find-conferences

Find Conferences

Domain ∩ geography ∩ date-range. Output groups events by attend / submit / sponsor-only and tags those with currently-open CFPs.

Inputs

$ARGUMENTS:

• Required: <domain> — niche.
• Optional: --geography=<region> — defaults to USER_LOCATION + global virtual events.
• Optional: --horizon=<next-6mo|this-year|next-12mo> (default next-12mo).
• Optional: --n=<count> (default 12).
• Optional: --include-virtual (default true).
• Optional: --cfp-only — only events with currently-open CFP submissions.

Examples

/career:ecosystem conferences "agentic AI"
/career:ecosystem conferences "devtools" --geography="EMEA" --cfp-only
/career:ecosystem conferences "ai evals" --horizon=next-6mo

Procedure

1. Resolve config + paths

WORKING_FOLDER, USER_LOCATION from config. Read ground-truth.md for travel-constraint signals.

Output: ${WORKING_FOLDER}/domain-notes/${domain-slug}/conferences.md (creates the per-domain subdirectory if needed).

2. Enumerate

WebSearch + WebFetch:

• Major industry conferences in the niche.
• Regional events.
• Specialist workshops / unconferences.
• Vendor summits in the niche.
• Academic conferences if domain is research-flavored.

Aim for --n events. Always include at least 2 free/virtual options unless filtered out.

3. Capture per event

For each event:

• Name
• Dates (or "TBA YYYY-Q?" if not yet announced)
• Location (city + country, or "virtual")
• CFP status: open until <date> | closed for <year> | no public CFP
• Ticket cost band
• Travel estimate from USER_LOCATION (rough; mark [ask user] if not derivable)
• Prior-year signal: who attended, who spoke (cite source)
• Why-relevant — tie to ground-truth domain or skill claim
• Mode tag: attend (worth being in the room) | submit (CFP open + good fit) | sponsor-only (vendor-heavy, low IC value)

4. Write the note

# Conferences — {{domain}}

> Domain: {{domain}}
> Geography: {{geography}}
> Horizon: {{horizon}}
> Surveyed: {{date}}

## Open CFPs (submit)

| event | dates | CFP closes | location | why submit | source |

## Worth attending

| event | dates | location | ticket | travel from {{loc}} | why | source |

## Sponsor-only / vendor-heavy

| event | note |

## Honest unknowns (TBA / no public info)

| event | what would resolve this |

## Sources

1. ...

5. Print summary

note: domain-notes/<domain-slug>/conferences.md
attend: <n>
submit (CFP open): <n>
sponsor-only: <n>

next:
  - submit → /career:suggest projects --target-domain=<slug> (talk-shaped project)
  - attend → /career:plan week (block travel + cost)

Guardrails

• CFP windows are time-sensitive. Always cite the deadline date and source URL.
• "Worth attending" must be backed by who-attended evidence, not marketing copy.
• Don't pad. If the niche has 4 real events, the note has 4 events.

Failure modes

• Domain too broad → ask to narrow.
• No upcoming events → write the note empty with a ## Status: nothing scheduled in horizon note.