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The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference 2026

LavaCon is a premier conference for content professionals, focused on reducing costs, generating revenue, and improving the customer experience through the use of advanced publishing technologies and enterprise content strategies. Attendees will benefit from over 70 sessions and workshops covering topics such as content strategy, content operations, technica…

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46Speakers
35Sponsors
76Sessions
62Companies · in total

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Speakers

Programmed at The, in alphabetical order.

Alesia Harwood
Special AI Consultant · Cisco
Amanda Patterson
Sr. Consultant · Comtech Services
Aman Goyal
Agentic AI Product Manager, T-Mobile · T-Mobile
Amber Craig
Lead Content Designer, Salesforce · Salesforce
André Pellet
Dir. Global Content Engineering · Dell Technologies
Brendon Paucek
Senior Content Strategist, Teradata · Teradata
Carol Hattrup
Manager, Client Learning · Netsmart
Chris Kocher
Sr. Solutions Architect · MadCap Software
Daniel Schommer
Content Strategist · Intuitive Stack
David Hobbs
Early Digital Strategist · David Hobbs Consulting
Elizabeth Favre
Senior Technical Writer · Blackbaud
Erik Bremer
Sr. Director, Global Content Engineering, Dell Technologies · Dell Technologies
Gaetan Chretiennot
CEO and Localization Consultant · Six Continents
Heather Barbre Blades
Sr. Technical Writer · Jack Henry
Herb Toews
Senior Manager of Customer Enablement · Xerox
Jessica Reed
Dir. Customer Innovation, Adobe Global Digital Strategy Group · Adobe
Kara Hughes
Director, Product Strategy – Experiences · ASUG – Americas’​ SAP Users’​ Group
Karen Brothers
Content Manager, 3M · 3M
Kayce Danna
VP of Product · Markup AI
Keith Boyd
Senior Director, Customer Engagement, Microsoft Digital · Microsoft
Kelly Dowling
Senior Director, Content Strategy · ASUG – Americas’​ SAP Users’​ Group
Laura Ohlson
Sr. Learning Experience Designer · Netsmart

Sponsors

The companies behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.

AdobeDiamond
CodalPlatinum
ComtechPlatinum
Comtech ServicesPlatinum
CongreePlatinum
DITA StrategiesPlatinum
Fluid TopicsPlatinum
GitBookPlatinum
Intuitive StackPlatinum
Precision ContentPlatinum
SanityPlatinum
ScriptoriumPlatinum
StiloPlatinum
LocalizeGold
ProSpring StaffingGold
RWSGold
RyffineGold
XEMMAGold
C-REXSilver
C-Rex.netSilver
Data Conversion LaboratorySilver
Kinetic CouncilSilver
MetaperceptSilver
ZeniousSilver
Button EventsPartner
HashoutSapphire
HerettoSapphire
MadCap SoftwareSapphire
MarkupSapphire
MultiLingualPartner
OTTOSapphire
PromptlessSapphire
TechSmithPartner
TechWhirlPartner
Write the DocsPartner

Agenda

Selected from 76 sessions.

  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 10:15–11:00am

    How Netsmart Uses AI-Accelerated Learning to Onboard Teams Faster

    Breakout
  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 10:15–11:00am

    Impact Map: Getting Stakeholder Buy-In for Content Initiatives

    Breakout
  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 10:15–11:00am

    Stuck in a PDF world? Unlock Next-Level Intelligence with Structured Content

    Breakout
  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 10:15–11:00am

    The Docs are not Alright (and AI Alone Won’t Fix Them)

    Breakout
  • Monday, 26 October 2026, 10:15–11:00am

    Who Are We Writing For? Rethinking Technical Communication for an AI-First Future

    Breakout
  • Monday, 26 October 2026 10:15–11am

    How Netsmart Uses AI-Accelerated Learning to Onboard Teams Faster

    Breakout Session
  • Monday, 26 October 2026 10:15–11am

    Impact Map: Getting Stakeholder Buy-In for Content Initiatives

    Breakout Session
  • Monday, 26 October 2026 10:15–11am

    One Product, Many Names: How to Establish a Governed Vocabulary and Ontology with the Tools You Already Have

    Breakout Session
  • Monday, 26 October 2026 10:15–11am

    Stuck in a PDF world? Unlock Next-Level Intelligence with Structured Content

    Breakout Session
Company intelligence

What does it mean when 62 companies show up, and 7 bet on three roles at once?

62 companies. seven 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.

Who's in the room
7All threespeak · spons · exh
27Sponsoringsponsor only
28Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

Adobe·Codal·Promptless·Comtech Services·Heretto·Intuitive Stack·MadCap Software

Speakers by seniority

37% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite37%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • VP-level24%
  • Director / Head of1022%
  • Manager / Lead920%
  • Product12%
  • Engineer · IC613%
  • Marketing / Brand12%
  • Other roles1226%

Of 46 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
#CompanyRolesSpeakers
1AdobeSponsor · Diamond2
2CodalSponsor · Platinum2
3PromptlessSponsor · Sapphire2
4Comtech ServicesSponsor · Platinum1
5HerettoSponsor · Sapphire1
6Intuitive StackSponsor · Platinum1
7MadCap SoftwareSponsor · Sapphire1
8Button EventsSponsor · Partner-
9ComtechSponsor · Platinum-
10CongreeSponsor · Platinum-
11C-REXSponsor · Silver-
12Data Conversion LaboratorySponsor · Silver-
13DITA StrategiesSponsor · Platinum-
14Fluid TopicsSponsor · Platinum-
Sponsors by tier
diamond1
3% of 35
platinum12
34% of 35
gold5
14% of 35
silver6
17% of 35
partner5
14% of 35
sapphire6
17% of 35
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