Overview
About this event
MozCon New York 2026 is a one-day, single-track SEO and digital marketing conference at The Glasshouse in Midtown Manhattan. The event brings search practitioners, agency leaders and marketing executives together for sessions on AI-driven search, digital PR and answer engine visibility.
MozCon is hosted by Moz, one of the longest-running names in SEO software and education, following a legacy that spans 17 years as a fixture of the SEO community in Seattle. Starting in 2025, Moz reshaped the event into a two-city roadshow, bringing MozCon to New York and London as standalone one-day conferences rather than a single multi-day gathering.
MozCon's defining characteristic is its single-track format. Every attendee sees every session, eliminating competing time slots and keeping the full room aligned around the same conversation throughout the day. Speakers are selected on the strength of their insight rather than job title, mixing independent consultants, in-house SEO leads and agency practitioners on the same stage.
MozCon New York 2026 is the event's second year running as part of the roadshow format, following the inaugural New York and London editions in 2025. The 2026 programme centres on how search visibility is shifting from ranking positions toward multi-channel, AI-mediated discovery.
What Usually Happens at MozCon?
The day combines keynote-style opening and closing sessions with tactical talks on specific search marketing disciplines, including technical SEO, content strategy, digital PR and local visibility. Sessions run back to back in a single room, with networking breaks and a dedicated Happy Hour built into the schedule rather than treated as an afterthought. MozCon does not offer a livestream option for its New York edition, meaning in-person attendance is the only way to access both the session content and the community experience of the day.
When Is MozCon New York 2026 Taking Place?
MozCon New York 2026 runs Tuesday, July 14, 2026, from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM Eastern Time at The Glasshouse, 660 12th Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City. Tickets are available through moz.com/mozcon.
MozCon New York 2026: Latest Updates
4 topicsThe full speaker lineup for MozCon New York 2026 is confirmed. Everything below is cross-verified across Moz's own announcements and independent industry coverage.
Full 11-Speaker Lineup Confirmed
Moz has confirmed its complete speaker lineup for the New York edition, announced in two batches covering search visibility, AI-driven discovery, content strategy and digital PR. The final batch closed out the programme with sessions on preparing for AI-driven search agents. The lineup was revealed across Moz's first batch announcement and its final batch announcement.
Programme Centres on AI-Driven Discovery
The 2026 programme is built around how search visibility is shifting from traditional ranking positions toward multi-channel, machine-mediated discovery. Sessions address winning SERP visual real estate, managing answer engine citations, and adapting SEO, PPC and digital PR strategy as AI agents change how people find information.
Ticket Price Confirmed at $849
General admission for MozCon New York 2026 is confirmed at $849, covering all sessions, conference amenities, food and drinks for the full day.
Second Year of the Two-City Roadshow Format
2026 marks the second year MozCon has run as a two-city roadshow, following the format's debut in 2025. New York (July 14) and London (later in 2026) are run as separate, standalone one-day events rather than a single combined conference. MozCon features among the flagship search marketing conferences on the 2026 calendar, as captured in The Next Web's 2026 SEO conferences roundup.
Main Topics at MozCon New York 2026
5 topicsThe 2026 programme is anchored in how AI is reshaping search visibility, spanning SERP real estate, algorithm updates, digital PR for LLM citations and AI-native marketing workflows.
Visual SERP Real Estate and Ranking Visibility
Tom Capper opens the day with Billboard SEO: How to Win Google's Visual Real Estate, arguing that ranking first organically no longer captures what visibility actually means once AI Overviews, featured snippets and other visual SERP features are accounted for.
Google Algorithm Updates and Core Update Analysis
Aleyda Solis presents an analysis of Google's May 2026 Core Update, covering how intent, market fit and source type drove the biggest visibility shifts, giving attendees a direct, data-grounded read on the update's real impact.
Digital PR and LLM Citations
Debbie Chew's session, 2 Truths and a Lie About Digital PR, argues that off-site signals are increasingly where large language models draw from when processing commercial-intent prompts, reframing digital PR as an AI visibility lever rather than a traditional link-building tactic.
AI Workflows and Marketing Operations
Eric Siu covers how to connect team knowledge into a unified AI system, deploy specialised marketing agents and eliminate repetitive tasks, framing AI as a full operating layer for marketing teams rather than a simple assistant tool.
Preparing Websites for AI Agents
Crystal Carter closes the formal programme with How to Get Your Website Ready for AI Agents, addressing the technical standards and protocols websites need to support navigation and discovery by autonomous AI agents rather than only human visitors and traditional crawlers.
Event Experiences
3 topicsMozCon New York runs as a single continuous track across one full day, keeping the entire room together for every session rather than splitting attendees across parallel tracks.
Single-Track Programme
Every attendee sees every session in the same room, from Tom Capper's opening talk through to Crystal Carter's closing session, removing the need to choose between competing sessions and keeping the full conference community aligned around the same conversation all day.
Happy Hour Networking
A dedicated Happy Hour is built into the schedule, giving attendees structured time to connect with speakers, fellow marketers and potential collaborators beyond the formal session programme.
