One-day technical SEO and search marketing conference organised by Women in Tech SEO, with a single track of ten speakers across analysis, innovation and career themes. Attendance is open to women and people of marginalised genders.
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WTSFest
Conference series run by Women in Tech SEO with editions in Philadelphia, London, Berlin, Portland and Melbourne. Every speaking slot goes to a woman in search, making it the main pipeline through which new SEO speakers enter the conference circuit.
Why it matters to search
All-women SEO speaker lineups across five cities on three continents.
WTSFest is a meetup network based in United Kingdom. Membership is paid — ticketed events.
Events it runs
Flagship London edition of the Women in Tech SEO festival, a one-day conference at the Barbican Centre. Open to women and people of marginalised genders as attendees, with networking drinks after the programme.
United States edition of the Women in Tech SEO festival, a single-track technical SEO and search marketing conference. Recent US editions have been held in Philadelphia and Portland.
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