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Top 100 Digital Conferences You Should Attend In 2021

Thomas Smale

Thomas Smale

December 10, 2020

Building a Business

FE International Blog

This article was updated in February 2021.

It’s time to look ahead to what exciting educational and networking opportunities the year has to offer for those of us in the startup, software, and digital spaces. The world of conferences has seen massive changes due to the outbreak of COVID-19, but there are still conferences on offer (both online and off) so please check in throughout the year for the latest updates.

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This past year offered many event highlights, as we sponsored and attended numerous worthwhile conferences. 2021 promises to be very rewarding, despite the potential restrictions.

If you are not a regular attendee of digital conferences, or if you’ve never attended one before, we’d like to suggest you seriously consider the benefits of doing so:

  • You will meet future customers, partners, and suppliers.
  • You will gain knowledge that will have an immediate benefit for your business.
  • You will be inspired by individuals who share your passions.
  • Find a business for sale!
  • You will meet potential investors or buyers.
  • You can generate leads and engage with prospective clients

To help you plan for what promises to be a momentous year, we’ve put together a comprehensive list of the top 100+ conferences happening over the next 12 months, broken down by industry. Whether you’re attending to share ideas with like-minded peers in your industry, learn about new developments in your niche, or searching for some fresh air to breathe new life into your business, there is a conference with your name on it.

CONFERENCES IN 2021

What type of conference are you looking for?

Click below or scroll to see the full list!

SaaS Affiliate Marketing
Blogging Content Marketing
CRO E-Commerce
E-mail Marketing Digital Marketing
SEM & SEO Entrepreneur
Mobile Technology
Social Media

If you run or represent a conference and wanted to be added to this list, please contact us.

SaaS Conferences

LTV Conference [FE Top Pick!]

NEW YORK, UNITED STATES
2021 – TBD
LTV SaaS Conference

Who Should Attend:

Entrepreneurs, and small-medium sized business owners, SaaS executives, Startup Owners

This event taking place in New York offers a unique opportunity for attendees with no sales pitches, no suits no ties, and an intimate group to share their ideas, best practices and to learn from some of the industries experts.

This event will span over two days, with sessions across many different areas of SaaS from leaders in the industry as well as networking events. Super Early Bird and Early Bird tickets are available at a significant discount.

Event Highlights

This year’s lineup is yet to be announced, but topics covered will include:

  • Hiring and retention in the SaaS space
  • How to reach your highest value customers globally
  • How to keep innovating
  • Bootstrapping vs. getting funding

SaaStr Annual 2021 [FE Top Pick!]
SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA
September 27-29, 2020

Who Should Attend:

SaaS Founders, venture capitalists, and executives

This yearly event hosted by the influential SaaS community and venture fund, SaaStr brings together over 10,000 SaaS founders, VCs, and executives for an empowering three days of “learning and scaling together.”

It is the largest non-vendor confab on the global SaaS event calendar. It promises the opportunity to learn from and network with some of the most insightful and interesting individuals in the industry. It also offers “great food, generously-poured drinks, and plenty of fun.” With over 300 handcrafted sessions aimed to help you scale, there’s something for everyone.

MicroConf Growth [FE Top Pick!]

MINNEAPOLIS
March 23 – 25, 2021

Who Should Attend:

Startups, entrepreneurs, and small-medium sized business owners

Microconf Growth is a three-day conference specifically for self-funded startups eager to expand into seven- or eight-figure companies. Bring your projects and problems to the table and learn how to transform them into opportunities for expansion.

This edition of the popular MicroConf series is for motivated owners and CEOs looking for innovative and inspiring ways to maximize their growth. Enlarge your audience and increase engagement with them. Profit from tools and techniques to better understand your customers and clients and target your digital efforts right at them. You won’t want for better motivation and education to scale your business to the peak of your industry and beyond.

Event Highlights

The lineup for MicroConf is yet to be confirmed.

SaaStock LatAm [FE Top Pick!]

ONLINE
May 6, 2021

Who Should Attend

Founders of bootstrapped software companies, SaaS entrepreneurs

Gather in Ireland for the best news and advice from experts in the flourishing SaaS market as it stands today.

Learn how to build up a SaaS business from real software entrepreneurs. Optimize your business for the highest monthly recurring revenue and the lowest costs. Gain knowledge from people who have already made the mistakes and the losses so you don’t have to. Collate cutting-edge technologies and hacks to automate processes that cost valuable time and resources. Hear how to create a need for your subscription-based product and market it to targeted audiences.

SaaStock aims to be a “one-for-all” event where marketers, developers, and CEOs can get together to figure out the intricacies of and establish best practices for emergent features of the SaaS ecosystem.

Event Highlights

Last year’s speakers include:

November 1-4 2021

LISBON, PORTUGAL
November 4-7, 2019

Who Should Attend:

CIOs, CTOs, buyers, sellers, experts, and investors

Websummit has a reputation for bringing together SaaS giants. With 10,000 CIOs and CTOs, experts and investors, startups, and established companies, it is a great event to network and get inspired for the upcoming year.

Previous years’ speakers:

SaaS North

OTTAWA CANADA
November 17-18, 2021

Who Should Attend:

Sellers, Marketers, Entrepreneurs, CEOs

SaaS North is known for bringing together world-class SaaS leaders to connect and learn. With over 1200 attendees from over 400 companies, across startups, global brands, investors and service providers all specializing in SaaS. It is a great event to network, learn from the best in the industry and get inspired for the upcoming year.

Featured speakers include: John Sicard (Kinaxis), Cherry Miao (Accel), Mark Matta (PagerDuty), Eric Boduch (Pendo), JP Chauvet (Lightspeed)

Last year’s event highlights:

  • Velocity of SaaS in Canada
  • Building and Leveraging Your Board to Win
  • The Journey to a Billion Dollar Company

Affiliate Marketing Conferences

Affiliate Summit West 2021

LAS VEGAS
November 1-3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Bloggers, online publishers and advertisers, technology firms, and digital agencies

This conference is one of three Affiliate Summit events taking place in 2020, in different locations globally. With over 6,000 digital marketers attending the January 2020 conference, it is due to be a busy and valuable event.

Billing itself as the performance marketing industry’s premier global event, these global conferences promise action-focused sessions, workshops and networking events.

High-level decision-makers, representing some of the most prestigious names in the industry will attend the event in search of bloggers, traffic sources, online publishers, retailers, technology firms, digital agencies, networks, and other solution providers in the affiliate marketing space.

If your company provides any of the services above, you cannot afford to miss out on one of the most prestigious affiliate marketing events of 2020.

The speaker lineup and agenda is yet to be announced. Previous year’s highlights include:

Affiliate Summit Euro 2021

TBD
TBD

Who Should Attend:

Bloggers, online publishers, technology firms, and digital agencies

This conference is one of four Affiliate Summit events taking place in 2020. Boasting many popular and recently implemented features, Affiliate Summit Euro 2020 will include:

  • A brand new immersive exhibition hall featuring games, dutch waffles and other sweet treats.
  • New content and formats including debates, talks, leadership panels and presentations.
  • The Meet Market, which was sold out in 2019. This is a six-hour face to face networking session.

Affiliate Summit Euro will be overflowing with engaging presentations and panel discussions covering the most pertinent industry trends, in an environment conducive to the relaxed exchange of ideas and success stories.

Event Highlights and Speakers

The agenda and speakers are yet to be confirmed. 2019 keynote speakers included inspiring people such as:

London iGB Affiliate Conference

LONDON, ENGLAND
February 2-5, 2022

Who Should Attend:

Marketing professionals in the online gambling industry

This conference is one of four iGB events taking place in 2020. Browse the rest of the Affiliate Marketing section to find the iGB event which suits your location and schedule.