All-Inclusive Ticket
A single ticket covers access to all talks, conference amenities, food and drinks for the full day, with no additional tiers required to access the core programme.
Why MozCon New York 2026 Matters
4 topicsMozCon has spent nearly two decades as one of the SEO industry's most trusted single-track conferences, and its 2026 New York programme lands directly on the most urgent question in search right now: how to stay visible as ranking positions give way to AI-mediated discovery.
For SEO Practitioners and Consultants
Sessions from Tom Capper, Aleyda Solis and Michael King give practitioners a direct, data-backed read on how visual SERP real estate, core update volatility and technical AI-readiness are reshaping day-to-day SEO work.
For Digital PR and Content Teams
Debbie Chew and Chima Mmeje's sessions on LLM citation signals and content strategy give PR and content teams a concrete framework for building the off-site credibility that AI systems draw from when answering commercial-intent queries.
For Marketing Leaders and Agency Executives
Eric Siu's session on turning AI into a full marketing operating system, alongside Paul Norris and Beth Nunnington's agency-side perspective from Journey Further, gives marketing leaders a direct view of how agencies are restructuring workflows around AI tooling.
For In-House Technical and Growth Teams
Crystal Carter's closing session on preparing websites for AI agents gives technical and growth teams a concrete checklist for the infrastructure and protocol decisions that determine whether a site is discoverable by autonomous AI agents.
Agenda
Times shown in Eastern Time (ET, UTC-4).
| Time | Programme | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 9:00 AM | Doors open, registration and morning networking | The Glasshouse, NYC |
| Morning sessions | Tom Capper opening session; Aleyda Solis on the May 2026 Core Update; additional confirmed sessions | The Glasshouse, NYC |
| Midday | Happy Hour networking break | The Glasshouse, NYC |
| Afternoon sessions | Debbie Chew on digital PR and LLM citations; Eric Siu on AI marketing workflows; additional confirmed sessions | The Glasshouse, NYC |
| Closing session | Crystal Carter: How to Get Your Website Ready for AI Agents | The Glasshouse, NYC |
| 5:00 PM | Conference closes | The Glasshouse, NYC |
Full detailed session schedule is available through moz.com/mozcon.
Registration and Access
General admission for MozCon New York 2026 is $849, covering full-day access to all sessions, conference amenities, food and drinks. There is no livestream option; in-person attendance is required to access the content and community experience. Tickets are available through moz.com/mozcon.
| Pass Type | Includes | Price |
|---|---|---|
| General Admission | Full-day access to all sessions, amenities, food and drinks | USD 849 |
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Venue
The Glasshouse
The Glasshouse sits on Manhattan's West Side, accessible via the 34th Street-Hudson Yards subway station and multiple crosstown bus routes. The venue is a standard fixture for large single-day conferences in Manhattan, offering a single dedicated space suited to MozCon's single-track format.
Date & Time
Jul 14
Starts 9:00 AM EDT
Location
New York City
The Glasshouse, United States
Format
In-person
On location only
The Glasshouse
660 12th Avenue, Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States
Speakers11
Engineers shipping the work, not theorizing about it
MozCon New York 2026 has confirmed 11 speakers across its two announcement batches. All names below are cross-verified across multiple independent sources reporting on Moz's official announcements.
Recap: 2025 & 2024
The biggest announcements from the last 2 MozCon New York editions.
MozCon 2025 Recap
MozCon ran as a Seattle-based, multi-day conference for 17 years before Moz reshaped the event into a two-city roadshow starting in 2025, a shift Moz announced in its roadshow announcement.
The two most recent editions set the direct precedent for the New York and London format that continues into 2026.
MozCon 2025 marked the event's first year as a two-city roadshow, splitting into standalone one-day conferences in London and New York rather than a single Seattle-based event. Independent recaps of the London edition are available from Re:signal and Journey Further.
Main announcements included:
- MozCon London 2025 was held August 12, 2025, at The Mermaid in London, featuring 10 speakers including Rebecca Jackson (Organic Strategy Director at VERB), Dr. Pete Meyers (Marketing Scientist at Moz), Chima Mmeje (Moz) and Paul Norris (Journey Further).
- Rebecca Jackson opened her session by challenging attendees to stop focusing on vanity metrics like impressions and search ranking averages, and instead demonstrate genuine ROI from marketing investment.
- Dr. Pete Meyers traced the origins of AI-driven search back to Google's 2013 Hummingbird update, explaining how that update allowed Google to interpret entire queries in context rather than matching individual keywords, marking the real start of semantic search.
- Chima Mmeje introduced a content playbook built around the principle of affinity, urging marketers to move beyond surface-level tactics and consistently ask how their content actually performed with the audience it was built for.
- MozCon New York 2025 followed later in the year at Convene 360 Madison, continuing the roadshow format with a New York-specific speaker lineup.
- The shift to a roadshow format was announced by Moz as a deliberate response to a more distributed SEO community, extending MozCon's reach to more cities after 17 years centred on Seattle.
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