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Conference Collection: Top B2B Marketing Events To Learn From In 2022

Posted on Apr 13th, 2022
Written by Lane Ellis
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    What are some of the top events, conferences and industry trade shows — whether virtual, in-person, and hybrid — for B2B marketers to learn from this spring and beyond?

    To help you sort out the many B2B marketing conference options available during the rest of 2022, we’ve compiled our latest list of the top B2B marketing events to elevate and inform your business strategy.

    Marketing conferences offer a true wealth of benefits to marketers seeking the latest learning, new networking opportunities, and the latest industry research and insight to increase brand awareness, but sometimes finding events that match your business and B2B search marketing needs can be challenging.

    In just the last decade the number of conferences has risen drastically, making it harder than ever to hone in on the ones that can best help build your business, boost your networking opportunities, and offer the most relevant new industry education from top speakers, especially in world of B2B search marketing.

    For this spring we’ve gathered together a powerful array of events, and are happy to present them here, in chronological order. All events are virtual except where noted.

    “We’re all the same size rectangle on the Zoom screen.” — Vanessa Colella of @Citi Share on X

    Kick back and dig in to our collection of some of the top B2B search marketing and other B2B-related conferences and events taking place as we head towards 2023.

    Top 2022 B2B Marketing Conferences

    APRIL

    B2B Marketing Expo — #B2BMarketingExpoUSA
    When: April 6-7, 2022
    Where: Los Angeles, CA.
    Theme: B2B Marketing
    About: One of Europe’s top marketing events will bring its B2B Marketing Expo to California in 2022, expected to offer over 200 sessions, industry awards, and keynotes from top speakers from the American Marketing Association, EMRG, and others.

    The Gathering Marketing Summit — #TheGatheringSummit
    When: April 20-22, 2022
    Where: Hybrid (Live + Virtual), Banff, Canada
    Theme: Creating Cult-Like Branding
    About: The Gathering Marketing Summit explores how some of the bravest brands deliver marketing, build culture and connect with customers in ways that don’t just get them to buy, but to buy in, featuring leading speakers from firms such as Netflix, Peleton, and others.

    Fast Co. Most Innovative Companies Summit — #FCFestival
    When: April 26-27, 2022
    Theme: Innovation
    About: For 2022 the all-virtual Fast Co. Most Innovative Companies Summit offers business inspiration by leaders making a difference through technology and creativity, with a powerful slate of speakers including Sir Richard Branson, Pharrell Williams, and Jack Forestell of Visa.

    Influencer Marketing Show — #IMSNYC22
    When: April 27, 2022
    Where: Manhattan, New York City
    Theme: Influencer Marketing
    About: The 2022 Influencer Marketing Show event focuses on the future of influencer marketing for brands, to ensure they navigate their way through the planning, execution, and measurement of smart influencer campaigns, featuring an impressive roster of speakers.

    MAY

    DigiMarCon MidAtlantic — #DigiMarCon
    When: May 2-3, 2022
    Where: Philadelphia, PA. and virtual
    Theme: Digital Marketing
    About: The in-person DigiMarCon MidAtlantic digital marketing conference offers up emerging strategies on paid search, search engine optimization (SEO), visual and voice search, plus the latest innovative technologies and best practices to move your business to the next level, featuring top speakers to be announced.

    B2B Summit North America — #ForrB2BSummit
    When: May 2-4, 2022
    Where: Austin, TX. and virtual
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: Formerly Sirius Decisions Summit, Forrester’s B2B Summit North America live virtual experience for 2022 enables B2B sales, marketing and product leaders to learn how to drive growth and energize their business, and features top industry speakers including Harvard’s Sarah Elizabeth Lewis and Amazon Web Services CMO Rachel Thornton.

    C3 Conference — #C3NY
    When: May 11, 2022
    Where: New York City and virtual.
    Theme: Organic Marketing
    About: Conductor’s C3 conference embodies professional marketers who connect, collaborate, and commit, and features top speakers from IBM, SAP and other major brands.

    Demand Gen Summit — #DemandGenSummit
    When: May 18, 2022
    Theme: Demand Generation
    About: Demand Gen Summit’s spring virtual event will feature keynote speakers including Rick Tolman of Salesforce, and session speakers from major firms including Demandbase and others.

