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brightonSEO San Diego 2026 marks the return of the world’s largest search marketing conference to the US, this time at the San Diego Convention Center.
Over two packed days, attendees will gain practical insights, sharpen their skills, and engage with top experts across every area of SEO and digital marketing.
The event includes in-depth sessions, keynotes, and hands-on training workshops that take place the day before the main conference.
Covering topics from content strategy and technical SEO to analytics, paid media, and AI-driven marketing, the program blends tactical learning with community-driven exchange.
Attendees also receive access to Hero Conf, one of the world’s leading PPC events, as part of their ticket.
With its signature blend of education, collaboration, and energy, brightonSEO San Diego brings the spirit of the UK’s most beloved search event to an iconic West Coast setting.
The September 2026 edition of brightonSEO features talks by the following speakers:
AJ Wilcox (Host of the LinkedIn Ads Show, Founder at B2Linked)
Aashna Makin (Founder at SuperAds)
Akvile DeFazio (President at AKvertise)
Al Sefati (CEO & Chief Client Strategist at Clarity Digital Agency)
Amanda Farley (Friedt) (CMO at Aimclear)
Amanda Walls (Director at Cedarwood Digital)
Andrew Gottlieb (CEO at No Typical Moments)
Andy Crestodina (CMO at Orbit Media Studios)
Anthony McDaniel (Sr. Paid Media Specialist at Divergent Digital)
April Zhong (Global SEO Manager at Specialized Bicycle Components)
Ayat Shukairy (Co-founder at InvespCRO)
Benu Aggarwal (President and Founder at Milestone, Inc.)
Bianca Bergshoeff (Co-founder at The Paid Social Club)
Brad Wetherall (Former Google Director of Operations & CEO at The GBP Experts)
Brandon Leibowitz (Founder & SEO Strategist at SEO Optimizers)
Breanne Bartlett (Associate Director of Paid Search at Go Fish Digital)
Brett Fish (Founder at TagHero)
Brie E Anderson (Owner at BEAST Analytics)
Brie Moreau (CEO at WLDM)
Brittany Sager (Associate Director of Paid Media at Seer Interactive)
Brooke Osmundson (Director of Growth Marketing at Smith Micro Software)
Brooke Weller (AI Search & Brand Growth Leader at LinkedIn via Designs4Growth)
Caroline Gilbert (Director of Search at SurveyMonkey)
Celeste Gonzalez (Content Implementation and Product Specialist at Lastmile Retail)
Chantal Maddocks (SEO Manager at United Airlines)
Chima Mmeje (Senior Content Marketing Manager at Moz)
Chris Frank (Co-Founder at Miracle Max Marketing)
Chris Long (Co-Founder at Nectiv)
Christian Ward (Chief Data Officer at Yext)
Christiana Barre (Owner at Christy Barre Media)
Cindy Krum (CEO & Founder at MobileMoxie)
Cory Henke (Founder at Variable Media)
Cristiano Winckler (Director of Digital Operations at Somebody Digital)
Dana DiTomaso (Principal & Founder at Kick Point)
Danny Lima (Sr. Paid Media Manager at Kanbar Digital)
David Green (Founder at Devslove Digital)
David Lewallen (CEO at Verbatim Digital)
Demetria Spinrad (SEO Consultant at SearchPilot)
Dii Pooler (Founder at Pooler Digital)
Eric Wu (Sr. Director, AEO/SEO at ramp)
Fili Wiese (Technical SEO Consultant at Search Brothers)
Garrett French (Founder & CEO at Citation Labs, ZipSprout, Xofu)
Grace Frohlich (Senior Manager, AI SEO at Brainlabs)
Grant Simmons (US Ambassador at Waikay/Inlinks)
Greg McCoy (Vice President of Paid Advertising at Social Kapture)
Greg Wasserman (Head of Relationships at RSS.com)
Harith Bashir (Paid Search Manager at Dell)
Itamar Blauer (Head of Marketing & Growth at WhitePress)
Jack Hepp (Owner at Industrious Marketing)
Jack Sherratt (Founder at Unbound Marketing)
Jamie D’Alessandro (SEO Manager at Jakala)
Jason Khoo (Founder and CEO at ZUPO)
Jen Cornwell (Sr. Director AI SEO at Tinuiti)
Jeremy Hull (Chief Solutions Officer at Brainlabs)
Joe Martinez (Co-Founder at Paid Media Pros)
John Caiozzo (Founder at Caiozzo Consulting LLC)
John M. Williams (Director of Customer Acquisition at Silver Mirror)
John Shehata (CEO, Founder at NewzDash)
Jon Kagan (Director, Search & Digital Media Strategy at Amsive)
Joshua (Josh) Slodki (President at Buoy Digital Group)
Keegan Brown (Founder and CEO at ATRA)
Ken “Magma” Marshall (Co-Founder at Meet Sona)
Kirk Williams (Owner at ZATO)
LaMont A. Sinclair (Founder at SincMont)
Lars Maat (Founder at The Paid Social Club)
Laura Beatty (CEO, Co-Founder at No Bad Days Digital)
Laura Valdes (Founder, CEO, Lead Linguist at Valdes Language Services, LLC)
Leo Polanowski (CEO at Perform Media)
Liam Wade (Chief Strategy Officer at Impression)
Lisa Raehsler (Founder and Principal Strategist at Big Click Co.)
