MozCon New York, July 14, 2026
Moz brings a one-day intensive to The Glasshouse in New York City, with a London edition following on November 13 at Convene 22 Bishopsgate. Compact format, practitioner-heavy speaker list, and this cycle’s agenda leans into AI-era measurement. Good pick if you want density over duration.
BrightonSEO San Diego, September 15 to 16, 2026
The US edition moved to the full San Diego Convention Center this year, a signal of how much the event has grown. BrightonSEO remains the best value large conference in search, and its recent editions have carried substantial generative engine optimization and answer engine tracks.
BrightonSEO UK, October 8 to 9, 2026
The original, at the Brighton Centre. Hundreds of talks across every discipline in search, with two-day passes that undercut most single-day US events. If you attend one European search event this year, this is the one.
Ahrefs Evolve, October 12 to 13, 2026
Ahrefs’ own conference lands in San Diego the week after BrightonSEO’s US edition, making a two-event West Coast trip practical. Expect a data-forward agenda, and given how aggressively Ahrefs has moved into AI search measurement, expect that theme front and center.
Chiang Mai SEO Conference, November 9 to 13, 2026
Five days in Thailand with roughly eight hundred SEO entrepreneurs, agency owners, and affiliates. More tactical and testing-driven than the corporate circuit, and historically where unconventional findings surface first, including early GEO experiments.
Why we track the conference circuit
Conference agendas are a leading indicator of where search budgets go next, and this year every agenda converged on AI answers. If your brand needs to be in those answers before your competitors take the stage spots and the citations, that is the work Aethon ships every day, no travel required.
