November 10-12, 2026
Orlando

AI has blown up the old rules. Buyers now ask an AI assistant, a search engine, or an LLM agent and get an answer about your brand that you didn't write and don't fully control. And marketers are stuck in the middle, expected to be found, trusted, chosen, and personal using yesterday's systems.

At Sitecore Symposium 2026, we're rewiring the playbook for the next era of discoverability and digital experience. No fluff. No crystal balls. Just the people, ideas, and strategies helping marketers adapt, compete, and outpace what's next.

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Make your brand the answer, wherever customers ask.

At Symposium, you'll see how Sitecore and Scrunch help brands turn AI visibility into action, from understanding how they show up to improving the signals, content, and experiences that influence whether they get found, trusted, and chosen.

Register and receive a complimentary AI Discoverability Audit powered by Scrunch

Symposium 2026

Agenda at a glance

Plan your Symposium week from Tuesday, Nov. 10 through Friday, Nov. 13.

  1. Nov. 10

    Pre-Conference Day

    • Optional pre-conference training

      Additional costs apply

    • Partner Connect, 2:30-5:30 PM

      Sitecore Partner programming only

    • Welcome Reception, 5:30-7:30 PM

    • Digital Impact Awards Reception

      Invite only

    • MVP Reception

      Invite only

  2. Nov. 11

    Main Conference Day 1

    • Keynotes

    • Breakout Sessions

    • Solutions Pavilion

    • Happy Hour

    • Free Evening

  3. Nov. 12

    Main Conference Day 2

    • Keynotes

    • Breakout Sessions

    • Solutions Pavilion

    • Closing networking event

  4. Nov. 13

    MVP Summit

    • Invite-only MVP programming

Agenda details, timings, and keynote announcements may change. Browse available breakout sessions below.

Travel planning

Recommended arrival

Tuesday, Nov. 10

Plan to arrive at the hotel in time for the Welcome Reception, open to all registrants in the Solutions Pavilion, 5:30-7:30 PM.

Main Conference

Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 11-12

Recommended departure

Friday, Nov. 13

Registration is open

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Registration and pricing

Track 1

Discoverability for the agent era

Understand how agentic AI is changing discoverability, orchestration, and the marketer's role in guiding machine-assisted experiences.

CMOs / Marketing strategists / AI transformation leads

  1. How buying behavior has changed, and why marketing has to change with it

    AI assistants, search engines, communities, reviews, and social platforms are reshaping how people research and evaluate solutions. Learn what the modern discovery journey looks like and what it means for your marketing strategy.

  2. Understanding what influences AI, search engines, and buyers

    What causes some brands to become the obvious choice while others remain invisible? Explore the signals that shape discoverability, from authority and relevance to digital reputation, and learn where marketing teams should focus to earn greater visibility.

  3. Building digital experiences that are easier to find, understand, and trust

    Discover how site architecture, content organization, metadata, and digital experience influence how customers and AI-powered search tools discover and evaluate your brand.

  4. Creating content that earns trust and drives action

    Publishing more content isn't enough. Learn how leading organizations develop content that answers customer questions, establishes expertise, and continues delivering value long after it's published.

  5. Strengthening the digital footprint that influences buying decisions

    Your website is only one part of your brand story. See how reviews, communities, partners, analysts, social channels, and industry publications shape customer perception and influence discovery.

  6. Measuring what matters in the era of discoverability

    Traffic and rankings tell only part of the story. Explore emerging approaches for understanding discoverability, buyer engagement, and marketing's contribution to business growth.

  7. The people, skills, and processes behind modern marketing

    As discoverability becomes a strategic priority, marketing organizations are evolving. Learn how leading teams are redefining roles, adopting new workflows, and building capabilities for long-term success.

  8. Managing content and governance across the enterprise

    Learn practical strategies for keeping content accurate, trusted, and consistent across brands, products, regions, and channels while enabling teams to move faster.

  9. Preparing for the next generation of customer discovery

    From changing buyer behavior to emerging technologies, explore the trends that will shape how brands are discovered, evaluated, and chosen in the years ahead.

Track 2

Content management for the AI era

Explore how brands can stay visible and trusted as search evolves and customer journeys span human audiences, AI answers, and agent-mediated discovery.

