Job Boards Connect – Annual Conference 2026

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.