GConferenceGridThe Conference Catalogue · Vol. 2026Folio № A33A2B
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brightonSEO San Diego 2026

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rightonSEO San Diego 2026 is the world’s biggest search marketing conference, bringing together search marketers, industry experts, and professionals for two days of expert-led training, fresh insights, and networking opportunities. The event emphasizes community, curiosity, and actionable learning, helping attendees stay ahead in the fast-moving SEO landsc…

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24Voices
66Underwriters
0Exhibitors
15On the bill · sessions
88Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at brightonSEO, in alphabetical order.
Aashna Makin
Founder · SuperAds
Akvile DeFazio
President · AKvertise
Al Sefati
CEO & Chief Client Strategist · Clarity Digital Agency
Amanda Farley (Friedt)
CMO · Aimclear
Andrew Gottlieb
CEO · No Typical Moments
Andy Crestodina
CMO · Orbit Media Studios
Anthony McDaniel
Sr. Paid Media Specialist · Divergent Digital
April Zhong
Global SEO Manager · Specialized Bicycle Components
Ayat Shukairy
Co-founder · www.invespcro.com
Benu Aggarwal
President and Founder · Milestone, Inc
Brandon Leibowitz
Founder & SEO Strategist · SEO Optimizers
Brett Fish
Founder · TagHero
Brie E Anderson
Owner · BEAST Analytics
Brie Moreau
CEO · WLDM
Brittany Sager
Associate Director of Paid Media · Seer Interactive
Brooke Osmundson
Director of Growth Marketing · Smith Micro Software
Brooke Weller
AI Search & Brand Growth Leader · LinkedIn via Designs4Growth
Caroline Gilbert
Director of Search · SurveyMonkey
Cecily Whiteside
SEO Marketing Manager · Solidigm
Celeste Gonzalez
Content Implementation and Product Specialist · Lastmile Retail
Chantal Maddocks
SEO Manager · United Airlines
Harley Helmer
SEO Team Lead · AmericanEagle.com

— and 2 more, by name unsung —

§II

Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AccuRankerExhibitor
AdLift
AhrefsHeadline
AirOpsExhibitor
BASE Search MarketingExhibitor
Bottled Imagination
Bruce Clay
Cedarwood DigitalSponsor
citation labs
Click IntelligenceExhibitor
CollaboratorExhibitor
ConductorExhibitor
Daily CarnageCommunity Partner
DemandSphere
DiginiusExhibitor
Digital Web SolutionsExhibitor
Dragon MetricsExhibitor
Ethical SEOExhibitor
Evertune
EzoicExhibitor
Fat JoeExhibitor
GatherUp
Globex OutreachExhibitor
Grow Resolve
InlinksExhibitor
Intero DigitalExhibitor
Jet octopus
KanbarExhibitor
Lastmile Retail
Link Building HQExhibitor
Linkology
Map RanksExhibitor
Milestone
NozzleExhibitor
Page One PowerExhibitor
Paid Search AssociationCommunity Partner
Prerender
PrevisibleExhibitor
ProfoundExhibitor
RablabExhibitor
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The Programme

Selected from 15 sessions on the bill.
  • TBA

    4 hours to 30 minutes: Automating high-impact SEO audits with claude code

  • TBA

    5 category PR strategies to make you money in search and LLMs

  • TBA

    Actionable tips that will drive SEO results today

  • TBA

    AI ate my traffic (should I care?)

  • TBA

    AI Automation for AEO/SEO Workflow

  • TBA

    AI max after 365 days: What actually works (and what quietly bleeds budget)

  • TBA

    AI visibility at scale: What NP digital learned from 35+ enterprise brands

  • TBA

    A practical guide to javascript SEO

  • TBA

    Before SEO: The layer that's killing your visibility

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 88 companies show up — and 2 bet on three roles at once?

88 companies. two are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
2All threespeak · spons · exh
64Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
22Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

Lastmile Retail·Milestone

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

58% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite521%
  • Founder / Owner625%
  • Director / Head of313%
  • Manager / Lead417%
  • Engineer · IC313%
  • Marketing / Brand28%
  • Other roles14%

Of 24 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Lastmile RetailSp1V
  2. 02MilestoneSp1V
  3. 03AccuRankerSp·E
  4. 04AdLiftSp
  5. 05AhrefsSp·H
  6. 06AirOpsSp·E
  7. 07BASE Search MarketingSp·E
  8. 08Bottled ImaginationSp
  9. 09Bruce ClaySp
  10. 10Cedarwood DigitalSp·S
  11. 11citation labsSp
  12. 12Click IntelligenceSp·E
  13. 13CollaboratorSp·E
  14. 14ConductorSp·E
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
community partner2
3% of 66
exhibitor33
50% of 66
headline1
2% of 66
premium sponsor2
3% of 66
sponsor1
2% of 66
unspecified27
41% of 66
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters