Reprinted from TidBITS by permission; reuse governed by Creative Commons license BY-NC-ND 3.0. TidBITS has offered years of thoughtful commentary on Apple and Internet topics. For free email subscriptions and access to the entire TidBITS archive, visit http://www.tidbits.com/ 16 Conferences for Mac and iOS Professionals in 2018 Adam C. Engst There's no shortage of Apple-focused conferences for professionals to gather with peers. We have once again collected details ' or at least dates ' for all the Apple-related conferences we can find; if we've missed any, let us know in the comments. We've sorted them by date so you can scroll through and see which might fit into your schedule. If you want to meet some of the TidBITS gang, Adam Engst will be at the ACEs Conference in May, and he and Tonya are likely to go to MacTech Conference in November. If regular TidBITS contributors are asked to speak at any other conferences, we'll be sure to mention that in a future article. MacTech Pro: February'September 2018 -- A regional event series from the folks behind MacTech Conference, [1]MacTech Pro is designed for professional Apple techs and consultants. Events are single-track, hotel-based seminars, and the all-day schedule includes lunch. Topics may include creating a storage strategy, deployment methods, scripting Python, IoT and home automation, security, troubleshooting, [2]and more. Early bird pricing is $299 (only $249 before 31 January 2018) with prices increasing until they hit the on-site pricing at $499. Educational and non-profit tickets cost $199. The MacTech Pro events will take place in nine cities throughout the United States: * February 28 in Seattle, WA * March 14 in Boston, MA * April 18 in Denver, CO * May 16 in Washington, D.C. * June 20 in Atlanta, GA * July 18 in Chicago, IL * August 15 in Orlando, FL * August 29 in San Francisco, CA * September 26 in New York, NY Appdevcon: March 15'16, 2018 -- Formerly known as Mdevcon, Appdevcon will be held in Amsterdam on March 15th and 16th for mobile app developers. [3]Appdevcon offers sessions for both iOS and Android