Feb 26-27, 2027 · Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon (Delhi NCR)
Beyond Search Summit
Built for the new shape of search, and the people shaping it.
First speakers announced Dixon, Natalia, James and Andrew are on the 2027 stage
The premise
Search has moved past the page.
For two decades, SEO meant ten blue links. Today the answer is assembled and served before anyone clicks. The work did not disappear. It moved, and so must we.
That move is what the summit is built around. The programme is built across these five shifts, and the people teaching them are already on the bill.
Meet the first speakers →Where it moved
AI Overviews & Generative Engines
From Google's AI Mode to ChatGPT to Perplexity, the answer layer is the new front page. Visibility now means citation, not ranking.
Entities & Semantic Search
Engines no longer match keywords, they map meaning. Entities, topics and the relationships between them decide who gets retrieved and who gets cited. The work moved from strings to things.
Agentic Discovery
Agents don't browse. They retrieve and act. Optimizing for autonomous systems is already its own discipline.
Local & Vertical Intelligence
Maps, voice, social, and platform-native search are reshaping intent at the edge. The local SERP is now ten different SERPs.
Automation & Agentic Workflows
The same shift, pointed inward. Audits, reporting and content operations are moving to agents, and the teams that made that move are pulling ahead.
The line-up
First speakers announced.
The first names on the 2027 stage, with many more announced through the year. This is what they will be talking about.
AI search Dixon Jones
CEO and Co-founder, Inlinks.com and Waikay.io
International SEO Natalia Witczyk
International SEO Consultant, Mosquita Digital
Digital PR James Brockbank
Founder and Managing Director, Digitaloft
Local SEO Andrew Shotland
CEO, Local SEO Guide
2027 line-up
To be revealed
New names announced through 2026
2027 line-up
To be revealed
New names announced through 2026
See the full line-up and speaker profiles →
The first names are out.
The first twenty seats are the lowest price this conference will ever be, and they go first.
The programme
How the two days work.
One room, one stage
Every session happens on a single stage. No parallel tracks to pick between, so the whole room stays in the same conversation across both days.
Hands-on AI search lab
A dedicated workshop space for live-running prompts, citation audits, and entity probes against the major AI engines.
The Beyond Search Awards
The first awards in the region dedicated to AI search, generative visibility, and the new playbooks being written around them. Six categories, judged by the Advisory Board.
Global voices, Indian stage
Speakers from around the world, in the same room as the people building India's search market.
Curated networking
Pre-scheduled introductions, small dinners, and group sessions, so you actually meet the people you came to meet.
A single bar for every talk
Every session is reviewed by the Advisory Board against one question: would someone doing this work learn something new? Vendor pitches don't clear it.
The room
Who you will meet.
A mix of decision makers, practitioners and builders across search, AI and digital marketing.
01
Agency founders and leaders
02
In-house SEO and growth teams
03
CMOs and marketing heads
04
AI practitioners and product builders
05
SaaS and technology companies
06
Content and digital strategy leaders
More than the stage
The Beyond Experience.
The summit is built around more than sessions. From the dinner and the awards to the conversations in between, the parts away from the stage are where most of the value ends up.
VIP Speaker Dinner
VIP ticketThursday 25 February, the evening before the summit opens, with the speakers, partners and organisers. Included with a VIP ticket.
Two days on one stage
All ticketsEvery session in front of the full room, with no parallel tracks to choose between.
The Beyond Search Awards
All ticketsSix categories judged by the Advisory Board, announced on the closing night.
Community networking
All ticketsLunches and dinners run through both days, so there is time to meet people properly.
The venue
Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon.
A five-star hotel in Delhi NCR, a short drive from the international airport. The stage, the meals, the awards night and your room are all in one building: you are never more than a lift ride from any of it.
Ticket holders get a discounted room rate at the hotel.
More about the venue →
The advisory board
The people the field listens to.
Guided by experienced voices from across search, AI, marketing and technology. They set the agenda and decide what earns a place on the Beyond Search stage.
Tickets
Two days in Delhi.
Tickets are sold in releases. Each release is capped, and when it sells out the price steps up and never comes back down. Both tiers are on their first release now, the lowest they will ever be.
Standard Ticket
Both days on one stage, every session, all meals and the Beyond Search Awards night.
