The global creator economy continues to expand with several major industry events scheduled for November 2025, providing platforms for networking, knowledge sharing, and business development across multiple continents. These gatherings bring together creators, brands, platforms, and technology providers as the sector continues to integrate with mainstream marketing channels.
Date: November 3-4, 2025 Venue: Paris Convention Center, France
The European trade show for influencer marketing, digital creation, and social commerce is expected to attract 3,500 participants, 100 speakers, and 75 exhibitors. The event features specialized tracks including a main conference program, strategy and business case sessions, technology demonstrations, and creator-focused panels. Notable speakers include executives from Warner Bros, Meta, TikTok, and Booking.com. The gathering aims to connect brands, creators, agencies, and technology providers while showcasing the latest European influencer marketing trends and case studies.
Date: November 6-7, 2025 Venue: Tokyo, Japan (Virtual Event)
The 13th International Conference on Women Influencers and Feminism Inspiration (W.I.F.I) centers on the theme “Shaping the Women Empowerment for tomorrow.” This academic and industry conference targets women leaders, influencers, business experts, feminists, and women in science and technology. The program includes sessions on women’s leadership, empowerment, entrepreneurship, influence networks, media representation, and political participation. The two-day virtual event offers multiple registration options ranging from $199 for virtual presentations to $1,999 for exhibitors.
Date: November 7-8, 2025 Venue: Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
This podcast festival focuses on storytelling across borders, with creators representing diverse countries, diasporic communities, and cultural traditions. The sold-out event offers workshops from industry producers, live performances, and private pitch feedback sessions with industry veterans. RESONATE specifically highlights bilingual audio production and narratives related to migration, history, and identity. The gathering serves both newcomers and established professionals in the podcasting industry.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau hosts this two-hour virtual training session focused on the fundamentals of the creator economy for marketing professionals. Priced at $299 for members and $399 for non-members, the course examines how digital creators are reshaping media production, consumption, and monetization. Content covers creator diversity, partnership strategies, campaign planning, and risk mitigation. IAB notes that creator revenue is projected to reach $17.76 billion in 2025, reflecting 15.8% year-over-year growth.
Date: November 10-13, 2025 Venue: MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Described as “the world’s largest tech conference,” Web Summit brings together technology leaders, startups, investors, and media professionals. While covering broad technology topics, the event includes significant creator economy content with speakers from companies like Meta, Picsart, and Replit. The four-day conference features content tracks, networking events, and evening programming through its “Night Summit.” The event draws executives, developers, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world, with Microsoft’s Brad Smith calling it “an opportunity to peer into the future.”
Date: November 13, 2025 Venue: Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina’s first dedicated conference for the content creation industry expects 6,000 industry professionals, including 3,000 creators across a 7,000-square-meter venue. The event features four presentation stages, 100 speakers, and 30 panel discussions alongside workshops and brand activations. Tent Creator Summit targets a diverse audience including creators, brands, managers, platforms, universities, production companies, and media organizations.
Date: November 19-20, 2025 Venue: Palau de Congresso de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Unity Technologies’ annual developer conference marks 20 years of the company’s game engine technology. While primarily focused on game development, the event increasingly covers creator tools and technologies. The program includes over 50 sessions on topics like multiplatform development, graphics tools, multiplayer functionality, and AI applications. The event begins with a keynote followed by breakout sessions, demonstrations, and networking opportunities. Early-bird tickets are priced at €599 until October 3.
Date: November 24-26, 2025 Venue: MediaCity, Salford, Manchester, UK
This conference focuses on research and innovation in the creative industries, with the creator economy as one of its central themes. BEYOND explores how independent creators are utilizing generative AI to compete with established media institutions, transforming the production of culture and career pathways. The event introduces new programming for emerging innovators and enhanced networking capabilities. Other focus areas include CreaTech (the fusion of creativity and technology) and innovation districts for creative placemaking and regional growth.
Date: November 25-26, 2025 Venue: RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
This marketing technology conference features dedicated tracks for influencer, creator, and affiliate marketing, as well as broader digital marketing topics. The event attracts over 2,000 attendees, features more than 150 speakers across 10 conference tracks, with 56% of participants at the director level or higher. Speakers include marketing executives from major brands like Philips, J.P. Morgan, Reckitt, and Danone. The forum addresses AI applications, social media strategy, content marketing, and customer experience optimization for marketing professionals.
Date: November 26, 2025 Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, Amman, Jordan
Rebranded as ICON Summit, with the tagline “Innovation Meets Media and Influence,” this event brings together over 500 media professionals, marketers, and content creators. The conference features panel discussions on topics including journalism in a post-platform world, tourism marketing through digital platforms, artificial intelligence in creativity, and the evolving relationship between journalists and content creators. The day concludes with the Peacock Awards ceremony honoring effective social media marketing campaigns. Individual tickets are priced at $250 with group discounts available.
Nii A. Ahene is the founder and managing director of Net Influencer, a website dedicated to offering insights into the influencer marketing industry. Together with its newsletter, Influencer Weekly, Net Influencer provides news, commentary, and analysis of the events shaping the creator and influencer marketing space. Through interviews with startups, influencers, brands, and platforms, Nii and his team explore how influencer marketing is being effectively used to benefit businesses and personal brands alike.
