* 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.
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* A list of Call for Papers dates for mainly Academic conferences can be found at WikiCFP
Haystack is the conference for improving search relevance. If you're like us, you work to understand the shiny new tools or dense academic papers out there that promise the moon. Then you puzzle how to apply those insights to your search problem, in your search stack. But the path isn't always easy, and the promised… Read More »Haystack US
* CFP Closes 21st April * Community Over Code (formly known as ApacheCon) is the official global conference series of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Since 1998 – before the ASF’s incorporation – ApacheCon has been drawing participants at all levels to explore ”Tomorrow’s Technology Today” across 350+ Apache projects and their diverse communities. Community… Read More »Community over Code Asia
Join us in Charlottesville, VA, for Haystack US 2026 – an immersive experience featuring workshops, training sessions, and other exciting events tailored for search and AI professionals. Stay tuned for more details coming soon! Haystack US 2026 Call for Papers is now open! Closes February 22nd. Haystack is the conference for improving search relevance. If… Read More »Haystack US 2026
Berlin Buzzwords is Europe’s leading conference for modern data infrastructure, search and machine learning and is focused on open source software projects. CFP open until 15th February 2026.
A week of events about search - from Berlin Buzzwords and MICES, to a Meetup run by Women of Search, a Future Search Day and Search & AI Office Hours.
Date TBC - but it's usually the day after Berlin Buzzwords! MICES brings together participants from a variety of backgrounds, all sharing a common interest in e-commerce search. In order to stimulate and facilitate discussion, we will start with scheduled talks in the morning. This will be followed by self-organising sessions: participants are encouraged to… Read More »MICES
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.