Convince your manager

We are making sure your experience at our LeadDev conferences in 2024 will be an investment in your learning and professional growth and you'll leave inspired and motivated by worthy ideas and connections.

Are you looking to attend but are unsure how to bring up the subject to your manager? Below is a sample letter we have written to help you build your case and explain the value of attending our New York 2024 conferences and how you'll benefit from the insights shared.

Use our template to help persuade your manager

Hi [MANAGER’S NAME],

I am writing to kindly ask for your approval to attend the upcoming LeadDev 2024 conference taking place in March.

LeadDev is a community of software engineering leaders that come together to learn and get inspired on all things team, tech, process, and personal development. They have been organizing leadership conferences in the US and Europe for over six years and this year are resuming their in-person conferences with a 3-day event in New York, with three conferences that span every level of engineering leadership.

I've been following them for some time and I believe I would find value in attending this particular one as it will explore new technologies, practices and case studies in topics that will directly help me in my career. The agenda features some of the biggest leading experts in our industry.

Topics at this year’s New York 2024 conferences include:

Influencing at scale
Diversity & Inclusion
Effective technical strategies
Incident Management
Nurturing cross-functional relationships
Refactoring
Sustainability
..And more

While attending, I'll have the opportunity to network with hundreds of peers from all over the world and learn more about how they are solving similar challenges to ours.

LeadDev New York is the flagship two-day conference for engineering managers and those aspiring to take the next step into management, focussed on bringing together new ideas and people to create inspiration and learning that will lead to being more effective as a leader.

StaffPlus New York is a one-day event dedicated to staff engineers and those on the senior individual contributor ladder, with insights and frameworks from some of the world's most experienced technical leaders.

There is also another exclusive networking and workshop event for Heads of Engineering, Director and VP roles run by LeadDev - called LeadingEng New York - which is dedicated to the CTO-track for senior leadership.

Here are just some of the exhibitors and attending companies who are already coming to the New York 2024 conferences:

I'll document all my new insights in a post-conference report detailing all the valuable takeaways that we can use in future projects. If there are any changes that I think will benefit our business, I can recommend them to our team.

All New York conferences currently offer group discounts for teams of 2+ members, along with workshop + conference bundles. If you feel that other colleagues would also benefit from attending the conference, we can save more on the ticket price.

Thank you for taking the time to consider this request. I see this conference as an investment in my professional development and couldn't be more excited to attend. I’d be happy to discuss business advantages, costs, or logistics with you in more detail if needed.

Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]