The global creator economy continues to expand with several major industry events scheduled for November 2025, providing platforms for networking, knowledge sharing, and business development across multiple continents. These gatherings bring together creators, brands, platforms, and technology providers as the sector continues to integrate with mainstream marketing channels.
Followme Paris
Date: November 3-4, 2025
Venue: Paris Convention Center, France
The European trade show for influencer marketing, digital creation, and social commerce is expected to attract 3,500 participants, 100 speakers, and 75 exhibitors. The event features specialized tracks including a main conference program, strategy and business case sessions, technology demonstrations, and creator-focused panels. Notable speakers include executives from Warner Bros, Meta, TikTok, and Booking.com. The gathering aims to connect brands, creators, agencies, and technology providers while showcasing the latest European influencer marketing trends and case studies.
W.I.F.I Conference
Date: November 6-7, 2025
Venue: Tokyo, Japan (Virtual Event)
The 13th International Conference on Women Influencers and Feminism Inspiration (W.I.F.I) centers on the theme “Shaping the Women Empowerment for tomorrow.” This academic and industry conference targets women leaders, influencers, business experts, feminists, and women in science and technology. The program includes sessions on women’s leadership, empowerment, entrepreneurship, influence networks, media representation, and political participation. The two-day virtual event offers multiple registration options ranging from $199 for virtual presentations to $1,999 for exhibitors.
RESONATE: Pangea
Date: November 7-8, 2025
Venue: Institute for Contemporary Art, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
This podcast festival focuses on storytelling across borders, with creators representing diverse countries, diasporic communities, and cultural traditions. The sold-out event offers workshops from industry producers, live performances, and private pitch feedback sessions with industry veterans. RESONATE specifically highlights bilingual audio production and narratives related to migration, history, and identity. The gathering serves both newcomers and established professionals in the podcasting industry.
IAB Intro to the Creator Economy
Date: November 11, 2025
Venue: Virtual
The Interactive Advertising Bureau hosts this two-hour virtual training session focused on the fundamentals of the creator economy for marketing professionals. Priced at $299 for members and $399 for non-members, the course examines how digital creators are reshaping media production, consumption, and monetization. Content covers creator diversity, partnership strategies, campaign planning, and risk mitigation. IAB notes that creator revenue is projected to reach $17.76 billion in 2025, reflecting 15.8% year-over-year growth.
Web Summit
Date: November 10-13, 2025
Venue: MEO Arena, Lisbon, Portugal
Described as “the world’s largest tech conference,” Web Summit brings together technology leaders, startups, investors, and media professionals. While covering broad technology topics, the event includes significant creator economy content with speakers from companies like Meta, Picsart, and Replit. The four-day conference features content tracks, networking events, and evening programming through its “Night Summit.” The event draws executives, developers, entrepreneurs, and investors from around the world, with Microsoft’s Brad Smith calling it “an opportunity to peer into the future.”
Tent Creator Summit
Date: November 13, 2025
Venue: Costa Salguero, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Argentina’s first dedicated conference for the content creation industry expects 6,000 industry professionals, including 3,000 creators across a 7,000-square-meter venue. The event features four presentation stages, 100 speakers, and 30 panel discussions alongside workshops and brand activations. Tent Creator Summit targets a diverse audience including creators, brands, managers, platforms, universities, production companies, and media organizations.
Unite 2025
Date: November 19-20, 2025
Venue: Palau de Congresso de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Unity Technologies’ annual developer conference marks 20 years of the company’s game engine technology. While primarily focused on game development, the event increasingly covers creator tools and technologies. The program includes over 50 sessions on topics like multiplatform development, graphics tools, multiplayer functionality, and AI applications. The event begins with a keynote followed by breakout sessions, demonstrations, and networking opportunities. Early-bird tickets are priced at €599 until October 3.
BEYOND 2025
Date: November 24-26, 2025
Venue: MediaCity, Salford, Manchester, UK
This conference focuses on research and innovation in the creative industries, with the creator economy as one of its central themes. BEYOND explores how independent creators are utilizing generative AI to compete with established media institutions, transforming the production of culture and career pathways. The event introduces new programming for emerging innovators and enhanced networking capabilities. Other focus areas include CreaTech (the fusion of creativity and technology) and innovation districts for creative placemaking and regional growth.
Digital Marketing World Forum
Date: November 25-26, 2025
Venue: RAI, Amsterdam, Netherlands
This marketing technology conference features dedicated tracks for influencer, creator, and affiliate marketing, as well as broader digital marketing topics. The event attracts over 2,000 attendees, features more than 150 speakers across 10 conference tracks, with 56% of participants at the director level or higher. Speakers include marketing executives from major brands like Philips, J.P. Morgan, Reckitt, and Danone. The forum addresses AI applications, social media strategy, content marketing, and customer experience optimization for marketing professionals.
World Social Media Forum (ICON Summit)
Date: November 26, 2025
Venue: Four Seasons Hotel, Amman, Jordan
Rebranded as ICON Summit, with the tagline “Innovation Meets Media and Influence,” this event brings together over 500 media professionals, marketers, and content creators. The conference features panel discussions on topics including journalism in a post-platform world, tourism marketing through digital platforms, artificial intelligence in creativity, and the evolving relationship between journalists and content creators. The day concludes with the Peacock Awards ceremony honoring effective social media marketing campaigns. Individual tickets are priced at $250 with group discounts available.
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