Whether you call it GEO, AEO, LLMO, or SEO for AI search, it’s a field that barely existed two years ago.
It now has its own conference circuit, collaborating with dozens of established SEO and marketing conferences that have added extensive AI search tracks.
Here you will find a summary of all GEO and GEO-adjacent conferences taking place in 2026.
| conference | When | Location |
|---|---|---|
| AEO conference | February 19th | San Francisco, USA |
| SEO and GEO Summit | 18th-20th March | Paris, France |
| SEO conference in Sydney | March 20th | Sydney, Australia |
| Digital Marketing Europe | 14th-16th April | Lisbon, Portugal |
| SEO week | 27th-30th April | New York City, USA |
| BrightonSEO UK (Spring) | April 30th – May 1st | Brighton, UK |
| Ahrefs Evolve Singapore | May 14th | Singapore |
| Challenge and expand | 19th-20th May | San Francisco, USA |
| GEO conference | June 18th | Washington DC, USA |
| MozCon New York | July 14th | New York City, USA |
| BrightonSEO San Diego | 15th-16th September | San Diego, USA |
| DIRECTIONS 2026 | 16th-18th September | Boston, USA |
| GEO KNOW-HOW | October 1st | Berlin, Germany |
| Ahrefs develop San Diego | 12th-13th October | San Diego, USA |
Date: February 19th
Location: San Francisco, USA
Ticket prices: Application-based participation
Website: https://aeoconf.com/
Notable speakers: Glen Coates (OpenAI), Vanessa Thompson (Twilio), Tim Sanders (G2), Ethan Smith (Graphite), Rob Gaige (Reddit), Guy Yalif (Webflow), Kady Srinivasan (Freshworks)
AEO Conf is where the magic happens: marketing leaders from top companies come together to share real rules (not just theory!) to gain visibility as AI answers questions.
For example, if you want to know how Webflow doubled its enrollments from LLMs, this is your chance to find out directly from them.
Date: 18th-20th March
Location: Paris, France
Ticket prices: From €300
Website: https://seo-summit.com/
Notable speakers: Neil Patel (NP Digital), Si Quan Ong (Ahrefs), Dawn Anderson (Berley), Itamar Blauer (Whitepress), Olivier Duffez (Ranking Metrics), Mikaël Priol (SEO.fr)
France’s largest SEO and GEO event is now in its most ambitious edition yet, taking place at the iconic Parc des Princes stadium in Paris.
This is where France’s top SEO minds meet to tackle the massive shift from traditional search to AI-powered discovery.
The slogan says it all: brands need to master both: advanced SEO And GEO should be available on all channels.
With more than 25 conference sessions across three tracks, a full-day intensive masterclass, an exclusive networking party on the Seine cruise and the opportunity to stay in a real floating hotel (OFF Paris Seine), this is the premium level of French SEO conferences.
I will also be speaking at the event! So stop by and say hello when you’re there.
Date: March 20th
Location: Sydney, Australia
Ticket prices: Starting at $399
Website: https://prosperitymedia.com.au/sydney-seo-conference/
Notable speakers: Patrick Stox (Ahrefs), Kevin Indig, Brodie Clark, Aleyda Solis, Destiny Flaherty
Australia’s largest SEO party, now in its seventh year. The speaker lineup reads like an SEO all-star team: Aleyda Solis, Patrick Stox, Kevin Indig, that works.
They have dedicated sessions dedicated to making your content “LLM-ready” and understanding how AI is transforming organic growth. Sydney in March is also extremely pleasant, so to speak.
Date: 14th-16th April
Location: Lisbon, Portugal
Ticket prices: From €700
Website: https://digitalmarketingcon.eu/
Notable speakers: David White, Chris Kubby, Felix Beilharz, Martin Greif
International, AI-first marketing conference in beautiful Lisbon. The whole sentiment here is: “How do we make our brands LLM-ready?”
That is, how do you get ChatGPT and Gemini to recommend you? Great mix of strategy and execution, plus you get to eat pastéis de nata between sessions.
Date: 27th-30th April
Location: New York City, USA
Ticket prices: Starting at $1,099
Website: seoweek.org
Notable speakers: Michael King (iPullRank), Crystal Carter (Wix), Wil Reynolds (Seer Interactive), Ross Simmonds (Foundation), Jori Ford (FoodBoss)
Four immersive days in NYC, organized by iPullRank and widely recognized as The leading AI+SEO conference.
Each day has its own topic, from technical fundamentals to user psychology to future trends. The last day (“The Future”) is all about GEO/AEO and what comes next. Michael King’s keynote “Brave New World of SEO” alone is worth the price of admission.
Over 40 speakers including a lead PM from Microsoft AI talking about how search engines actually work under the hood.
Date: April 30th – May 1st
Location: Brighton, UK
Ticket prices: From £430
Website: https://brightonseo.com/events/april-2026
Notable speakers: Chima Mmeje (Moz), Gus Pelogia (Indeed), Dan Taylor (SALT), Priya Verma (Compare the Market)
The absolute largest Search engine marketing conference on the planet. Two full days of talks from the world’s leading experts, this year delving deeply into how AI search engines are changing everything.
Sessions on “SEO and AI Agents”, automation and how ChatGPT/Perplexity is reshaping the fundamentals. If you’re lucky, there’s also free card voting.
