About brightonSEO

brightonSEO is the world's largest conference for search marketing. It brings together the best speakers in the world...and definitely the best crowd. Each year thousands of digital marketers gather in Brighton, UK and San Diego, US for one of the most important dates in their calendar.

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Helping search marketers meet, learn, and do their job a little better

brightonSEO is a search marketing conference and series of training courses held once a year in the US and twice a year in the UK.

Each edition attracts thousands of professionals to a celebration of SEO. With expert speakers, attendees from 100 countries, focused training courses, social events and networking activities for whatever you are into - it has become the event to be at for the search marketing community.

How did it all begin?

The short answer? In a room above a pub.

The longer answer is that 15 years ago brightonSEO founder, Kelvin Newman, gathered a group of people together (in a room above a pub in Brighton, UK) to meet, learn and discuss all things SEO. One thing led to another, larger rooms were needed and it has grown to become one of the most popular and respected SEO conferences in the world. In 2023, Kelvin and the team launched brightonSEO in San Diego to bring the SEO joy stateside.


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Meet the team behind brightonSEO

Organized by Rough Agenda

Rough Agenda started with the creation of brightonSEO and has grown to now include a portfolio of conferences and other exciting spin offs.