* 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
ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and RetrievalCHIIR is a multi-disciplinary research meeting. In addition to studies of interactive systems, information interaction, and retrieval, we encourage submissions on related topics, including human-human information interaction, novel interaction paradigms, new evaluation methods, and related research in a range of communities such as sociology, education, ethnography, psychology,… Read More »CHIIR
The 48th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR 2026) is Europe's premier forum for cutting-edge research in Information Retrieval (IR). Bringing together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts, ECIR provides a platform for sharing new, unpublished, and innovative research shaping the future of IR.
Since its inception in 1989, the World Wide Web has transformed the way we live, work, and connect. The Web Conference (formerly known as the International World Wide Web Conference, abbreviated WWW) has been the premier annual forum for presenting and discussing advances in research, development, standards, and applications shaping the future of the Web.… Read More »The ACM Web Conference
OpenSearchCon is the annual conference that brings the OpenSearch community together to learn, connect, and collaborate. Users, administrators, and developers attend to explore solutions to real-world problems, network with peers, and explore the future of search, observability, and security applications. CFP closes 18th January 2026
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
"We are delighted to invite you to the 49th International ACM SIGIR Conference on Research and Development in Information Retrieval, to be held from 20–24 July 2026 in Melbourne | Naarm, Australia (and with ICTIR the day after, on July 25). Now, we could repeat all the things you already know: that Melbourne | Naarm… Read More »SIGIR
Expect a full day of: 📅 Save the date: September 10, 2026. In London. The full agenda will be announced in May. 🎟️Tickets: Early bird tickets are available here, starting from £99. Watch this space for updates! 🎓 Pre-Event Training (September 9th): Join us the day before for hands-on Vespa training sessions: Vespa.ai Live is your… Read More »Vespa.ai Live
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 Europe
Community Over Code Glasgow 2026 features four in-person days of sessions at the Hilton Glasgow for ASF members, committers, and open source developers from around the world, focusing on Search, Big Data, Internet of Things, Community, Geospatial, Financial Tech, and many other topics. Each evening will also feature Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions and… Read More »Community over Code (was ApacheCon)
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.