Top Marketing Conferences to Attend in 2026

Whether you’re an agency marketer or you’re looking to grow your own business, hearing from some of the top marketing experts can only be beneficial.

The good news is that there are plenty of high-quality marketing conferences taking place in 2026.

Why You Should Attend A Marketing Conference

There are lots of excellent online resources to improve your marketing knowledge and skills. But marketing conferences offer unique benefits.

Even in 2026, nothing beats in-person conferences when it comes to networking. These events are your chance to meet like-minded professionals, learn from them and forge lasting connections.

Additionally, conferences offer a real breadth of perspectives. A course might have been put together by one expert, or a small team. But conferences provide insight from a whole range of marketing leaders on the very latest trends in the field.

Wherever you live, there’s a marketing conference for you in 2026, with events planned across the globe and virtually. I’ve compiled a list of some key dates.

Top Marketing Conferences in 2026

Spotlight by Semrush

Semrush will once again host the Spotlight Conference in 2026. It’s always a highlight of the marketing calendar.

This year the conference will be held in London on October 13th. A lot gets packed into a single-day event: there are 80+ speakers and 100+ mastermind sessions. 

There will be speakers from OpenAI, Visa, Wix, McKinsey, ElevenLabs and more. Helen Pollitt, the Director of SEO for Getty Images, and well-known SEO professionals like Lily Ray and Kevin Indig will also be among those presenting.

Attendees take in a talk at the 2025 Spotlight by Semrush conference.

A Conference Pass costs just £249, which inlcudes access to the main keynote stage, unlimited coffee and snacks, full access to the expo area, and post-event cocktails. Or you can pay £529 for the All Access Pass, which also includes the enterprise stage, a pre-event party, and up to 3 mastermind sessions. There's also a £749 VIP bundle.

You can also add a Semrush bootcamp to any tier of ticket, with preferential rates for all-access and VIP holders. You can get your tickets here. 

Endless Customers Live

Endless Customers Live is a marketing conference focused on customer acquisition. It's being held in Hartford from October 5-7.

Author Marcus Sheridan is the keynote speaker. He will be joined by other experts.

The first of the 3 days is dedicated to hands-on workshops, while Tuesday and Wednesday are main conference days. You can currently buy a 3-day pass for $1,299, with group discounts available down to $799 per ticket for parties of 8+. 

Digital Marketing World Forum

The Digital Marketing World Forum is a series of events held in locations around the world. The next event is in Amsterdam from November 24-25. 

2,500+ attendees and 150+ speakers are expected. The conference will be divided into various topics:

• AI-Powered Automation and Lifecycle Marketing
• AI, Agentic, & Hyper-Personalization
• Influencer & Creator Economy
• Digital Transformation & Strategic Leadership
• Omnichannel Marketing, CX and Loyalty
• Content, Video & Storytelling Marketing
• Data, CRM, & Customer Insights
• Digital Brand & Communication Strategy
• Search, Media, & Performance Advertising
• Social Media & Community Marketing

Speakers include Grigory Lavrov, VP of Marketing at Warner Bros, and Asya Paniutsich, Senior Global Marketing Director at Coca-Cola. There are also representatives from Google, Meta, Reddit and more.

A two-day all-access pass currently costs €699 (roughly $810), while a single-day pass is available for €549. Rates increase as the event gets closer. 

After Amsterdam, the Digital Marketing World Forum comes to Singapore (date TBC). The next London event is confirmed for May 2027.

Unbound

Run by marketing specialists Hubspot, Unbound (formerly Inbound) is one of the most anticipated events of the year. The conference will head to Boston from September 16-18, 2026.

Unbound attracts more than 13,000 attendees each year, with a further 500,000 live stream views. 2025 speakers included Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, Dharmesh Shah, the co-founder of Hubspot, and comedian and actress Amy Poehler.

After 15 years, Inbound has rebranded to Unbound this year.

The slate for 2026 is more dominated by internal Hubspot experts, including Senior Director of Marketing Aja Frost. External speakers include Brian Minick, COO at ZeroBounce, and Grant Lee, co-founder and CEO of Gamma. NFL legend Tom Brady will also be speaking.

Demand is high, and final tickets recently sold out. However, you can sign up to a mailing list to learn about any late returns, and for early access to details about the 2027 event.

Festival of Marketing

Run by Marketing Week, the Festival of Marketing will be held in London on October 14.

