This list is for agency owners, agency leaders, business development teams, strategists, and marketers trying to figure out which conferences may be worth a closer look in 2026.
It is selective, not exhaustive. We reviewed over 300 conferences and narrowed them down to the top ones. The goal is to make it easy to quickly compare options, understand what each event is about, and decide which ones are worth exploring further.
January
Tastemaker Conference
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Dates: January 9-10, 2026
Best for: Food creators, brands, and marketing teams in food media
What it is: Tastemaker Conference is a niche event for food creators and the businesses that support them. It is positioned as a creator-centered gathering focused on connection, learning, and growth within the food content space.
Good fit if you want to:
- Understand the creator side of food media and brand building
- Connect with food creators and adjacent marketing partners
- Explore how content and community drive growth in food-focused niches
February
IAB Annual Leadership Meeting
Location: Palm Springs, CA
Dates: February 1-3, 2026
Best for: Digital media and advertising leaders
What it is: The IAB Annual Leadership Meeting is a senior-level industry event focused on the future of digital media, advertising, measurement, and commerce. It brings together executives and decision-makers shaping priorities for the year ahead.
Good fit if you want to:
- Track major shifts in digital media and advertising
- Hear how industry leaders are thinking about measurement and AI
- Build relationships with senior leaders across the media ecosystem
Meet Magento Florida
Location: Hollywood, FL
Dates: February 4-5, 2026
Best for: E-commerce marketers, commerce teams, and Adobe Commerce ecosystem partners
What it is: Meet Magento Florida is a commerce-focused event built around the Adobe Commerce and Magento ecosystem. It brings together merchants, retailers, technology partners, developers, service providers, and industry leaders around digital commerce topics.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay close to Adobe Commerce and Magento ecosystem developments
- Build relationships with merchants, retailers, and commerce partners
- Explore ecommerce-focused ideas and opportunities relevant to client work
The Robots Are Coming
Location: New York, NY
Dates: February 10, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders navigating AI change
What it is: The Robots Are Coming is an Agency Hackers event focused on how agencies are actually using AI in practice. The official page frames it as a candid, closed-door conversation about agency operations, talent, clients, and the choices agencies need to make in an AI-shaped market.
Good fit if you want to:
- See how other agencies are applying AI in real workflows
- Think through what AI means for talent, delivery, and clients
- Join honest peer conversations about agency change
4As Decisions Conference
Location: Washington, DC
Dates: February 11, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders and policy-aware decision-makers
What it is: 4As Decisions is an agency-focused event from the 4A’s. The Washington, DC edition is positioned around how changing rules, messaging, and influence affect agency leadership and decision-making.
Good fit if you want to:
- Understand policy and messaging issues affecting agencies
- Discuss strategic leadership questions with industry peers
- Explore how external change is reshaping agency decision-making
Biz Dev Camp New Orleans
Location: New Orleans, LA
Dates: February 23-24, 2026
Best for: Agency business development leaders
What it is: Biz Dev Camp is a Bureau event centered on business development for agency leaders and growth-minded teams. It is positioned as a practical gathering for navigating client relationships, growth challenges, and new business strategy.
Good fit if you want to:
- Improve your agency’s business development approach
- Talk through growth and client relationship challenges with peers
- Get a practical perspective on building a stronger pipeline
March
Seven Figure Agency Summit
Location: Miami, FL; hybrid
Dates: March 2026
Best for: Agency owners and growth leaders
What it is: This is a Seven Figure Agency member event built around in-person networking, training, and collaboration for agency owners. It is a live and virtual intensive.
