==== Conferences ====

- Perl / YAPC

- Frozen Perl       (Mineapolis)

- Non-profit dev conference that Dave recommends
    - they request preferred pronouns at the beginning of talks!

- Twisted Tryst



==== Larger meetups ====

- Github drinkup        https://github.com/blog/1150-github-drinkup-in-chicago

- http://reddit.com/r/chicagobeer/