In the digital age, marketing is evolving at an unstoppable rate, making it difficult for many of us to keep up. What are the top trends? What are the biggest technologies? How are agencies reaching clients in new ways? These are all questions that need to be answered to help improve the digital strategy of your company.
Digital marketing conferences are a powerful way to gain new insight and inspiration to help take your strategy to the next level. But there are literally hundreds, if not thousands, of digital marketing and technology events throughout the year — many of them framed around product releases and sponsors. We put together a list of 11 of the best digital marketing conferences in 2017 that will leave you inspired and informed.
Digiday Agency Summit
When: Nashville, TN
Where: March 1-3
The Digiday Agency Summit is a three-day event dedicated to exploring the issues plaguing agencies and how to overcome them and stay relevant through innovation. The conference features an impressive line up of speakers, including top executives from some of the most creative and successful agencies like 72AndSunny, GSD&M, Edelman, Media Storm, and more.
SXSW Interactive
When: March 11-16
Where: Austin, TX
SXSW Interactive features some of the biggest and most impressive names in the industry. Sessions will tackle complex subjects like the constantly evolving client-agency relationship, brand storytelling, and predicative analytics, leaving attendees with actionable insights.
Adobe Summit
When: March 19-23
Where: Las Vegas, NV
Adobe Summit spotlights the latest insights in digital marketing from the world’s leading industry experts. This five-day event will leave you equipped to transform your business and deliver customer experiences that are personal, engaging, and consistent.
Collision
When: May 2-4
Where: New Orleans, LA
CollisionConf, which is created by the team behind Web Summit, is one of the fastest growing tech conferences in the world. The event brings together thousands of attendees including CEOs and other execs from the world’s fastest growing and largest companies. Last year’s speakers included co-founder of WeWork Miguel McKelvey, Slack CEO Stewart Butterfield, and EventBrite CEO Julia Hartz.
MarTech
When: May 9-11
Where: San Francisco, CA
MarTech is a digital marketing event that covers everything from marketing and technology to management and beyond. You’ll leave the three-day event with the information to build better customer experiences, adapt your organization to fast-paced, collaborative marketing, and to move with greater speed and agility.
Cannes Lions
When: June 17-24
Where: Cannes, France
The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is an annual, global event that celebrates the creativity of brand communication. The week long festival includes more than 350 talks with 15,000 attendees from 90 countries, making it one of the largest gathering of advertising professionals, digital marketers and innovators in the world.
MozCon
When: July 17-19
Where: Seattle, WA
MozCon is a marketing conference hosted by marketing analytics company Moz and is dedicated to delivering actionable insights across marketing disciplines like SEO, social media, content marketing, and brand development. The three-day event features an impressive lineup of speakers that will help drive your business forward.
Content Marketing World
When: September 5-8
Where: Cleveland, OH
Content Marketing World brings together more than 4,000 of the best and brightest marketers in the world across all industries. With more than 80 sessions and workshops presented by leading brand marketers, the event covers strategy, integration, measurement, and beyond and will leave you with prepared to develop a content marketing plan that will drive real business results.
Advertising Week NY
When: September 25-29
Where: New York, NY
Advertising week is one of the biggest weeks in the business, bringing together the brightest leaders in marketing to share tips, insights, and inspiration. The five-day event features 270 seminars and workshops on everything from innovation in technology to creative storytelling, data insights, and beyond.
Dreamforce
When: November 6-9
Where: San Francisco, CA
Web Summit
When: November 6-9
Where: Lisbon, Portugal
Web Summit is a technology conference that brings together unique blend of CEOs and founders of tech starts and executives from leading technology companies around the world. You’ll leave inspired and learn how to move the needle on some of the biggest trends in technology and how to better navigate the digital transformation of your industry.