    Digital Summit Philadelphia — #DSSF
    When: May 23-24, 2022
    Where: Philadelphia, PA.
    Theme: Digital Marketing
    About: Digital Summit’s two-day Philadelphia event will feature more than 30 insightful sessions along with top speakers from brands including LinkedIn, Deloitte, Charles Schwab, and Spotify.

    Gartner Marketing Symposium/Xpo — #GartnerSYM
    When: May 23-25, 2022
    Theme: Marketing Strategies and Leadership
    About: Gartner’s virtual 2022 Marketing Symposium/Xpo will bring together marketing executives to explore navigating unprecedented changes, with a lineup of top speakers to be announced in the lead-up to the event.

    AdExchanger PROGRAMMATIC I/O Las Vegas — #PROGIO
    When: May 23-25, 2022
    Theme: Programmatic Marketing
    About: For 2022 AdExchanger’s PROGRAMMATIC I/O Las Vegas will be a global forum for programmatic marketing technology and more, focused on what to expect in programmatic this year, with featured speakers from TikTok, Disney, Paramount and others.

    ANA Masters of B2B Marketing Conference — #ANAB2B
    When: May 23-25, 2022
    Where:Scottsdale, AZ. and virtual
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: The Association of National Advertisers’s 2022 ANA Masters of B2B Marketing Conference is all B2B, all the time, offering the latest B2B marketing insight by leading speakers from Google, IBM, HP Inc. and more.

    ContentTECH Summit — #ContentTECH
    When: May 31-June 2, 2022
    Where: San Francisco, CA.
    Theme: MarTech
    About: Offer a focus on content, technology and strategy specifically for enterprise marketers, ContentTECH Summit’s 2022 digital event features top presenters from major brands.

    JUNE

    Reuters Events’ Strategic Marketing 2022 — #ReutersEvents
    When: June 1-2, 2022
    Where: San Diego, CA.
    Theme: Marketing
    About: Reuters Events’ Strategic Marketing 2022 virtual event explores the move beyond marketing and the future of consumer-brand relationships, featuring an array of top strategic marketing speakers.

    B2B Marketing Ignite USA — #IgniteB2B
    When: June 1-3, 2022
    Where: Chicago, IL.
    Theme: B2B Marketing
    About: B2B Marketing Ignite took its popular London B2B marketing event to the U.S. in 2020, and for 2022 it heads to Chicago, focusing on fresh and inspiring thinking and featuring leading speakers including Adobe’s Cass Taylor and many others.

    Digital Summit San Francisco — #DSSF
    When: June 6-7, 2022
    Where: San Francisco, CA.
    Theme: Digital Marketing
    About: Digital Summit’s two-day San Francisco event will feature over 30 insightful sessions along with top speakers from brands including SAP, Deloitte, Salesforce, Twitter, and Spotify.

    B2B Marketing Exchange — #B2BMX
    When: June 6-8, 2022
    Theme: B2B Marketing
    About: B2B Marketing Exchange focuses on B2B sales and marketing tactics and technologies with sessions covering content marketing, demand generation, sales enablement and more, with leading industry speakers that have included our CEO Lee Odden, Microsoft’s Miri Rodriguez, Forrester’s Jay McBain and others from Cisco, SurveyMonkey, Oracle, BMC Software, Honeywell and other B2B brands.

    Sales 3.0 — #S30C
    When: June 13-14, 2022
    Where:Philadelphia, PA.
    Theme: B2B Sales Enablement
    About: The 2022 Sales 3.0 conference is a two-day event for B2B sales professionals incorporating AI-powered networking and speakers from firms such as Vidyard, Social Sales Link, Selling Power and more.

    SMX Advanced 2022 — #SMX
    When: June 14-15, 2022
    Theme: Search & Social
    About: SMX Advanced will be produced virtually again in 2022, offering an in-depth look at the advanced tactical side of search and social media marketing, featuring an array of top industry speakers.

    Product Marketing World Seattle Summit — #PMMWorld
    When: June 15-16, 2022
    Where: Seattle, WA.
    Theme: Product Marketing
    About: Product Marketing World’s Seattle Summit will offer some 30 top industry speakers exploring the intersection of product, marketing, and sales.

