Staying on top of the game in the digital marketing sphere is very challenging and finding out which events are worth visiting. You have to move fast, learn fast, and upgrade your knowledge constantly as there is no such thing as knowing enough when it comes to digital skills. With the improvements in technology, new skills imperial to know are born on a daily basis. Not only that, but you have to stay in touch with the newest trends and the best way to do that is by attending events touching upon the topics of your likes. Events, Forums, Conferences, call them what you want, are an excellent opportunity to learn the latest news in the digital marketing sphere, listen to value adding professionals on various interesting topics, get acquainted with your community, network, and share ideas among your peers. We’ve organized and attended numerous events and the benefits of doing so can only be felt and not told.
So, if you are still contemplating whether you should spend or rather invest some money in your colleagues to attend that next big event, don’t. It will be worth the money. Here are our suggestions on the Top Digital Marketing Events Worth Visiting.
First one of the events worth visiting – Viva Technology
Date
16th – 18th May 2019
Location
Paris Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris, France
Facts
100,500 attendees, 9000 startups, 1900 investors, 125 countries
Speakers
Jack MA, Executive Chairman, Alibaba Group
Ginni Rometty, Chairman,President and CEO, IBM
Margrethe Vestager, Commissioner for competition, European Commission
Jimmy Wales, Founder, Wikipedia
Ken Hu, Deputy Chairman, Rotating Chairman, Huawei
Young Sohn, Corporate President, Chief Strategy Officer, Samsung
Bernard Arnault, Chairman and CEO, LVMH
Jean-Paul Agon,Chairman and CEO, Loreal
Omar Al Olama, Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence, United Arab Emirates
Tonye Bakang, Director, The Family
Anne-Veronique, Director Luxury Center France, Google
Stephanie Buscemi, Chief Marketing Officer, Salesforce
..and many more.
Price: +€245 for businesses
Detailed Program: https://vivatechnology.com/schedule/
Global Digital Marketing World Forum
Date
23th – 24th May 2019
Location
Business Design Centre, London, United-Kingdom
Facts
11th consecutive year, more than 1200 participants, +100 speakers, +60 exhibitors
Speakers
Simon Miles, Global Customer Director, Coca-Cola
Eoin Kenneally, Head of CX – Digital and Insight, Hermes
Kelley Brogan, Head of Customer Experience for Store of the Future, Farfetch
Alessandra Alari, Head of Search and Mobile UX, UK and Ireland, Google
Topics
Digital Marketing Technologies, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Influencer Marketing, UX, CX, eCommerce, Content Marketing, Data, Analytics, and Mobile
Price: +£525
Detailed Program: https://www.digitalmarketing-conference.com/global/agenda-overview-2/
Conversation® 2019, #Conversation 2019
Date
24th May, 2019
Location
The Nantes Convention Center, Nantes, France
Speakers
Ken Hughes, Speaker, Author & CX Strategist, Consumer & Shopper Behaviourist
Riccardo Scotti di Uccio, EMEA Marketing Lead, Messenger for Business
Elodie Benoist, Responsible for the Digital Vision, OUI.sncf
Loïc Davrinche, Digital Director, TUI
Nam Tran, Head of Customer Experience, The Kooples
Vincent Perrin, Watson AI Technical Leader, IBM
Marc Verschueren, Online Marketing and Sales Director, Happy Socks
Price: +€500
Topics
What the FUCX? Why your customer experience is everything?
Voice interface: state of the art and production examples
Building lasting connections and grow your business with messaging
Conversation and Inclusion: how to improve inclusion when working on AI-based tools?
Conversations: The Human Power
The future of marketing in a moving society
When messaging enables positive social actions
Detailed Program: https://conversation.iadvize.com/fr/#program
Web Marketing Festival
Date
20-22nd June
Location
Rimini, Italy
Facts
7th edition, +18 000 attendees, +400 exhibitors and partners, +600 startups, +400 speakers
Speakers
Lucia Antico, Porsche Italia
Enribo Billie, IPSOS
Laura Cappello, Blockchain Core
Giovanni Albero, SMarT – Strategy Marketing Technology
Donatella Ardemagni, ITER
…amongst other.
Topics: Artificial Intelligence, Robotics, Circular Economy, Web Marketing, Open Innovation, Automotive, Aerospace and Esports.
