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, from events in San Francisco to Amsterdam. If you don't find something that's right for you, check out more than 60 events featured among our complete listing.

HR Tech Europe
Date: Oct. 23 through Oct. 24
Location: Amsterdam
HR Tech Europe is a global gathering of the world's leading thinkers and doers in HR Technology. It's not just a gathering of the planet's leading technology companies and start-ups, but of large market enterprises and leading organizations, who are being impacted by new technologies.
WOBI On Innovation
Date: June 4 through June 5
Location: New York, N.Y.
Technological advances are enabling revolutionary changes across industries and throughout every sector of business. Disruption is rife.
GIANT Conference
Date: June 11 through June 14
Location: Charleston, S.C.
GIANT Conference is an event that brings together world-class speakers and talented professionals to talk about creating rad experiences and how to make those experiences even radder.
Idean UX Summit 4: How the Real World Inspires Design Thinking
Date: Feb. 14
Location: Menlo Park, Calif.
Powerful user experience design goes far beyond ink and paper and into real life experiences that change the way people do everyday things. To create a product or service that is functional, useful and enjoyable, companies must empathize with the emotions, motivations, priorities and circumstances of users during their daily lives.
SAP Inventory Optimization Summit 2014
Date: March 27 through March 28
Location: San Francisco, Calif.
Competing in the global market requires manufacturing companies to maintain optimum inventory levels, keep storage costs minimal, and consistently providing a high service level. Many will look into more cost-effective solutions while also inspecting inventory processes which quickly produces cost savings with relatively little effort.

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