SMX München 2026
Major DACH search marketing conference (GEO, SEO, SEA) with an independent editorial programme
SMX München 2026
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Overview
Munich edition of the SMX series, run by Rising Media at the ICM Munich. Preceded by a workshop day, the two-day conference offers up to seven parallel tracks in German and English (SEO, SEA, analytics, e-commerce, AI search), interactive sessions, the Search Awards and an After Dark party, with many international speakers. Organised by Rising Media Ltd..
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Who is it for?
Experienced SEO, SEA and analytics professionals, agency or in-house, and marketing managers
Topics
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Speakers
72 speakers announced
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Jana Lavrov
Ressortleitung Datenanalysen und SEO · DIE ZEIT
« Eröffnung SMX München 2026 »
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Boaz Ashkenazy
Co-founder and CEO · Augmented AI Labs
« Eröffnungs-Keynote: Beyond the AI Hype: Hard‑Won Lessons from Enterprise Deployments »
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Jens Fauldrath
Gründer und Geschäftsführer · get:traction GmbH
« Google Discover Landscape 2026: Strategien & Taktiken, die wirklich funktionieren »
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Carolyn Shelby
Principal SEO · Yoast
« Inside Google’s Head: Why You Need a New SEO Strategy »
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Sam Tomlinson
Executive Vice President · Warschawski
« From Campaign Manager to Growth Architect »
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Alexander Holl
Geschäftsführer · 121WATT
« Talk to your Data! Wie du SEO-Tools über das Model Context Protocol mit ChatGPT & Claude verbindest »
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Nikita Tanskiy
Head of SEO · Zooplus
« Rethinking E-Commerce Content Production in the Age of Generative Search »
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Uli Zimmermann
Gründer & Geschäftsführer · eMinded
« SEO & SEA im B2B: Effizienter und präziser mit KI »
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Robin Heintze
Gründer und Geschäftsführer · morefire
« Immersive Deep Dive (Voranmeldung erforderlich): Breaking the Silos (Teil1) »
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Peter Schön
Head of Online Marketing · arena
« Segmentierung neu gedacht: wie du Zielgruppen dynamisch über alle Kanäle verbindest »
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Malte Landwehr
CPO & CMO · Peec AI
« The Citation Playbook - Data and Insights on the Most Cited Sources in AI Search »
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Jonas Kraus
Marketing Automation Manager · morefire GmbH
« Automate Less, Think Smarter - KI im B2B-Marketing kann so viel mehr als Prozesse automatisieren »
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Maren Kaspers
LinkedIn Marketing Certified Expert · octonomy
« Automate Less, Think Smarter - KI im B2B-Marketing kann so viel mehr als Prozesse automatisieren »
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Dana DiTomaso
Founder & Lead Instructor · Kick Point
« From AI Search Snippet to Sale: Measuring AI-Overview Traffic in GA4 (and Proving ROI) »
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Mike Ryan
Head of Ecommerce Insights · Smarter Ecommerce
« PMax, Demand Gen & AI Max for Search: Inside Google’s Power Pack »
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Aaron Levy
Evangelist · Optmyzr
« New Best Practices: What’s Working (and not) in the Age of AI »
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Alex Schultz
VP Analytics & CMO · Meta
« Search x Social: Rethinking Growth - A Conversation with Alex Schultz, CMO & VP, Analytics at Meta »
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Mira Rodrigues
Digital Analytics Consultant · miralytics & friends :)
« Chatty hat mir meinen Job geklaut! 😵 (Und ehrlich gesagt war’s ganz cool.) »
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Cindy Krum
CEO · MobileMoxie
« SEO Strategies for Shorts, Reels & TikToks »
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Frederick Vallaeys
Mitgründer und Geschäftsführer · Optmyzr
« Vibe Coding: How Marketers Build Tools That Build Themselves »
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Thomas Peham
CEO · OtterlyAI
« AI-Monitoring im Reality Check: KPIs, Messbarkeit & Umsetzung »
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Mathias Ptacek
Founder and CEO · Rankscale.ai
« AI-Monitoring im Reality Check: KPIs, Messbarkeit & Umsetzung »
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Cosima Vogel
Gründerin & Geschäftsführerin · Productive AI GmbH
« Ready for the Agents: Wie du deine Websites für autonome Transaktionen optimierst »
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Daniel Tschirschwitz
Head of Performance Tracking & IT · Smarketer
« The Data-to-Profit Pipeline: Wie du GA4, KI und CRO zur ultimativen Wachstumsmaschine verbindest. »
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Steffen Feser