Described by previous attendees as some of the best events to find new partners and solidify existing affiliate relationships, the iGB Affiliate conferences promise to be another series of exciting and rewarding networking experiences.

The conferences are known for having a strong networking focus, with the agenda offering several events that aim to forge new business relationships in the online gambling industry.

Event Highlights

Speakers are yet to be announced for 2020, however last year included presentations from the following speakers:

The European Summit

CASCAIS, PORTUGAL
July 2 – 5, 2021

Who Should Attend:

Marketing managers and other individuals responsible for affiliate marketing strategy and management

Started in 2009, The European Summit is an expo and conference for high-volume digital products. Whether you are in the e-commerce, gaming, dating, financial software, or health niches, you will benefit from attending this prestigious conference. An intensive 3-day networking event, delegates attend workshops, seminars, product presentations, and social outings. The European Summit is an ideal opportunity to meet your next affiliate, business partner, or other digital ally.

Event Highlights

The event has a meticulously planned schedule over the four days, which includes seminars on:

  • Google Adwords: a case study, aimed at helping you increase your profit.
  • Facebook Adhacks: ways to grow your business, including a lecture on why 2020 will be the most competitive year for Facebook Advertising.
  • Payment Processing Optimisation: last year, global online commerce reached the 1.4 USD trillion mark. Get involved!

Other speakers and events will be announced in the run up to the conference.

Affiliate Management Days

LAS VEGAS
January 27, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketing managers and other individuals responsible for affiliate marketing strategy and management

As of last year, AM Days has become a series of workshops, aimed to inspire and create action. Whether you are implementing a new initiative or have an existing affiliate program, AM Days help you explore and discover how expert online retailers are successfully managing their partnerships.

AM Days highlights topics that include: affiliate recruitment and communication, fraud prevention, mobile optimization, conversion optimization, problem-solving, and legislative challenges.

With a wide selection of successful marketers from diverse industries, you are sure to take away actionable advice from leaders in this competitive industry.

Event Highlights

Affiliate Management Days has not yet finalized the schedule for the Las Vegas event. Check back soon for updates.

Amsterdam iGB Affiliate Conference

AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
July 14-17, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketing professionals in the online gambling industry

This conference is one of two iGB events taking place in 2020. Browse the rest of the Affiliate Marketing section to find the iGB event which suits your location and schedule.The event offers informative sessions on SEO, marketing, acquisition, regulation and compliance, sports betting, finance, and much more.

Amsterdam iGB Affiliate Conference is known for offering the opportunity to network from the moment delegates arrive until the moment they leave. Delegates are encouraged to prepare themselves to meet hundreds of contacts throughout the numerous networking events. These range from cocktail parties to speed networking.

What makes this remarkable event even more special is that there is no attendance fee; entrance is free for all attendees.

Event Highlights

Last year’s event included presentations from the following speakers:

Affiliate Summit East 2020 [FE Top Pick!]

NEW YORK CITY
July 26-28, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Bloggers, online publishers, technology firms, and digital agencies

This conference is one of three Affiliate Summit events taking place in 2020. Browse the rest of the Affiliate Marketing section to find the Affiliate Summit event which suits your location and schedule.

Billing itself as the performance marketing industry’s premier global event, Affiliate Summit East is the one of a series of global conferences and trade shows that will host thousands of digital marketers from all over the world.

High-level decision-makers, representing some of the most prestigious names in the industry will attend the event in search of bloggers, traffic sources, online publishers, retailers, technology firms, digital agencies, networks, and other solution providers in the affiliate marketing space.

If your company provides any of the services above, you cannot afford to miss out one of the most prestigious affiliate marketing events in 2020.

Event Highlights

Last year’s event featured the following:

UnGagged Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES
November 7-9, 2019

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketers, SEO experts, content managers and affiliate partnership managers

UnGagged brings together speakers to share the latest insights, tactics and strategies in the world of digital marketing. With no recording and no sales pitches allowed, experts share what does and does not work in search to give you a head start on the latest trends in SEO, CRO, link building and content marketing. UnGagged offers the opportunity to learn from the experts and discuss strategies with peers in the affiliate and content marketing industry before it becomes common knowledge.

Last year’s event highlights

  • A 16:1 ratio of attendees to speakers
  • Immersive materclasses designed to provide expert knowledge and actionable methodologies
  • 3 tracks and 40+ sessions to choose from
  • Networking events and catered meals

Blogging Conferences

BLOGHER

LOS ANGELES
2020

Who Should Attend:

Female bloggers focusing on the health and wellness industries

While previous BLOGHER events had a much broader focus, the 2019 installment set its sights on a particular niche in the content-creation industry. The popular blogging conference celebrated female writers who play a role in raising awareness of the digital community’s collective health.

As such, the event is designed specifically for female content creators in the health and wellness industries and aims to guide delegates towards getting the most out of life through “information, inspiration, and innovation.”

Event Highlights

The last event included presentations from the following speakers:

Mom 2.0 Summit

AUSTIN, TX
May 6-8, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Professional female content creators

Mom 2.0 was created to facilitate the vital conversation between mothers and marketers in the online marketing and social media industries.

The event describes itself as the leading professional gathering of digital influencers who create content focused on parenting, entertainment, food, politics, business, marketing, technology, social change, travel, and design.

For the eleventh consecutive year, women leading the digital content industry meet at Mom 2.0 to “compare notes, discuss ideas, and forecast what’s next for women online and in the marketplace.”

Event Highlights

The schedule of speakers is yet to be released, but last year’s event included presentations from the following speakers:

SHINE Fitness Blogfest

ANAHEIM, CA
July 9-12, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Professional fitness and wellness bloggers

Each year, a community of fitness and wellness professionals push the limits of their fitness business strategies to lead their followers to greater health and contentment. This year, join over 14,000 personal trainers, group fitness instructors, club and studio owners and managers, mind-body professionals, and nutrition professionals from over 60 countries as they come together to explore new tactics and technologies for local and global change.

This is a place for fitness bloggers to grow, network, share ideas, learn from experts, empower one another and connect face-to-face with spotlight brands. It’s invite-only, so check out their website to learn more.

Event Highlights

Last year’s event included presentations from the following speakers:

International Food Blogger Conference

EL PASO, TEXAS
November 12-15, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Food and hospitality bloggers

The International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC) began as the world’s first food blog conference in 2009. Eleven years later, the conference has been established as a significant influencer in the hospitality industry.

The majority of IFBC attendees invest their time and money into researching, testing, writing, and posting about food and food-related topics. Join them in sharing your own story and learn how to develop your blog into a profitable enterprise from experienced bloggers in your sector.

Event Highlights

Speakers at this event last year included:

TBEXCon

LAFAYETTE, LOUISIANA
OCTOBER 7-9, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Travel bloggers, online travel journalists, and travel brands

TBEX creates annual partnerships with destinations in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific to gather the travel industry’s best and brightest travel bloggers, influencers, and entrepreneurs to network, learn, and grow.

The conference is the largest networking event for travel bloggers, online travel journalists, new media content creators, travel brands, and industry professionals.

Event Highlights

Previous TBEXCon inspiring speakers from the world of travel blogs, include

  • Cory Lee – Refused to let Spinal Muscular Atrophy diminish his desire to travel
  • Kulin Strimbu – Digital marketing consultant
  • Sherry Ott – Travelling veteran

Type-A Parent

CHICAGO
TBC, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Bloggers, influencers, and digital marketing professionals

This event aims to bring together professional bloggers and social media influencers for three days of networking, workshops, panel discussions, and presentations by brands and technology solutions all aimed at helping digital content creators build their own “media empire.”