    SearchLove Philadelphia — #SearchLove
    When: June 20-21, 2022
    Where: Philadelphia, PA.
    Theme: Search Marketing
    About: SearchLove provides a multi-day event focusing on search marketing for in-house and agency search engine optimizers, business owners, marketing managers and more, featuring top speakers to be announced.

    Email Innovations Summit — #EISConf
    When: June 20-22, 2022
    Where: Las Vegas, NV. and virtual
    Theme: Email Marketing
    About: As its name implies, the Email Innovations Summit focuses on the email aspects of marketing, discussing the cutting edge of email marketing trends and featuring top speakers from leading firms to be announced.

    Product Marketing World Las Vegas Summit — #PMMWorld
    When: June 23-24, 2022
    Where: Las Vegas, NV.
    Theme: Product Marketing
    About: Product Marketing World’s Las Vegas Summit will offer more than 30 top industry speakers exploring the intersection of product, marketing, and sales.

    JULY

    MozCon — #MozCon
    When: July 11-13, 2022
    Where: Seattle, WA. and virtual
    Theme: SEO and Search Marketing
    About: MozCon will take place in Seattle over three days in July in 2022, exploring the latest search, SEO, conversion marketing, and local search marketing trends, featuring top speakers from leading firms to be announced.

    AUGUST

    Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference — #MAICON22
    When: August 3-5, 2022
    Where: Cleveland, OH. and virtual
    Theme: Marketing Artificial Intelligence
    About: In-person for 2022, the Marketing Artificial Intelligence Conference (MAICON) focuses on the successful use of AI in marketing, with programming created to understand AI and learn how to select, pilot, and scale the right use cases with the right AI-powered technologies. MAICON will feature five next-generation workshops, eight keynotes, 20 breakout sessions, and plenty of networking opportunities.

    B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange — #B2BSMX
    When: August 8-10, 2022
    Where:Boston, MA.
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: B2B Sales and Marketing Exchange brings together thought leaders in ABM, revenue marketing and demand generation, including an array of top speakers.

    SEPTEMBER

    INBOUND 2022 — #INBOUND2022
    When: September 6-9, 2022
    Where:Boston, MA. and virtual
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: INBOUND 2022 will present some of the biggest names and brightest minds in sales and marketing and other industries, and offers speakers from firms including Intuit, HubSpot and others. Past sessions have focused on SEO strategies derived from product design methodology and more.

    Product Marketing World San Francisco Summit — #PMMWorld
    When: June 23-24, 2022
    Where: San Francisco, CA.
    Theme: Product Marketing
    About: Product Marketing World’s San Francisco Summit will offer some 100 top industry speakers exploring the intersection of product, marketing, and sales.

    SaaStr Annual 2022 — #SaaStr
    When: September 13-15, 2022
    Where: San Francisco, CA.
    Theme: Software as a Service (SaaS)
    About: SaaStr Annual 2022 offers a cloud-focused business event bringing together B2B founders, executives and investors for the largest non-vendor SaaS conference, including speakers from firms such as Adobe, Slack, Google Cloud, and Intuit.

    Content Marketing World — #CMWorld
    When: September 13 – 16, 2022
    Where: Cleveland, OH. and virtual
    Theme: Content Marketing
    About: 2022’s Content Marketing World conference is set to explore the best in content marketing to grow your business and inspire your audience, featuring top speakers including Tequia Burt of LinkedIn*, Kim Sterling of Adobe Stock, our own CEO and co-founder Lee Odden, and others to be announced in the lead-up to the event.

    Advertising Week New York — #AWNewYork
    When: September 19-21, 2022
    Where: New York City and virtual
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: The 2022 Advertising Week New York event will serve as a worldwide gathering of marketing, advertising, technology and brand professionals, offering major speakers to be announced.

    Growth Hackers 2022 — #GHConf22
    When: September 20, 2022
    Where: San Francisco, CA. and virtual
    Theme: Marketing & Sales
    About: Growth Hackers 2022 will take place in hybrid format, exploring the next generation of growth tactics and the leaders building those tactics, featuring top speakers to be announced.

    Dreamforce — #Dreamforce
    When: September 20-22, 2022
    Theme: Salesforce Marketing
    About: For 2022, Salesforce’ Dreamforce event will feature an array or top speakers from major brands.

