List Of 2015 Conferences For Blogging, Marketing, And Tech

On more than one occasion, I’ve found myself stumbling upon a conference in San Francisco and wishing I knew about it sooner so that I could go. So I’ve put together a list of conferences for the rest of the year in hopes of attending a few myself and to also help spread the word about all of these incredible opportunities. Bear in mind a lot of these 2015 conferences are expensive if you have to pay your own way, but many offer discounted pricing for virtual passes or even free sessions and videos. There are more conferences than I could put into one post, so I narrowed down the list to 2015 conferences for blogging, marketing, and tech.

2015 Conferences

March

South by Southwest, aka SXSW

Dates: March 13-22, 2015
Location: Austin, TX
Cost: Gold $1495, Platinum $1745
Highlights: The SXSW festival and conferences just came to a close on March 22nd but you can mark your calendar for next year. This event is held every March in Austin with three main themes – music, film, and interactive. It’s become quite a popular set of events and recently had over 51,000 registrants. If you’re curious what the Interactive theme is about, it’s a festival focused on new technologies and ideas featuring speakers, parties, a trade show, and even a startup accelerator. The popularity of SXSW has brought some criticism in recent years due to concerns over safety, raucous behavior, and over commercialism, but this hasn’t stopped most people from attending and having a great time. Learn more at http://sxsw.com/

Intelligent Content Conference (ICC)

Dates: March 23-25, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Workshop $595, Conference $1695, All Access $2395
Highlights: Participate in workshops, case studies, panel discussions, and presentations all about content. What does intelligent content mean? It’s “discoverable, reusable, reconfigurable and adaptable.” And there’s no doubt that content is in these days! Learn more at http://www.intelligentcontentconference.com/

April

GROWCO

Dates: April 7-9, 2015
Location: Nashville, TN
Cost: Master Class $475, Full Conference $895
Highlights: Inc.’s conference features entrepreneurs, authors, business leaders and more to inspire you to take your business to the next level. Highlights of this year’s speakers include Joe Gebbia of Airbnb, Daymond John of Shark Tank, Jessica Alba, and Marcus Lemonis of The Profit. Attend workshops, keynotes, networking events, and more. Learn more at http://growco.inc.com/

NMX

Dates: April 13-16, 2015
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Cost: Exhibit Hall $150, Content Creator $497, Virtual Ticket $547, $VIP $997
Highlights: This is where you want to be if you’re a content creator. Last year close to 98k content creators, 65k buyers, and 1.7k media reps attended NMX. This year there are over 250 speakers and over 1,000 exhibitors. Network and learn from other bloggers, podcasters, content marketers, and online video creators. As a blogger myself, this sounds like paradise!

Marketo Marketing Nation Summit

Dates: April 13-14, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: $1295 before April 6th, $1695 onsite
Highlights: Learn about all the latest Marketo has to offer while connecting with marketing experts and networking with industry peers. Keynote sessions, receptions, a Gala, customer success tracks, and social networking parties are all included with a Full Pass. Learn more at https://summit.marketo.com/2015/info

May

FinovateSpring

Dates: May 12-13, 2015
Location: San Jose, CA
Cost: Early bird $1295, Regular $1495
Highlights: FinovateSpring is a fintech event that showcases the latest innovations in financial and banking technology of budding startups all the way up to large institutions. Demos and networking sessions with 70 companies provide a great way to connect, ask questions, and learn about the latest offerings and trends in the fastly growing fintech industry. Learn more at http://spring2015.finovate.com/

Apps World North America

Dates: May 12-13, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Expo plus $600, 1 Day $750, 2 Days $1200, Gold Pass $1550, Free sessions available as well
Highlights: This conference and expo is all about mobile apps. Attend with over 10,000 developers, device manufacturers, platform owners, mobile marketers, mobile operators, and other industry professionals. Attend speed networking, one on one meetings, targeted workshop tracks, and parties. The great thing is there are also sessions you can attend for free including Developer World, Droid World, Gaming World, Enterprise World, and Connected Car. I plan on attending so perhaps I’ll see you there! Learn more about the conference at https://apps-world.net/northamerica/

June

BlogU Conference

Dates: June 5-7, 2015
Location: Notre Dame of Maryland University
Cost: Commuter $249, Double Room $299, Single Room $375
Highlights: Network and learn amongst other female bloggers in the mommy blogger, humor, and lifestyle niches. Topics include podcasts, metrics, blogging for social change, videography, SEO, publishing a book, TV appearances, and many others. Learn more at http://bloguconference.com/

WordCamp Orange County

Dates: June 6-7, 2015
Location: Costa Mesa, CA
Cost: TBA
Highlights: If you run a site on WordPress, WordCamps are a great place to learn more about the platform we bloggers love. These events are held at locations all over the world throughout the year. Network and learn from designers, business owners, and bloggers of all levels. Learn more at http://central.wordcamp.org/schedule/

July

World Domination Summit

Dates: July 9-13, 2015
Location: Portland, OR
Cost: $497
Highlights: This is the five year anniversary of WDS. Hosted this year by Unconventional Guide’s Chris Guillebeau, you’re bound to be inspired by over 3,000 fellow dreamers and doers from all over the world. Listen to featured speakers in the main stage, break out into small group sessions, and experience all Portland has to offer in the process. Learn more at http://worlddominationsummit.com/

BlogHer

Dates: July 16-18, 2015
Location: New York City, NY
Cost: Blogger $399, Corporate $999
Highlights: From social media, branding, storytelling, writing, and networking this conference is all about blogging. This is the 11th year of BlogHer’s conference and is bound to have even more attendees than last year. Past speakers include Martha Stewart, Katie Couric, Kerry Washington, and Christy Turlington.

