* 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. I can also help you plan and run search events.
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* A list of Call for Papers dates for mainly Academic conferences can be found at WikiCFP
*CFP Open until May 11th* 18th International Conference onSimilarity Search and Applications, SISAP 2025 The International Conference on Similarity Search and Applications (SISAP) is an annual forum for researchers and application… Read More »SISAP
*CFP closes May 16th* The Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM) provides an international forum for presentation and discussion of research on information and knowledge management, as well as… Read More »CIKM
Join us in Washington, DC this November 17 - 20 for KMWorld 2025 where you’ll get practical advice, hear inspiring thought leadership, and have access to in-depth training and workshops… Read More »Enterprise Search & Discovery
Search Solutions is the BCS Information Retrieval Specialist Group’s (BCS IRSG) annual event focused on practitioner issues in the arena of search and information retrieval (IR). We bring together practitioners,… Read More »Search Solutions
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.