Event Highlights

Last year’s event in DC featured the following speakers:

Content Marketing Conferences

PodFest

ORLANDO
March 6-8, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Individuals involved in the production and distribution of podcasts

PodFest is the event that launched the acclaimed documentary, “The Messengers” and is the premier conference for anyone involved in creating professional podcasts in the digital marketing sphere.

The 2020 event is open to all and is highly customizable. According to the PodFest Team “whether you’re new to podcasting or a veteran podcaster looking to innovate and improve your podcast, our easy-to-understand Conference Tracks allow you to customize a daily agenda based on what you’re most interested in learning”.

Event Highlights

2020 speakers haven’t been announced yet, however last year included talks from:

Nabshow

LAS VEGAS
April 18-22, 2020

Who Should Attend

Broadcasting industry professionals

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) annually host the largest media, entertainment and technology show. With the tagline “where content comes to life”, it’s certainly the right place for education, inspiration and fantastic networking opportunities. It’s a comprehensive five-day event, which is heavily attended.

Highlights:

Nabshow is currently accepting proposals for speakers and event hosts.

C3 Conference

NEW YORK CITY
2020

Who Should Attend:

Individuals responsible for their companies’ SEO, content creation/implementation, and marketing leadership

C3 puts 40+ speakers and over 750 attendees in the same room. Strategists and analysts are scheduled to tell all about their content marketing experiences and processes.

At C3 you will gain content marketing “inspiration, innovation, and insight.” Implement the most contemporary ideas to create the most advanced plan for your business’ future.

Event Highlights

Speakers at last year’s C3 include inspiring names such as:


ContentTech Summit

SAN DIEGO
April 20-22, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Content-focused marketing professionals

ContentTech is the content marketing and strategy event for professionals who are serious about putting content to work for their businesses.

The event’s objective is to enable movement away from the copy/paste approach employed by a majority of marketers, toward a bespoke, single-source approach to content creation.Take courses catering to attendees with a wide range of experience and skill, which will be given by industry-leading practitioners, consultants, and authors from around the world.

Event Highlights

The last event included presentations from the following speakers:


Content Marketing Conference

BOSTON
April 21-23, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

Content marketing is all the buzz, but everyone is getting in on it. Learn how to create masterful content that engages customers and follows practices that are proven to work, so you can stand out from the competition.

Attend CMC 2020 to learn how your brand can tap mystery, humor, intimacy, and authenticity become more humanized, and better transform browsers into believers, and believers into buyers.

Event Highlights

The 2019 event included presentations from the following speakers:


ConFab

MINNEAPOLIS
May 17-20, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Bloggers, influencers, and digital marketing professionals

Confab is a conference for marketers who are looking for ways to be inspired and to create better, more dynamic content.

Participate in intensive half-day workshops, keynote talks on major challenges, takes on new trends, and tailored networking opportunities. This all adds up to a spectacular, all-inclusive content-strategy experience.

Event Highlights

The focus of the 2020 conference will be:

  • Analytics and performance
  • User experience design
  • Workflows and stakeholders
  • Content design for AI and bots
  • Editorial assignments and calendars
  • Hiring and staff management

The Content Experience

TORONTO, CANADA
2020

Who Should Attend:

Individuals involved in content marketing, demand generation, and sales

The Content Experience is, as you would expect, all about content. It brings together “like-minded people in content marketing, demand generation, and sales” to build bridges with high impact players producing high-quality content.

Explore, discover, and “champion the importance of experience to the buyer journey.” With a fast-paced agenda, as well as panel sessions, this conference is sure to give you inspiration and applicable tools to build your story.

Event Highlights

The Content Experience 2019 had a program filled with high profile names, including:

Content Marketing World

CLEVELAND
October 13-16, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Content-focused marketing professionals

Content Marketing World is an event where you can learn and network with the marketing influencers leading the content herd.

With presentations that will showcase case studies, measurable outcomes, and specific how-to sessions that provide immediate, actionable benefits for attendees, you are bound to find plenty to revamp your business’ content marketing strategies.

Event Highlights

The Content Marketing World event includes some headline-grabbing speakers:

  • Tina Fey (Emmy award-winning producer, writer, and actress)
  • Chris Penn (Co-Founder and Chief Innovator, Brain & Trust Insights)
  • Ann Handley (Chief Content Officer, Marketing Profs – World’s first ever Chief Content Officer)

#FinCon 2020

WASHINGTON D.C.
September 30 – October 3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Content-focused marketing professionals

#FinCon20’s focus has yet to be announced. Last year, #FinCon19 had a focus on financial content, meaning that attendees walked away with actionable knowledge on how to craft compelling money-related digital content for their blogs, social accounts, podcasts, or video channels.

Delegates also learned how to ensure that their content is seen by their chosen target market, by applying the latest marketing, branding, networking, SEO, and community-building principles.

Industry and niche experts divulge their insight into exactly how to earn money by freelancing, finding appropriate advertising partners, and capitalizing on influence.

Event Highlights

Last year’s keynote speakers included:

Industry Insights Summit

NAPA VALLEY, CA
March 25-28, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Senior-level partnership marketers

Led by a fantastic group of brand marketers, this conference promises to present ways for marketers to stay current and discover new promotional tactics.

From industry thought leaders to key decision-makers, attendees will be able to network and meaningfully collaborate with them all. Sessions are goal-oriented, and focus on industry insights, trends, and tactics which have relevant impact on the partnership marketing community.

Registration is limited to senior level partnership marketers.
Presenters come from a wide range of companies and the 2020 group have yet to be announced. However, usually, the featured companies include:

  • T-Mobile
  • Xbox
  • Waze

Conversion Rate Optimization Conferences

B2B Marketing Exchange

SCOTTSDALE
February 24-26, 2020


Who Should Attend:

Professionals in the B2B marketing and sales industries

B2B Marketing Exchange brings top “ideas people” and practitioners together to concentrate on demand generation and sales. You will hear case studies about success stories and receive actionable takeaways on how marketers can better “target, engage and convert prospects into customers.”

“#B2BMX has become the must-attend event for practitioners at the forefront of implementing cutting edge tactics and technologies.”

Event Highlights

The event agenda isn’t quite ready yet, however, will feature workshops, the B2BMX bootcamp, and the Killer Content Awards ceremony.

Traffic and Conversion Summit

SAN DIEGO
March 31- April 1, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

Thousands of the world’s most insightful marketers arrive in San Diego to find out “what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s actually working RIGHT NOW in digital marketing.”

You can expect to see a heavy focus on new traffic channels, conversion breakthroughs, and selling models. Use developing techniques to increase traffic and get as much out of your business as you put in.

Event Highlights

The event has featured previous speakers such as:

LeadsCon Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS
March 30-1 April, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Performance marketers and lead generation professionals

Nearly 3000 delegates flock to Las Vegas yearly to supercharge their business’ performance marketing strategies. Expect to see established names and emerging experts in the field of conversion optimization and lead generation.

At LeadsCon, the learning-oriented environment allows you to get candid accounts from industry specialists to avoid acquisition and conversion pitfalls, helping you make the most of every potential lead. This is an event for businesses who want to outperform the average.

Event Highlights:

The 2020 lineup will be released soon. Last year’s event had an impressive lineup of over 30 speakers:

CXL Live 2020

AUSTIN
April 5-7, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Individuals responsible for their company’s SEO, content creation/implementation, and marketing leadership

CXL Live 2020 is a 3-day event for everything concerning business growth, through optimization and experimentation. It promises to provide attendees with the practical content they need to generate higher profits and higher returns.