Podcast Movement

Dates: July 31-August 2, 2015
Location: Fort Worth
Cost: Super Early Bird $297, Early Bird $397, All Access $497
Highlights: As you may have guessed, this conference is all about podcasting. Join over 1,000 other podcasters to fine-tune your skills, network, and learn from some of the industry’s most recognized names such as Sarah Koenig (Serial), Pay Flynn (Smart Passive Income), Roman Mars (99% Invisible), John Lee Dumas (Entrepreneur On Fire), Aisha Tyler (Girl On Guy Podcast) and Lou Mongello (WDW Radio). Learn more at http://podcastmovement.com/

August

Travel Writers & Photographers Conference

Dates: August 13-16, 2015
Location: Corte Madera, CA
Cost: $635
Highlights: This is the 22nd year of this four year conference specifically focused on travel writers and photographers. Attend workshops, panel discussions, presentations and field trips around the Bay Area. Learn from magazine editors, photographers featured in National Geographic, travel guidebook writers, and others. Learn more at http://www.bookpassage.com/travel-writers-photographers-conference

September

Dreamforce

Dates: September 15-18, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Early bird $1099
Highlights: Salesforce.com’s beast of a conference is back with more than 1,400 sessions to choose from. This conference can help you learn how to improve your business and learn from the best. Keynote speakers include Marc Benioff, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Al Gore, Anthony Robbins, Marc Andreessen, WILL.I.AM,  Reid Hoffman, Jeremy Stoppelman, Max Levchin, Arianna Huffington and more. Studies show that past attendees have seen improvements of 30%+ in metrics of sales, collaboration, marketing and more. I can speak from experience that downtown San Francisco turns into a complete madhouse when Dreamforce is in town due to the 150,000+ attendees. Learn more at http://www.salesforce.com/dreamforce/DF14/

FinovateFall

Dates: September 16-17, 2015
Location: New York City, NY
Cost: Early bird $1395, Regular $1795
Highlights: FinovateFall is the NYC version of the spring event that’s held in California. Finovate is a fintech event that showcases the latest innovations in financial and banking technology of budding startups all the way up to large institutions. Demos and networking sessions with 70 companies provide a great way to connect, ask questions, and learn about the latest offerings and trends in the fastly growing fintech industry. Learn more at http://fall2015.finovate.com/

Fincon

Dates: September 17-20, 2015
Location: Charlotte, NC
Cost: Fincon Pass $299, Pro Pass $449, PR/Industry Pass $599
Highlights: This conference is all about personal finance blogging. It’s a big hit with a lot of my blogging friends in the Yakezie Network. Attend sessions and presentations on Branding, Investing, Financial Innovation, Affiliate Marketing, Lead Capture, and others. Learn more at http://finconexpo.com/

TechCrunch Disrupt

Dates: September 21-23, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: Startup Alley Exhibitor $997.50, Hardware Alley Exhibitor $997.50, Extra Early Bird $1795
Highlights: This conference, hackathon, and startup competition is all about technology, how it’s changing, and ways we can benefit. Learn from experts, check out new products and technologies, and meet the forces behind leading VCs and the latest startups. Learn more at http://techcrunch.com/events/disrupt-sf-2015

October

CJU (Commission Junction University)

Dates: October 13-15, 2015
Location: Santa Barbara, CA
Cost: To be announced in May. Last year’s price was $995.
Highlights: This learning event is focused on affiliate marketing, networking, and learning about all the ways CJ can help create new business opportunities for your website. Build profitable and prosperous relationships with advertisers and publishers. And attend learning sessions, an expo event, and awards dinner. Last year’s keynote speaker was Magic Johnson.

Oracle OpenWorld

Dates: October 26-29, 2015
Location: San Francisco, CA
Cost: To be announced
Highlights: This is another behemoth of a conference that takes place in downtown San Francisco. 60,000 IT managers, decision makers, and end users attended last year. Oracle OpenWorld has over 2,000 sessions, 3300 speakers, and roughly 800 exhibitors and demos. As the second largest software maker in the US, chances are you’ve used a system that’s built on Oracle. I had the chance to attend some of the past event concerts a couple years in a row on Treasure Island and it was phenomenal. Learn more at https://www.oracle.com/openworld/index.html

Untemplaters, well there you have it. As you can see there’s a ton of options and opportunities to attend conferences this year. And this list is just a sampling of the 2015 conferences for blogging, marketing, and tech. If you get the chance to attend one I bet you’re bound to agree that everyone should be attending conferences. What conferences have you attended in the past? Which 2015 conferences are you headed to this year?