MarketingConferences

ad:tech China Returns to Shanghai in November

The two-day ad:tech Shanghai conference and expo will allow marketers to gather to share ideas, insights, best practices, and new technologies in the world of digital media. In recent years, China has seen an explosion of growth in the online market. New technologies have reached rising numbers of users thus demanding new marketing strategies. Day 1 keynote will be Robin Li, MD & CEO, Baidu. This conference will include speakers diving into such topics as SEM, SEO, Mobile Marketing, Creativity, Web TV, RSS, Metrics, and much more.

Date: November 25 & 26, 2008
Location: Shanghai International Convention and Expo Center
Cost: $695 USD full conference before 11/2, $895 USD after
Presented by: ad:tech

ad:tech New York - The Event for Digital Marketing

Each November, ad:tech New York gathers an impressive collection of industry leaders to educate and inform attendees on all aspects of digital media. This year is no exception. On Election day, Nov. 4, Jonathan Klein, President CNN US, will open ad:tech with a keynote address. Shelly Lazarus, Chairman & CEO of Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide will share her insights into the digital media world in a keynote on Wednesday, Nov. 5. The list of speakers is outstanding and too numberous to name here. Check out all the ad:tech NY speakers. In addition to the topic specific sessions, this conference will host a large exhibit hall beneficial to all marketing industry professionals. "How digital is transforming all media" is the focus of this event.

Date: November 3-6, 2008
Location: New York Hilton, NYC
Cost: $1495 full conference
Presented by: ad:tech

Web 2.0 Expo Comes to New York

Web 2.0 Expo will gather the East Coast web community to share ideas, techniques, and tools for what works and what doesn't work in the exploding world of 2.0. Connecting the brightest minds in web design, development, marketing strategy, and venture capital, this expo will prove to be a powerful experience to "learn, share, and network." Tracks at Web 2.0 New York inlcude Landscape & Strategy, Design & UX, Development, Media & Marketing, 2.0 at Work, Finance, and Performing & Scaling. Attendees will hear from the most innovative and successful industry leaders in the next generation of web development including Jay Adelson from Digg, Dion Almaer from Google, Ariana Huffington from The Huffington Post, and many, many more.
Date: September 16-19, 2008
Location: Javits Center, New York City
Cost: $1695 conference and workshop, see other pricing
Presented by: TechWeb and O'Reilly Media

eComXpo's 7th Virtual Event Comes To You This July

eComXpo 2008 is a virtual tradeshow for eCommerce marketers. The conference is entirely online and free. Topics include merchants/advertisers, affiliates/publishers, networks, seo, sem, web analytics, and more. This conference is a great opportunity to network with hundreds of marketing professionals right from the comfort of your own home or office. The show offers various educational sessions, helpful guest speakers, and even an online job fair new this year.

Date: July 9 & 10, 2008
Location: Online
Cost: Free!
Presented by: eComXpo

Driving Sales - B2B Forum Comes to Boston

MarketingProfs is sponsoring a two-day event entitled "Driving Sales - B2B Forum." The event will cover a wide array of topics and workshops to education B2B marketers. Keynote speakers include Dan Ariely, Alfred P. Sloan Professor of Behavioral Economics at MIT and author of the New York Times Bestseller “Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces that Shape Our Decisions" and David Meerman Scott, Author, The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to use news releases, blogs, viral marketing and online media to reach buyers directly.

Date: June 9 & 10, 2008
Location: Renaissance Boston Waterfront Hotel, Boston, MA
Price: members $995, non-members $1145
Presented by: MarketingProfs

The Best of Digital Marketing: A Brand Focused Conference

Monetise Your Digital Channels And Inspire Consumer Engagement By Capitalising on the Future of Digital Marketing. The Digital Marketing conference will showcase the most innovative web marketing campaigns of 2008. This conference offers marketers an in-depth view of cutting-edge brand awareness in the digital world. Topics include multi-channel fluidity, monetising social media, optimising your website, navigating the search-affiliate landscape, quantifying creativity in display advertising, perfect email campaigns, and debate mobile marketing. The Digital Marketing Conference will include an impressive group of speakers including Simon Morgan from Google, Shiona McDougall from HarperCollins, and Ian James from Bacardi Global Brands just to name a few.

Date: July 1, 2008
Location: The Grange City Hotel, London
Cost: £586.33 before May 15, after £703.83
Presented by: Haymarket Events   

ad:tech San Francisco - Brand Strategy and the Expaning World of Digital Marketing

ad:tech San Francisco is an important event for marketers in the dynamic and robust digital marketing industry. ad:tech always attracts top-notch key note speakers. This event will offer an impressive six key-note presentations. The speakers at ad:tech San Francisco include George Kliavkoff, Chief Digital Officer at NBC Universal, and Kevin Rose of Diggnation among others. Some of the sessions will include topics called Green Marketing, The truth about mobile marketing and branding, and Urban Wallpaper. This event will also include the ad:tech awards ceremony where winners and finalists of the 2008 competition will be announced live.

Date: April 15-17, 2008
Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA
Cost: full conference $1695, see other prices
Presented by: ad:tech conference series

eM8 West-eMarketing Conference Comes to SanFrancisco

The eM8 West Marketing Conference will showcase the latest trends, best practices, processes and ideas that are defining today's marketing arena. It will also offer practical tools and ideas for improving participant's marketing programs. With 16 sessions offered, this conference covers email, mobile, search, website, online, and social marketing. This conference is limited to 250 professionals so it will sell out. The keynote speakers include Murray Gaylord, VP of Marketing for New York Times.com and Carol Kruse, VP of Global Interactive Marketing for The Coca-Cola Company.

Date: April 15-16, 2008
Location: SanFrancisco Hilton,CA
Cost: $1695, non-member individual conference
Presented by: eMarketing Association

"Let's connect, share, and inspire...let's mesh" in Canada

Mesh is Canada's premier web conference that attracts professionals from marketing, public relations, media, investors, entrepreneurs, politicians, and social activists. In short, it appeals to anyone integrated (meshing) with the web. This year the conference will introduce MeshU - small, focused workshops led by web experts. Mesh aims to be Canada's part of the Web 2.0 conversation. Mesh is being run by Mark Evans-b5media inc., Mathew Ingram-Globe & Mail, Mike McDerment-FreshBooks Online Invoicing, Rob Hyndman-Hyndman/Law, and Stuart MacDonald-founder Expedia.ca

Date: May 21-22, 2008
Location: MaRS Collaboration Centre, Toronto, Canada
Cost: TBD

Advertising Age Digital Marketing Conference

With the wide array of option available to marketers today, Ad Age's Digital Marketing two-day conference will focus on bringing digital technology "down to earth." It will help marketers weed through the crowded field of technology to see what is truly effective. The conference has a host of speakers and panelist to engage attendants in real life case studies. Speakers include Michael Barrett-Fox Interactive, Pete Blackshaw-Nielsen Online, Jerry Courtney-Target, Colleen Decourcey-TBWA, Mike Geiger-Goodby Silverstein and Partners, and other leaders in the field of digital marketing.

Date: March 18-19, 2008
Location: Time and Life Building, New York City, NY
Cost: $895 before Feb. 26
Presented by: Ad Age