Interact with leading digital sales practitioners who can guide you step-by-step through how to optimize your online sales processes for success.

Event Highlights

HEROCONF Philadelphia

AUSTIN
April 8-9, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketers in the PPC industry

Though pay-per-click is now established as an essential channel for any digital marketer, it can be hard to know whether you are making the most of cutting-edge techniques. 2020’s HeroConf event will focus squarely on PPC marketing.

According to AJ Wilcox, from B2Linked, “if PPC is what you do, then HeroConf is where your tribe is.” With expert speakers and experienced digital innovators, this is your go-to event to get the clicks you deserve.

Get hands-on training from experts ready to dive into the critical issues affecting your PPC channels. Meet like-minded digital entrepreneurs and representatives and learn from their stories. Get educated on PPC marketing strategies designed to meet your digital standards in the physical world.

Event Highlights

Many top speakers are attending in 2020:

Digital Growth Unleashed

LONDON
October 16-17, 2019

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

Digital Growth Unleashed is a B2C event aimed at optimizing customer experience. Keynotes cover everything from attracting, persuading, and serving your customers online. By teaching you the tools you need to meet and surpass the needs of your customers, the event pledges to enable you to “unlock the full potential of your online business.”

Event Highlights

There were three keynote speakers at last year’s Digital Growth Unleashed:

LeadsCon Connect to Convert

BOSTON
September 16-18, 2020

Who Should Attend:

B2B marketing professionals

This event by LeadsCon is all about lead generation. Connect to Convert will give an insightful look into marketing and sales funnels, and what direction to anticipate growth in. They aim to help find, nurture and convert quality leads.

Focusing on emerging lead generation tactics for B2C and B2B sectors, it is an educational one-stop shop for everything you need to optimize for “calls, clicks, likes, and shares.”

Event Highlights

Keynote speakers at last year’s event included:

E-Commerce Conferences

CommerceNow 2021

ONLINE, EVERYWHERE
June 23-24, 2021

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce retailers, sales managers, digital marketers, brand managers.

Join the world’s brightest minds in eCommerce to learn, share secrets and connect online. For two days, CommerceNow will stream 12+ hyper-focused sessions to help take your online business to the next level.

Whether your goal is to expand internationally, launch new products, reduce churn, optimize conversions, win at customer acquisition or master customer retention, you will leave with 100% actionable knowledge and growth strategies to succeed today… and into the future.

Event Highlights

The 2021 event includes presentations from the following speakers:

HDCon

HYDERABAD, INDIA
2020

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce retailers, sales managers, digital marketers, brand managers

HDCon is the e-commerce industry’s premier hosting and domain conference and this year it is bringing its delegates to India.

Get the latest information on the “hows”, “whys”, “wheres”, and “whats” of selling in the digital space. Some of the industry’s premier speakers will be there to show exactly how innovators are pushing the technological boundaries to respond to consumer shifts in buying and selling online.

Get an exclusive view of the unseen tools for blogging, web design integration, hosting, and domain subscriptions. Change the way you think about the geography of the digital world to better serve your retail, marketing, and communications needs.

Event Highlights

The 2019 event included presentations from the following speakers:

DigidayRetail Summit

AUSTIN
2020

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce retailers, sales managers, digital marketers, and brand managers

This Retail Summit deals with how the “Amazon effect” is changing the digital marketplace. Whether you are an Amazon retailer or competing with the platform, you need to be aware of its disruptive consequences for the industry.

This event will help you to understand “the shift in customer expectations the behemoth has brought about” by presenting exclusive data and motivational stories with actionable strategies for retail success.

Event Highlights

Last year’s event featured presentations from the following speakers:

eTail West

PALM SPRINGS
February 24-27, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Online retailers and marketers

This conference is a four-day retreat, taking place in 2020. Browse the rest of the E-Commerce section to find an eTail event which suits your location and schedule.

Launched in 1999, the eTail conferences represent the online retail industry’s premier educational and networking events, and have shown a remarkable dedication to supporting the evolution of e-commerce.

From their humble origins, eTail now plays host to some of the most influential executives and thought leaders in the e-commerce industry.

Attended by thousands of like-minded individuals, all looking to make meaningful connections, develop business opportunities, and grow their careers, each eTail event offers unparalleled opportunities for inspiration, development, and networking, as well as action-packed strategies.

Event Highlights

The event is attended by multinational companies such as:

ETail Asia

SINGAPORE
March 3-5, 2020

Who Should Attend

Large, established online retailers

This conference is one of several eTail events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the E-Commerce section to find the eTail event which suits your location and schedule.
eTail Asia is the premier event for established e-retailers to discuss best practices, share innovations and network among the top minds in Asian e-commerce.

Comprising insightful case studies on Asian e-commerce trailblazers and dozens of small-group, learning workshops, eTail Asia offers a practical framework for every challenge and opportunity online retailers in this region face.

The event promises to help delegates learn how to deliver a truly omnichannel customer experience, design and implement revenue creation strategies in China, enable simpler online payment for customers across all channels, and ensure significant savings through groundbreaking fulfillment solutions.

Event Highlights

The event will include presentations from the following speakers:

Shoptalk

LAS VEGAS
March 22-25, 2020

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce entrepreneurs

Shoptalk aims to explore rapid revolution in customer behavior, technology use, preferences, and expectations. Bringing together over 7,500 attendees and 300 speakers from 3,000 companies, it promises to be an extremely insightful event.

Whether you are a startup or an established company, learn what makes your customer tick, and how to better adapt your business to the contemporary consumer.

Event Highlights

The event will include presentations from the following speakers:

Internet Retailing Expo

BIRMINGHAM, ENGLAND
April 1-2 April, 2020

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce entrepreneurs

If your business is looking for the latest tools and techniques in e-commerce, the Internet Retailing Expo is where you’ll find them.

Some of the biggest brands and online retailers share their mistakes and their successes with the e-commerce community. You are sure to come away with plenty of inspiring and innovative ideas, as well as the technologies to help you implement them.

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The 2020 speakers have not been announced yet. Check their website for details to come. This event is sponsored by:

Imagine 2020

LAS VEGAS
March 29 – 2 April, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Magento merchants, investors, marketers, and developers

Imagine Magento will be featured in the Adobe Summit 2020. Here, business leaders, innovative retailers, expert agencies and technical developers meet to discuss and shape the commerce industry.

Learn from innovators through breakout sessions, keynotes, and customer focus panels. Adapt your business to reflect the newest changes in e-commerce, the Magento ecosystem, and future technologies. Be better than the competition.

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Last year’s event welcomed a fantastic lineup of speakers, including:

2020 Sellers Summit [FE Top Pick!]

FORT LAUDERDALE
May 5-7, 2020

Who Should Attend:

E-commerce retailers, sales managers, digital marketers, brand managers

“At the 2020 Sellers Summit, we’re here to teach and for you to learn. In fact, I wouldn’t call the Sellers Summit a conference.”

This is a curriculum based e-learning experience. It’s a set of workshops full of actionable strategies which aim to make you money. The goal is to teach in two days what some learn in two years.

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The event will include presentations from the following speakers:

ETail Europe

LONDON, ENGLAND
June 23-24, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Online retailers and marketers

This conference is one of several eTail events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the e-commerce section to find an eTail event which suits your location and schedule.

Launched in 1999, the eTail conferences represent the online retail industry’s premier educational and networking events, and have shown a remarkable dedication to supporting the evolution of e-commerce.

From their humble origins, eTail now plays host to some of the most influential executives and thought leaders in the e-commerce industry.

