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brightonSEO Octobre 2026

The world's largest search marketing conference, twice a year in Brighton

8-9 October 2026 · 2 days Brighton, United Kingdom In person EN
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Overview

Started in 2010 as a meetup above a pub, brightonSEO now brings 4,000+ attendees to the Brighton Centre for two days of talks. Hundreds of sessions cover technical SEO, AI search, content and digital PR, with a training day beforehand and the MeasureFest analytics track included. Organised by Rough Agenda (RoughAgenda Ltd).

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Who is it for?

In-house SEOs, agencies, freelancers and digital marketing managers, from beginners to seniors

Topics

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Speakers

148 speakers announced

  • Jean Sarunporn

    « Getting Your Brand Recommended by AI Agents: A Practical Guide to GEO »

  • Paris Childress

    CEO · Hop AI

    « Information Gain: The Missing Metric in Every GEO Content Strategy? »

  • Samanyou Garg

    Founder and CEO · Writesonic

    « Drowning in prompts? How to build an AEO program around the data that matters »

  • Marco Bonomo

    Global SEO Operations Manager · Philip Morris International

    « Automate Anything with Python + AI in Minutes - Zero Skills Required »

  • Ann Stanley

    Founder \u0026 CEO · Anicca AI \u0026 Insights

    « Adding Claude Code to Your Search Marketing Toolkit »

  • Tom Winter

    Founder · SEOwind

    « Everyone Wants to Automate SEO. Nobody Can Define “Good” »

  • Gintarė Rimolaitytė

    Chief Commercial Officer · Trendos

    « Who AI Cites Now: How Source Patterns Shifted Since December 2025 »

  • Dagan Price

    AI Solutions Lead · IDHL

    « The SEO ROI Formula: Can SEO ROI actually be Forecasted? »

  • Jeremy Burgos

    Senior Growth Marketer · GoHighLevel

    « 3 Ways AI Is Turning More Leads Into Sales »

  • Adrijana Vujadin

    SEO Mindset Coach · AV Coaching

    « Please stop explaining SEO: How to sell without feeling salesy »

  • James Yorke

    SEO \u0026 Digital Strategy Consultant · Freelance

    « From Rankings to Ranges: How to Forecast SEO in 2026 »

  • Charles Meaden

    Founder · Digital Nation

    « Google Search Console Big Query Export - The Almost Free SEO Database Full of Gold »

  • Zac Nash

    Data Engineering Director · Fresh Egg

    « Lessons from Building a Thinking Analytics Agent »

  • Arpan Bumb

    Lead Analyst · Wise

    « From Impression to Transaction: An AI Powered Framework for Explaining End-to-End Organic Funnel Metrics in Enterprise SEO »

  • Louisa Chan

    Digital Marketing Manager · ADP

    « The Traditional Media Agency is Dead. What Comes Next? »

  • Spencer Stein

    Account Manager · Conductor

    « Good Data In, Good Data Out: The Prompt Index, MCP, and What AI Visibility Can Unlock With an Expert Approach »

  • Oliver Yee

    Head of SEO · MediaVision

    « Too Many URLs, Too Little Value: The Crawl Bloat Problem »

  • Gareth Simpson

    Founder \u0026 Innovation Director · Seeker Digital

    « The Semantic Web Prophecy »

  • Tamara Novitović

    « Masterclass: Beginners Technical SEO »

  • Carmen Dominguez

    Director of Organic Growth \u0026 Partnerships · Welltech

    « Smash Your SEO & Reputation Goals with One Word: Reddit »

  • Shoaib Ahmed

    LinkedIn \u0026 Personal Brand Expert · SA Personal Branding

    « The Future of B2B Marketing: The LinkedIn Social Selling & Personal Brand Matrix »

  • Susan Adeoye

    Brand and Omnichannel Content Strategist · The Blackwell Clinic

    « TikTok SEO: The Search Strategy Most Brands Still Aren't Using »

