ATHENS SEO 2026

The International Tech SEO & AI Conference You Can’t Miss

May 22-23, 2026

The Ellinikon Experience Centre, Athens

Last year we proved the concept.

This year we’re raising the bar, and stepping onto Europe’s main stage for Technical SEO and AI in Search. Athens SEO 2026 brings top-tier international speakers, senior SEO professionals, and leading brands together for two days of expert-led keynotes, a state of search panel, and real conversation.

If you’ve got other plans this May, reconsider. Athens will be sunny, and the lineup will be hard to beat. See you there!

Why Attend

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Be part of a premier global two-day summit led by top-tier SEO speakers

Learn from actionable keynotes and a state-of-search panel discussion

Connect with technical SEO and AI experts and leaders

Experience a modern iconic venue and outdoor lounge

Join the after-party where the real conversations happen

Discover what Athens has to offer and make a holiday of it

Where it’s happening

Athens SEO 2026 takes place at The Ellinikon Experience Centre, a striking contemporary venue in the heart of Europe's largest urban regeneration project. With a 200-seat main hall, high-end production, and a private outdoor lounge for networking and evening drinks, it's the perfect stage for what we're building. Just a short walk from Elliniko metro station in south Athens, it's easy to reach from anywhere in the city.

2026 Conference Snapshot

The Ellinikon
Experience Centre

22-23 May 2026

2 Days

15+

Sessions

1 Panel

Topic Keywords

Artificial intelligence

International SEO

JS rendering

State of search 2026

Algorithmic updates

Technical SEO

Brand visibility monitoring

SEO automation

Vector search optimisation

Multi-platform search

Measurement framework

GEO strategy & LLMs

Zero-click searches

Ecommerce

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Our Sponsors

A very big thank you to all of our sponsors for the upcoming event

Premier

JetOctopus ❯

Tech Partner

Screaming Frog ❯

Advanced Web Ranking ❯

Papaki ❯

Digital Agency Partner

Red Owl ❯

Hub Partner

GA Agency ❯

Passion Digital ❯

ColdChain Agency ❯

Career and Recruitment Partner

withFrontier ❯

Community Partner

Women in Tech SEO ❯

Opt Out ❯

Search n Stuff ❯

SEO Brein ❯

Whitepress ❯

Search London ❯

Belgrade SEO Conference ❯

Hospitality Partner

Coffee – Taresso ❯

Drinks – The Moving Spirits ❯

Food – Mailo’s ❯

Ice Cream – Le Greche ❯

Ice Cream – Kayak ❯

Creative Partner

Terracube ❯

Travel Partner

TRVLRGUIDE ❯

2026 Speakers

Aleyda Solis

International SEO Consultant & Founder, Orainti

“Ecommerce AI Search Trends & Wins”

Martin Splitt

Developer Relations Search & Web Ecosystem, Google

“Get Going with JavaScript & SEO - the Right Way”

Jonathan Moore

SEO and Analytics Consultant, Jonathan Moore Consultancy

“From Rankings to Recommendations: Closing the Measurement Chasm”

Lily Ray

Founder of Algorythmic & VP, SEO & AI search at Amsive

“Panel: State of Search: The Unfiltered Edition”

Mark Williams-Cook

Marketing Director, Candour & Founder, AlsoAsked

“Do !think like a robot: SEO decision making for humans”

Dan Taylor

Partner & Head of Innovation (Organic & AI) & Author, SALT.agency

“Panel: State of Search: The Unfiltered Edition”

Judith Lewis

Founder, Decabbit Consultancy

“Retrievable Beats Rankable: Build for Retrieval-Based Al”

Aris Vrakas

Founder & CEO, RankBee.ai & Ex-Amazon GM

“Panel: State of Search: The Unfiltered Edition”

Jamie Indigo

Director of Technical SEO, Cox Automotive Inc.