Attended by thousands of like-minded individuals, all looking to make meaningful connections, develop business opportunities, and grow their careers, and each eTail event offers unparalleled opportunities for inspiration, development, and networking.

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eTail Europe had a stellar lineup for last year’s event, incorporating speakers from different backgrounds:

Midwest e-Com

MINNEAPOLIS
July 17-18, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Sellers on Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, and other e-commerce platforms

The fifth annual Midwest e-Com Conference promises to be the event’s best year yet, with speakers and sponsors representing several of the most respected online retailers in the industry attending.

The conference focuses on helping sellers on the web’s most popular e-commerce platforms identify changes in the e-commerce world, devise new marketing approaches, and implement effective growth strategies.

Midwest e-Com prides itself on putting sellers first and is upfront about being “created by fellow sellers for our fellow sellers”. The event brings together a wide variety delegates, promising unprecedented networking opportunities for both newcomers and seasoned veterans in the e-commerce industry.

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Last year’s speakers at Midwest e-Com included some of the industry’s leading influencers:

ETail East

BOSTON
August 10-13, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Online retailers and marketers

This conference is one of several eTail events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the e-commerce section to find an eTail event which suits your location and schedule.

Launched in 1999, the eTail conferences represent the online retail industry’s premier educational and networking events, and have shown a remarkable dedication to supporting the evolution of e-commerce.

From their humble origins, eTail now plays host to some of the most influential executives and thought leaders in the e-commerce industry.

Attended by thousands of like-minded individuals, all looking to make meaningful connections, develop business opportunities, and grow their careers. Each eTail event offers unparalleled opportunities for inspiration, development, and networking.

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Last year’s speakers included some of the top names from the world of business and e-commerce:

Hawkefest

LOS ANGELES
October 3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

E-Commerce professionals, executives and enthusiasts

This is an e-commerce summit in Los Angeles, CA to which individuals can apply to attend on the Hawkefest site. Referred to by the organizers as an “anti-conference”, Hawkefest brings together carefully selected industry all-stars, entrepreneurs, executives, and rising stars to do more than hand out business cards and simply observe the goings on. Their goal is to create a full day of collaboration, learning, and fun!

This year, Hawkefest is transforming into an immersive circus, gathering more than 200 guests join us under the big top – yep, an actual circus tent!

Last year over 150 guests enjoyed panel discussions and breakout sessions with elite CEOs and thought leaders, live entertainment, curated activations, catered meals, and a top-shelf bar at our Playground themed event.

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Retail Global Las Vegas

LAS VEGAS
September 2020

Who Should Attend:

Online retailers from all over the world

True to its name, Retail Global is an e-commerce event that draws delegates and speakers representing retailers from 23 countries. This international appeal means that attendees are not only afforded an unparalleled networking experience but also get to learn from industry leaders with truly global perspectives.

Despite its wide reach, the conference is still focused on providing immediately actionable solutions for online retailers and prides itself on the fact that 89% of 2017 attendees returned to the 2018 installment.

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The comprehensive list of previous Retail Global speakers includes:

Email Marketing Conferences

MailCon

LAS VEGAS
January 26, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Email marketers and other digital marketing professionals

MailCon is your chance to join 500+ email marketers to learn about getting better performance out of your campaigns.

According to the organizers, “the benefit of attending Mailcon is not just learning in the audience, but also practical, educational discussions about your current challenges.” Learn from dedicated workshops where you can get your specific questions answered by industry experts.

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The event will include presentations from the following speakers:

Email Insider Summit

KITZBUHEL, AUSTRIA
February 3-6, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

The Email Insider Summit, held in the mountains of the stunning Austrian Alps, addresses the gap between what data tells us and how we act upon it.

With Brexit, GDPR, and industry consolidation looming, this years event focuses on how email marketing remains a strong tool in a marketers repertoire. Data-driven marketing is all the rage, but too often businesses fail to understand the intricacies of what to do with it. This event will get you up to date on the latest collation, analysis, and implementation methods for your data-driven email campaigns.

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Last year’s event hosted speakers from the world’s leading brands:

The Intelligent Email Gathering

ATLANTA
April 3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

This event aims to explore contemporary techniques for email marketing. The Intelligent Email Gathering is your place to get the latest on trends and innovations shaking up the email marketing industry.

Grasp the creative delicacies of winning email campaigns. Use technology to superpower the most established digital marketing channel. Learn from the best and make some contacts along the way.

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Key speakers at previous Intelligent Email Gathering events included:

Email Innovations Summit

LAS VEGAS
June 1-3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Email marketers and other digital marketing professionals

Organized by Only Influencers and Rising Media, Email Innovations Summit promises cutting-edge educational material covering topics ranging from advancement in acquisition techniques to looking at the future of responsive design.

It not only intends to arm you with the latest innovations in email marketing but how to integrate them with your business systems as your business and the industry continue to evolve. If you need to know what email marketing tools to implement for long-term continuity through adaptation, this is the event for you.

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Last year’s event included three keynote speakers:

General Digital Marketing Conferences

Pubcon Florida

FORT LAUDERDALE
March 25-26, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Professional digital marketers who manage commercial websites for themselves or clients

Pubcon Florida promises to be a great day filled with insightful information provided by thought-leaders in social media, search, and digital marketing.

Focusing on topics like SEO, PPC, social media, conversion, affiliates, and ROI, Pubcon Florida is aimed at helping professional digital marketers deliver exceptional value to their businesses and clients.

If your business objectives include ensuring that your online marketing strategies continue to grow and stay in line with industry trends, Pubcon has events that you cannot afford to miss.

Last year’s event highlights included:

Digital Summit Phoenix

PHOENIX
March, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketers, strategists, and designers

This conference is one of several Digital Summit events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a Digital Summit event which suits your location and schedule.

Digital Summit bills itself as the “definitive digital marketing gathering” and features no less than 17 events throughout the United States during 2020.

Attendees will have access to dozens of sessions, workshops, and presentations aimed at helping them stay on top of the latest digital marketing trends and providing actionable strategies that can be applied to their respective marketing efforts.

Digital Summit prides itself on attracting speakers representing some of the most influential companies and brands in the world. Participants will get an inside look into the marketing techniques employed by the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many more.

The event isn’t all just about taking in information, though. Access to hundreds of industry professionals in an environment tailored for making meaningful professional connections makes Digital Summit an ideal networking event.

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Last year’s edition had an impressive lineup:

Digital Strategy Innovation Summit

NEW YORK CITY
2020

Who Should Attend:

Brands managers, social media marketers, content marketers, and entrepreneurs

Digital Strategy Innovation Summit helps attendees ensure that their digital marketing strategies are robust enough to make their businesses stay ahead of the curve in 2020.

The event is designed to assist senior-level digital professionals in defining their approach to the new year’s branding and marketing challenges through peer-to-peer conversations and networking sessions.

The intimate and interactive approach to this two-day event provides an ideal context for attendees to obtain personalized, expert input directly from its 20+ speakers.

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Last year’s speakers:

Ramp Up 2020

SAN FRANCISCO
March 2-3, 2020

Who Should Attend

UX designers, paid advertising specialists, CEOs, and data-driven digital marketers

Billing itself as the premier conference for leaders in the marketing technology industry, RampUp 2020 is expected to attract approximately 2500 attendees, 850 of which making decisions at an executive level.

The content-focused event will host 25 panels exclusively devoted to marketing and data and sees 90 speakers, including CEOs, CMOs, and agency executives. They discuss the latest MarTech trends and attempt to change attendees’ thinking about data, creativity, and the customer journey.