Good fit if you want to:
- Connect with other agency owners at a similar growth stage
- Get practical training tied to agency growth and operations
- Combine in-person networking with a virtual attendance option
Industrial Marketing Summit
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: March 3-5, 2026
Best for: Industrial marketers and B2B manufacturing teams
What it is: Industrial Marketing Summit is a niche conference for marketers working in industrial and manufacturing-related sectors. It is designed around practical learning, workshops, and networking for teams focused on industrial B2B growth.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn from marketers working in industrial and manufacturing environments
- Bring back practical ideas for B2B industrial marketing programs
- Connect with peers facing similar category and buyer challenges
IAB NewFronts
Location: New York, NY; hybrid
Dates: March 23-26, 2026
Best for: Brand marketers, media buyers, and agency professionals
What it is: IAB NewFronts is a digital video and content marketplace event focused on partnerships between brands and digital media companies. It is positioned around presentations, media innovation, and relationship-building across the digital content ecosystem.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay current on digital video and media partnership opportunities
- Connect with brands, buyers, and digital content companies
- Follow how the digital media marketplace is evolving
Spryng 2026
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: March 24-25, 2026
Best for: Senior B2B SaaS marketers
What it is: Spryng is a B2B SaaS marketing event from Wynter built around peer-to-peer learning and connection. The official site describes it as an unconference-style gathering where attendees are matched with peers based on role, company size, interests, and challenges.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn directly from senior B2B SaaS marketing peers
- Have more focused peer conversations instead of broad conference networking
- Compare how similar teams are solving growth and marketing challenges
Shoptalk Spring
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Dates: March 24-26, 2026
Best for: Retail, brand, and commerce leaders
What it is: Shoptalk Spring is a major retail and e-commerce event focused on growth, innovation, and the future of commerce. The 2026 agenda positions the event around retail in the age of AI and practical insights for decision-makers.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn how AI is influencing retail and e-commerce strategy
- Connect with senior leaders across retail and consumer brands
- Bring back practical ideas tied to commerce growth and innovation
4As Decisions Conference
Location: Boston, MA
Dates: March 25, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders and agency decision-makers
What it is: 4As Decisions is an agency-focused event from the 4A’s. The Boston edition is positioned around leadership and operational decision-making, with a theme focused on the balance between people and technology.
Good fit if you want to:
- Discuss agency leadership and management challenges with peers
- Explore how technology is reshaping agency operations
- Build relationships within the agency leadership community
Endless Customers Live
Location: Chicago, IL
Dates: March 30-April 1, 2026
Best for: Sales, marketing, and leadership teams
What it is: Endless Customers Live is an in-person event centered on the Endless Customers framework for trust-based growth. It brings together business leaders, sales teams, and marketers around practical approaches to customer acquisition, content, and AI.
Good fit if you want to:
- Strengthen alignment across sales, marketing, and leadership
- Learn a trust-based growth framework you can apply in your business
- Explore how AI fits into modern customer acquisition and retention
IMPACT Live Chicago
Location: Chicago, IL
Dates: March 30-April 1, 2026
Best for: Sales, marketing, and leadership teams
What it is: IMPACT Live Chicago is the in-person event tied to the Endless Customers framework. It is designed to help sales, marketing, and leadership teams improve how they attract, convert, and keep the right customers.
Good fit if you want to:
- Improve alignment across sales, marketing, and leadership
- Learn a practical framework for customer acquisition and growth
- Bring back ideas for building trust-based demand and retention
April
Agency Builders Retreat
Location: St. Augustine, FL
Dates: April 8-10, 2026
Best for: Agency owners and leadership teams
What it is: Agency Builders Retreat is an in-person retreat for agency owners and leaders who want to get more from their business while building a better life around it. It is positioned as a smaller, leadership-focused gathering rather than a broad marketing trade show.
Good fit if you want to:
- Step back from day-to-day agency work and think more strategically
- Talk with other agency leaders about growth and ownership challenges
- Combine business learning with a more retreat-style setting
Bureauverse Regional Meetup
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: April 14-15, 2026
Best for: Creative agency leaders and their teams
What it is: Bureauverse Southwest is a regional agency meetup from The Bureau designed for creative agency leaders and teams. The event is framed around solving hard problems, recharging, and building stronger peer relationships.
Good fit if you want to:
- Work through agency challenges with people who understand the business
- Build deeper peer relationships with other agency leaders
- Get a practical perspective on running and growing a creative shop
AI & Your Agency
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: April 16-17, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders exploring AI adoption
What it is: AI & Your Agency is a Bureau event focused on how agencies can use AI in practical ways. It is designed for leaders who want to better understand how AI can improve agency operations, decision-making, and client work.
