The Mashable Events Board is a great place to find the leading conferences in your industry — whether it's advertising, technology, media or public relations. This week we're highlighting five events that we think can help move your career forward. Our picks include events in New York and Las Vegas. If you don't find something that's right for you, check out more than 50 events featured among our complete listings.

SMX Social Media Marketing Date: Nov. 20 to Nov. 21 Location: Las Vegas, Nev.
SMX Social Media Marketing is a two-day, tactic-rich conference that covers all key issues for getting the most out of social media networks, whether you're tasked with driving organic traffic, managing paid campaigns, or stewarding your company's brand with online reputation management and customer service.
DesignCon 2014 Date: Jan. 28 to Jan. 31 Location: Santa Clara, Calif.
Taking place annually in Silicon Valley, DesignCon is the largest educational conference and technology exhibition for chip, board and systems design engineers in the high-speed communications and semiconductor communities.
Better Software Conference East Date: Nov. 10 to Nov. 15 Location: Boston, Mass.
Discover the Better Software Conference East and you'll become a better, more informed software professional with an outward, customer-focused view of development, with 100+ learning and networking opportunities.
Inside Mobile Apps Date: Dec. 3 to Dec. 4 Location: New York, N.Y.
Get ready to set your mobile strategy for the year ahead! With the mobile app market set to hit $27 billion in 2014, the case for building an app-driven enterprise is vital. Inside Mobile Apps brings together leading developers, industry luminaries, and thought leaders for two days of in-depth insight, analysis, and opinion on the key areas defining the mobile and social app ecosystem.
Internet Summit Date: Nov. 12 to Nov. 14 Location: Raleigh, N.C.
Internet Summit is the Southeast's largest gathering of digital minds - 2,000 innovators, senior marketers, entrepreneurs and technology professionals.

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