Last year’s event highlights

CMO Digital Insight

GREENSBORO, GA
2020

Who Should Attend:

Content marketers, digital marketing specialists, e-commerce merchants, and developers

This is a unique interactive summit where attendees see rewards proportionate to their personal contributions to discussions.

Share your story to create an in-depth, mutual understanding of your business and its unique needs. Join other attendees in researching solutions together.

Take your priority projects along and workshop them with inspirational and experienced teams of digital marketers to ensure you attain your desired results.

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Past speakers at CMO Digital Insight includes:

Engage Conference 2020

PORTLAND
2020

Who Should Attend

UX designers, content creators, social media managers, paid media specialists

This conference provides attendees with the most advanced theories and practical insights on emerging technologies and strategies in digital marketing.

Delegates will investigate and explore advancements in social media marketing, UX design, content creation, advertising, and paid media. Engage also promises to be a great networking event, with multiple learning tracks to meet professionals from businesses facing similar challenges.

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The event will include presentations from the following speakers:

Digital Summit Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES
April 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketers, strategists, and designers

This conference is one of several Digital Summit events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a Digital Summit event which suits your location and schedule.

Attendees will have access to dozens of sessions, workshops, and presentations aimed at helping them stay on top of the latest digital marketing trends and providing actionable strategies that can be applied to their respective marketing efforts.

Digital Summit prides itself on attracting speakers representing some of the most influential companies and brands in the world. Participants will get an inside look into the marketing techniques employed by the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many more.

The event isn’t all just about taking in information, though. Access to hundreds of industry professionals in an environment ideal for making meaningful professional connections makes Digital Summit an ideal networking event.

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The following speakers attended the 2019 event :

Programmatic I/O

SAN FRANCISCO
May 11-12, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Media directors, digital marketers, SEO and SEM specialists

This is the world’s largest conference focused on Programmatic. Programmatic I/O aims to get attendees up to speed on the latest marketing tactics founded on innovative technological and programmatic solutions.

Through insightful presentations, informative panels, and in-depth workshops, the event takes you through all the expert tips you need to implement programmatic marketing techniques effectively. This year’s event will focus on strengthening attendees’ relationships with their customers by using intelligent, targeted techniques and tools.

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  • 65+ Expert Speakers
  • 5 Tailored Agendas
  • 1,200+ Attendees
  • 50+ Compelling Sessions

DMWF Conference And Expo

LONDON, ENGLAND
May 28-29, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Content marketers, e-commerce merchants, entrepreneurs, and developers

With a strong focus on what lies in store for marketing professionals from a technological perspective, #DMWF offers a rare opportunity for marketing professionals to gain insight into the future of the systems that enable their objectives.

Presented as a course of panel discussions and keynote addresses featuring some of the industry’s most disruptive thought-leaders, #DMWF covers a wide range of subjects, including: digital strategy, brand recognition, e-commerce, influencer marketing, content marketing, data, analytics, personalization, automation, virtual reality, artificial intelligence, and mobile marketing.

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Last year’s speakers included:

Digital Summit Seattle

SEATTLE
April, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketers, strategists, and designers

This conference is one of several Digital Summit events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a Digital Summit event which suits your location and schedule.

Attendees will have access to dozens of sessions, workshops, and presentations aimed at helping them stay on top of the latest digital marketing trends and providing actionable strategies that can be applied to their respective marketing efforts.

Digital Summit prides itself on attracting speakers representing some of the most influential companies and brands in the world. Participants will get an inside look into the marketing techniques employed by the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many more.

The event isn’t all just about taking in information, though. Access to hundreds of industry professionals in an environment ideal for making meaningful professional connections makes Digital Summit an ideal networking event.

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Last year’s key speakers in attendance included:

One Squared

MINNEAPOLIS
2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketing and sales professionals, students, and young professionals

One Squared is a unique event designed to develop both the personal and professional personas of its attendees.

Focused on attracting the next generation of inquisitive, motivated, and passionate sales professionals, One Squared offers a rare opportunity to meet creative individuals who want to develop their self-awareness in both a personal and business context.

Attendees have access not only to a one-day program of speakers, panelists, and network sessions, but also excellent food, artisanal cocktails, photo booths, and more.

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The 2019 event features talks from:

NEXT10X

BOSTON
2020

Who Should Attend

Entrepreneurs, digital marketers, retailers, SEO and SEM specialists

Digital marketing is an ever-evolving landscape, rewarding practitioners who are able to constantly stay ahead of the curve.

With its focus firmly on the future of the industry, NEXT10X provides delegates with practical business solutions that will enable them to thrive in the next era of digital marketing.

Featuring an intentionally-small audience size, this conference offers unparalleled access to industry experts.

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Last year’s speakers were:

DigiMarCon East

NEW YORK CITY
May 7-8, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Senior marketers, branders, entrepreneurs, and digital executives

This conference is one of several DigiMarCon events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a DigiMarCon event which suits your location and schedule.

The most provocative thought leaders in the digital marketing industry will be giving insight into emerging strategies and the latest technologies that attendees can leverage to reinforce customer loyalty, improve lead generation, increase sales, and drive stronger customer engagement.

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DigiMarCon featured the following speakers last year:

Programmatic Pioneers Summit

LONDON, ENGLAND
June 2-3, 2020

Who should attend:

Publishers, agencies, and brands

The ideal event for programmatic marketing in Europe, PPS brings together specialists in creating targeted and transparent marketing campaigns through the development of innovative, intelligent systems.

Through both individual working groups and insightful keynote addresses, delegates will learn about the most effective technological solutions to issues that compromise returns on marketing investment.

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Last year’s list of speakers included:

Digital Summit Kansas City

KANSAS CITY
May, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketers, strategists, and designers

This conference is one of several Digital Summit events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a Digital Summit event which suits your location and schedule.

Attendees will have access to dozens of sessions, workshops, and presentations aimed at helping them stay on top of the latest digital marketing trends and providing actionable strategies that can be applied to their respective marketing efforts.

Digital Summit prides itself on attracting speakers representing some of the most influential companies and brands in the world. Participants will get an inside look into the marketing techniques employed by the likes of Amazon, Google, Facebook, and many more.

The event isn’t all just about taking in information, though. Access to hundreds of industry professionals in an environment ideal for making meaningful professional connections makes Digital Summit an ideal networking event.

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Digital Summit featured the following thought leaders as speakers for their 2019 Kansas City event:

DigiMarCon Canada

TORONTO, CANADA
May 13-14, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Senior marketers, branders, entrepreneurs, and digital executives

This conference is one of several DigiMarCon events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a DigiMarCon event which suits your location and schedule.

The most provocative thought leaders in the digital marketing industry will be giving insight into emerging strategies and the latest technologies that attendees can leverage to reinforce customer loyalty, improve lead generation, increase sales, and drive stronger customer engagement.

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DigiMarCon’s 2019 event featured the following speakers:

DigiMarCon West

LOS ANGELES
June 10-11, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Senior marketers, branders, entrepreneurs, and digital executives

This conference is one of several DigiMarCon events taking place throughout 2020. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a DigiMarCon event which suits your location and schedule.

The most provocative thought leaders in the digital marketing industry will be giving insight into emerging strategies and the latest technologies that attendees can leverage to reinforce customer loyalty, improve lead generation, increase sales, and drive stronger customer engagement.

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DigiMarCon 2019 featured the following speakers:

Ungagged London

LONDON, ENGLAND
2020

Who Should Attend:

Intermediate to advanced-level digital marketers

Ungagged London 2020 is a three-day event covering an extensive range of technical marketing topics aimed at attendees that are already moderately to very experienced in this particular field.

Attendees will learn the latest digital marketing strategies and gain valuable insight into the industry in an environment that is entirely free of sales-talk.