Date: May 14th
Location: Singapore
Ticket prices: From $339
Website: ahrefsevolve.com/singapore
Notable speakers: Tim Soulo (Ahrefs), Sasha Gusain (Canva), Robert Lai (Caliber), Charlotte Ang (Traffic Bees), Dan Petrovic (DEJAN), James Norquay (Prosperity Media)
Consider this the more intimate Asian gathering of Ahrefs Evolve – same high-quality insights, more relaxed atmosphere.
We bring together a tight-knit community of SEO professionals and marketers who really want to figure out how to stay visible when AI changes everything about search. Singapore is a great city for networking (an incredible food scene doesn’t hurt) and the conversations here are usually refreshingly direct. You’ll get practical strategies for AI search discoverability, not just theoretical frameworks.
It’s also significantly cheaper than a flight to San Diego.
Date: 19-20 May
Location: San Francisco, USA
Ticket prices: From $349
Website: https://www.demandandexpand.com/
Notable speakers: Bruno Estrella (Clay), Sonal Mane (Databricks), Vanessa Thompson (Twilio), Katie Peters (SauceLabs)
San Francisco’s answer to the question “What happens when AI meets marketing at scale?”
Billed as the largest AI and marketing conference in SF, this tackles the tough questions: How do you measure attribution when there are no clicks? How do AEO and GEO actually work? How do you drive demand in a world where AI answers questions before users visit your website?
Date: June 18th
Location: Washington DC, USA
Ticket prices: From $725
Website: https://www.geo-conference.com/
Notable speakers: TBA
The self-proclaimed official GEO conference, and honestly? We can give it to them. More than 20 talks across two tracks (one for marketers, one for the technical audience), limited to just 200 people, so you can actually network without having to fight through crowds.
Oh, and recordings aren’t allowed, so you have to be in the room. The goodie bag is legendary (over $25,000 in tools and credits) and then there’s a sunset yacht party on the Potomac. If you’re serious about GEO, this is your Super Bowl.
Date: July 14th
Location: New York City, USA
Ticket prices: From $749
Website: moz.com/mozcon/register-mozcon-2026
Notable speakers: Lily Ray (Amsive), Josh Spilker (AirOps), Wil Reynolds (Seer Interactive), Bianca Anderson (him, hers)
Moz’s flagship one-day conference in NYC: one track, 20+ speakers, about 600 people who really care about SEO. Last year’s MozCon featured Lily Ray’s legendary session “GEO, AEO, LLMO: Separating Fact from Fiction,” which virtually everyone in the industry now references.
This year’s Call for Speakers specifically asked for presentations on the visibility of AI search and the development of AI workflows. Targeted, high-signal content without the overwhelming mega-conference chaos.
Date: 15th-16th September
Location: San Diego, USA
Ticket prices: From $600
Website: https://brightonseo.com/events/san-diego-2026
Notable speakers: Andy Crestodina (Orbit Media Studios), Brie E Anderson (BEAST Analytics), Chantal Maddocks (United Airlines), Chris Long (Nectiv), Cindy Krum (MobileMoxie)
BrightonSEO crosses the pond! This is the US edition of the world’s largest search engine conference, bringing all the BrightonSEO energy to San Diego.
Focus on AI-powered search, what’s happening with Google’s AI overviews, and practical technical SEO. Workshops are available if you want hands-on learning. Plus, San Diego has near-perfect weather in September.
Date: 16th-18th September
Location: Boston, USA
Ticket prices: Starting at $1,199
Website: https://www.inbound.com/
Notable speakers: TBA
This is HubSpot’s major flagship conference. one of the largest marketing, sales and CX meetings in the world.
INBOUND 2025 hosted a large AEO session and actually introduced AEO content tools through HubSpot’s Breeze AI platform. Therefore, 2026 is expected to delve even deeper into AI agents, AI-driven personalization, and optimization for AI search.
If you work in inbound marketing and haven’t been to INBOUND, what do you even do?
Date: October 1st
Location: Berlin, Germany
Ticket prices: TBA
Website: https://www.geoknowhow.com/
Notable speakers: Nadine McNulty (Claneo), Johannes Beus (SISTRIX), Tamara Heinz (MediaMarktSaturn), Peter Hartmann (Henkel)
Germany’s first (and only!) conference dedicated exclusively to GEO, and yes, everything in German.
If you’re based in the DACH region and want to know how to make your brand stand out in ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity responses, this is your home turf. For the second year in a row, organized by the clever people of Claneo.
Date: 12th-13th October
Location: San Diego, USA
Ticket prices: Starting at $899
Website: https://ahrefsevolve.com/
Notable speakers: TBA
This is our flagship event – for four days we bring together over 600 people from over 35 countries, all wrestling with the same existential question: How do we remain recognizable when AI eats our clicks? The theme is deliberately honest: “Stay discoverable in search, in AI and beyond.”
We don’t pretend the old playbook still works. In 2025, almost all the conversation was once again about AI: LLMs as search platforms, AI overviews decimating traffic, and what the hell should we do about it. 2026 looks even more intense.
The speaker list isn’t just names on a website; These are practitioners who are actively solving these problems in the wild. With the All Access Pass, you get into a yacht mixer with the speakers before everyone else overruns them – truly one of the best networking opportunities in SEO.
San Diego in October has perfect weather, the venue is within walking distance, and honestly? The vibe is less “corporate conference” and more “let’s figure this out together.” Group discounts are available if you bring your team.
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