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

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  • Haystack US 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… Read More »Haystack US 2026

  • Berlin Buzzwords

    Kulturbrauerei Schönhauser Allee 36, Berlin, Germany

    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.

    €50 – €550

  • Berlin Search Week

    Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany

    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.

  • MICES

    TUECHTIG Oudenarder Straße, 16 House D06, 1st floor, Berlin, Germany

    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… Read More »MICES

    Free

  • SIGIR

    Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf 3006, Melbourne, Australia

    "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 |… Read More »SIGIR

  • Vespa.ai Live

    Lumiere London 6-14 Underwood St, London, United Kingdom

    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… Read More »Vespa.ai Live

    £99

  • Haystack Europe

    Berlin, Germany Berlin, Germany

    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.… Read More »Haystack Europe

    EUR50 – EUR249

  • Enterprise Search & Discovery

    JW Marriott, Washington DC Washington, District of Columbia, United States

    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.… Read More »Enterprise Search & Discovery

    $1995 – $2195

  • Search Solutions

    BCS 25 Copthall Ave, London, United Kingdom

    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

    £100 – £120

  • NTCIR

    National Institute of Informatics (NII) 2 Chome-1-2 Hitotsubashi, Chiyoda City, Tokyo, Japan

    Since 1997, the NTCIR project has promoted research efforts for enhancing Information Access (IA) technologies such as Information Retrieval (IR), Text Summarization, Information Extraction (IE), and Question Answering (QA) techniques.… Read More »NTCIR

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.