies
- Recurring conference? Yes
- Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing
- Childcare:
- Free
- See site for details
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Orlando, FL, USA
- Date: Varies
- Recurring conference? Yes
- 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
- https://www.mongodb.com/world17
- Childcare:
- Paid, cost subsidized by MongoDB
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Varies, USA
- Date: Varies
- Recurring conference? Yes
- 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 Childcare
- Childcare:
- Paid, cost subsidized by PSF
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Varies, USA
- Date: end of May
- Recurring conference? Annual
- https://railsconf.com/
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes https://railsconf.com/scholarships
- Location: varies, USA
- Date: April
- Recurring conference? Annually
- http://rubyconf.org/
- Childcare:
- Free
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: varies, USA
- Date: November
- Recurring conference? Annually
- RustConf
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Portland, OR, USA
- Date: August
- Recurring conference? Annually
- 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
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Portland, OR, USA
- Date: August 23-26, 2017
- Recurring conference? Annually
- 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
- http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/node-interactive
- Childcare:
- Free
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes
- Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Date: October 4-6, 2017
- Recurring conference? Annual
- https://hasgeek.com/jsfoo/2019
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? No
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Date: Sep 27-28
- Recurring conference? Yearly
- https://hasgeek.com/rootconf/2019
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? No
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Date: June 21-22
- Recurring conference? Yearly
- https://hasgeek.com/fifthelephant/2019
- Childcare:
- Free
- On-site
- Attendee scholarship available? No
- Location: Bangalore, India
- Date: Jul 25-26
- Recurring conference? Yearly
- https://dddeurope.com
- Childcare:
- Paid, €10 registration
- On-site
- Email contact@dddeurope.com for details
- 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
- Childcare:
- Sign up for childcare via form
- Email events@linuxfoundation.org for details
- Attendee scholarship available? Yes, see details
- Location: Edinburgh, UK
- Date: October 22-24
- Recurring conference? Yes
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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