Head of CRO · Smarketer
« The Data-to-Profit Pipeline: Wie du GA4, KI und CRO zur ultimativen Wachstumsmaschine verbindest. »
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Greg Gifford
Chief Operating Officer · Searchlab
« How to Be a Local Visibility Superhero »
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Prof. Dr. Mario Fischer
Herausgeber · website boosting
« Die ultimative Search-Debatte: Zwei Experten, ein Publikum, wilde Thesen & solide Argumente »
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Johan von Hülsen
SEO & Gründer · Wingmen Online Marketing
« Die ultimative Search-Debatte: Zwei Experten, ein Publikum, wilde Thesen & solide Argumente »
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Matt Beswick
Co-Founder · aira
« Avoiding Irrelevance: The PPC Marketer’s Guide to Future-Proofing Your Career »
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Aleyda Solis
International SEO Consultant · Orainti
« The State of Ecommerce SEO & AI Search in 2026 »
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Leon Sentker
Peec AI
« Navigating the SEO & GEO Landscape: How the Most Successful Brands Are Winning in AI Search (and How You Can Too) »
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Tobias Eickelpasch
CEO (Chief Email Officer) · Rock your email
« Breaking the Silos - Building Together What Can’t Be Built Alone »
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Kerstin Müller
Geschäftsführerin · mueller macht
« Breaking the Silos - Building Together What Can’t Be Built Alone »
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Matthias Renner
Inhaber · Brickolution
« Breaking the Silos - Building Together What Can’t Be Built Alone »
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Sarah Sunderbrink
Gründerin · SocialTales.de
« Breaking the Silos - Building Together What Can’t Be Built Alone »
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Marcus Tandler
Gründer und Chief Evangelist · Ryte
« Breaking the Silos - Building Together What Can’t Be Built Alone »
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Shannon McGuirk
Founder & Director of PR · Peach
« Digital PR Resurfaced: Fueling Google, LLM and AI Search Visibility »
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Hanns Kronenberg
Head of SEO · Chefkoch
« User Intent als Mutter aller Rankingfaktoren von Google bis AI-Suche »
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Inderpaul Rai
Head of Digital Strategy and Delivery · Helping Hands Homecare
« When It’s Right to Send Google the Wrong Data »
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Dr. Martin Schirmbacher
Partner · HÄRTING Rechtsanwälte
« Urheberrecht in Zeiten von KI: Was du kopieren darfst - und wo du kennzeichnen musst »
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Bianca Bergshoeff
Senior SEA + Paid Social Specialist & Lead Social Advertising · Maatwerk Online
« From Search to Scroll: Winning the Social Search Shift with Organic & Paid Synergy »
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Ingmar Albert
CEO · adstrong
« Google Shopping Ads mit optimalem CSS Einsatz dominieren »
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Jes Scholz
Growth Marketing Consultant and AI & SEO Futurist
« Keynote: Let’s Get Grounded: Mastering Brand Visibility in an AI-Driven World »
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Dr. Beatrice Eiring
Head of Content Creation · eology
« Verlorener Traffic, neues Konsumentenverhalten, alternative Kanäle: Content-Strategie 2026 »
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Julia Riml
Growth Director · Precis
« From Gut Feeling to Marginal ROAS: Smarter Budget Allocation Across Channels (including TikTok) »
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Tom Capper
Senior Search Scientist · STAT Search Analytics
« Measuring What Matters Part 1: Brands Do Count - Visibility in the New SEO Funnel »
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Ines Kriebernig
B2B Digital Expert · Dynatrace
« LinkedIn Ads decoded: Was Startups und Konzerne voneinander lernen sollten »
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Oliver Zenglein
Geschäftsführer · THE BOUTIQUE AGENCY
« Die PMax-Architektur: Wie Struktur, Daten & Pricing die Automatisierung steuern »
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Maxi Ortmeier
Senior Performance Marketing Manager · EVOC
« Nachhaltiges SEO braucht starke Marken: Brand Awareness im Fokus »
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Marco Hjorth Dziendziol
Head of Performance · MEGABAD
« Margin-Based Bidding in Google Ads: Neue KPIs, neue Kampagnensteuerung »
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Jono Alderson
Selbstständiger Technical SEO Berater
« Measuring What Matters Part 2: Clicks Don’t Count - The New KPIs for the Age of AI »
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Victoria Larson
Director SEO · nebo
« Don’t Be a Shill: Using Reddit the Right Way for SEO »
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Mike Korenugin
Director of Product · SE Ranking
« The AI Visibility Paradox: Why Your Best Traffic Sources... »
