Conferences
A growing list of industry gatherings with member-only discounts
CES
January 9-12, 2024
Las Vegas, NV
“CES 2024 is the Premier Event for the Entire Technology Ecosystem
CES connects innovators, decision makers, media, influencers, visionaries, and potential customers at the world’s most influential technology event.”
Creator Economy Live
January 16- 17, 2024
Caesars Forum, Las Vegas
From finding the right tools, to developing a strategy and measuring your campaign ROI, consider this your ultimate event on influencer marketing.
Podfest Expo
January 25-28, 2024
Wyndham Orlando International Drive
At Podfest Expo, we foster a community of people who are interested in and passionate about sharing their voice and message with the world. You’ll experience world-class education, ideas and inspiration, a strong, family-like community and plenty of amazing networking.
Social Media Strategies Summit
February 28–29, 2024
Online
The premier social media conference for solution and service providers to engage directly with a targeted audience of decision-making marketers. Learn from a mix of industry leaders who will share the proven social media strategies they use to grow their brands.
SXSW
March 8–16, 2024
Austin, TX
The SXSW Conference provides an opportunity for the global community of digital creatives to encounter cutting-edge ideas, discover new interests, and network with other professionals who share a similar appetite for forward-focused experiences.
Tastemaker Conference
March 13-16, 2024
Chicago, IL
Whether you consider yourself kid chef level or a real pro, Tastemaker Conference is for all levels of experience to socialize with a community of makers, dreamers, and influencers in this impactful and memorable two-day event. It’s time to invest in yourself, and level up your food blog and content creator business.
ShopTalk
March 17-20, 2024
Las Vegas, NV
The retail industry’s best event, held annually in Las Vegas, Shoptalk is an unprecedented gathering of individuals and companies reshaping how consumers discover, shop and buy. The event provides a platform for large retailers and branded manufacturers, startups, tech companies, investors, media and analysts to learn, network, collaborate and evolve.
Alt Summit
March 17-20, 2024
Palm Springs, CA
The premier conference & community for thousands of creative entrepreneurs & influencers. Alt Summit is the perfect place to find a business bestie (or two) because of the completely collaborative tone of the conference. It’s not a competition or a chance to boast, it’s all about learning from each other, helping each other, and cheering each other on.
Youth Marketing Strategy
March 20-21, 2024
Brooklyn, NY
Youth Marketing Strategy, run by Voxburner is the world’s biggest festival of youth marketing and has been running across Europe and the USA for over 12 years.
By bringing together the most iconic and disruptive brands, influential thought-leaders from across the industry and unique Gen Z voices, YMS features the most exciting and relevant youth trends, insights, brand case studies and panel discussions on the industry’s hottest topics.
YMS exists to bridge the gap between young people, brands and the real trends impacting the lives of Gen Z today.
It’s your chance to meet the industry experts, the thought leaders, and the disrupters who are shaping the future of youth marketing.
Podcast Movement Evolutions
March 26-29, 2024
Los Angeles, CA
With thousands of podcasters and industry professionals from around the world, you’ll have an opportunity like never before to meet, connect, and develop relationships with people and companies who you’ll be working with for years to come.
NFT.NYC
April 3-5, 2024
Times Square & Hudson Yards, NYC
The leading NFT event that attracts the Global NFT Community to New York City. It only puts the most passionate speakers from the NFT Community on stage.
PI LIVE
April 16-18, 2024
Miami, FL
They’re upping the ante with a 3 day event in glorious Miami as they cement their status as the new home for America’s boldest and bravest brands and publishers to reimagine the future of performance-based partnerships.
You’ll join changemakers, e-commerce led brands and publishers away from the hustle of traffic brokerage and lead generation as they adhere to their mantra of helping you ‘Build Profitable Partnerships’.
Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo™
June 3–5, 2024
Denver, CO
The Gartner in-person marketing conference is a unique destination experience designed for top leadership teams to connect face-to-face with Gartner experts, peers, and a wide array of solution providers. Together, explore industry-shaping insight in an unforgettable atmosphere of excitement and camaraderie beyond the possibilities of a screen.
Influencer Marketing World
June 25-26, 2024
Olympia National, London
An exciting conference for the savvy and creative marketer, looking to take their influencer marketing campaigns to the next level!
Taking place in London, the carefully curated agenda will share growth opportunities, trends and engagement techniques within the lucrative world of influencer strategies.
TBEX
July 9-12, 2024
San Juan, Puerto Rico
TBEX conferences attract 500-700 of the top travel and lifestyle creators from around the world. The mission is to meet up, network, and learn the latest trends, strategies, and tactics from each other. To become better creators, grow our audiences and of course, make more money blogging. AKA Monetizing our content.
Podcast Movement
August 19-22, 2024
Washington, D.C.
Every year since 2014, Podcast Movement has gathered thousands of passionate podcasters and industry professionals from around the world under one roof to learn, grow professionally, and most importantly evolve and improve the podcast community.
VidCon Baltimore
Sept 28-Oct 1, 2023
Baltimore, MD
The world’s leading digital creators, platform innovators, and their fans converge in one place. It’s the magic of online creators in real life! It is where everyone involved in that online magic comes together, in real life and in real time. The creators, the fans, the brands, all of us in one place — sometimes gathering in-person in cities all over the world, and sometimes connecting virtually. But always completely in-the-moment.
VidSummit
October 3-5, 2023
Dallas, TX
It is where you become an industry insider. Without the fans at the event, influencers share the truth of what they do – the truth they would never share online. In other words, VidSummit is the only event where dozens of the top 1% of influencers show you how to get fans fast, build a brand, and make millions from your content.