Digital thought leaders from all over the world will share inside information, present case studies, and describe marketing techniques that have helped them maximize the returns on their marketing spend.

The following topics will feature prominently in the event schedule: SEO, technical SEO, digital marketing strategy, content marketing, links, social, legal, reputation management, CRO, and public speaking.

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Ungagged London has previously featured fantastic speakers:

Inbound 2020

BOSTON
August 18-21, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

This immensely popular conference’s 2020 installment will play host to thousands of professionals from every corner of the digital globe and promises content up to the exceptional standard to which past attendees have become accustomed.

Through inspirational addresses, insightful discussions, educational workshops, and plenty of opportunity for networking, delegates will learn how Inbound’s content is truly remarkable.
Past keynote speakers include Michelle Obama, Brené Brown, John Cena, and Arianna Huffington.

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Inbound 2019 had assembled a list of world-class keynote speakers including:

DigiMarCon Asia Pacific

SINGAPORE
October 9-10, 2019

Who Should Attend:

Senior marketers, branders, entrepreneurs, and digital executives

This conference is one of several DigiMarCon events taking place throughout 2019. Browse the rest of the General Digital Marketing section to find a DigiMarCon event which suits your location and schedule.

DigiMarCon describes itself as “the one digital marketing event you can’t afford to miss,” and with a staggering 16 events planned throughout 2019, you have no excuse to do so.

The most provocative thought leaders in the digital marketing industry will be giving insight into emerging strategies and the latest technologies that attendees can leverage to reinforce customer loyalty, improve lead generation, increase sales, and drive stronger customer engagement.

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DigiMarCon Singapore has an international mix of speakers:

Search Love Conference

SAN DIEGO
March 26-28, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital marketing professionals

Revolutionize your digital marketing expertise with two days of educational presentations. This conference covers a wide range of topics, however promises fascinating insights into:

  • Analytics
  • Optimization
  • Content
  • Paid promotions

Last year’s event speakers include:

SEO and SEM Conferences

SMX Munich

MUNICH, GERMANY
March 18-19, 2020

Who Should Attend:

PPC specialists, digital marketers and advertisers, and strategists

Billed by SEO expert, Rand Fishkin of SparkToro, as “one of the best search marketing conferences in the world,” the 2019 SMX conference in Munich is an event not to miss.

Offering 10 tracks, more than 80 speakers, 60 sessions, and the chance to network with over 1600 attendees, this is indeed one of Europe’s most popular SEO-focused conferences.

SMX delegates have the option to attend not only standard workshops, but can also sign up for what organizers are calling “Deep Dive Sessions” – focused, in-depth discussions with a limited number of attendees covering topics like “The Art of Digital Seduction,” “How to Build Your Own Chatbot”, and “New Data Laws and Online Marketing.”

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The event includes presentations from the following speakers:

Midwest Digital Marketing Conference

ST. LOUIS
April 8-10, 2020


Who Should Attend:

Brand strategists, marketing managers, content marketers, and social media marketers

#MDMC is proud to call itself the “largest digital marketing conference in the Midwest,” and with the lineup of speakers and the wide variety of topics it covers, it’s easy to see how it attained this status.

This year, the conference will feature over 100 sessions across nine tracks: Data, Digital, Social Media, Creative, E-commerce, Innovation, Academic/Student, Tech, and Entrepreneurial.

#MDMC is a nonprofit event and all proceeds are donated to the #MDMC Marketing Scholarship Fund, a UMSL Undergraduate Marketing Scholarship funded by the Midwest Digital Marketing Conference.

The 2019 event set records, with over 2000 marketers in attendance.

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Last year’s included presentations from the following speakers:

MozCon 2020

SEATTLE
July 6-8, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital strategists, marketers, CEOs, content marketers

Mozcon offers a single, concentrated track of innovative, actionable sessions and discussions on SEO, brand development, conversion rate optimization, the mobile landscape, analytics, customer experience, and social and content marketing.

The event’s speakers will share groundbreaking strategies on everything from improving search engine ranking to making data-driven marketing decisions.

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Mozcon 2019 had an incredible lineup of speakers, featuring:

Entrepreneur Conferences

BIG SNOW TINY CONF

STOWE MOUNTAIN RESORT, VERMONT
January 20-23, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Entrepreneurs, startup marketing teams, retailers, business owners

Get ready to hit the Vermont slopes with fellow digital entrepreneurs. Big Snow Tiny Conf is, as one can guess from the name, a scaled-down version of founder conferences, focusing on offering a more intimate environment that enables quality networking, socializing, and learning.

Attendees are encouraged to prepare a short presentation that they feel will be of educational value for the other attendees. Topics that are typically covered are: design, code, marketing, entrepreneurship, launching a product, working with clients, pricing and business models, and bootstrapping.

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The Big Snow Tiny Conf schedule is centered around skiing, socializing, and contributions from delegates.

Business of Software USA [FE Top Pick!]

BOSTON
2020

Who Should Attend:

Entrepreneurs and established and emerging leaders in the commercial software industry

This conference is one of two Business of Software events taking place in 2019. Browse the rest of the General Entrepreneur section to find a Business of Software event which suits your location and schedule.

Business of Software is a friendly conference for independently-minded entrepreneurs running successful software businesses.

The conference aims to provide an environment conducive to honest talks where like-minded people can share the challenges of building and selling software.

Attendees are assured that they will return home with new, actionable ideas, plans, and connections that will have a profound effect on their careers and businesses.

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Previous Business of Software conference speakers included:

Business of Software Europe

CAMBRIDGE, ENGLAND
March 23-24, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Entrepreneurs and established and emerging leaders in the commercial software industry.

This conference is one of two Business of Software events taking place in 2019. Browse the rest of the General Entrepreneur section to find a Business of Software event which suits your location and schedule.

Business of Software is a friendly conference for independent thinking entrepreneurs running successful software businesses.

The conference aims to provide an environment conducive to honest talks where like-minded people can share the challenges of building and selling software.

Attendees are assured that they will return home with new, actionable ideas, plans, and connections that will have a profound effect on their careers and businesses.

Event Highlights

The list of speakers at Business of Software Europe 2019 included:

Mobile Conferences

Mobile Shopping Conference

LONDON, ENGLAND
May 19-20, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Developers, digital marketers, outreach specialists, and mobile content creators

This conference brings together in-store experience leaders from Europe’s most progressive leaders.

The event promises to clarify how to deliver great ROI on store transformation projects which enhance customer experience and drive sales

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Speakers at this year’s event will include :

Mobile Innovation Insight Summit

NAPLES, FLORIDA
2020

Who Should Attend:

Developers, digital marketers, outreach specialists, mobile content creators

The Mobile Innovation Insight Summit showcases an impressive selection of North America’s most senior decision-makers and business leaders from across multiple industries.

Their goal? To discuss the most important issues and opportunities the fast-moving mobile sector is facing.

From case studies that reveal the operational secrets of successful organizations, to workshops that focus on mobile technology innovations, to one-to-one meetings with industry peers, the summit provides attendees with a massive opportunity to learn how to implement mobile projects more effectively.

Event Highlights

This event has previously featured a stellar lineup of speakers:

Mobile Connect

SAN DIEGO
June 22-24, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Developers, digital marketers, outreach specialists, mobile content creators

This invite-only event gathers 75 “senior mobile leaders from some of the top US retailers and brands” to share exclusive and advanced content regarding mobile design and optimization.

The intimate learning hub includes 1:1 sessions and small-scale discussions for a deeper understanding of business projects and more productive, interactive exploration of ideas. If you receive an invitation to this high-level event, it is the opportunity of a lifetime.