Luke Cope (Creative Strategy Director & Co-Founder at Bottled Imagination)
Martha van Berkel (CEO at Schema App)
Martin Canchola (Co-Founder/Chief Strategy Officer at Apartment SEO)
Matt Carter (Sr. Director of Marketing at Nápreva)
Matt Thompson (VP of Partnerships at Scrunch)
Michael Cooney (Co-Founder / CMO at WhatConverts)
Michael Johnson (CEO at Resolve)
Michael Louderback (Director of SEO at ROAST)
Michael Stratta (CEO at Arcalea)
Michael Wisby (CEO, Founder at Two Trees)
Michelle Morgan (Co-Founder at Paid Media Pros)
Mike Korenugin (VP of Product at SE Ranking)
Monica Valdez (Digital Marketing Consultant at Green Blue Gray)
Natasha Post (Lead Organic Growth Strategist at Nationwide Transport Services)
Navah Hopkins (Product Liaison at Microsoft)
Nick Lafferty (Founding Marketing Engineer at Profound)
Nicole Grodesky (Founder & SEO Consultant at BOHO SEO)
Nikhil Lai (Principal Analyst, Performance Marketing at Forrester)
Nikki Lam (SVP, Head of Earned at NP Digital)
Noah Greenberg (CEO & Founder at Stacker)
Noah Learner (Director of Innovation at Sterling Sky)
Patrick Ortenzio (Sr. Director, Paid Search at Tinuiti)
Patrick Stox (Product Advisor, Technical SEO, & Brand Ambassador at Ahrefs)
Prashant Puri (CEO at AdLift, Inc.)
Purvi Sharma (Product & Digital Marketing Analytics & Research Assistant at Rochester Institute of Technology)
Ralph Cockburn (Owner at TopOpti)
Ray Grieselhuber (CEO at Ginzamarkets, Inc.)
Roger Cooney (Co-Founder, Paid Search Specialist at MoonSauce Agency)
Ross Hudgens (CEO at Siege Media)
Ruth Burr Reedy (Director, SEO Solutions at Microsoft)
Sam Tomlinson (CEO at Warschawski)
Sam Torres (Sr Mgr, Tech SEO at Pipedrive)
Samanyou Garg (Founder and CEO at Writesonic)
Sean Stone (CEO at Spillover Commerce)
Sebastian Pawlowski (EVP at Lastmile Retail)
Shadae McCallum (Influencer)
Shankar Vivek (Principle Measurement Lead at Google)
Skyler Rudolfsky (Digital Strategy Consultant at Semrush)
Sophie Logan (Community & Editorial Manager at Rough Agenda)
Susan Hovey (Founder at SMASH Marketing + Success Coaching, Director of Marketing at SPMI)
Susan Yen (Paid Media Lead, Growth Marketing Advisor at SearchLab)
Tiffany Kroll (Director of Growth at prerender.io)
Tom Critchlow (EVP Audience Growth at Raptive)
Will Robinson (AI Insights Editor at Evertune)
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