“Taming the Bots: AI Crawler Management for the Modern SEO”

Chris Lever

Head of Technical SEO, Glass Atlas & Co-Founder, TechSEO North

“Automating Technical SEO with Screaming Frog CLI and n8n”

Bengü Sarıca Dinçer

SaaS SEO Manager, Designmodo

“Multi-Platform Search: When "Everywhere" Still Isn't Enough”

John Campbell

Head of Innovation & Al, ROAST

“Panel: State of Search: The Unfiltered Edition”

Yagmur Simsek

SEO Consultant & Founder, Search 'n Stuff & Co-Founder, GCS Network

“Intent First: Designing SEO Machines - Lessons from Real Projects”

Fili Wiese

Technical SEO Consultant, Search Brothers

“Search Quality Signals in a Generative Search World”

Frank van Dijk

SEO Specialist, DEPT®

“Unlocking the Potential of Vector Embeddings”

Luke Gosha

Head of Search & Al

“The Power of Consulting: What AI in Search has really taught us about SEO”

Konstantinos Sfyris

SEO Director, SLEED

“20+ Actionable Ideas of How Al can Automate your SEO Day2Day”

Giannis Papadopoulos

Group SEO & GEO Manager, team.blue

“The GEO Transition: What Changes, What Doesn't”

Andrea Masoni

SEO Senior Manager, GA Agency

“Content Maturity in the Age of AI: A Framework for Pages That Actually Convert”

Alessia Mancini

SEO Manager, GA Agency

“Content Maturity in the Age of AI: A Framework for Pages That Actually Convert”

Serge Bezborodov

CTO, JetOctopus.com

“E-Commerce Fan-Out at Scale”

Lazaros Koutsas

Organic Acquisition Senior Specialist

“SEO: Stakeholder Management & Business Alignment Across a Complex Rebrand”

Dixon Jones

CEO of InLinks and Waikay

“A Semantic Framework for Optimization in LLMs”

Simone De Palma

Technical SEO Manager, TUI UK

“Advanced SEO Tracking Framework for Zero-Click and AI Search”

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Explore our Knowledge Hub Content

PRACTICAL GUIDE Jun 2026

AI Search Has a Winner: It’s Still Google Search

Fili Wiese, Technical SEO Consultant Search Brothers

Google will dominate AI search in 2026/2027. This is not a bold prediction. New data from Cloudflare confirms something SEOs suspected but lacked the data to prove: Googlebot sees roughly three times more web pages than OpenAI and nearly five times more than Microsoft. >

an overview of each site’s blocked User-Agents through heatmaps that compare blocked user-agents and URL paths

PRACTICAL GUIDE Jun 2026

Automate Robots.txt Competitor Analysis with Python

Simone De Palma, Technical SEO Manager TUI UK

Compare competitors' robots.txt files in minutes. This free Python workflow uses Advertools and Plotly to classify user-agents and disallow directives at scale. >

PRACTICAL GUIDE Jun 2026

AI Automations Are the Easy Part. Leadership Is the Million Dollar Skill.

Konstantinos Sfyris, SEO Director SLEED

A recap from my Athens SEO 2026 talk: five tools we built in-house, where SEOs should focus next, and the one skill that will separate the people who lead this transition from the people who get run over by it. >

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2025 Recap Photos

Athens SEO 2025 kicks off with a full house

Kira Khoroshilova diving into multilingual workflows and geo-targeting.

François Goube taking the stage to talk crawl budget and AI-assisted decision making

Anna Moragli on why technical SEO is essential for Ecommerce success.

All eyes on the stage at Athens SEO 2025

Aris Vrakas on redefining search intent in the age of LLMs.

Eva and Fran kicking off Athens SEO 2025

Every seat filled at Athens SEO 2025

Panos Kondylis diving into JavaScript SEO and dynamic frameworks

Capturing every insight at Athens SEO 2025

That moment when the floor opens up for Q&A

Attendees fully immersed in the talk, taking in every word with complete concentration.

The Terracube team after delivering a seamless production from start to finish

Kostis Bakopoulos on scaling Ecommerce SEO performance during seasonal traffic spikes.

A behind the scenes chat with one of the people behind the event.

Every attendee goes home with a little piece of Athens SEO

When the Q&A moves off stage and becomes a one on one discussion

The conversations kept going long after the conference ended

Our volunteers who showed up, stayed late, and made the whole thing run

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Our Story

One idea. Three founders. A sold-out debut in 2025.

Now it's becoming the global stage for Technical SEO and AI in Search.

Athens SEO 2026. The stage is set.