  • Ashley Liddell

    Search Everywhere Director (Founder) · Deviation

    « The FYP is a SERP »

  • Sarah McDowell

    Podcast Producer \u0026 Marketing Consultant · Lyrebird Studios

    « The SEO Case for Podcasting: Your Perfect E-E-A-T Strategy »

  • Sophie Winkels

    News SEO Specialist · DPG Media

    « Headlines to bottom lines: turning newsroom E-E-A-T into corporate conversion »

  • Christian Rigg

    Director of Operations · Eleven Writing

    « Best of Both Worlds: AI Content Systems with True Human EEAT »

  • Katie Mishner

    SEO Manager · Blue Array

    « E-E-E-A-T: A Case for Adding 'Empathy' To Your SEO Strategy »

  • Sarah McAreavey

    People Director · Reflect Digital

    « Decoding the Individual: Using Personal Values to Unlock Team Potential »

  • Hannah Smith

    Founder · worderist.com

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  • Petra Kis-Herczegh

    « Your AI Transition Is a People Problem. »

  • Nikki Goodman

    Head of the SEO Team · Sleeping Giant Media

    « Why SEO Recommendations Don't Get Implemented (Even When They Are Right) »

  • Christian Goodrich

    Head of Search Marketing · SOZO

    « How Claude Code Helped Me Transform Reporting and Delivery for AI Search and SEO »

  • Kumar Amrendra

    Founder · KaiSignals

    « Money In. Money Out. The Rest Is Measurement Theatre. »

  • Peter Longton

    Customer Data Lead · Pi Datametrics

    « From Measuring Search to Measuring Everything »

  • Tom Capper

    Director of Search Product Strategy · STAT \u0026 Moz

    « How not to measure AI »

  • Dan Brooks

    Marketing Manager · ID Card Centre

    « Facets to Fortune: How to Optimise Your Ecommerce Filters for Revenue »

  • David Bryan

    Freelance eCommerce SEO · David Bryan SEO

    « The Hidden Architecture of High-Ranking eCommerce Product Pages: The Technical Systems That Actually Move Revenue »

  • Steve Paine

    Marketing manager and data analyst · Sistrix

    « Ecommerce & Retail Leaders: Food and Drink Sector »

  • Margaux Marshall

    Search Specialist \u0026 Agency Founder · MGX Digital

    « Beyond The Audit: The Messy Side of Shopify Technical SEO »

  • Julien Deneuville

    Global SEO Lead · Turo

    « Masterclass: Advanced Technical SEO »

  • Frank van Dijk

    SEO Specialist · DEPT®

    « How to find content opportunities beyond keyword research »

  • Gus Pelogia

    SEO Product Manager · Indeed

    « When MCP Servers are (and aren’t) the Right Choice »

  • Abbie Dando

    Director of Strategy · Monday Clicks

    « From Query to Sale: Engineering Search Journeys That Convert »

  • Jeremy McDonald

    Founder · We Are Pioneers

    « From Gut Checks to Guardrails: Deploying Trustworthy AI for Marketing QA »

  • Sam Page

    Head of AEO/SEO Services · AirOps

    « Win at Local AEO - The Wild West of AI Search »

  • Alex Moss

    Principal SEO · Yoast (also FireCask)

    « Maximise integrity, minimise hallucination »

  • Jamie Woodbridge

    Managing Director \u0026 Co-Founder · The Inbox Club

    « WhatsApp and Email Marketing - The Killer Lifecycle Combo »

  • Joseph Bauermeister

    SEO Strategist · Oban International

    « Why search insights belong in the boardroom and how to get them there. »

  • Tom Stanton

    Executive Director, Strategy · Anything is Possible

    « What prompt analysis says about sectors, strategy… and the changing role of SEOs. »

  • Amrdeep Athwal

    Experimentation and Analytics Director · Conversions Matter LTD

    « AI - With great power comes great responsibility »