Good fit if you want to:
- Understand how AI can fit into an agency workflow
- Explore practical uses of AI for operations and delivery
- Learn alongside agency peers evaluating similar changes
Adobe Summit
Location: Las Vegas, NV; hybrid
Dates: April 19-22, 2026
Best for: Digital experience, marketing, and customer journey teams
What it is: Adobe Summit is a digital experience conference focused on marketing, creativity, AI, and customer experience. The official site positions it around using Adobe’s platform to scale content, personalization, and business growth.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn how AI and digital experience tools are changing marketing execution
- Explore customer journey and personalization strategies
- Attend in person or join online
Localogy
Location: Houston, TX
Dates: April 20-21, 2026
Best for: Local marketing, media, and agency leaders
What it is: Localogy is a conference centered on the local marketing ecosystem, bringing together agencies, brands, media, and SaaS companies. The official site frames the 2026 event around AI and the future of local SMB engagement and growth.
Good fit if you want to:
- Understand shifts shaping local marketing and SMB growth
- Connect with agencies, brands, media, and local marketing platforms
- Explore how AI is changing local marketing execution
Agency Hackers Miami Super Summit
Location: Miami, FL
Dates: April 22-23, 2026
Best for: Independent agency founders and owners
What it is: Miami Super Summit is a two-day leadership event from Agency Hackers for independent agencies. The focus is on practical growth ideas, candid conversations, and peer relationships for founders building profitable agencies.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn growth strategies tailored to independent agencies
- Meet other owners at a similar stage of business
- Build commercially valuable peer relationships in a smaller-group setting
B2B Summit
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Dates: April 26-29, 2026
Best for: B2B marketing, sales, and go-to-market leaders
What it is: Forrester B2B Summit North America is a research-led event focused on modern go-to-market strategy, team alignment, and measurable growth. It is designed for leaders across marketing, sales, product, and customer functions.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn research-backed frameworks for B2B go-to-market change
- Improve alignment across marketing, sales, product, and customer teams
- Bring back practical ideas tied to growth, ROI, and accountability
POSSIBLE
Location: Miami Beach, FL
Dates: April 27-29, 2026
Best for: Marketing, media, and innovation leaders
What it is: POSSIBLE is a broad marketing and innovation event that brings together leaders across media, technology, culture, and brand. It is positioned as a cross-industry conference focused on the forces shaping modern marketing and business growth.
Good fit if you want to:
- Get a broad view of where marketing, media, and technology are headed
- Build relationships across brand, platform, and agency ecosystems
- Stay current on major shifts shaping modern growth strategies
May
Meltwater Summit
Location: New York, NY
Dates: May 5-6, 2026
Best for: PR and marketing leaders
What it is: Meltwater Summit is a brand event focused on PR and marketing, with an emphasis on insights, storytelling, and measurable impact. The official site positions it as a gathering for professionals looking at where PR and marketing are headed next.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay current on emerging PR and marketing trends
- Connect with peers across communications and brand marketing
- Explore how insights can inform storytelling and decision-making
Vistara
Location: Austin, TX
Dates: May 11-13, 2026
Best for: Digital agency owners, operators, and delivery leaders
What it is: Vistara is an in-person AI event for digital agencies focused on practical workflows, automation, and agency operations. It is positioned as a hands-on strategic intensive for agencies adapting their delivery, systems, and growth approach for an AI-driven market.
Good fit if you want to:
- Build a practical AI roadmap for your agency
- Explore automation ideas for lead generation, sales, and delivery
- Align your leadership or operations team around how AI changes agency work
Mirren Live New York
Location: New York, NY; hybrid
Dates: May 13-14, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders and teams responsible for revenue growth
What it is: Mirren Live is a hybrid agency conference focused on revenue growth, new business, capability innovation, and systems. It is designed for teams looking for practical ways to drive efficient, profitable, and sustainable growth.
Good fit if you want to:
- Sharpen your agency’s new business and growth strategy
- See how agencies are building new revenue streams and capabilities
- Learn practical ways AI and systems can support agency growth
Bureauverse Regional Meetup
Location: Philadelphia, PA
Dates: May 19-20, 2026
Best for: Independent agency owners and small shop leaders
What it is: Bureauverse Northeast is a regional community event from The Bureau for independent agency leaders. The page frames it as a relationship-driven meetup centered on connection, collaboration, and fresh perspective for agency owners.
Good fit if you want to:
- Meet peers running independent agencies and small shops
- Build a stronger support network with agency leaders
- Step back from day-to-day work and gain fresh ideas
Build a Better Agency Summit
Location: Denver, CO
Dates: May 18-20, 2026
Best for: Agency owners and senior agency leaders
What it is: Build a Better Agency Summit is an agency management conference from Agency Management Institute focused on running a healthier, more profitable agency. Its core themes include operations, finance, business development, leadership, and long-term sustainability for small to mid-sized agencies.
