Digital Marketing is an ever-changing area. Thus, it is important that Marketing professionals stay informed and abreast of news in their area, with conferences being excellent learning platforms. In this article, we list the best Digital Marketing conferences happening in Portugal  in 2018 in chronological order.

2nd Digital Marketing Conference Center North of Portugal

Date: April 13, 2018

Location: Santa Maria da Feira

The 2nd edition of the Digital Marketing Conference Center North of Portugal takes place in April 2018 and is divided into three panels: Digital Marketing, Social Media and ECommerce.

Digital Marketing Panel

Moderator: José Gradim (Professor at ISCET and ECP, Consultant and Trainer)

Speakers:

André Novais de Paula (Director of Creative Strategy at Directimedia and Trainer of Google Digital Atelier)

Cristina Veríssimo (Director of Marketing at Amorim Cork Composites)

Daniel Pereira (Executive Director at MindSEO)

Social Media Panel

Moderator: Letícia Sacramento (Founder & CEO at Let it Sweet)

Speakers:

Jorge Queirós (Head of Communications at DeBorla)

Pedro Fonseca (CEO at Kaksi Media)

Tiago Nogueira (Social Media Specialist at Prozis, Consultant and Trainer)

ECommerce Panel

Moderator: Cristina Cardoso (Founder & CEO at Thekittycatbox)

Speakers:

Pedro Bordonhos (Head of eCommerce at Lanidor)

Ricardo Oliveira (Global Brand Manager at Lemon Jelly)

Tickets for professionals, companies and students are already available online at the event's official website.

1st Conference All About Ecommerce

Date: May 5, 2018

Location: Porto, Campus Foz Universidade Católica

The first Conference All about eCommerce presents itself as an "opportunity to know success stories of Portuguese online stores and to learn from the people behind projects that invoice more than one million euros per year." There is still no confirmation from speakers, but the organization says they will be professionals in the management and implementation of Ecommerce projects.

CLICKSUMMIT

Date: May 2018

Location: London

CLICKSUMMIT is considered one of the biggest specialized events in marketing and online sales organized in Portugal, returns in May for its 5th edition. In the last edition, CLICKSUMMIT received 760 professionals in 2 days where they discussed the most current topics related to Digital Marketing, Sales and Networking.

The names of the speakers and the program of this fifth edition of the conference have yet to be announced.

ThinkConference

Date: June 29-30, 2018

Location: Leiria

The Think Conference is already in its third edition and aims to gather for two days, in Leiria, the best entrepreneurs and specialists in Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, Social Networks and Startups. The panel of speakers has marketing experts, successful entrepreneurs, CEOs, and other personalities who have built empires in digital.

Although the names have not yet been disclosed, it is already known that some of the guests are:

Paula Alves (Director of E-commerce of Fnac Portugal),

André Jordão (Founder of Barkyn, a startup in the Pet market),

Pedro Arnaut (Head of Social of Sport Lisboa e Benfica),

Miguel Pina Martins (CEO of Science4you).

Web Summit

Date: November 5 to 8, 2018

Location: Lisbon

For many, the Web Summit has become Europe's largest and most important technology market and a unique networking opportunity for entrepreneurs, investors, startups and technology enthusiasts in general. This is the third year that the Web Summit takes place in Lisbon and possibly the last edition of this event in Portugal.

No further information about this year's event has yet been confirmed, but it is already possible to pre-register on the Summit Website.