  • Ayisha Yousef

    Founder/Director · What Matters Media

    « Good Data, Bad Decisions »

  • Dhanya Nair

    SEO Lead · NSPCC

    « Beyond AI Search: 5 Ways Charities Can Win in a Fragmented Search Landscape »

  • Lucas Kolping

    « Beyond SEO Deliverables: Simple Tips to Become the Trusted Advisor Your Clients Never Want to Leave »

  • Edward (Teddie) Cowell

    Global VP, SEO \u0026 GSO (AI Search) · WPP Media

    « No Clicks? No Rankings? No Problem: How AI Panic is Giving SEO a Seat at the C-Suite Table »

  • Anna Lewis

    Founder · Polka Dot Data Ltd

    « Masterclass: Utilising GA4 & More for Data Driven SEO Systems »

  • Tom Wells

    Co-founder and Principal Consultant · Vaer AI

    « All Mentions are not created equal in AI search. »

  • Dixon Jones

    CEO · InLinks / Waikay

    « Entity Maps: Brief AI Before It Briefs Itself »

  • Amanda Walls

    Director · Cedarwood Digital

    « Using AI & Custom GPTs To Take Your Digital PR Strategies To The Next Level »

  • Jessica Hulbert

    Website \u0026 SEO Specialist · The Hendy Group

    « Stop Training Links, Start Training AI: Your Guide For E-E-A-T First Digital PR »

  • Jane Hunt

    CEO · JBH

    « Prove It: A Digital PR Playbook for Winning AI Citations and Reporting GEO Impact »

  • Neil Barnes

    Head of Growth · Friday Media Group

    « Ditch the GPS for a Compass! Why Directional Data Trumps Measurement Perfection »

  • Dan Truman

    Analytics Director · Duga Digital

    « Broken Pixels, Broken Budget, Broken Trust »

  • Ollie Sloan

    Head of Strategy · Arke Agency

    « From marketing metrics to board decisions: how to report performance in a way that unlocks investment »

  • Rebecca Yu

    SEO Manager, Enterprise SEO \u0026 Product · JAKALA

    « Common mistakes in Large-scale site migration »

  • Emma Russell

    Founder · Oxford Comma

    « Migrations & AI Visibility Lag: The part of the migration that takes a lot longer than expected »

  • Dena Warren

    SEO Lead · Techquity

    « Migrations without the traffic cliff dive »

  • Emilio Takas

    Head of SEO \u0026 Growth · Campeon Gaming

    « Masterclass: Content Strategy in the AI Era »

  • Grigoris Konomi

    AI Architect · Campeon Gaming

    « Masterclass: Content Strategy in the AI Era »

  • John Iwuozor

    Content marketer and strategist · Freelance

    « 5 Things Google Patents Reveal About Why SEO Feels Harder in 2026 »

  • Ryan Law

    Director of Content Marketing · Ahrefs

    « How We Built a Content Engineering System for the Ahrefs Blog »

  • Josh Blyskal

    Answer Engine Optimization Strategist \u0026 Researcher · Profound

    « Owning the second layer of AI search »

  • Judith Lewis

    Director · Decabbit Consultancy

    « Schema in the AI Era: From Rich Results to Machine Interpretation »

  • Chris Lever

    Head of Technical SEO · Glass Atlas

    « Getting Under the Hood of Screaming Frog CLI for Automating Tech SEO »

  • Laura Iancu

    Founder \u0026 International Search Consultant · Searchpedia

    « Schema beyond rich results: what structured data actually does in modern search systems »

  • Tuhin Banik

    Founder of ThatWare® · THATWARE® LLP

    « It's Not Enough to be Cited: How AI Systems Draw Conclusions About Brands »

  • Jonathan Kiekbusch

    Managing Director · SwishDM

    « Getting Cited Is the Easy Part: How to Change What AI Actually Says About You »

  • Chris Donnelly

    CEO · Searchable

    « What a billion sources teach us about getting mentioned & cited in AI »