CultureCon
October 7-8, 2023
NYC
CultureCon is the go-to conference for diverse creatives and young professionals. This year is all about balance – whether you’re building a business or building a life, we’ll give you the tools you need to succeed.
Come VIBE on Juneteenth weekend in Los Angeles and create genuine connections with your new-found community. They’ll focus on prioritizing wellness, growing in the industry, and how to build your personal and professional brand.
Ad World
TBD
Online
The world’s brightest minds in advertising to learn, share secrets and connect online.
For two days on 29-30 March 2023, Ad World will stream 6+ Digital Advertising Tracks, consisting of hyper-focused speeches, panels, and live Q&A sessions to help take the business to the next level.
The all-in-one advertising event will bring anyone closer to leading marketers and brands than ever before from the comfort of their home.
Ad Age Creator Summit
TBD
Join Ad Age in person on April 4 as they bring together creators, brands, and agencies to discuss how they are navigating the vast creator economy.
Even though influencer marketing has been around for decades, the channel is now more important than ever. The ubiquity of social media combined with pandemic boredom supercharged content creation, giving rise to a new generation of influencers. Now, the creator economy is booming, with influencer marketing spending in the U.S. forecasted to reach $4 billion this year.
The Ad Age Creator Summit is for creatives, strategists and marketing leads looking to make their social budgets more effective, attract new and emerging talent for partnerships and understand how to better connect with audiences.
Create & Cultivate
TBD
At LA Conference, they’ll pair high-vibe Create & Cultivate energy with personalized programming designed for you to get the most out of this jam-packed day. Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a freelancer, or a business owner, you’ll walk away with actionable insights, insider intel, and loads of inspiration. Think: AI’s impact on your business, cash security post-SVB, and content strategies to help you outsmart TikTok and Instagram.
Plus, you’ll have access to book 1:1 Advisory Sessions with financial, marketing, and HR pros who can help you answer specific questions about your business. And you’ll spend plenty of time throughout the day networking and connecting with their inspiring community of incredible women who are shaping the future of work.
Influencer Marketing Show
TBD
Network with the brightest minds as the creator and influencer marketing community descend on NYC for a day and a half of insights and debate. Alongside an unrivaled opportunity to meet the smartest brands, creators, agencies and tech that drive the creator economy forward.
Whatever your objective, you’ll walk away with several strategies, new ideas and the confidence to convince any C-Suite that influencer marketing can drive incredible results in an authentic, transparent and measurable manner.
Meltwater Summit
TBD
The marketing community is coming together for Meltwater Summit. Over 1,000 of your peers will lead and participate in sessions around the changes and challenges facing PR and marketing teams. The topic of this year’s Meltwater Summit is dedicated to showing businesses how to develop meaningful connections that lead to consumer trust and loyalty by enriching the conversation instead of simply adding to the chatter.
Marketing Brew: The Brief
TBD
The Brief is here to tackle the biggest hurdles modern marketers face – from authenticity in branding and leveraging organic traction to utilizing the latest ad tech and challenging the status quo. Industry leaders from different brands will share their knowledge about these topics giving actionable insights to take home. The day will also include break-out rooms between these presentations, where you’ll get to interact directly with presenters in a panel-style discussion. There will also be plenty of opportunities to connect with fellow marketing professionals before and during the event.
Adweek's Social Media Week
TBD
A deep dive into the democratization of creativity. Find out how marketers and ad agencies can effectively collaborate with creators to drive next-level engagement and how innovative digital content is being used to create communities that marketers can engage, grow and monetize.
VidCon
TBD
The world’s leading digital creators, platform innovators, and their fans converge in one place. It’s the magic of online creators in real life! It is where everyone involved in that online magic comes together, in real life and in real time. The creators, the fans, the brands, all of us in one place — sometimes gathering in-person in cities all over the world, and sometimes connecting virtually. But always completely in-the-moment.
Independent Podcast Conference
TBD
ICON originally started out as Mid-Atlantic Podcast started as a Facebook group for podcasters who live in the Mid-Atlantic States. The idea was to bring podcasters together for meet-ups, Google Hangouts and eventually grow into conferences. After seeing the interest to have a podcast (exclusive) conference in the northeast, Joe Pardo jumped on the opportunity to make it happen. It is an extension of Super Joe Pardo’s passion to host amazing events with great people!
Good Girls Eat Dinner
TBD
Good Girls Eat Dinner has one simple mission: to serve up inspirational female role models from across the creative industries. And to do it in a setting that feels inclusive (and not remotely like a conference). Four inspirational women from a range of creative backgrounds share their experiences and advice between courses. It’s the most interesting dinner party you’ll ever go to.
WWD Beauty Digital Forum
TBD
Full day conference dedicated to beauty industry innovation in the digital space. 2023 themes will focus on creating a more direct connection to the beauty consumer across platforms. This will lean heavily into the metaverse, e-commerce, social media, AI and data. The 2023 event will include top executives from global beauty brands as well as entrepreneurs who are thinking creatively to develop new ways to communicate with their audiences.
DEW
TBD
Online
Join industry leaders to gain insights into Television + Streaming, Brands + Entertainment, Games + Esports, RightsTech, and Music + Podcasts.
Digital Media & Advocacy Summit
TBD
The Digital Media and Advocacy Summit is the premier event providing advanced content and best practices for the digital advocacy, public affairs and grassroots community. The Public Affairs Council brings together digital experts and experienced practitioners from Fortune 500 companies, influential advocacy groups and leading associations for a full day of idea sharing, networking and tactical skill building.
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The community is truly one of a kind. Through WIIM, I’ve learned so many tips and tricks about influencer marketing, made business deals, and even landed my current role through the Mentor program! It’s an incredible resource, and I highly recommend membership to everyone I know that works in our field.
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Associate Director of Creative Strategy, WHALAR