Price: +€149
Detailed Program: https://www.webmarketingfestival.com/speakers/
Emerce Digital Marketing Live!, #DML!19
Date
27th June 2019
Location
Beurs van Berlage, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Facts
180 (inter)national speakers, 2000+ visitors
Speakers
Robert Zuidgeest, The Walt Disney Company
Eduard Blacquière, CLUSE
Martine van der Lee, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
Ron Simpson, The Avocado Show
Branco Scherer, Ex Machina Group
Prices: + €129
Detailed Program: https://digitalmarketinglive.nl/programma/
Affiliate World Europe, #AWEurope
Date
8th-9th July
Location
Fira de Barcelona Montjuïc,Barcelona, Spain
Facts
3000+ attendees, 30+ speakers, 110+ advertisers
Speakers
Samuel Bevan, Snap Inc
Ezra Firestone, Smart Marketer Inc
Gianluigi Ballarani, Hotlead
Tim Burd, Agency Y.
..and many more.
Price: +€399
Detailed Schedule: https://affiliateworldconferences.com/europe/schedule
IMPACT Live is an event worth visiting
Date
6th-7th August, 2019
Location
100 Columbus Blvd., Hartford, CT 06103, USA
Speakers
David Meerman Scott, best-selling author of “the New Rules of Marketing and PR”
Liz Murphy, IMPACT’s Director of Web and Interactive Content
Kevin Phillips, IMPACT lead content trainer
Franco Valentino, technical SEO expert
Ali Parmelee, IMPACT’s Facebook & Instagram Specialist
Jason Linde, IMPACT’s Paid Media Specialist
Zach Basner, IMPACT’s lead video trainer
Detailed Program: https://www.impactbnd.com/live/agenda
Inbound 2019
Date
3-6th September, 2019
Location
The Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, 415 Summer St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
Facts
24000+ attendees, 400k followers and subscribers, +110 countries
Speakers
Rachel Botsman, Author and Trust Expert, Oxford University
Jason Blum, Award Winning Producer
Elizabeth Gilbert, Best-Selling Author
Sarah Harden, CEO, Hello Sunshine
Brian Halligan and Dharmesh Shah, Co-Founders, Hubspot
Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder, Reddit
…amongst other amazing speakers.
Detailed Program: https://www.inbound.com/
Content Marketing World
Date
3rd-6th September
Location
Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland, Cleveland, Ohio USA
Facts
4000+ attendees, 225 speakers, 550+ companies
Speakers
Ali Nilla, BuzzFeed
Aqueel Maliha, Ernst & Young
Jessica Best, Barkley
Will Hart, Smart Simple Marketing
Matt Heinz, Heinz Marketing
Jennifer Jordan, Babbel
Detailed Program: http://schedule.contentmarketingworld.com/
DMEXCO
Date
11th-12th September, 2019
Location
Koelnmesse GmbH Messeplatz 1 | 50679 Cologne, Germany
Facts
40000 visitors, 1100 exhibitors, 500 speakers
Last year’s speakers
Alberto Campora, Content Strategist, Expedia
Arno Heinish, CEO and Co-Founder, Rocket Beans Entertainment
Itay Pincas, Founder and VP Product, SaleUp
Melanie Mohr, CEO and Founder, YEAH
…and a lot more.
Detailed Program: https://dmexco.com/conference/
Digital First
Date
16th-17th October, 2019
Location
Bruxelles, Belgium
Facts
13 years of experiences, 150 conferences and debates, +150 conferences, +6100 visitors, +200 exhibitors
Topics
IoT (Smart Things, Intelligent Things, Intelligent Apps), Artificial Intelligence & Machine learning, Virtual and Augmented Reality, Digital Marketing, Digital Transformation, Ecommerce, Cloud Computing, Cyber Security, Adaptive Security Architecture, Data growth and storage capacities
Speakers
Jordan Hagan, STORYME
Julien Simon, AMAZON
Frederic Schoen, Smile
Ellen Sano, YUKI
Patrick De Pauw, Social Seeder
Luc Schamhart, Regional VP for Marketing Cloud, Salesforce
..and a lot more.
Detailed Program: https://www.digitalfirst.be//allspeakers
If you want to find out more about these digital marketing events that are worth visiting, you can check out their websites. Also, if you are an event organizer and wondering how to promote your event, we have the right team to help you. Contact Ignite Global Media and find out more.
