37 social media conferences you need to attend in 2025

The 2025 social media conference lineup is heating up already!

There’s an event for every kind of social media manager out there. If you’re not completely convinced to attend a conference in 2025, we think we can get you on board.

In this blog, learn about 39 social media conferences that you can attend to stay on top of trends, strategize, and connect with others in the industry.

37 social media conferences to attend in 2025

SocialNext Ottawa

Conference Date: January 29 - 30, 2025

Event Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Cost: $399+ CAD

SocialNext conferences take place across Canada each year. SocialNext Ottawa is an essential event for nonprofit and public sector marketers. The event offers opportunities to connect with top marketers and brands, featuring speakers and various sessions and panels. And - we’ll see you there!

Agency New Business Virtual Conference

Conference Date: February 24 - 28, 2025 

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $499+ USD

The Agency New Business Virtual Conference brings together professionals from senior-level marketers, leading independent agency directors, and new business teams. And you can join from anywhere in the world.

Social Media Marketing World

Conference Date: March 30 - April 1, 2025

Event Location: San Diego, California

Cost: $597 – $1,997 USD

Improve your marketing skills by learning from the biggest pros in the industry. You’ll be trained in areas of social marketing such as organic social marketing, paid social, social strategy, and content marketing. Discover cutting-edge techniques that work from marketers who’ve gone before you and achieved proven results.

Social Media Strategies Summit

Conference Date: February 25 - 27, 2025

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $349 – 749 USD

During the Social Media Strategies Summit, you’ll explore so many areas including successful social media strategy, audits, frameworks, social media tools, and networking. It’s not one to miss.

Multifamily Social Media Summit

Conference Date: March 12 - 14, 2025

Event Location: Napa, California

Cost: $895 – $2,995 USD

The Multifamily Social Media Summit is the only event developed for property management firms that are looking to leverage social media and content marketing to attract new residents.

Utterly Content Global

Conference Date: TBA (previously, was held in March) 

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: TBA

This event is currently undergoing some changes. Stay tuned to their website to provide feedback or learn more about when the next event will take place.

In previous years, the Utterly Content Global Festival offers an unparalleled 24-hour learning experience designed to elevate your content game. Utterly Content Global is one of the leading virtual conferences for content strategists, content marketers, designers, and UX professionals. 

Ragan's Social Media Conference

Conference Date: March 19 - 21, 2025

Event Location: Walt Disney World Swan Resort, Florida

Cost: TBA

Ragan's Social Media Conference is the guide you need to stay on the right track in 2025. The trends, tactics, and new strategies they will be unpacking will help you adapt to a multichannel environment.

University of Illinois Web Con

Conference Date: April 3 - 4, 2025

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $75 - 250 USD

University of Illinois Web Con is a two-day conference for web designers, developers, social media marketers, content managers, and other web professionals within higher ed and beyond.

PDMI East

Conference Date: April 7 - 9, 2025

Event Location: Eden Roc Miami Beach, Florida

Cost: $395 - $595 USD

PDMI East is a great event for performance-driven marketers who are looking for networking and educational events.

Social Media for First Responders

Conference Date: April 22 - 24, 2025

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $349 – $749 USD

The only event for public safety professionals and first responders. Presented as part of the Social Media Strategies Summit.

SocialNext Toronto

Conference Date: April 25, 2025

Event Location: Toronto, Ontario

Cost: $399+ CAD

Another SocialNext event, this time a one-day event in Toronto. This conference is essential for brands, agencies, and marketers seeking to enhance their digital strategies. The event offers opportunities to connect with top marketers and brands, featuring speakers and various sessions and panels. And - we’ll see you there!

POSSIBLE

Conference Date: April 28 - 30, 2025

Event Location: Miami Beach, Florida

Cost: $899 - $5,999 USD

POSSIBLE brings together key decision-makers, from rising stars to C-Suites for an inspiring 3-days of learning and networking. Our unique settings allow for interactive sessions and exclusive meetups in diverse, immersive spaces that foster meaningful connections and creative collaborations among industry leaders and innovators.

