Is there a conference you would suggest that is the closest to scraping, generally speaking? As far as I know there isn't a scraping conference or strong community anywhere, and I'd like to learn and improve my skills.
But you may refer to informal MeetUps or trade fairs; if so, google "Web Data Extraction Summit", "OxyCon Web Scraping Conference", "ScrapeCon 2024" (all past) or the forthcoming: https://www.ipxo.com/events/web-data-extraction-summit-2024/
There are some communities you can find in Discord, Telegram and most professional web scrapers are pretty active in LinkedIn and Twitter. The fun communities are in fact small groups of people with shared values and interests.