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

The 3rd International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences (ISBSS)
Date: July 22 - July 24, 2014
Location: Sapporo, Japan
2014 International Symposium on Business and Social Sciences (ISBSS2014) aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professionals from the industry, academia and government to discourse on research and development, professional practice in the related field of study.
Incite Marketing and Communications Summit: West
Date: May 13 - May 14, 2014
Location: San Francisco, California
At the Incite: Summit West (May 13-14, San Francisco), you'll learn to deliver marketing of unrivaled effectiveness by understanding your customer to the core.
Social Media Strategies Summit: Amsterdam 2014
Date: June 18 - June 19, 2014.
Location: Amsterdam
Whether your organisation is a start-up or a large enterprise, SMSS will provide you with relevant case study examples, interactive workshops and engaging sessions to boost your social media marketing efforts and help you reach your company?s business goals.
3D Print Expo
Date: Feb. 13 - Feb. 14, 2014
Location: Moscow
3D Print Expo is the advanced 3D-printing technologies exhibition. The aim of the exhibition is to introduce visitors to present innovative 3D printing technologies that are being used nowadays in the different sectors of industry and prove to be more competitive and cost efficient.
MX: Managing Experience Conference hosted by Adaptive Path
Date: Mar. 16 - Mar. 17, 2014
Location: San Francisco, California
MX is a conference for people who take a leadership role in guiding better experiences into the world. Learn from real-world examples and discover new approaches that can help you lead your organization toward investing in, or improving your customer experience on the web, mobile, and beyond.

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