It’s impossible for anyone to list all the best digital marketing conferences as nobody’s been to them all.
But we’ve been to many and we’ll continue to go to many. These are the conferences we’re attending or thinking of attending this year.
| Conference | When | Location |
|---|---|---|
| INBOUND | Sep. 3-5 | San Francisco, USA |
| Brighton SEO, US | Sep 23-24 | San Diego, USA |
| Ahrefs Evolve ⭐️ | Oct. 14-15 | San Diego, USA |
| Shenzhen SEO | Sep. 18-21 | Shenzhen, China |
| Search Evolution Summit | Sep. 26 | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Brand Summit | Sep 3-5 | Shiga Prefecture, Japan |
| Amaze Conference | Oct. 9 | Chandigarh, India |
| State of Search | Oct. 27-28 | Grapevine, USA |
| BrightonSEO, UK | Oct. 23-24 | Brighton, UK |
Hosted by the marketing OGs HubSpot, INBOUND is a massive marketing conference offering hundreds of talks, deep dives, and fireside chats about topics ranging from brand strategy to AI.
Watch their recap video here:
One of INBOUND’s pull is the fact they get some of the biggest names on stage as their speakers. Last time round, they even got former U.S President Barack Obama as one of their speakers.
This time round, the big names include actress Amy Poehler, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, YouTuber Marques Brownlee, and the host of Hot Ones, Sean Evans.
BrightonSEO is back for its third year in the US, and there are already some pretty impressive speakers and talks announced.
A few ones to look out for:
- Adapting To The New Era Of Search Everywhere Optimization
- Surviving Zero-Click Search: Driving Organic Brand Visibility Across AI Overview and LLMs
- Content Distribution In The Age Of Ai: How To Make Your Content Spread
Last year, we launched our first ever SEO and digital marketing conference, Ahrefs Evolve in sunny Singapore. Watch our recap video:
This year, we’re bringing it to the US, and in sunny San Diego! And this year, it won’t just be an SEO conference; we’re going bigger and better. It will be a 600-person marketing conference with the best minds in marketing, all gathering to network, catch up, and discuss the latest and greatest in marketing strategy and tactics.
And if you opt for a VIP ticket, you’ll even get a private yacht networking event with the Ahrefs team and all the invited speakers. Pretty cool, huh?
Hosted this year at The Ritz-Carlton Shenzhen, this four-day gathering pitches itself as a bridge between Eastern and Western search communities.
Expect 40-plus heavyweight speakers—including Google’s Gary Illyes and international consultant Aleyda Solis—alongside hands-on workshops, city tours and high-level networking designed to help brands crack the Chinese market while staying plugged into global best practice.
Billed under the banner “Search Beyond Limits,” this one-day summit in Romania’s tech capital mixes eight tactical sessions with optional advanced workshops for just €120.
Talks from our very own Andrei Țiț, Alex Nigmatulin and “Bibi the Link Builder” focus on data-backed SEO, AI-powered content and link-building that actually moves the SERP needle, while the organisers promise an “all-hats” view—white, grey and black—of what’s working right now.
Set against the calm backdrop of Lake Biwa, Brand Summit is a free, invite-only retreat for senior Japanese and Asia-Pacific marketers.
Sessions dig into “marketing leadership,” asking how brands can harness AI, storytelling and community-building to thrive in an era of constant upheaval.
The emphasis is on peer-to-peer discussion rather than exhibition-hall bustle, making it ideal if you want deep conversations and a reset away from Tokyo’s glare.
A single-day, 100 % SEO conference at the Hyatt Regency Chandigarh, Amaze pulls 300+ practitioners for rapid-fire, case-study-driven talks from the likes of Mads Singers, Alan Thomas and local stalwart Navneet Kaushal.
The agenda revolves around AI, automation and “no-theory” playbooks, promising attendees they’ll leave with tools, templates and a head-full of tactics they can deploy the very next day.
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