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AEO CONFERENCE 2026

The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) is pleased to bring you the annual AEO Conference. This event brings together key players within the events industry, offering networking, insight and motivation.

With an outstanding speaker line-up delivering inspirational, dynamic and thought-provoking content, the AEO Conference 2026 is fantastic platform from which to debate, learn and share ideas with your peers, which can help shape your organisation and the industry. 

The event attracts 250 senior industry professionals from the UK and abroad, from organisers to venues and suppliers, creating an unmissable opportunity to network in a relaxed environment.

Audience: managing directors, portfolio directors, SME directors, group MDs, heads of departments

Chaired by Andrew Williams,

President, Maritime Group & EVP,  Informa Markets

Andrew is the EVP of a wide ranging industry portfolio within Informa Markets, which includes Cruise and Maritime Events, Design, Logistics and Labels brands across Events, Media and Digital products. He joined the UBM business in 2014 which was then acquired by Informa in 2018.

Andrew has over 20 years experience in events and prior to that held senior group or country management positions at Nintendo UK, Metro Goldwyn Mayer and The Walt Disney Company.

Andy Williams

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Sessions

13

Speakers

200+

Visitors

Countless

Opportunities

Testimonials

  • The AEO Conference is an important forum because it brings together change makers in the event industry, I'm also looking forward to networking with some great people as well.
    Raphael Sofoluke
    Founder & CEO, UK Black Business Show
  • The AEO Conference has always been a really important forum, it talks about some of the kind of key topics and trends and certainly as I've sort of developed throughout my career it's always topics around mergers and acquisitions or where the industry is going or the pivot to digital it's always given us really good talking points and things to think about.
    Duncan Reid
    CEO & Co-Founder, Reset Connect
  • The conference was a fantastic experience, truly living up to its theme 'Motivate. Innovate. Create.' The speakers were highly engaging and entertaining, offering invaluable insights into key industry topics. Well done, Team AEO!
    Ian Kidson
    Harrogate Convention Centre

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