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Search Conference Calendar

* This is a list of conferences that focus on search, categorised as follows (click to filter):
     VendorAcademicEvaluationExecutiveCompositePractioner
    (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


  • ECIR

    IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca Piazza S. Francesco, 19,, Lucca, Italy

    The 47th European Conference on Information Retrieval (ECIR) is the annual premier European forum for the presentation of new research results in the broadly conceived area of Information Retrieval.

    €100 – €860
  • Haystack US

    Violet Crown 200 West Main St, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

    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

    $50 – $525
  • The ACM Web Conference

    ICC Sydney 14 Darling Drive, Sydney, NSW, Australia

    Since the invention of the World Wide Web in 1989, The Web Conference (formerly known as the International World Wide Web Conference, abbreviated as WWW) is a yearly international academic conference on the topic of the future direction of the World Wide Web. This conference has been the premier venue to present and discuss progress… Read More »The ACM Web Conference

    A$180 – A$2350
  • OpenSearchCon Europe

    Mövenpick Hotel Piet Heinkade 11, Amsterdam, Netherlands

    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.

    €299

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.