Graphic Design Conferences

HOW Design conference is the big one for graphic design:

http://www.howconference.com/ehome/index.php?eventid=17015&tabid=23071&

AIGA has one as well:

http://designconference2011.aiga.org/

And there are handfuls of more niche conferences all over the place (marketing, branding, etc)

As for web design, that’s really a different path and there’s a ton of different conferences for that. Some well known ones:

UIE’s UI:

http://www.uie.com/events/uiconf/2011/

UIE’s Web App Masters Tour (I’ve attended this and highly recommend it)

http://www.uie.com/events/web_app_masters/2011/

An event apart:

http://aneventapart.com/

Barcamp (free conferences held in locations throughout the globe.)

http://barcamp.org/

And there’s many, many others.