HeyOrca Community Summit

Conference date: May 8, 2025

Event Location: Toronto, Ontario

Cost: TBD

Yes, it’s true! We’re holding our first IRL community event. Expect actionable community-building strategies, real-world case studies from seasoned experts, and the chance to connect with fellow HeyOrca community members. Don’t miss it!

Social Media Week by AdWeek

Conference Date: May 12 - 14, 2025 

Event Location: New York, New York

Cost: $759 – $3000 USD

At Social Media Week, you will dive into the democratization of creativity. Find out how marketers and ad agencies can effectively collaborate with creators to drive engagement and how innovative digital content is being used to create communities that marketers can engage, grow, and monetize.

Midwest Digital Marketing Conference

Conference Date: May 13 - 14, 2025

Event Location: St. Louis, Missouri

Cost: TBA

This conference is the perfect balance of detailed workshops, keynote speakers, and breakout sessions. If you're looking to dive into the world of digital marketing, social media marketing, email marketing, analytics, and more, you'll love MDMC.

Government Social Media Conference

Conference Date: May 20 - 22, 2025

Event Location: Orlando, Florida

Cost: $509 – $919 USD

Government Social Media Conference is the premier social media conference in the United States for government agencies. And the best part about it – it’s located in sunny Palm Springs, California!

Social Media Strategies Summit - Public Agencies & Government

Conference Date: June 3 - 5, 2025 

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $349 - $749 USD

The Social Media Strategies Summit for Public Agencies and Government is a 2-day jam-packed conference (withh a 1 day pre-summit workshop) tailored to your role in public service.

Social Media Day Halifax

Conference Date: TBD (normally in May)

Event Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cost: TBD

Social Media Day Halifax is a one-day conference coinciding with Social Media Day events held worldwide in June. The conference focuses on the success of Atlantic Canadian businesses by bringing local experts together to share strategies that have worked for them.

Digital Marketing for Financial Services Canada Summit

Conference Date: June 12 - 13, 2025

Event Location: Toronto, Ontario & Virtual

Cost: $1,195+ CAD

Digital Marketing for Financial Services Canada Summit will feature interactive sessions, curated breakout learning, and face-to-face networking opportunities. The conference will also be streamed virtually.

SocialWest

Conference Date: June 11 - 13, 2025

Event Location: Calgary, Alberta

Cost: $699+ CAD

Another SocialNext event, this time a one-day event in Toronto. This conference is essential for brands, agencies, and marketers seeking to enhance their digital strategies. The event offers opportunities to connect with top marketers and brands, featuring speakers and various sessions and panels. And - we’ll see you there!

eduWeb Summit

Conference Date: July 15 - 17, 2025 

Event Location: Portland, Maine

Cost: $1125 – $1250 USD

During this Summit, you will explore the problems higher education marketers and communicators face and the exploration of solutions. The faculty will be starting the exploration of each problem set and then facilitating further discovery with fellow attendees.

Growth Marketing Summit

Conference Date: June 17, 2025

Event Location: Frankfurt, Germany

Cost: €599 – €799 

Growth Marketing Summit is Europe’s biggest conference for digital growth and optimization. You will be united with like-minded individuals from around the world, share topics that move the digital landscape, and learn from world-class talks.

State of Social

Conference Date: August 26 - 27, 2025

Event Location: Perth, Western Australia

Cost: $299 - $795 AUD

State of Social is the brainiest digital marketing event. From creating big brand experiences to customers' needs, get a heads-up on what's happening in the industry. 

Marketing AI Conference

Conference Date: October 14 - 16, 2025

Event Location: Cleveland, Ohio

Cost: $1,299 – $2899 USD

The Marketing AI Conference is built to explore the idea that every piece of software marketers use today including ad buying, analytics, content strategy, conversion, email, search, and social, and how it can be made smarter with AI.