Good fit if you want to:
- Improve agency profitability and operational discipline
- Learn how other agencies are approaching growth and succession
- Connect with fellow agency owners and leaders facing similar challenges
June
ANA Masters of B2B Marketing Conference
Location: Chicago, IL
Dates: June 3-5, 2026
Best for: B2B marketers and demand generation leaders
What it is: The ANA Masters of B2B Marketing Conference is an industry event for B2B marketing leaders focused on customer insight, alignment, and growth. It is designed for marketers looking to strengthen strategy and performance in complex B2B environments.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn from peers focused on B2B marketing performance
- Strengthen your approach to customer insight and go-to-market alignment
- Stay current on issues shaping modern B2B marketing teams
Gartner Marketing Symposium Xpo
Location: Denver, CO
Dates: June 8-10, 2026
Best for: Senior marketing leaders and enterprise marketing teams
What it is: Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo is a large executive marketing conference focused on strategy, customer experience, analytics, marketing technology, and AI. It is aimed at leaders looking for research-driven guidance on growth and transformation.
Good fit if you want to:
- Get an executive-level view of major marketing priorities
- Explore how analytics, technology, and AI affect marketing strategy
- Benchmark your thinking against enterprise marketing leaders
SBC Summit Americas
Location: Fort Lauderdale, FL
Dates: June 9-11, 2026
Best for: Gaming, betting, affiliate, and partnership leaders
What it is: SBC Summit Americas is a large industry event for the gaming and betting ecosystem across North America and Latin America. It brings together operators, affiliates, exhibitors, and other industry participants for networking, best-practice sharing, and market-specific insight.
Good fit if you want to:
- Build relationships across the gaming and betting industry
- Explore partnership and business development opportunities in the Americas
- Get a broad view of market activity across operators, affiliates, and suppliers
Bureauverse Regional Meetup
Location: San Francisco, CA
Dates: June 23-24, 2026
Best for: Independent agency owners and small shop leaders
What it is: Bureauverse West Coast is a regional meetup from The Bureau for agency leaders who want candid conversations and practical support from peers. It is positioned as a relationship-driven event focused on collaboration, reflection, and better agency decision-making.
Good fit if you want to:
- Meet agency peers facing similar leadership and growth questions
- Get out of execution mode and think more strategically
- Build lasting relationships within the independent agency community
July
Seven Figure Agency Summit
Location: Miami, FL; hybrid
Dates: July 2026
Best for: Agency owners and growth leaders
What it is: This is a Seven Figure Agency member event built around in-person networking, training, and collaboration for agency owners. It is a live and virtual intensive.
Good fit if you want to:
- Connect with other agency owners at a similar growth stage
- Get practical training tied to agency growth and operations
- Combine in-person networking with a virtual attendance option
August
Bureauverse Regional Meetup
Location: Minneapolis, MN
Dates: August 20-21, 2026
Best for: Independent agency owners and small shop leaders
What it is: Bureauverse Midwest is a regional meetup from The Bureau built for agency leaders who want honest peer conversations and a practical perspective. It is positioned as a smaller gathering focused on connection, collaboration, and recalibration.
Good fit if you want to:
- Connect with other independent agency leaders
- Talk through operational and leadership challenges with peers
- Step back from daily execution and gain a fresh perspective
September
CMO Summit
Location: San Francisco, CA
Dates: September 9, 2026
Best for: CMOs and senior marketing executives
What it is: CMO Summit is a leadership event for senior marketers focused on the challenges facing modern CMOs. The Silicon Valley page positions it as a peer-driven gathering for marketing leaders navigating change in an AI-first era.
Good fit if you want to:
- Connect with other senior marketing decision-makers
- Pressure-test strategy with peers facing similar leadership challenges
- Stay current on how AI is reshaping the CMO role
Leadership Love
Location: Asheville, NC
Dates: September 14-15, 2026
Best for: Agency leaders and changemakers
What it is: Leadership Love is a Bureau event focused on the human side of leadership. It is positioned as a gathering for agency leaders and changemakers to reflect on hard decisions, transitions, and the realities of leading with clarity and compassion.
