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aliases: ["Book travel for January conferences"]
Is A: Task
Belongs to: "[[25q4]]"
Status: Open
Owner: "[[person-luca-rossi]]"
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# Book travel for January conferences

Following the positive experience at LeadDev London during [[25q3]], [[person-luca-rossi]] is planning to attend 1-2 conferences in January 2026 to kick off the new year with networking and content inspiration. This task covers researching available conferences, evaluating the cost-benefit of each, and booking all travel logistics before the holiday price surge.

The priority conferences are those with strong engineering leadership audiences where [[person-luca-rossi]] could potentially speak, meet sponsors, and generate content (live-tweeting, post-conference newsletter editions). The LeadDev London experience showed that in-person events generate outsized networking value relative to their cost.

## Acceptance criteria

- [ ] Research January 2026 engineering/tech leadership conferences (target: 3-5 candidates)
- [ ] Evaluate each conference on: audience fit, speaker opportunity, sponsor networking potential, cost
- [ ] Submit speaker proposals to the top 2 conferences by their deadlines
- [ ] Book flights and accommodation for selected conferences (targeting early-bird rates)
- [ ] Create a networking prep document listing target contacts at each conference

## Notes

- Likely candidates include: a US-based conference (e.g., QCon San Francisco if January timing works), a European event, and possibly a niche indie hacker gathering.
- Budget: approximately €4,000-5,000 for 2 conferences including transatlantic travel. This is justified by the ROI demonstrated at LeadDev London (2 new sponsor deals closed from conference contacts).
- [[person-paco-furiani]] should attend at least one conference in 2026 as well, to build his own network with sponsor contacts. This could be a separate task for Q1 2026.
