Email Marketing Conferences Worth Attending
Email marketing keeps changing: inbox providers tighten their rules, new formats appear, and automation takes over more of the routine work. Conferences are a great way to keep up: you learn from people who send millions of emails, compare notes with peers, and bring fresh ideas back to your campaigns.
We’ve picked conferences about email marketing, deliverability, and marketing automation. For each one, you’ll find what it covers, when it usually takes place, and a link to the official site. Dates and venues change from year to year, so check the site for the next edition before you plan your trip.
Conferences About Email Marketing
These events are fully dedicated to email: design, copy, deliverability, and the tools behind them.
Litmus Live
What it is: Litmus’s conference for email and lifecycle marketing professionals.
When: the 2026 edition took place in February; Litmus has already mentioned the next one.
Where: online; the 2026 edition was a free virtual conference.
Official site: litmus.com/conference
Inbox Expo
What it is: an independent email marketing conference by Email Industries. The program covers deliverability, interactive email, and CRM.
When: usually in May.
Where: the city changes every year: Atlanta in 2026, San Antonio in 2027.
Official site: inboxexpo.com
Guru
What it is: a virtual email marketing conference presented by Constant Contact, which calls it the world’s largest. It’s free to attend, so it’s a good first conference if you’re new to email marketing.
When: usually in November.
Where: online.
Official site: guruconference.com
Email Innovations World
What it is: a conference about the future of email marketing, formerly known as Email Innovations Summit. Its German sister event, CRM & Email Innovations World, focuses on CRM and email marketing and runs in German.
When: the US edition usually takes place in June, but the next dates hadn’t been announced as of October 2026; the German edition is held in spring.
Where: the US city changes (Phoenix hosted the 2025 edition); the German edition takes place in Munich.
Official sites: emailinnovationsworld.com and crmemailinnovationsworld.de
M3AAWG General Meetings
What it is: meetings of the Messaging, Malware and Mobile Anti-Abuse Working Group, where email service providers and mailbox providers work on deliverability and anti-abuse. The meetings are mainly for members, so check the participation options on the site.
When: three times a year, usually in February, June, and October.
Where: the meetings rotate between North America and Europe.
Official site: m3aawg.org
Conferences by Email and Marketing Automation Platforms
Platform vendors run some of the biggest events in the industry. They are especially useful if you already work with the platform, but most of them also cover lifecycle marketing in general.
Braze Forge
What it is: Braze’s customer engagement conference about cross-channel lifecycle marketing: email, push notifications, and SMS.
When: usually in September.
Where: Las Vegas.
Official site: forge.braze.com
Klaviyo K:BOS
What it is: Klaviyo’s event about email and SMS marketing for ecommerce brands. Klaviyo also runs a London edition, K:LDN.
When: the 2026 edition took place in September.
Where: Boston; the K:LDN edition takes place in London.
Official site: klaviyo.com/events
Iterable Activate
What it is: Iterable’s conference about cross-channel lifecycle marketing and customer engagement.
When: the 2026 edition took place in April.
Where: Los Angeles hosted the 2026 edition.
Official site: activate.iterable.com
Adobe Summit
What it is: Adobe’s customer experience conference. Its marketing automation tracks cover Marketo Engage, Adobe Journey Optimizer, and Adobe Campaign, so it’s worth a look if you work with Adobe tools. If you’re preparing for a Marketo exam, read our Marketo certification guide.
When: usually in March or April.
Where: Las Vegas and online.
Official site: summit.adobe.com
Salesforce Connections
What it is: Salesforce’s marketing event about Marketing Cloud and customer engagement.
When: the 2026 edition took place in June.
Where: Chicago and online on Salesforce+.
Official site: salesforce.com/connections
HubSpot UNBOUND
What it is: HubSpot’s marketing, sales, and customer experience conference, formerly called INBOUND. Marketing automation is one part of a broader growth agenda.
When: UNBOUND 2027 is scheduled for September.
Where: Boston.
Official site: unbound.hubspot.com
Digital Marketing Conferences With Email Tracks
These events cover digital marketing in general, but email gets its own sessions.
Digital Summit
What it is: a series of two-day digital marketing conferences. Agendas include sessions on email marketing next to content marketing, SEO, and brand marketing.
When: all year round, in different cities.
Where: many US cities, including Denver, Chicago, Seattle, Dallas, and Tampa.
Official site: digitalsummit.com
MarTech Conference
What it is: a free virtual conference about marketing technology: your martech stack, data, AI, and automation.
When: several editions a year.
Where: online, live and on demand.
Official site: martech.org/conference
Bottom Line
Pick the events that match your goals and budget. Email-only conferences are the best place to dive into design and deliverability, platform events help you get the most out of your tools, and digital marketing conferences show how email fits into the bigger picture. Before you book, check the official site: dates, venues, and ticket prices change every year.