    Martech — #MarTechConf
    When: September 28-29, 2022
    Theme: MarTech
    About: Martech’s free 2022 online event focuses on actionable tactics in marketing technology to solve marketing problems, with speakers from firms such as Amazon Web Services, Red Hat, Western Governors University and more.

    OCTOBER

    MarketingProfs B2B Forum — #MPB2B
    When: October 12-14, 2022
    Where:Boston, MA. and virtual
    Theme: B2B Marketing
    About: At MarketingProfs B2B Forum top leaders, innovators, and people who make things happen gather to share their secrets to success, with a stellar lineup of speakers including our own CEO and co-founder Lee Odden, and keynotes to be announced in the lead-up to the event.

    The Influencer Marketing Show — #IMSLONDON22
    When: October 20, 2022
    Where: London, UK. and virtual
    Theme: Influencer Marketing
    About: An hybrid event in London, The Influencer Marketing Show offers brands, agencies, content creators and technology platforms a full day on influencer marketing education and strategy, with 40+ top speakers and over 30 exhibitors.

    State of Search Conference — #StateOfSearch2022
    When: October 24-25, 2022
    Theme: Search Marketing
    About: The two-day virtual State of Search Conference is set to explore search marketing, pay-per-click (PPC), and other search elements of digital marketing, featuring a variety of top industry speakers.

    NOVEMBER

    AI Summit Austin — #AISummit
    When: November, 2022
    Where: Austin, TX.
    Theme: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
    About: Expected to take place in-person, the 2022 version of AI Summit Austin presents all things artificial intelligence for business marketers, and includes leading speakers to be announced, providing looks at modernizing the search stack using AI and other topics.

    B2B Marketing ABM Conference — #B2BMarketingABM
    When: November 2, 2022
    Where: London, UK
    Theme: Account-Based Marketing (ABM) in B2B Marketing
    About: The 2022 B2B Marketing ABM Conference is aimed at a deep-dive into the world of ABM for B2B marketers, with multiple content streams and two days of learning on-tap, and speakers from firms such as Autodesk, Dow Jones, Ericsson, and Panasonic, including sessions exploring intent data and more.

    Content Marketing Conference — #CMC22
    When: November 9-11, 2022
    Theme: Content Marketing
    About: For 2022’s hybrid event, Content Marketing Conference offers marketers actionable content marketing tools and tactics to humanize your brand, with top speakers to be announced.

    SMX Next— #SMX
    When: November 15-16, 2022
    Theme: Search Engine Marketing
    About: SMX Next explores actionable tactics to overcome today’s many search marketing obstacles, with session tracks dedicated to pay-per-click (PPC), SEO, link-building, and more, delivered by top speakers to be announced.

    DECEMBER / TBD / On-Demand / 2023

    Adobe Summit — #AdobeSummit
    When: Continuous
    Theme: Digital Experience
    About: Adobe Summit is a free virtual event with more than 200 sessions available on-demand, exploring the re-imagining of customer experiences with leaders in marketing automation, advertising, commerce and analytics, and feature speakers including Ryan Reynolds, Kristen Bell, Allyson Felix, and many others.

    Social Media Marketing World — #SMMW23
    When: March 13-15, 2023
    Where: San Diego, CA.
    Theme: Social Media
    About: Social Media Marketing World will hold an in-person conference in March, 2023, with a deep-dive into social media marketing focusing on new ideas and quality networking opportunities, including top presenters.

    Pick Up B2B Marketing Events On Your Radar

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    We hope you’ve found at least a few new and virtual, in-person, and hybrid B2B marketing events to put on your radar and attend this year, and that the networking and industry learning you’ll experience from either these conferences or the many others available will help you elevate your own B2B marketing success in 2022 and well beyond.

    To help you make the most of whichever of these B2B marketing events you attend, check out our “In-Person, Virtual & Hybrid: How To Get The Most From B2B Marketing Events In 2022.”

    Crafting award-winning B2B marketing takes considerable time and effort, which is why many firms choose to work with a top digital marketing agency such as TopRank Marketing. Talk with us about how we can help, as we’ve done for businesses ranging from LinkedIn, Dell and 3M to Adobe, Oracle, monday.com and others.

    * LinkedIn is a TopRank Marketing client.