# Tech SEO Connect > Made for technical SEOs by technical SEOs. A two-day, single-track community conference in Durham, North Carolina. Conference dates: November 5-6, 2026. Location: Bay 7, Durham, NC. Address: 324 Blackwell St #700, Durham, NC 27701. The Wednesday welcome party is an additional evening event; see the schedule below. Schedule times are local to Durham (America/New_York). This file reflects the public conference homepage. Speaker details use the same published-content loader as the homepage. Other copy comes from the same deployed content sources. Historical editions and unpublished material are not included. ## Pages and tickets - [Tech SEO Connect homepage](https://www.techseoconnect.com/): Current conference information. - [Buy tickets](https://www.techseoconnect.com/tickets): Official ticket link; follows the current registration redirect. Check registration for current prices and availability. - [Schedule](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#schedule): Wednesday welcome party and Thursday/Friday conference program. - [Speakers](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#speakers): Current homepage speaker roster. - [Sponsors](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#sponsors): Sponsorship opportunities. - [Venue and photo gallery](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#venue): Bay 7 address, directions, and venue photos. - [Travel and hotels](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#travel): Airport, train, parking, and hotel information. - [About and organizers](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): The conference story and organizing team. - [Contact](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#contact): Contact form and conference updates. ## The conference - [Tech SEO Connect](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#learn-more): The Conference Made for Technical SEOs by Technical SEOs. Tech SEO Connect is a two-day event entirely dedicated to helping you learn more about technical SEO and connect with like-minded peers from across the world. - [Dedicated to technical SEO](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#learn-more): The only conference in the world that is open to everyone and completely dedicated to technical SEO. No talks about “SEO 101” or “how to build links with digital PR”. We are gathering the smartest technical SEOs in the world to talk about technical SEO and technical SEO alone. - [Building community](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#learn-more): Learn and grow alongside a community of your technical SEO peers from across the world. Tech SEO Connect will gather hundreds of technical SEOs from around the world in the same physical space where we will all meet face to face, learn from each other, and, most importantly, grow together as a community. - [Talks from experts](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#learn-more): You’ll be able to listen to a variety of guest speakers covering all sorts of technical SEO topics, from crawling and rendering, to working with and understanding large amounts of data, to using bleeding edge machine learning techniques to accelerate SEO work, and everything inbetween. ## Schedule - [Wednesday, November 4, 2026](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#launch-schedule-wednesday): Local conference schedule. - 7:00–10:00 PM — Welcome Party. At Mateo Tapas - [Thursday, November 5, 2026](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#launch-schedule-thursday): Local conference schedule. - 8:00–8:50 AM — Registration - 8:50–11:30 AM — Sessions - 11:30 AM–1:00 PM — Lunch - 1:00–5:00 PM — Sessions - 5:00–7:00 PM — Happy Hour We’ll be serving drinks from a [1930s-era rail car](https://www.instagram.com/p/DXzC6yzEVlv/?img_index=1) beside a historic power plant, right in the heart of the American Tobacco Campus. Live jazz from [Butler Knowles and friends](https://www.instagram.com/butler.knowles/). Beer and wine from [Delafia Bar](https://www.instagram.com/delafiabar/?hl=en). - 10 PM until late — After Party DJ set by [DJ Lily Ray](https://lilyray.nyc/). At [BOOM Club](https://www.instagram.com/_boomclub/?hl=en). - [Friday, November 6, 2026](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#launch-schedule-friday): Local conference schedule. - 8:00–8:50 AM — Registration - 8:50–11:30 AM — Sessions - 11:30 AM–1:00 PM — Lunch - 1:00–5:00 PM — Sessions ## Speakers - [Krishna Madhavan](https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmadhavan7/): Principal Product Manager, Microsoft AI, Bing Web Data Platform - [Michael King](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkingphilly/): Founder & Chief Executive Officer at iPullRank - [Aleyda Solís](https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleyda/?originalSubdomain=es): Founder & International SEO Consultant at Orainti - [Jori Ford](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chicagoseopro/): Sr. Director AI-Search at TAG - The Aspen Group - [Lauren Green](https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-ngreen/): Technical AI SEO Manager at Microsoft - [Nick Eubanks](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickeubanks/): Global CMO at Digistore24 - [Darwin Santos](https://www.linkedin.com/in/darwinsantos/): AI Search Product Growth at HubSpot ## Sponsors - [Interested in sponsoring in 2026?](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#sponsors): Interested In sponsoring? Get your brand in front of some of the best SEOs from across the world. Reach out to learn more about our available sponsorship opportunities! - [Sponsorship