What the event is about
- A dedicated annual conference for the job board industry — the owners, founders, and senior teams behind job boards and recruitment marketplaces.
- Learning covers Sales, Marketing, Technology, Revenue Models, Customer Needs and Candidate Engagement, drawn from internal and external subject experts.
- Strongly networking-driven, with an event app networking feature and a dedicated meeting area to connect with peers and potential business partners.
- Runs alongside the DJAx (Digital Job Advertising) Awards recognising standouts in the sector.
Key Facts & Figures
- Date: 8 October 2026, London (one day).
- Venue: Convene, 133 Houndsditch, London EC3A 7DB.
- 15+ speakers across 8+ sessions.
- A ticket includes breakfast, hot lunch, exhibitors, an event app and an after party, closing with a drinks reception
- Audience: job board owners/founders, senior managers and functional heads, and sales, marketing, operations, technology and product teams.
- Recent sponsors have included Talent.com, Jooble, Adzuna, Appcast, Joblookup and Jobiqo, among others.
Main Zones / Participation Areas
- Conference Sessions — expert-led talks and discussions on running and scaling a job board.
- Exhibitor area — recruitment-tech and service providers.
- Networking / meeting area — app-based matchmaking plus dedicated space for deals.
- Catering & social — breakfast, hot lunch, and a closing after-party.
- DJAx Awards — the sector’s awards program as a related strand.
Why it’s significant for coverage
This is a rare industry-specific gathering for the job-board and job-advertising business itself, rather than for recruiters or HR buyers — which makes it a good vantage point on the commercial health of the sector: pricing pressure, programmatic and pay-per-application models, aggregator competition, and how AI is changing candidate sourcing. The presence of the big aggregators and ad-tech players as sponsors signals where the money and platform power sit. It’s a smaller, deal-oriented event, so coverage works best around specific business trends and named companies rather than headline scale.
Tips for your coverage
- Talk to job board owners about revenue-model shifts (subscription vs programmatic vs pay-per-application) — that’s the sector’s live debate.
- Use the sponsor roster (aggregators and ad-tech) as a map of where consolidation and competition are heating up.
- The DJAx Awards give you ready-made storylines on standout companies and categories.
- Since it’s owner/founder-heavy, it’s ideal for candid, off-the-record-style insight on margins and platform dependence (e.g. reliance on Indeed/LinkedIn).
- Check the dedicated Agenda and Sponsors pages on the site for the finalised line-up before publishing.