  • Jade Faulconbridge

    Founder \u0026 CEO · Attributed Marketing

    « Attribution Is Dead. Long Live Decision-Making »

  • Ian Lewis

    Head of Data and Analytics · Launch Online

    « Beyond the Browser: Why Server-Side Tracking Changes Everything »

  • Gavin Attard

    Director, Solutions and Enablement Strategy · 120Feet

    « More Data, Zero Consent: What the UK's New Consent Law Just Unlocked »

  • Ahmed Bhula

    Founder/Head of Marketing · REM Digital Ltd

    « The Art of Vibe Coding: Shipping Fast Without Breaking Everything »

  • Henry price

    Technical SEO Director · Dentsu

    « Robots With Wallets, Futureproofing Product Feeds For Agentic Shopping »

  • Ray Grieselhuber

    CEO · DemandSphere

    « Data strategy & engineering for agentic workflows »

  • Paul Ryazanov

    CEO · Comerix

    « Masterclass: AI Search Optimisation & LLM Visibility »

  • Serge Bezborodov

    CTO and co-founder · JetOctopus

    « Masterclass: AI Search Optimisation & LLM Visibility »

  • Damien Robert

    Web accessibility activist · Damien Robert

    « Web accessibility is SEO: If people can’t use it, search won’t trust it »

  • Tania Gerard

    Founder \u0026 Consultant · Tania Gerard Digital

    « If Your Website Isn’t Accessible, AI Search Will Make You Invisible »

  • Azahara Corrales

    AI Consultant \u0026 Digital Transformation Leader · Azahara Corrales

    « The Prompt Tax: What Happens When You Ask AI to Find Experts »

  • Radina Ivanova

    Organic and AI Search Lead · Hallam

    « Predictive SEO: Wiring Reddit, GSC Impressions and BigQuery into an Opportunity Engine »

  • Rüdiger Dalchow

    « How to Turn Search Data into Market Intelligence »

  • Gijs de Groot

    Co-Founder \u0026 CEO · Promptwatch

    « The Trust Problem Nobody Is Solving in AI Search: These AI optimisation tactics could tank your traditional rankings »

  • Tom Rudnai

    Founder \u0026 CEO · Demand Genius

    « Your AI Visibility Metrics are Lying to You: How Conversational Context Impacts AI Responses »

  • Manuel Massimo Madeddu

    SEO GROUP ACCOUNT DIRECTOR · FOUND

    « Diagnosing Rendering and Indexing Issues with the URL Inspection API »

  • Mark Williams-Cook

    « Wiretapping the SERP: Capturing Network Data to Reverse Engineer Search »

  • John McAlpin

    Technical SEO Director · LOCOMOTIVE

    « Log Files Don't Lie: A 30-Day Crawl Analysis That Changed How We Prioritize Technical SEO »

  • Laura Mawer

    Data Science Consultant · Datacove

    « Why It Costs Nothing To Analyse Data »

  • Adriana Wertheimer

    Senior Digital Strategist · exceptional™

    « The Performance Marketing Comfort Zone: How to spot when your data is stopping you from taking smarter risks »

  • Paul Ace

    Founder · EverConvert

    « What We Learned After Running 1,000 Split Tests So You Don't Have To »

  • Harry Gadsby

    Founder · Pengwing.io

    « Two in five reports are never opened »

  • Malte Landwehr

    CPO \u0026 CMO · Peec AI

    « ChatGPT Shopping: Lessons from analysing 1M+ products in 250M+ chats »

  • Stijn Bergmans

    Head of AI Search · Follo Agency

    « 7 Tactics for Winning Agentic Search & Shopping, Learned From Building Our Own AI Stack and 200+ Client Cases »

  • Greta Koivikko

    SEO Account Manager · NOVOS

    « PDPs Over PLPs: How to Win Organic Visibility with Product Pages »

  • Adam Preston

    Head of SEO \u0026 AEO · Summit

    « What are the biggest factors influencing AI visibility for retailers? »