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You need to register with Mobile Connect to obtain further details.

MAU 2020

VEGAS
May 6-7

Who Should Attend:

Mobile marketing professionals

Mobile Apps Unlocked is a conference which promises mobile marketers a whirlwind tour of new innovations, expert speaker panels, and best practices in the industry.

This event promises to get to the “core of mobile monetization”. Sponsored by huge names like Google, this is a highly relevant and educational conference.

2019 speakers included:

Technology Conferences

Ad:Tech Sydney

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
2020

Who Should Attend:

Digital Marketers, innovators, startups, retailers

Ad:Tech Sydney is the premiere event for “helping marketers market smarter in a digital world.”Learn how huge brands and successful advertisers market themselves and their businesses in a changing digital landscape. Using their industry-leading event app, you can network with the people you need to meet more efficiently than ever before. Find the technologies to suit your business, with hands-on access to a massive selection of the most innovative and advanced tools on the market. Ad:tech will help you discover flexible systems and technological insights to reach more customers. Make the most of the digital marketing resources available to you to become a pioneer in your field.

Event Highlights

Ad:Tech Sydney 2019 featured the following speakers:

CES

LAS VEGAS
January 7-10, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Innovators, consumer technology firms

With over 175k attendees, this truly is “the world’s gathering place for all those who thrive on the business of consumer technologies”. Here, innovation meets the world and global marketplace.

Last year’s event witnessed over 4000 exhibiting companies and 1000 speakers. It’s certainly the place to be for innovation!

2020’s Keynote Speaker:

Meg Whitman (CEO, Quibi)Social Media Conferences

Social Media Conferences

Social Media Member Meetings

UNITED STATES
Throughout the year


Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, bloggers, lead generatorsThe Social Media Member Meetings are exclusive social media events for leading brands. These invite-only conferences for confidential discussions on how your brand does and can use social media.

It is all about sharing inspirational tales, advanced strategies, and challenges and solutions within the social media space. These meetings puts a heavy emphasis on exclusive real-world case studies and projects so you can see first-hand how to make the most of social media for your brand.

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The agenda for these events vary so check out the website for the latest details.

Social Media Strategies Summit

SAN FRANCISCO
March 4-6, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, bloggers, and retailers

Social media has become an essential marketing channel for businesses looking to expand their reach. The 2020 Social Media Summit presents experts from various industries giving you all their social media secrets. Generate a following by creating original content tailored to social platforms.

Adapt your campaigns to feedback into your other marketing channels. Target your audience without paying millions for clicks. Revitalise your strategy framework. SMSS is a masterclass on how to strategize your social media interactions and output.

Event Highlights

The 2019 event included presentations from the following speakers:

Social Media Marketing World

SAN DIEGO
March 1-3, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, influencers, retailers

With 5000+ marketers and creators from all over the world, Social Media Marketing Conference is right to call itself a “mega-conference.” Connect with thousands who want to develop their social media skills, generate more leads, and improve their social media content.

In more than 120 sessions, leading experts share the methods behind their social marketing.

These are strategists and influencers who have been generating interest in themselves and their products with success for years. Learn from their mistakes, their woes, and their ability to see opportunity where others see competition. See how you can develop robust social marketing campaigns for your business that actually get results for your ROI.

Event Highlights

The event includes presentations from the following speakers:

Social Media Week

NEW YORK CITY
May 5-7, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, bloggers, and lead generators

Social Media Week ushers in a full week of talks, exhibitions, and other events exploring the impact of social media on brand development, business, media, and society. Understand the connection between social media and social trends, cultural shifts, and disruptions so you can be more aware of the challenges and opportunities that it presents for your business.

Through breakout sessions and parties you will get to know like-minded people working with social media and create enduring professional partnerships. Learn what social media can do for you with over 200 speakers from a diverse range of backgrounds and industries.

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Social Media Week attracted a wealth of star speakers in 2019, including:

Collision

TORONTO
June 2020

Who Should Attend:

Marketing managers, CEOs, startups, developers

Collision is “North America’s fastest growing tech conference.” Founded by the team behind Web Summit, the event now boasts over 20,000 attendees from over 110 countries.

Exhibitors, investors, and startups from all industries will gather to explore the latest technologies for business, communications, marketing, media, creative development, and more.

Event Highlights

Collision had an exciting, star-studded lineup for last year’s conference:

Social Media Camp

VICTORIA, CANADA
May 7-8, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, bloggers, and lead generators

With its primary goal being to provide value to as wide a spectrum of delegates as possible, #SMC attracts people representing a broad range of experience levels and even broader range of economic industries.

The event focuses on all aspects of social media marketing – communications, sales, crowd-sourcing, e-learning, digital marketing, content marketing, e-mail marketing, inbound marketing, and much more.

Having said this, #SMC doesn’t consider itself purely a “marketing” conference. Content is also focused on social media’s influence on global culture, its impact on politics, and its security and safety implications.

Event Highlights

#SMC has bought together some of the biggest influencers in social media, including:

The Social Shake-Up

ATLANTA
May 12-14, 2020

Who Should Attend:

Social media managers, social marketers, bloggers, and lead generators

The Social Shake-Up prides itself on being the most trusted place for quality research and advice on social media marketing and public relations. Hear from successful disruptive marketers who have really shaken up the social media domain.

Presentations in this conference cover the critical issues facing marketers and businesses on social media today. With case studies galore that tell truly remarkable stories, you will get real-world tools to apply to the betterment of your business’ social media marketing.

Event Highlights

Last year’s event included presentations from the following speakers:

Conclusion

These conferences represent what we consider the best opportunities for the digital community to learn and grow together under the watchful guidance of some of the most insightful organizers in the business.

However, it’s important to remember that regardless of the quality of a conference’s content, no matter how well organized it is, you get out of it what you put into it. The money and effort invested in attending a conference will have a return on investment when attendees do their utmost to engage with the material and other delegates.

Here are some tips to ensure that you leave an event having scraped every last bit of value you can from it.

Be Visible

Where possible, consider attending a conference not only as a delegate—someone who is there to consume information—but as a speaker, sponsor, panelist or workshop facilitator if the opportunity is there.

Several of the events above have not yet finalized their schedules and are actively looking for contributors. If you feel you have something valuable to share, use the opportunity to gain some serious exposure.

Solidify Existing Relationships

The interactive nature of conferences makes them the ideal place to foster new connections. This, in turn, means they are useful for building on existing friendships and partnerships, year after year.

Find out if anyone in your professional network will be attending a given event and use the opportunity to explore new, rewarding aspects of an existing relationship.

Get Up to Speed

Many conferences will go the extra mile to make first-time delegates feel at home, either through pamphlets, preparatory information on their website, orientation activities, or presentations. This is especially handy for longer events that offer a very wide variety of sessions, workshops, and workstreams.

Don’t be afraid to make use of any orientation sessions that an event may offer. Remember to speak to the organizers to find out if any additional registration is required to attend such an introduction.

Choose Appropriate Sessions

Don’t be paralyzed by the number of options that several of these events may offer. Rather, research the agenda beforehand and plan your time so that you don’t end up shortchanging yourself or spreading yourself too thin. Be decisive and realistic in choosing workstreams, keynote addresses and panel discussions that you want to attend, choosing those that you are absolutely certain will enable you to add real value to your business.

The FE International team attends dozens of conferences each year and for good reason. Some of our most influential partnerships have been borne of introductions at events, followed by relationship nurturing. While tasks are often completed digitally, word of mouth and personal interaction are still the most powerful ways to form meaningful connections.

If you run or represent a conference and wanted to be added to this list, please contact us.

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