In this topsy-turvy world, deciding when and where to invest one's time and energy is of critical importance. Especially for creatives and other entrepreneurs where the need to be strategic and innovative is constant, conferences, festivals and other thoughtful gatherings of respected peers represent momentous opportunities for building vital connections and seeing exactly what people are thinking and responding to. This actively researched and updated series is my ongoing contribution toward helping us all learn about Ultimate Events on a timely basis.

Follow these links for the Creative Tech Week (running 3-12 May) and Creative Week (running 7-11 May) events happening in NYC.

May Events
. 27 Apr. - 6 May | New Orleans Jazz Fest
. 29 Apr. - 2 May | Marketing Nation Summit, SF
. 30 Apr. - 3 May | How Design Live + The Dieline Conference, Boston
. 30 Apr. - 4 May | Digital Content Newfronts, NYC
. 2-4 | Content Marketing Conference, Boston
. 2-6 | Pictoplasma Conference, Berlin
. 3 | Brand Film Festival, NYC
. 3-12 | Creative Tech Week, NYC
. 3-6 | Frieze New York, NYC
. 3 | FT Future of Manufacturing Summit, Chicago
. 3-6 | MUTEK San Francisco
. 3-6 | SunFest, West Palm Beach
. 4 | Entertainment & Technology Summit, NYC
. 4-5 | VRLA Expo, LA
. 7-11 | Creative Week, NYC
. 7-8 | Summit on Strategic Communications, Washington, D.C.
. 8-19 | Festival de Cannes
. 8 | LA Games Conference, Hollywood
. 9-11 | Adobe 99U Conference, NYC
. 10 | AICE Awards, LA
. 10-11 | Awwwards Digital Thinkers Conference, San Francisco
. 11-13 | Euphoria Festival, Austin
. 12-13 | Design Festa, Tokyo
. 14-15 | Agency Transformation Summit, Toronto
. 14-16 | Experiential Marketing Summit, SF
. 14-16 | THE UN-CONFERENCE, San Diego
. 15-17 | Gartner Digital Marketing Conference, San Diego
. 15-16 | ITMSA Marketing Leadership Forum, Napa
. 15 | MediaPost's Marketing AI, NYC
. 17-20 | Moogfest, Durham
. 17-19 | TYPO Berlin Trigger
. 18 | CXI2018 - Innovation in the New Consumer Experience, NYC
. 18-20 | Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas
. 19-20 | Vulture Festival, NYC
. 21 | Clio Sports Awards, NYC
. 21-23 | Glossy Summit, Miami
. 23-25 | C2 Creativity + Commerce, Montreal
. 23-24 | Youth Marketing Australia Conference, Melbourne
. 24-25 | The Next Web Europe, Amsterdam
. 24-26 | Semi Permanent Sydney
. 25 May - 16 June | Vivid Sydney
. 29-30 | DesignThinkers, Vancouver
. 30 | CDO Summit NYC
. 31 | 19th Annual Animation Show of Shows, Atlanta
. 31 | CiclopeLatino, Mexico City

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