2020 Marketing Research, Customer Experience, and Retail Conferences in Canada

This article originally appeared on the Canadian Viewpoint blog.

There’s a fantastic selection of conferences around the world but even better are those close to home. Here is a list of research conferences being held in Canada in 2020. Let us know if your favourite one is missing!

The Gathering

February 19 to 21, 2020, Banff: The Gathering is a top-rated, must-attend marketing summit hosted in the picturesque alpine town of Banff, Canada. Each year, disruptors from around the globe converge to learn from and celebrate the leaders behind some of the world’s most cult-like brands.

Retail, Marketing & Technology Event

March 10 to 11, 2020, Toronto: Through interactive installations and provocative content, DX3 is your one-stop-shop for taking advantage of everything retail, digital marketing, and tech has to offer.

Festival of NewMR

March 16 to 20, 2020, VIRTUAL: The Festival of NewMR is a week long series of webinars where leading experts and new faces share new thinking about market research and insights. You, your staff, your clients, and your colleagues can tune in for free and find out about the key themes that are going to shape market research.

Customer Experience Strategies Summit

April 16 to 17, 2020, Toronto: Discover how visionaries and leaders behind the world’s most iconic organizations implement and leverage CX tactics & analytics. Use proven strategies from case studies and exclusive panel discussions. Meet with CX thought leaders and benchmark your CX strategies against them.

Retail Marketer’s Retail Marketing Conference

April 30, 2020, Toronto: Retail Council of Canada’s Retail Marketing Conference will inform, inspire and educate attendees on the latest retail marketing developments, insights and innovations to help position your brands for success.

eCommerce & Omnichannel Retail Conference

May 4 to 6, 2020, Toronto: eTail is a three day retreat designed to help you increase the profits from your business. You’ll get action-packed strategies and make connections with the top mind’s at Canada’s most successful retailers. No commercials. No egos. We cut out the fluff so you can return to the office with detailed take-aways.

Insights Association CEO Summit Canada

May 6 to 8, 2020, Toronto: The Summit is designed for C-level executives of marketing research and data analytics firms as well as corporate insights and data analytics function leaders who must stay ahead of global industry issues and who seek business partnerships to improve their capabilities, deliverables and value.

CSPN Customer & Employee Experience Conference

May 13 to 14, 2020, Toronto: This exclusive conference will bring together hundreds of senior industry professionals across all industries and verticals to talk all things CX, EX, Customer Service, Digital Trends and much more. Our 23rd Annual Conference will offer outstanding networking opportunities with decision-makers from across Canada and the U.S.

Pharma Market Research Conference

May 20 to 21, 2020, Toronto: The Best and Largest Industry Assembly of Market Research Executives in Pharma, Biotech, Medical Devices & Diagnostics for 10+ Years.

STORE

May 26 to 27, 2020, Toronto: STORE is Retail Council of Canada’s two-day conference held annually in Toronto. With an agenda and networking opportunities targeted to the unique needs of the dynamic retail industry in Canada, STORE is THE must-attend retail event of the season.

Big Data & AI Toronto

June 3 to 4, 2020, Toronto: From solving your data-driven business challenges to helping you navigate the latest Big Data tools, Big Data Toronto is designed to give you a 360 degree view on the industry. With two full days of conference programming, skill-based workshops and product demos, Big Data Toronto is engineered to provide you a comprehensive overview of the latest use cases, the industry’s advancements, and new applications.

Collision

June 22 to 25, 2020, Toronto. Collision is the fastest-growing tech conference in North America. Now in its seventh year, Collision has grown to over 30,000 attendees. Following the lead of our European event Web Summit, Collision has become a crossroads for the world’s most influential buyers, sellers, emerging companies, and policymakers.

Qualitative Analysis Conference

June 24 to 26, 2020, London, Ontario. This year’s conference calls on presenters to emphasize their conceptual and theoretical results, but also to share reflexive, firsthand accounts of how these were generated.

Customer Success Summit Canada

June 2020 status unknown.

Retail West

October 2020 status unknown. Get ready for a full-day immersion into the latest trends, technologies and best practices in modern retail. The packed agenda will inspire attendees with success stories and insights about how business is thriving in the Western market and on the national scene.

Qualitative Health Research Conference

October 2020 status unknown: QHR is a three day annual conference focusing on qualitative research in health disciplines and is held in various Canadian cities every October.

Insights Paradigm Shift

November 2020 status unknown: Join us to hear from marketing, business and insights leaders navigating the paradigm shift and redefining their insights – from the function itself and the evolving analytical toolkit, to how insights are being leveraged differently to not just inform, but actually set and drive organizational strategy and actions.

VizFest

November 2020 status unknown VIRTUAL: We’re bringing you four days of webinars demonstrating the benefits of visual communication with in-house experts, guest speakers and client-side perspectives.

Sensory Science Symposium

August 8 to 12, 2021: Symposium will showcase the research of fundamental and applied sensory and consumer scientists from a cross section of early and advanced career participants representing industry and academia.

If you hear of any other interesting conferences in Canada, please let us know!

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