There are now  so many events conferences, tweetups and dinners you can attend to network and collaborate at.

So how do you choose which ones  to attend?

I have a wall planner now where I pencil-in all the events that I find of interest and then they have to pass the test.

Is the content or speakers on my top ten list?

Is it in my city, or one I will visit for work?

Will it provide me an insiders view on the industry?

Can I contribute anything?

Can I find collaborators/contacts there on projects I'm working on?

Can I learn from other startups?

If I answer yes to these:

Then it makes the penned in  list, and  I plan my month, and then  year around these dates.

Here are latest London events   brought to us by our friends at Eventbrite

Zurich's web monday which I always attend and cover here, is a great opportunity to  collaborate with other webstartups.

THE HUGE and bigger than ever web fest LE WEB is on in Paris again this year on the 9th 10 of Dec, get your ticket now

Milan also has many startup events and techgarage

Find out what your city is hosting and get involved

ReadWriteweb summit in California with  a  of  listing top 100 web companies

Blogworldexpo is coming up

The success of  your business  depends on it.

Leave us a comment listing your experience with events and networking. Have an event you want to shout about? Let us know and we'll tweet it. 

Donna Jackson

Social Communications Specialist.