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Go beyond attending

Discover the events beyond the official agenda, know how to get in, and build a conference experience around your professional goals.

116
AFROTECH 2026 events tracked
Nov 2–6
AFROTECH 2026 week
Houston
Host city
Free
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A smarter way to conference

Discover. Plan. Connect. Advance.

Conference Buddy helps you find the right events, people and opportunities, so you can make the most of every conference.

  1. Discover

    Find the sessions and side events that fit your goals, in one reviewed list.

  2. Plan

    Save events to My Schedule and see your days at a glance, with overlaps flagged.

  3. Connect

    Be in the rooms where the hosts and speakers you came to learn from will be.

  4. Advance

    Turn conference momentum into your next role, partnership or company.

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For professionals

Advance your career.

Find the sessions, recruiter events and community gatherings that fit where you are headed next.

Explore as a professional
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For founders and startup teams

Build what’s next.

Find investor events, founder mixers and the ecosystem gatherings worth your time.

Explore as a founder
The Conference Buddy experience

Everything you need for a more productive conference.

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  • Explore events

    Official sessions, side events and community gatherings, each labeled with how it relates to the conference.

  • Build your schedule

    Save events and see your days at a glance, with overlaps flagged before you commit.

  • Know before you go

    See whether an event needs a pass, an RSVP or an invitation, and when the host has not said yet.

  • Hosts worth knowing

    See who is hosting the events that fit your goals, so you know which rooms to be in.

How we keep it useful

Real listings. Real opportunities.

  • Reviewed before listed

    Every event goes through the same review before it appears, and dates, places and access come from the listing.

  • Private venues stay private

    Invite-only addresses are never published. The listing says how to get access instead.

  • Independent

    We are not affiliated with the conferences we cover, and we say so on every conference page.

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What is Conference Buddy?

An independent guide to conference weeks. It puts the official sessions and the side events around them in one reviewed list, so you can find the ones that fit your goals and build your schedule. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by the conferences it covers.

Is it free?

Yes. Signing up is free, and nothing in Conference Buddy is paid today. Some events charge for tickets; that is set by each host.

Do I need an account?

Not to look around. Without an account you can see event titles and how many events are listed. A free account shows each event in full (date, time, venue, who it is for and how to get in) and lets you save events and get recommendations matched to you.

How do events get approved?

Every event is reviewed by our team before it appears. Events people submit start as pending and are not shown to anyone until a moderator approves them. Dates, places and access come from the listing, and events drop out of the count once they have ended.

How do saving and scheduling work?

Tap Add to my schedule on any event to save it to My Schedule. If it overlaps something you already saved, you are told before you commit. You can add one event to your calendar, or export your whole schedule as a calendar file.

You can also turn on App notifications in Settings to get a reminder on your device an hour before each event you save.

Can I add it to my phone?

Yes, it installs from your browser, with no app store. On iPhone use Safari: Share, then Add to Home Screen. On Android use Chrome: the three dot menu, then Install app. See the step by step guide.

What data do you keep?

What you tell us in your profile and onboarding (such as your name, role, company, city and goals), the events you save, and how you use the app, so recommendations fit you. You can delete your account in Settings; your profile, schedule and saved conferences are then removed. Read how we handle your data.

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Turn your next conference into real opportunity.

Free to sign up. Tell us your goals and get the events worth your time.