  • Joe Worgan

    Senior SEO Executive · Snaptrip Group

    « Stop guessing what works on a page. Start extracting it. »

  • Katie New

    Data \u0026 Analytics Manager · Varn

    « Where did my customer go? How to follow and analyse real user journeys »

  • Andrew Chadwick

    Co-Founder · Snippet Digital

    « ChatGPT Doesn't Rank Brands. It Ranks Customers: How to Track AI Visibility That's Actually Real »

  • Kirsty Rahman

    Senior Performance Analyst · Office for National Statistics

    « AI Search Accuracy and Misinformation with Google's AI Overviews »

  • Rachel McLeay

    Strategy \u0026 Innovation Lead · Kaizen

    « Reddit Will Bury You in Downvotes: Winning Visibility Without Ever Posting »

  • Laura Smith

    Head of Client Strategy · ICS-digital

    « Developing a Distinctive E-commerce Brand: Owning Contexts in AI search »

  • Thomas Peham

    CEO · OtterlyAI

    « 25% of Our Revenue Comes from AI Search: What Works, What Doesn't, and What We Learned Getting There »

  • Rosa Mitchell

    Director of Manchester · connective3

    « The New Search Journey: Why Influence Is the New SEO Metric »

  • Amy Gibson

    Strategy Director · Digitaloft

    « Driving Visibility, Clicks & Sales with Product PR in the Era of AI Search »

  • Madeleine Lambert

    Director of Marketing and Sales · Originality.ai

    « How to Build Digital PR Campaigns That Earn Tier-1 Media »

  • Harriet Stanger

    Head of Digital PR \u0026 Outreach · Scrap Car Comparison

    « The Missing Link Between PR and Profit »

  • Gareth Beck

    Lead Web Analyst · Torchbox

    « The Missing Link in Your Analytics: Why Measurement Planning Matters »

  • James Ensor

    Head of Sales · Addingwell

    « sGTM: The signal loss hiding inside your server-side setup »

  • Harry Gordon-Lote

    « The tracking errors your debugger can't See, and the 15-minute check that finds them »

  • Chris Willow

    Founder · Wayfront

    « Building an Agency Like a SaaS (With AI) »

  • Tanya Kant

    Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies · University of Sussex

    « AI Literacy: What It Is and Why Your Workforce Needs It »

  • Vishal Mahida

    Director Of Digital Marketing · E2M Solutions

    « Selling GEO: What Clients Actually Want and How to Close the Deal »

Directory tools represented

These European publishers from the directory are among the speakers: a chance to meet their teams on site.

Frequently asked questions

When is brightonSEO Octobre 2026?

brightonSEO Octobre 2026 takes place on 8-9 October 2026 (2 days).

Where does brightonSEO Octobre 2026 take place?

brightonSEO Octobre 2026 takes place at: Brighton Centre, Kings Road, Brighton BN1 2GR, Royaume-Uni, Brighton, United Kingdom.

How much does brightonSEO Octobre 2026 cost?

Tickets for brightonSEO Octobre 2026: From £500 to £1 000. 2-day pass from 500 GBP ex VAT (before 1 Oct), BFF VIP 750 GBP, with training up to 1,000 GBP ex VAT, 50% off U21 students.

What language is brightonSEO Octobre 2026 in?

The talks at brightonSEO Octobre 2026 are given in English.

Can I attend brightonSEO Octobre 2026 online?

No, brightonSEO Octobre 2026 is in person only.

Who is speaking at brightonSEO Octobre 2026?

148 speakers have been announced, including Jean Sarunporn, Paris Childress (Hop AI), Samanyou Garg (Writesonic), Marco Bonomo (Philip Morris International), Ann Stanley (Anicca AI \u0026 Insights).

Who is brightonSEO Octobre 2026 for?

In-house SEOs, agencies, freelancers and digital marketing managers, from beginners to seniors