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AEO Conference 2026

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Mike Seaman - Raccoon Media Group

Mike Seaman

Group Chief Executive Officer, Raccoon Media Group

Mike has been working in the events industry since 2003 and is currently the Managing Director and co-founder of Raccoon Events.

In just 18 months, Raccoon Events has launched 3 new businesses - a B2C exhibition, a B2B conference and a B2C Festival. They also have several new concepts in development and ambitious growth plans for the future.

Raccoon Events’ flagship event, The National Running Show won an AEO Excellence Award in 2018 and the 2019 edition is on track to achieve an astonishing 250% YOY growth in both revenues and visitor numbers.

Before co-founding Raccoon events Mike lead multi-million pound events portfolios for some of the industry’s leading organisers including VMG, UBM, Centaur, Closer Still Media and Clarion Events.

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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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