inquiries](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#contact): No named sponsor roster is currently published on the conference homepage. ## Venue - [Bay 7](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#venue): 324 Blackwell St #700, Durham, NC 27701. - [Get directions to Bay 7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/eftpJZtNb5yNqEd68): Venue map. ## Travel and hotels - [Getting to the venue](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#travel): Bay 7 is on the American Tobacco Campus in downtown Durham. Fly into RDU, take the train to Durham station, or drive and park on campus. - [Fly](https://maps.app.goo.gl/2kcr5tVVUwkdJP3X7): RDU is a 25-minute drive from the venue. Rideshare and taxis pick up outside every terminal. Airport: RDU. To venue: 24 min by car. - [Train](https://maps.app.goo.gl/moRdCHHFHmgWk8ag9): Amtrak's Durham station offers daily connections to two major East Coast cities. It is a 10-minute walk to the venue. Station: Durham Amtrak. To venue: 10 min walk. - [Drive](https://maps.app.goo.gl/sVKcwBoYYJptfJBd7): Park in the South Deck on the American Tobacco Campus. Bay 7 is a 1- to 2-minute walk from the deck. Parking: South Deck, ATC. To venue: 1 to 2 min walk. - [Aloft Durham Downtown](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/rduld-aloft-durham-downtown/overview/): The closest hotel to the venue. 5 minutes on foot from Bay 7. Room block available. Details sent after your registration has been completed. To venue: 5 min walk. - [Aloft to Bay 7](https://maps.app.goo.gl/9ebL3bzhRFHsJKUp7): Walking directions from the conference hotel. - [21c Museum Hotel Durham](https://21cmuseumhotels.com/durham/): Other nearby hotel listed on the homepage. - [The Durham Hotel](https://www.thedurham.com/): Other nearby hotel listed on the homepage. - [Durham Marriott City Center](https://www.marriott.com/en-us/hotels/rducv-durham-marriott-city-center/overview/): Other nearby hotel listed on the homepage. ## About - [The conference](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): Tech SEO Connect is a two-day, single-track conference in Durham, North Carolina, for people who want to go deeper into search. - [Conference story, part 2](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): We bring together technical SEOs, in-house search leaders, agency owners, developers, and the people building search tools. The common thread is curiosity about how things work, experience with difficult problems, and a willingness to share what you’ve learned. - [Conference story, part 3](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): The conference grew out of friendships formed in the technical SEO community and a desire to spend more time learning together in person. Inspired by the small, substantive gatherings at TechSEO Boost in Boston, Matthew Kay, Patrick Stox, JR Oakes, and Mike King launched Tech SEO Connect in 2024. We wanted to create the kind of event we would make time to attend ourselves. - [Conference story, part 4](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): That starts with the program. We seek out speakers whose work gives them something useful to share and put real care into how the talks fit together. The aim is to leave you with ideas you’re still thinking about weeks later. Everyone follows the same track, so a conversation over coffee can pick up where a session left off. - [Conference story, part 5](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): We keep the gathering small enough to get to know people. You can reconnect with friends, meet someone whose work you’ve followed for years, or find another person wrestling with a problem that looks a lot like yours. There’s room to sit down, open a laptop, and work through an idea together. - [Conference story, part 6](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): We also care about how it feels to be here. Beautiful spaces, an all-day espresso bar, good food, live music, and evenings spent together are part of the experience. We choose places and people we love, and put the event’s resources back into making those two days worthwhile. - [Conference story, part 7](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): Sponsors are part of the community. We keep their presence small and personal, with simple tables and comfortable places to talk. We don’t sell or hand over attendee lists. You decide who you want to connect with and what you want to share. - [Conference story, part 8](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): The learning extends beyond the room, too. We livestream talks and make recordings freely available on YouTube so the wider community can benefit. - [Conference story, part 9](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#about): Come with questions, bring your curiosity, and leave with new ideas and people you’ll want to stay in touch with. ## The organizers - [Mike King](https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelkingphilly/): Co-Organizer, Tech SEO Connect - [JR Oakes](https://www.linkedin.com/in/jr-oakes-3660546/): Co-Organizer, Tech SEO Connect - [Patrick Stox](https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrickstox/): Co-Organizer, Tech SEO Connect - [Matthew Kay](https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewgkay/): Co-Organizer, Tech SEO Connect ## Contact - [Contact Tech SEO Connect](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#contact): Want conference updates or have a question? Sign up for updates or contact us below. - [Conference updates and inquiries](https://www.techseoconnect.com/#contact): The form supports attending, sponsoring, and speaking interests, with a comments field.