7 UK marketing conferences to add to your calendar before end of year
Whether you’re in a season of growth or in the prime of your career, continuing education is a must for any marketing professional. But when it comes to conferences, you want to ensure it’s worth your time to attend. You do have content plans to strategize, SEO reports to analyze and campaigns to develop – attending a subpar conference is not on your list.
We pulled together 7 local UK conferences that have great presenters, interesting tracks, and a robust range of content that will take you into 2025 planning two steps ahead of the competition.
The Festival of Marketing
October 3, The Brewery, London
Dubbed the “unmissable marketing event of the year,” Marketing Week’s Festival of Marketing promises to provide attendees with inspiration, fresh perspectives, insight, opinion and hands-on learning opportunities. It’s a great opportunity to grow your skills and your impact.
The conference includes more than 90 speakers, over 50 content sessions and four networking lounges. Some of the confirmed speakers include Dan Elton, chief customer officer at ASOS, Hannah Squirrel, customer and marketing director at Greggs, and Ucheora Obi-Wheeler, senior grand strategist at HSBC.
With four different pass options (plus an additional group pass option), this conference is affordable for marketers from all sizes of companies.
MAD//Fest
July 2-4, Old Truman Brewery Estate, London
MAD//Fest is edgy and daring, but more than that, it’s impactful. Now in its seventh year, the festival is punchy, inspiring and offers “no BS content.” Each year, more than 15,000 brand and agency guests attend for networking, big name speakers, live challenges, parties, street food, bar takeovers … wait, is this really a gathering for marketers?
Yup. Marketing conferences don’t have to be boring. MAD//Fest will show you that.
BrightonSEO
October 3-4, The Brighton Centre, Brighton
It’s the world’s biggest search marketing conference … and it all started in a room above a pub.
BrightonSEO is hands-on. Detailed. Practical. It offers sessions from some of the world’s best search marketers and opportunities for networking, socializing, training and more.
Sessions include “Branding campaigns in the increasing CPC world,” “The relevance of UX for conversion and monetization,” and “Scaling SEO in enterprise companies” — all topics that can elevate your work in search marketing.
Digital Marketing World Forum (DMWF)
June 25-26, Olympia National, London
This is perhaps THE event of the year for marketing leaders and marketing technology. Digital Marketing World Forum (DMWF) covers basically any digital marketing topic you can think of — from CRM to automation, SEO, eCommerce, AI and beyond.
The conference will feature more than 120 speakers from companies like Intuit Mailchimp and Pinterest, 10 conference tracks, 90-plus exhibitors and lots more.
With so much content packed into just two days, you’re certain to leave DMWF armed with a wealth of tools and knowledge to apply to your day-to-day work.
ATOMICON
June 18, The Glasshouse, Newcastle-upon-Tyne
ATOMICON, a proud 100% no-pitch event, is an experience designed to motivate, enable and give small businesses the knowledge, tools and connections they need to take their business to the next level.
Some topics on the agenda include Facebook Ads ROI, scaling and monetizing, productivity and quiz funnels — all content that will be offered with the small business owner in mind.
The keynote speakers are certainly ones to look forward to. Davina McCall, one of UK’s most beloved TV personalities will be there, and so will Jen Gottlieb, host of the “I Dare You Podcast.”
And if you want to get started before the main event, four workshops are planned for the ATOMICON Fringe Day on June 17.
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June 13, Magazine London, London
Hosted by Intuit Mailchimp, this one-day event will celebrate marketing’s next evolution. It’ll showcase the technology, strategies and products marketers need as they look to the future. Attendees will learn from speakers like Mark Ritson, Katherine Ryan and Steven Bartlett. They’ll even hear from Ameca the AI Humanoid.
Seriously.
The jam-packed day will also feature talks like how to crack the personalization code and mastering e-commerce strategies. And, of course, Mailchimp will reveal its newest innovations.
DigiMarCon UK
August 29-30, Sofitel London Heathrow Hotel, London
Hear from thought-provoking speakers in digital marketing, media and advertising. Learn about emerging strategies and innovative technologies. Network and build your professional network.
DigiMarCon UK has everything you could want from a conference. The range of topics offered is unmatched. Social commerce? Got it. Viral and buzz marketing? Yup. Geo-targeting and proximity marketing? Sure thing.
And with speakers from places like Deloitte, The Walt Disney Company and Adobe, you know you’re getting the real deal.
