Journalism and media conferences in 2026
Journalism conferences are great opportunities for learning and networking – not to mention a big dose of industry inspiration. To help you plan your conference schedule for 2026, Fathm has put together this round-up of some of the bigger media events around the world. We’ll be updating this list throughout the year as new dates are added, so make sure you check back. You can let us know if there’s an event we’ve missed that you think should be on our list.
Solutions Journalism 101 Webinar, 13 January 2026, Online
Medias en Seine, 15 January 2026, Paris, France
A26 Global Coordination Conference, 19–23 January 2026, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Production Technology Seminar 2026, 27–29 January 2026, Geneva, Switzerland
sTARTUp Day 2026, 28–30 January 2026, Tartu, Estonia
Breaking the news, 28 January 2026, Berlin, Germany
Step Conference, 11–12 February 2026, Dubai, UAE
WAN IFRA - AI in Media Forum, 17 February 2026, Bengaluru, India
Africa Media Festival, 25–26 February 2026, Nairobi, Kenya
Mather Symposium 2026, 26–27 February 2026, Dallas, Texas, USA
Media Subscriptions Summit, 9–13 March 2026, Toronto, Canada
SXSW 2026, 12–18 March 2026, Austin, TX, USA
Society of Editors Media Freedom Conference, 17 March 2026, London
Digiday Publishing Summit, 23–25 March 2026, Vail, Colorado, USA
ANA Media Conference, 25–27 March 2026, Nashville, TN, USA
ONA 26 Conference, 30 March–1 April 2026, Chicago
International Journalism Festival, 15–18 April 2026, Perugia, Italy
WAN IFRA - Digital Media LATAM, 15–16 April 2026, Bogota, Colombia
Adobe Summit 2026, 19–22 April 2026, Las Vegas, USA
INMA World Congress of News Media, 4–8 May 2026, Berlin, Germany
CEPIC, 6–8 May 2026, Valencia, Spain
newsrewired, 13–14 May 2026, London, UK
New Now Next Media Conference, 21–23 May 2026, Bangkok, Thailand
Dataharvest – The European Investigative Journalism Conference, 28–31 May 2026, Mechelen, Belgium
World News Media Congress, 1–3 June 2026, Marseille, France
European Publishing Congress, 17–18 June 2026, Vienna, Austria
LION Publishers Independent News Sustainability Summit, 9–11 September 2026, San Diego, California
Global Summit on Disinformation, 17–18 September 2026, Online