NERD Summit 2024!
NERD Summit is an inclusive, community building tech event in New England.
2024 Program
In 2024 the summit will be held on Friday & Saturday, March 8-9, with sessions and trainings on both days.
Sessions will include talks, panels and group discussions on a wide variety of topics.
NERD Summit has been an incredible success thanks to excellent presenters, generous sponsors, and an enthusiastic community.
Mission
The mission of NERD (New England Regional Developers) is to collaborate with the regional community to ensure that the annual Summit and events throughout the year offer everyone, regardless of background or finances, a diverse curriculum for relevant skill building and valuable networking opportunities. This supports our vision of creating positive and supportive learning opportunities for people who work or want to work in web and related technology. Too many smart, passionate people have been traditionally excluded from tech careers, and we're changing that.
SCHEDULE
The 2024 schedule will be posted in January 2024.
Sessions and trainings be held on Friday & Saturday, March 8-9, from 10am to 5pm
View 2023 session videos
Location
NERD Summit is held in the Murray D. Lincoln Campus Center
at UMass Amherst in Amherst, Massachusetts.
Drive times: Logan (BOS) Airport: 2 hours, Bradley (BDL) Airport: 1 hour, New Haven: 1.5 hour, NYC: 3.5-4 hours.
The most convenient parking is the Campus Center Parking Garage at a cost of $1.75/hr.
We will have passes at the registration table that cap that at $6.50 per day.
There is free parking on the weekends, see lots 43 and 63 on the map above [full UMass parking map].
There are many hotels in the area close by to UMass.
Hotel UMass will have a block of rooms for the event (more later).
2024 Summit Sponsors
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Community
2023 Summit Sponsors
Platinum
Gold
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Party Sponsor
Keynote Sponsors
Community
Partners
Cross-promotion and non-monetary contribution partners.
Supporters
Kelly Albrecht
(Last Call Media)
Benji Fisher
Cheryl Handsaker
Rick Hood
(Common Media)
Trevor Morris
John Picozzi
Jen Wahlund
(Carnegie Mellon University)
About
New England Regional Developers
NERD Summit is a product of New England Regional Developers (NERD).
NERD creates positive and supportive learning opportunities for people who work, or want to work
in web and related technologies in the New England area.
Read more at: nerd.ngo
Code of Conduct
Attendees are encouraged to read the NERD Summit 2023 Code of Conduct.
The NERD Summit 2023 team
Organizers
- Kelly Albrecht
- Rick Hood
Volunteers
- Stephen Cross
- Chad Furman
- Leslie Glynn
- Barbara Hebert
- Joan Joly
- Aubrey Sambor
- Heidi Stanclift
- Molly Taaffe
- Jen Wahlund
Contact
To volunteer, email Rick Hood at [email protected].
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