₹29,990 regular price
₹13,990
(Inc. GST)
$150 USD, all in
Get ticket →Pay in rupees or US dollars.
What's included
- Two days on a single stage, every session included
- Two lunches and two dinners
- The Beyond Search Awards night
- Networking with 300+ curated attendees
- Every speaker's slide deck afterwards
- A discounted room rate at the Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon
Where this price goes
VIP Ticket
Thirty places, and the dinner, the roundtable and the front row that come with them.
₹59,990 regular price
₹34,990
(Inc. GST)
$380 USD, all in
Get ticket →Pay in rupees or US dollars.
Everything in the Standard Ticket, plus
- Drinks and dinner with the speakers on Thursday 25 February
- A private roundtable with the speakers
- Front row seating for every session
- A dedicated concierge across both days
- Every session recording, workshops included
- A discounted room rate at the Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon
Where this price goes
All prices are per person and include GST. Cancel before 30 November 2026 for a full refund, or pass your seat on any time after that: ticket terms .
The recognition
Beyond Search Awards.
Six categories for the campaigns, brands, tools, and people doing the best work in search right now. Submissions open Q4 2026. The ceremony runs on the closing night of the summit.
Category 01
Best AI Search Campaign
Work that moved the needle on visibility inside generative engines and AI overviews.
Category 02
Best Local SEO Innovation
Programs that redefined discoverability across maps, voice, and platform-native local intent.
Category 03
In-House Search Team of the Year
A brand-side search and content team whose internal work set a new bar in their category.
Category 04
Search Tool of the Year
A product or platform that genuinely moved the craft forward, with real adoption and real workflows behind it.
Category 05
Best Use of AI in Content
Editorial and content programs that paired machine scale with human judgment, and showed it in the rankings.
Category 06
Rising Voice
A new voice, under three years in the field, already shifting how the rest of us think about search.
The allies
Sponsors.
The platforms, brands, and tooling companies backing the conference and the people doing the work.
Back the practitioners doing this work.
Three partnership tiers, the evenings, and single-owner brand moments. The full deck is available on request.
Key dates
The road to February.
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July 2026
Call for Speakers opens
Public applications
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August 2026
Early-bird tickets
First wave of speakers
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Dec 2026
Awards nominations
Public voting begins
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Jan 2027
Final agenda published
All speakers confirmed
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Feb 26-27, 2027
Conference in Delhi
Two days · Awards night
Frequently asked
Common questions.
Can't find what you're looking for? Drop us a line at hello@beyondsearchsummit.com.
Want to partner with us? Email partners@beyondsearchsummit.com.
What is Beyond Search Summit? +
A two-day conference for people working in search, SEO and AI. It covers AI search, answer engine optimization and generative engines, technical and semantic SEO, automation and agentic workflows, local and vertical search, content authority, and the new measurement stack. The 2027 edition runs in Delhi on Feb 26-27.
Who should attend? +
SEO and growth teams, agency owners, in-house search and content teams, AI search researchers, and people building tooling for the next generation of search. If you do this work and feel the ground shifting under it, this is for you.
When and where exactly? +
Feb 26-27, 2027 at the Crowne Plaza, Gurgaon, in Delhi NCR. Sessions run across Friday the 26th and Saturday the 27th. If you hold a VIP ticket or are speaking, plan to arrive by Thursday the 25th: the VIP dinner with the speakers runs that evening.
How can I become a speaker? +
The Call for Speakers is open now. We're looking for talks built on original work: a case study, new research, or a sharp opinion backed by data. First-time speakers are explicitly welcome. Apply using the form in the Call for Speakers section above, or email us to flag your interest.
How can I sponsor? +
Sponsorship tiers run from headline partner down to community partner, with custom activations available. Use the sponsor form in the section above and we will send the full deck, or email partners@beyondsearchsummit.com.
How are the awards judged? +
Six categories, judged by the full Advisory Board against published criteria. Submissions open Q4 2026, public voting opens Dec 2026, and winners are announced live on the closing night of the summit.
Will sessions be recorded? +
Yes, every session across both days, workshops included. The recordings go to VIP ticket holders. Standard tickets include every speaker's slide deck afterwards. The private VIP roundtable is off the record and is not recorded.
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Feb 26-27, 2027 · New Delhi, India · Two Days · Six Award Categories