The theme for this year's conference is "Raise the Bar." Speakers were recently announced, and an eclectic lineup features the VP of Canva and the Brand Fame and Partnerships Manager of KFC. 

Passes are on sale now. Presale and Early Bird tickets have already sold out, but you can secure a standard pass for £799, or VIP pass for £999.

DigiMarCon (World)

A major player in the world of marketing conferences, DigiMarCon is putting on more than 20 events around the world over the course of 2026. Its slate of planned events actually extends all the way through 2028.

The majority of events will take place in various locations throughout the USA, but there are also conferences in South Africa, the UK, Ireland, the UAE, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Spain and The Netherlands.

DigiMarCon World is billed as “the premier digital marketing, media and advertising conference and exhibition in the world”. It takes place from November 4-6 in Las Vegas, Nevada.

There’s an impressive list of previous DigiMarCon attendees, including Google, Amazon, and Apple. Topics for this year's conference are already in place:

The outline agenda for DigiMarCon World 2026 in Las Vegas.

Early Bird prices currently provide a $200 discount, with a basic main conference pass available for $997. To add a third day of masterclasses, you'll need an all-access ($1,297) or VIP ($1,497) pass.

If you want to attend an earlier event, DigiMarCon visits Philadelphia, Miami, Jacksonville, and San Antonio in October.

B2B Marketing Expo

Marketing comes in many shapes and sizes, and the B2B Marketing Expo focuses specifically on business-to-business marketing. It will be held in London from November 18-19.

Topics include AI, Brand, Content, Data, and Social Media. A wide line-up of speakers includes Jeremy Connell-Waite, Global Communications Designer at IBM.

A speaker at a previous edition of the B2B Marketing Expo.

More than 1,000 attendees are expected in 2026, along with over 100 suppliers at the exhibition. There will be 60+ seminars across the 2 days, with the agenda to be confirmed in due course.

The ballot for free admission has now closed. But you can buy a 2-day pass at a Second Release rate of £199 plus tax.

Digital Summit Dallas

Digital Summit runs a series of marketing events throughout the year. The conference comes to Dallas on December 8-9.

The agenda includes some local interest, with the Senior Director of Brand and Marketing at the Dallas Cowboys set to speak. Other presenters include the VP of Growth Marketing at MyFitnessPal, and the Senior Director of Digital Consumer Marketing at Condé Nast.

Tickets are discounted by $300 if you register by October 2. A standard pass currently costs $495, with premium and VIP packages available too.

If you want to attend an earlier Digital Summit event, the series comes to Atlanta in October.

Top Virtual Marketing Conferences 2026

Travelling won’t be convenient for everyone. And one positive lasting legacy of the pandemic is a thriving remote marketing conference scene, both in terms of dedicated events and virtual access options to physical conferences. Here are some online-only events I have picked out:

The MarTech Conference

The MarTech Conference is an online conference that's completely free to attend. It's aimed at marketing technology professionals, practitioners, and thought leaders, and will run 4 times in 2026.

You can catch the final virtual event of the year on November 4. Registration is now open.

Speakers include Brianna Miller, Director of Demand Generation at Cohere Health, and Jodie Wilson, the North America CRM & Lifestyle Marketing Lead for Diageo. Microsoft, Amazon, and Adobe also feature on an impressive list of former attendees.

Previous editions of the conference are available to view online. For example, you can watch the May event on demand here.

DigiMarCon

With such a wide range of events throughout the year, DigiMarCon is one of the best when it comes to catering for everyone. That includes a range of virtual conferences, all of which are broadcast live before then being made available on-demand.

Events pitched at different regions run throughout the year: for example, the South America edition will be held from October 14-15. There's also the worldwide DigiMarCon At Home from November 4-6.

Tickets for the virtual South America conference are available for $297. Virtual tickets are also available to most of DigiMarCon’s in-person conferences.

Get Ahead Of The Game By Attending Marketing Conferences

Marketing conferences are brilliant for honing your skills, knowledge and network.

Check back in with this list to keep up to date with all the latest events and details.

And for now:

• Take advantage of Semrush’s excellent online resources. If you’re looking to grow as a marketer or business owner, there’s nowhere better to start than having a powerful array of tools at your fingertips. Our full review of Semrush explains what the platform has to offer.
• Check out our comprehensive list of SEO conferences this year.
• Browse our list of dedicated AI conferences.