Good fit if you want to:
- Reflect on the personal side of leadership and change
- Learn from candid stories about tough leadership moments
- Connect with peers looking for honest conversation and perspective
INBOUND
Location: Boston, MA; hybrid
Dates: September 16-18, 2026
Best for: Marketing, sales, and revenue leaders
What it is: INBOUND is HubSpot’s annual conference for professionals across marketing, sales, customer success, and revenue operations. It is positioned as a large-scale event focused on business growth, new ideas, and cross-functional learning.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn across marketing, sales, and customer growth functions
- Get a broad view of trends shaping modern go-to-market teams
- Attend in person or join online
Shoptalk Fall
Location: Nashville, TN
Dates: September 29-October 1, 2026
Best for: Retail and e-commerce leaders
What it is: Shoptalk Fall is a retail and e-commerce conference focused on industry change, innovation, and connections across the commerce ecosystem. The official site positions it as an event for decision-makers from retailers, consumer brands, and solution providers.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay current on retail and e-commerce change
- Meet decision-makers across brands, retailers, and commerce partners
- Explore new ideas shaping customer experience and commerce growth
October
Advertising Week
Location: New York, NY
Dates: October 5-8, 2026
Best for: Brand, media, and advertising professionals
What it is: Advertising Week New York is a large industry event covering advertising, media, marketing, technology, and culture. The official event page includes a 2026 save-the-date for the New York edition.
Good fit if you want to:
- Get exposure to a wide range of advertising and media topics
- Network across brand, media, platform, and agency communities
- Stay current on big themes shaping the marketing industry
MAICON
Location: Cleveland, OH
Dates: October 13-15, 2026
Best for: Marketing leaders exploring AI
What it is: MAICON is a marketing AI conference focused on how artificial intelligence is changing marketing strategy, operations, and execution. It is built for professionals who want practical guidance on applying AI in marketing organizations.
Good fit if you want to:
- Learn how AI is being applied in modern marketing teams
- Build a stronger practical understanding of marketing AI use cases
- Connect with marketers and leaders focused on AI adoption
ANA Masters of Marketing
Location: Orlando, FL
Dates: October 20-23, 2026
Best for: Brand marketers and senior marketing leaders
What it is: ANA Masters of Marketing is a flagship conference from the Association of National Advertisers for senior marketers and brand leaders. It is positioned as a broad marketing leadership event covering major issues shaping the discipline.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay current on big-picture shifts in brand and marketing leadership
- Network with senior brand-side marketers and industry peers
- Get a broad view of priorities shaping enterprise marketing teams
Operations Camp
Location: Asheville, NC
Dates: October 22-23, 2026
Best for: Agency operations leaders
What it is: Operations Camp is a Bureau event focused on operational excellence and community for agency professionals. It is positioned around better systems, stronger operations thinking, and peer connection for people running the engine behind agency work.
Good fit if you want to:
- Improve how your agency operates behind the scenes
- Talk through operational challenges with experienced peers
- Build stronger systems for team and client delivery
ODSC West
Location: San Francisco, CA
Dates: October 27-29, 2026
Best for: AI, data science, and technical innovation teams
What it is: ODSC West is an AI and data science conference built around hands-on training, technical learning, and industry networking. The event is positioned for practitioners, business leaders, and professionals building or scaling AI capabilities.
Good fit if you want to:
- Stay current on practical AI and machine learning developments
- Build technical knowledge through hands-on training
- Meet practitioners and teams working on applied AI
November
Seven Figure Agency Summit
Location: Miami, FL; hybrid
Dates: November 2026
Best for: Agency owners and growth leaders
What it is: This is a Seven Figure Agency member event built around in-person networking, training, and collaboration for agency owners. It is a live and virtual intensive.
Good fit if you want to:
- Connect with other agency owners at a similar growth stage
- Get practical training tied to agency growth and operations
- Combine in-person networking with a virtual attendance option
Bureauverse Regional Meetup
Location: Atlanta, GA
Dates: November 17-18, 2026
Best for: Independent agency owners and small shop leaders
What it is: Bureauverse Southeast is a regional Bureau meetup created for agency leaders who want more honest, useful conversations than they usually get online. It is designed as a recalibration point for agency operators working through growth, friction, and leadership decisions.
Good fit if you want to:
- Talk candidly with peers about agency leadership realities
- Work through operational friction and next-step decisions
- Build a stronger network of agency operators and collaborators
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