PubCon

Pubcon is a popular series of social media and search engine optimization (SEO) marketing conferences and expos. Pubcon holds multi-track conferences in various United States and European cities, always including an autumn conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Where
Pubcon conferences have taken place in Las Vegas, London, Boston, Dallas, Irvine, California, Orlando, New Orleans and Austin, Texas. In 2012 Pubcon took place on February 13-15 in Honolulu, Hawaii, and on October 15-19 in Las Vegas. In 2013 Pubcon conferences will take place in New Orleans on April 22-25 and in Las Vegas on October 21-25.
Why
Pubcon, which calls itself “The Premier Search And Social Media Conference,” is supported by the search and social media industry's businesses, speakers, exhibitors, and sponsors involved in new media, Internet marketing, search engines, and online advertising. Pubcon conferences offer an in-depth look at the future of technology presented by hundreds of international experts speaking on hundreds of educational panel sessions about search and social media.
Pubcon originally began in 2000 as an informal gathering of early Web search engine optimizers and webmasters at a London pub, giving birth to the pub conference.
Industry insiders, owners and chief executives, founders and corporate presidents join social media and search engine company engineers, programmers alongside marketing and affiliate program professionals from around the world to meet at Pubcon conferences and explore the future of the Web and the people who use and expand it every day.
Pubcon provides search and new media industry professionals a conference to learn, advance new agendas, and to meet and network with some of the key people that don't go to any conference but Pubcon.
Pubcon Las Vegas is annually one of the biggest international gatherings of optimization and social media professionals.
Who
Pubcon was formerly organized and hosted by Austin, Texas-based WebmasterWorld Inc., one of the Web's oldest and most authoritative Web technology message forum communities, with roots dating back to the mid-1980s computer bulletin board systems, and is now operated by Austin-based Pubcon Inc.
Pubcon was founded by WebmasterWorld chief executive Brett Tabke. Staff members include director of operations Jeff Randall, evangelist Joe Morin, lead editor Lane R. Ellis, office manager Elaine Diefenderfer and special projects manager Erika Tabke, among others.
Pubcon History
Pubcon began in 2000 as an informal gathering of early Web search engine optimizers and webmasters at a London pub, giving birth to the pub conference.
Over the years Pubcon shifted the meaning of its name to place less emphasis on the celebratory pub gathering experience and instead started focusing more on the aptly named professional Web "publishing conference" it quickly became.
Despite the subtle change in the meaning of its name, Pubcon has maintained the pub gathering tradition for more than a decade as a part of what are now some of the world's largest new media conferences.
Timeline of previous Pubcon conferences
* Pubcon New Orleans 2013, April 22-25, New Orleans
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2012, October 15-18, Las Vegas
* Pubcon Hawaii 2012, February 14-15, Honolulu
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2011, November 7-10, Las Vegas
* Pubcon South At Austin 2011, March 8-9, Austin, Texas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2010, November 8-11, Las Vegas
* Pubcon South At Dallas 2010, April 13-15, Dallas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2009, November 10-13, Las Vegas
* Pubcon London 2009, July 4, 2009, London
* Pubcon South At Austin 2009, March 11-13, Austin, Texas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2008, November 11-14, Las Vegas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2007, December 4-7, Las Vegas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2006, November 14-17, Las Vegas
* Pubcon Boston 2006, April 18-20, Boston
* Pubcon South At Austin 2006, Summer, Austin, Texas
* Pubcon New Orleans 2005, January 21-24, New Orleans
* Pubcon London 2005, September 30, London
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2005, November 15-17, Las Vegas
* Pubcon Las Vegas 2004, November 16-18, Las Vegas
* Pubcon London 2004, Summer, London
* Pubcon Orlando 2004, February 26-28, Orlando
* Pubcon Boston 2003, April 26, Boston
* Pubcon London 2003, Summer, London
* Pubcon London 2002, Summer, London
* Pubcon Irvine 2002, Summer, Irvine, California
* Pubcon London 2000, Summer, London
* Early Pre-2000 Years, various dates, various United States cities
Pubcon Advisory Board
Pubcon's Advisory Board includes the following members:
* Guy Kawasaki, author and managing director, Garage Technology Ventures
* Tim Mayer, chief strategy officer, Trada
* Justin Osmer, senior product manager, Bing, Microsoft Corporation
* Melanie Mitchell, senior vice president of search strategy, Digitas
* Adam Lasnik, search evangelist, Google
* Gordon Hotchkiss, president, Enquiro Search Solutions
* Rick Schwartz, CEO, Traffic Conference
* Greg Boser, senior vice president of Search Services, BlueGlass Interactive, Inc.
* Heather Lloyd Martin, president and CEO, SuccessWorks
* George Roberts, president and CEO, Interjuncture.com
* Jim Stobb, CEO, Position Tech
* Joe Laratro, president, Tandem Interactive
* Ted Ulle, senior search analyst, Converseon, Inc.
* Jake Baillie, administrator, WebmasterWorld
* Todd Friesen, vice president of search, Position Technologies
* Jim Boykin, founder and CEO, Internet Marketing Ninjas
* Thomas Ball, venture partner, Austin Ventures
* Chris Tolles, CEO, Topix
Pubcon speakers
Nearly 1,000 expert speakers have presented during sessions at Pubcon since 2000. A nearly complete list is available on the Pubcon website past speakers page.
Pubcon keynote speakers
Dozens of well-known search and social media leaders have presented keynote addresses at Pubcon. Past Pubcon keynote speakers have included:
* David Pogue, technology writer, New York Times
* Leo Laporte, Emmy award-winning broadcaster
* Amit Singhal, Google Fellow, head of Google's core ranking team
* Tim Mayer, chief strategy officer, Trada
* Matt Cutts, search quality control, Google
* Robert Cialdini, Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Marketing at Arizona State University and author
* Doc Searls, journalist and co-author of "The Cluetrain Manifesto"
* Shakil Kahn, directory of special projects, Spotify
* Sarah Evans, founder, Sevans Strategy
* Chris Brogan, president, New Marketing Labs
* Scott Stratten, president, UnMarketing
* Brian Clark, founder, Copyblogger
* Tony Hsieh, CEO, Zappos
* Rob Snell, managing partner, Gun Dog Supply
* Bob Brisco, CEO, Internet Brands
* George Wright, vice president of marketing and sales, Blendtec
* Craig Newmark, founder, Craigslist
* Guy Kawasaki, author and managing director, Garage Technology Ventures
* Malcolm Gladwell, author of "Tipping Point," "Blink," and other best-selling books
* Richard Rosenblatt, co-founder, chairman, CEO, Demand Media
* Robert X. Cringely, author, producer, PBS Online, The Pulpit
* Satya Nadella, senior vice president of search, MSN Portal and Advertising Group, Microsoft
* Shawn Rorick, author, new media strategist, Emerging Marketer, Inc.
* Philip Kaplan, co-founder, CEO, AdBrite
* John Battelle, founder, chairman, Federated Media Publishing
* Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner, founder, former CEO, Opera Software
* Danny Sullivan, editor-in-chief, founder, SearchEngineLand
* Noel McMichael, founder, president, CEO, MarketLeap
* Andy Bourland, founder, ClickZ Network
* Daniel Boberg, president, Tallwave

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