If you are looking for the best marketing conferences in the UK in 2017, you’ve come to the right place.

2016 was packed full of great conferences but if you are anything like us, you probably like to be well organised and plan out your marketing conferences for 2017 well in advance.

We know how difficult that can be. So we went out of our way and pulled together a helpful list of the best marketing conferences in the UK for 2017.

Hopefully, this will help you to get the most out of your marketing activities for 2017.

The Best UK Based Marketing Conferences in 2017

Marketing Week Live

• March 8th-9th: Kensington Olympia, London
• marketingweek.com

Marketing Week Live is returning to Olympia Central in London on the 8 and 9 March with a packed schedule and top speakers.

The event covers everything from the fundamentals of marketing to the latest developments in technology and inspirational discussions on leadership.

B2B Marketing Expo

• March 28th-29th: Excel, London
• b2bmarketingexpo.co.uk

B2B Marketing Expo is an interactive exhibition and conference designed specifically for the marketing sector. Expect to find high-quality exhibitors alongside a conference showcasing some of the world’s most influential figures in marketing.

A free 2-day event with 95 speakers and 35 interactive masterclass sessions.

Design It, Build It

• March 30th-31st: International Conference Centre, Edinburgh
• dibiconference.com

Design It; Build It is firmly established as one of the UK’s leading tech conferences. With industry thought leaders delivering inspiring talks from industry covering the web from design through to build.

Digital Marketing Conference

• May 18: Emirates Stadium, London
• figarodigital.co.uk

A full-day of presentations, 1-2-1 meetings, roundtables, and plenty of quality networking opportunities.

Join 200 delegates and a team of expert speakers as they examine current and future trends across the digital marketing industry.

SMX London

• May 23rd-24th: ETC. Venues, London
• marketinglandevents.com

Search marketing is by far the biggest area of digital marketing. You can’t afford to waste time or money getting it wrong. Attend SMX, and you’ll get it right!

Packed full of SEO, SEM and Online Marketing sessions. The aim of the conference is for you to leave with practical tips and techniques to immediately improve your search marketing efforts. SMX also has strategic sessions to help you with what’s coming over the horizon.

Camp Digital

• May 24th: Town Hall, Manchester
• wearesigma.com

Camp digital is an inspirational conference that brings together all the digital, design and UX Communities for a series of seminars exploring the latest thinking in our industry.

Digital Marketing World

• June 19th-20th: Bishopsgate, London
• digitalmarketing-conference.com

#DMWF Expo Global 2017 will showcase the latest Digital Marketing Technologies and Strategy, Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, eCommerce, Influencer Marketing, Content Marketing, Data, Analytics and Mobile Marketing across three dedicated conference streams.

Ignite 2017 (Formerly B2B Summit)

• June 22nd: Business Design Centre, London
• b2bmarketing.net

Over one day, you’ll be joined by over 1000 fired-up marketers under one roof.

With a customisable agenda, 9 keynotes and a new award ceremony, B2B Marketing Ignite is for everyone in B2B who wants to propel their career, fire-up their marketing results, spark new ideas and really shine in 2017.

The Do Lectures

• July 6th-9th: Cardigan, Wales
• thedolectures.com

Once a year, speakers and attendees gather on the edge of West Wales to create a village of ideas. The broadband is switched off. And people talk about the ideas they have just listened to. It is place for optimism, wonder, and inspiration to bubble up.

Stated neither as a conference or a festival, it is a small event. Just 80 attendees and 24 speakers. But it is the intimate nature of it that gives its magic.

The Talking Point of Business

• September 22nd: George Street, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
• talkingpointofbusiness.com

Talking Point of Business is an event for business owners & employees. It is a day event that covers a range of topics from the top industry specialists based in the North East. Everything you hear on the day is delivered in a way that is actionable and easily implemented to help you grow and achieve massive success.

The topic covered in our event is Content Marketing, a key recipe for success in any business.

Festival of Marketing

• October 4th – 5th: Tobacco Dock, East London
• festivalofmarketing.com

This next marketing conference is the Festival of Marketing has an impressive line-up of household names, hard to reach CMOs and leading marketers ready to inspire and impact the marketing journey.

With 12 stages, interactive experiences and a masters gallery showcasing award entries it promises to live up to it’s ‘festival’ name.

Conversion Conference

• October 11th-12th: ETC Venues, London
• conversionconference.co.uk

Conversion rate optimisation is changing. Discover the latest strategies and tactics about. Learn how to optimise your website and grow your business with:

• Collecting Meaningful Data for Conversion Optimisation Conversion Techniques for the Cross Channel, Multi-Device Buyer
• Techniques for implementing A/B and multivariate tests that yield results Personalisation
• One-on-one advice from top conversion experts during live critique session

Digital Marketing Innovation Summit

• October 19th – 20th: London
• theinnovationenterprise.com

This UK marketing conference has over 25+ Industry Speakers & 100+ delegates, Digital Marketing Innovation is the most exclusive gathering of leaders in digital marketing and digital media.

Youpreneur Summit 2017

• November 11th – 12th: London
• Registration

Chris Ducker marks his return to the Uk, with is very first Youpreneur Summit.

With two keynotes announced (Pat Flynn and John Lee Dumas), it promises to be a jam-packed schedule of keynotes, speaker sessions, masterminds and plenty of professional networking!

Your turn

So there you have it, the best UK based marketing conferences to choose from in 2017.

1. What conferences will you be attending?
2. What should we add to the list?
3. How many conferences do you typically attend every year?

DFTBA!

Chris