I’m currently looking into which search marketing conferences and events are running in the UK next year and trying to decide which to attend. The obvious ones are SMX and SES London, but there are a few others, such as Think Visibility and Pubcon, which certainly look worthwhile. It would be good to hear opinions from those who visited the 2008 events.
For those who are also trying to decide, here’s a list of the UK search events in 2009:
February
Search Engine Strategies – London (Islington) – Feb 17-20
TFM&A – London (Earls Court) – Feb 24-25
March
Think Visibility – Leeds – Mar 7
April
Internet World – London (Earls Court) – Apr 28-30
May
SMX London – London (Convent Garden) – May 18-19
June
Online Marketing Show – London (Olympia) – June 30-July 1
July
Pubcon – London (Holborn) – July 4th
September
ad-tech – London – Sept 22-23
October
a4uexpo – London – Oct 14-15
Please feel free to leave any comments about how much value you feel these conferences provide and let me know if there’s any I’ve missed and I’ll add them to the list.
I will probably not be able to go to any of them because I am too busy doing other things. I hope everyone has a blast if you’re going to one of them though.
I’m currently signed to go to the Think Visibility conference in March, for £30.00 and looking at the guest speakers list it looks the best bargain of the lot.
I also have SMX Seattle in June collared, although this would be more like a tour rather than just a trip :)
I’m back in the UK in february, would love to go to my first conference. As Paul said, Think Visibility looks like it could be the one for me
Great Resource, I have added the dates to my diary, many thanks for putting it all together. I went to the TFM&A this year and whilst I did not have time to listen to any of the guest speakers, there were plenty of exhibitors and made some excellent contacts from the visit.