The CG Cookie crew has teamed up with the Blender Foundation to host the first ever Blender Conference in the US. The event will be in Los Angeles from April 19th - 20th 2024. Put it on your calendar!
There's not much more informatiion at this time, but you can sign up to stay informed, or let them know you're interested in speaking on the event's webpage.
I have a LONG history with Blender - I wrote some of the earliest Blender tutorials, worked for Not a Number and helped run the crowdfunding campaign that open sourced Blender (the first one on the internet!). I founded BlenderNation in 2006 and have been editing it every single day since then ;-) I also run the Blender Artists forum and I'm Head of Community at Sketchfab.