INBOUND

Conference Date: September 3 - 5, 2025

Event Location: San Francisco, California

Cost: $799 – $1599 USD

INBOUND (hosted by HubSpot) is a fully immersive, online experience, that provides access to transformative business trends, proactive conversations, and key actionable takeaways.

Content Marketing World Conference & Expo

Conference Date: September 15 - 17, 2025

Event Location: San Diego, California

Cost: $999 - $2999 USD

Attending Content Marketing World will allow you to learn from the best in content marketing and spend 3 days with the CMWorld community. Share experiences, connect, and create partnerships.

SocialEast

Conference Date: September 25-26, 2025

Event Location: Halifax, Nova Scotia

Cost: TBD

Atlantic Canada’s largest marketing conference, this conference is essential for brands, agencies, and marketers seeking to enhance their digital strategies. The event offers opportunities to connect with top marketers and brands, featuring speakers and various sessions and panels. And - we’ll see you there!

Digital Collegium Annual Conference (formerly HighEdWeb)

Conference Date: September 28 - October 1, 2025

Event Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan and Virtual

Cost: TBD

This conference is run by the Higher Education Web Professionals Association and is created for all departments and divisions in Higher Ed. You’ll explore the unique digital issues that colleges and universities face.

LavaCon

Conference Date: October 5 - 8, 2025 

Event Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Cost: $200 - $2,450

LavaCon will be highlighting topics such as content strategy, UX design, generative AI, authoring tools and technology, and more.

Social Media Strategies Summit: Higher Education

Conference Date: October 20 - 22, 2025

Event Location: Orlando, Florida

Cost: $349 - $749 USD

Learn best practices in social media marketing from today’s leading colleges and universities. This is part of the Social Media Strategies Summirt series.

ANA Masters of Marketing Conference

Conference Date: October 21 - 24, 2025

Event Location: Orlando, FL

Cost: TBA

ANA Content Marketing Conference will focus on the strategy, resources, and best practices in content marketing that deepen customer relationships and drive measurable results. The best part is that it’s offered in person and virtually.

Button: The Content Design Conference

Conference Date: October 23 - 24, 2025

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: $295 - $595 CAD

Button is a conference for anyone passionate about content design. If you care about making content that will make services and digital products better, Button is for you.

SocialPacific

Conference Date: October 30, 2025

Event Location: Vancouver, British-Columbia

Cost: TBD

The largest digital marketing conference in BC, this final and one-day SocialNext event of the year is essential for brands, agencies, and marketers seeking to enhance their digital strategies. The event offers opportunities to connect with top marketers and brands, featuring speakers and various sessions and panels. And - we’ll see you there!

AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education

Conference Date: November 9 - 12, 2025 

Event Location: Las Vegas, Nevada

Cost: $1339 - $1799 USD

Connect with visionaries, leaders, and up-and-coming higher ed marketing community innovators at the AMA Symposium for the Marketing of Higher Education.

The B2B Forum Marketing Conference

Conference Date: November 17-19, 2025

Event Location: Boston, MA

Cost: $1135 – $1,535 USD

The MarketingProfs B2B Forum conference will have you networking and diving into all of the marketing insights. Immerse yourself in tactics that will help you grow your skillset.

Ad World Conference

Conference Date: TBD

Event Location: TBD

Cost: TBD

Join 20,000+ individuals in advertising to learn, connect, and share experiences. Ad World will stream 6+ Digital Advertising Tracks that consist of speeches, panels, and live Q&A sessions to help you take your business to the next level.

ContentTECH Summit

Conference Date: TBD

Event Location: Virtual

Cost: Free

Senior Marketing executives are truly focused on two things: technology and its effective use to create, manage, deliver, and scale enterprise content and marketing. ContentTECH Summit wants to stay ahead of pace and with industry leaders to push the entire community forward.

Summary

Professional development is the theme of 2025! We can’t wait to see what you’ll learn next year. Bookmark this blog to make sure you stay on top of the latest social media conference information. 

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