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Sarah-Yasmin Hennessen
Marketing Strategie Managerin · marketana
« Vorbei mit KI-Blabla-Einheitsbrei! Strategien für mehr Qualität in KI-generiertem Content »
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Amanda King
Marketing & SEO Consultant · FLOQ
« LLM Crawlers: How to Detect, Manage, and Decide When to Block »
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Laura Nelle
Team Lead SEA · Projecter
« Performance vs. Branding: Wie Demand Gen & Video die SEA-Strategie revolutionieren »
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Paloma Kalaidjian
Senior Consultant in Digital Analytics · Digitl
« Automated Integration of Cost and Campaign Data From Third-Party Providers into Google Analytics »
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Gerald Murphy
Search, AI & Consumer Behavior, Data and Strategy · Semrush
« Search Is Market Intelligence - Why most Search Marketing Pros and CMOs are measuring the wrong things in 2026 »
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Stephan Czysch
Head of SEO · mobile.de
« Immersive Deep Dive - Voranmeldung erforderlich: Werde von Screaming Frog Nutzer*in zur Expert*in oder sogar zur „Froschkönig*in“ (Teil 1) »
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Emily Grossman
CMO · Trusted Housesitters
« Beyond Keywords: Building and Optimizing a Brand Entity in the Knowledge Graph »
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Zach Chahalis
Senior Director of SEO and Data Analytics · iPullRank
« The UX-SEO Connection: A Modern Framework for Conversion Auditing »
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Jonas Kleespies
Product Lead SEA · THE BOUTIQUE AGENCY
« Beyond the Script: Wie n8n zur Zentrale deiner Google Ads Automatisierung wird »
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Philipp Roth
Freelancer, Digital Strategy
« Consent-Rate: Die SEO-KPI, die dir hilft, trotz Daten- und Contentverlust besser zu performen »
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José Luis Domke
Teamlead Video Marketing & Productions · Zooplus
« One Video, Many Channels: The Power of Creative Recycling »
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Urs Müller
Co-Founder · pi_optimal
« Search Tool Demonstration: Fast, Precise, Useful, and Fun »
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Gintare Rimolaityte
CCO · Trendos
« Search Tool Demonstration: Fast, Precise, Useful, and Fun »
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Kerstin van Haastrecht
Head of SEO & PR · Fit Reisen Group
« Topical Authority & Expertise: Mit originellen Inhalten zu mehr Sichtbarkeit »
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Anke Probst
Head of SEO · 1337 UGC GmbH
« Indexierung in Zeiten von KI-Content »
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Ameet Khabra
Gründerin · Hop Skip Media
« The Automation Drift and How to Correct Course »
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Lucy Nemes
Data & CX Strategist
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Albrecht Fischer
Head of Marketing · Shirtinator AG
« Die Macht der Sterne: Google Bewertungen clever nutzen »
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Wil Reynolds
CEO & Vice President of Innovation · Seer Interactive
« Abschlusskeynote: Where We Go From Here and What Matters Now »
Directory tools represented
These European publishers from the directory are among the speakers: a chance to meet their teams on site.
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Peec AIwith Malte Landwehr, Leon Sentker
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smec (Smarter Ecommerce)with Mike Ryan
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Advanced Web Rankingwith Mike Korenugin
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OtterlyAIwith Thomas Peham
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Rankscalewith Mathias Ptacek
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My Ranking Metricswith Mike Korenugin
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Ranking.nlwith Mike Korenugin
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Trendoswith Gintare Rimolaityte
Frequently asked questions
When is SMX München 2026?
SMX München 2026 takes place on 10-11 March 2026 (2 days).
Where does SMX München 2026 take place?
SMX München 2026 takes place at: ICM - Internationales Congress Center München, Am Messesee, 81829 München, Munich, Germany.
How much does SMX München 2026 cost?
The price of SMX München 2026 has not been announced yet.
What language is SMX München 2026 in?
The talks at SMX München 2026 are given in German, English.
Can I attend SMX München 2026 online?
No, SMX München 2026 is in person only.
Who is speaking at SMX München 2026?
72 speakers have been announced, including Jana Lavrov (DIE ZEIT), Boaz Ashkenazy (Augmented AI Labs), Jens Fauldrath (get:traction GmbH), Carolyn Shelby (Yoast), Sam Tomlinson (Warschawski).
Who is SMX München 2026 for?
Experienced SEO, SEA and analytics professionals, agency or in-house, and marketing managers
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