Search Conference Calendar
* This is a list of conferences that focus on search, categorised as follows (click to filter):
Vendor • Academic • Evaluation • Executive • Composite • Practioner
(based on my blog How To Get The Best From a Search Conference).
* Here’s the events I’m attending – if you’d like to meet up, let me know.
* Planning an event? Submit it here and I’ll add it to the list.
* Want to run a search event? I’ve run many events including Haystack – let me help!.
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* A list of Call for Papers dates for mainly Academic conferences can be found at WikiCFP
Enterprise Search & Discovery
November 17 @ 8:00 am – November 19 @ 5:00 pm EST
Join us for three days of practical advice, thought leadership, and interaction with colleagues and peers at Enterprise Search & Discovery 2026 this November 17 – 19 in Washington, DC. Discover how to design, build, and manage better search and discovery to help extract critical knowledge and business value from your organizational data.
Just as we catch our breath to integrate new search tech into our workflows, the landscape shifts again. It’s an “agentic” roller coaster—a mix of exhilaration and fear—that leaves us racing to keep up with AI while sensing that search remains more than just algorithms. Despite the chaos, the fundamentals endure: relevance, accuracy, and speed still matter. Precision and recall haven’t vanished, and the human element remains vital. At Enterprise Search & Discovery, we explore it all—bridging the gap between time-tested foundations and the bleeding edge.
Enterprise Search & Discovery is also part of KMWorld 2026 which is comprised of five closely intergrated events: KMWorld, Enterprise Search & Discovery, Text Analytics Forum, Enterprise AI World and Taxonomy Boot Camp.
As a well-known figure in the search community, an experienced and popular conference speaker and the organiser and host of many events including 5 years of Haystack, I can help you create and run events to inform, educate and inspire. I’m also available as a keynote or track speaker – watch some of my past talks. To discuss your event, get in touch.