We're deep into planning our coverage for the next 18 months of technology events, conferences, confabs, and demos. While we have our own ideas, we would love for you to help us round out our list by telling us which technology conferences and events you would like to see coverage of, and why. Any kind of tech event is fair game, from IT conferences and events to gadget shows and the like.ย There are many, many potential events to cover. To make this as useful as possible, check out this round-up of what we've penciled in so far: * Interop Las Vegas, May 6-10 * Microsoft TechEd North America, Orlando, June 11-14 * USENIX Federated Conferences Week, Boston, June 12-15 * Google I/O, San Francisco, June 27-29 * Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference, Toronto, July 8-12 * HOPE Number 9, New York, July 13-15 * OSCON, Portland, Oregon July 16-20 * Black Hat USA, Las Vegas, July 21-24 * DefCon 20, Las Vegas, July 26-29 * VMWorld, San Francisco, August 27-30 * LinuxCon North America, San Diego, August 29-31 * USENIX LISA '12, San Diego, December 9-14 What tech events would you like to see Ars cover over the next year? And for that matter, which do you never want to hear about again? Read the comments on this post http://dlvr.it/1QLFtl