Brand leaders / Content managers / Growth marketers

  1. All bets on digital: PENN Entertainment's journey to SitecoreAI

    In the fast-moving world of gaming and entertainment, every interaction matters. Join PENN Entertainment and Americaneagle.com to learn how they transformed from Sitecore XM to a unified, AI-powered platform, accelerating delivery, streamlining operations, and enabling personalized customer journeys at scale.

  2. From DAM dark matter to asset intelligence: unlocking hidden value in Sitecore Content Hub

    Your Sitecore Content Hub holds a goldmine of data. Insights Hub uncovers audit intelligence, session tracking, and analytics. Connect social media and DAM systems to reveal asset performance. See how leading enterprises turn asset management into a data-driven strategy.

  3. How to use Scrunch to get your brand cited by AI: a proven citation playbook

    Buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini before they reach your site, yet most brands don't know if they're being cited. Learn how to use Scrunch to track citations, uncover competitive gaps, improve Sitecore content, and measure gains with actionable metrics.

  4. Your next visitor is an AI-is your content ready to be cited?

    AI visibility monitoring is becoming standard practice. As AI visibility gaps become measurable, the challenge shifts from tracking them to acting on them. Explore how bringing intelligence into the authoring experience helps editors see a page's citation status as they write.

  5. From XMC to SitecoreAI: a global manufacturer's journey to the ultimate marketing enablement

    Join Atkore and Horizontal Digital as they share Atkore's journey activating SitecoreAI for its global B2B marketing organization. Learn how the company moved from data and technology enablement to marketer empowerment and growth.

  6. Beyond replatforming: how Bayer is building an AI-ready ecosystem

    Bayer is transforming its global digital ecosystem for the AI era across 65+ websites and 60+ languages. Join Bayer and Valtech to learn how SitecoreAI, Vercel's agentic infrastructure, and a One Team model streamlined operations, sped delivery, and enabled innovation.

  7. Show up or get left out: is your brand visible when AI answers?

    AI shapes buyer perceptions before they reach your site, yet many brands are misrepresented or left out entirely. Join Mo Cherif and industry practitioners to discuss what Sitecore's acquisition of Scrunch helps brands move from visibility to action.

  8. If you can't optimize everything, what comes first? Auditing your website for the AI answer era

    Your website may be invisible in moments that matter most. It was built for people and Google, not AI answer engines. In this hands-on workshop, learn a framework to audit every page and decide what to archive, prioritize, or reformat for AI consumption.

  9. Boston Beer balances brand autonomy and consistency across a modern Sitecore platform

    How do you modernize a portfolio of sites without making every brand feel the same? Join Boston Beer and Verndale to learn how they're using SitecoreAI, shared architecture, search, and content operations to scale delivery while preserving each brand's identity.

Track 3

Digital asset strategy and brand visibility

Discover how an AI-ready content supply chain helps brands organize, activate, and reuse digital assets and structured content to stay consistent, credible, and discoverable across every experience.

Content strategists / Content operations leaders / Digital publishers

  1. How Michigan State University rewired digital publishing with Sitecore Content Hub

    DAM often starts as an asset repository but evolves into a core part of content operations. Learn how MSUToday connected DAM, CMP, and digital publishing to create a governed, scalable model for content delivery.

  2. The app ecosystem: a live tour of the Marketplace roadmap

    Sitecore Marketplace is changing how marketers, developers, and partners extend SitecoreAI. Join a live tour of Marketplace, see available capabilities, explore the roadmap, and learn how to build, publish, and monetize apps in a secure, AI-ready environment.

  3. Zero-touch publishing: from intake chaos to AI content ops

    See how FTI Consulting turned expert bio intake into a zero-touch publishing model with help from Zont Digital. Learn how content models, workflows, AI import, editorial guardrails, SEO/GEO metadata, and human in the loop reduced processing time by 81% and saved 1,335 hours annually.

  4. From prompt to page: content agents trained on your SitecoreAI model

    Generative AI can speed content creation but often lacks structure and brand standards. Learn how Hexagon built SitecoreAI-powered content agents that generate structured, on-brand content aligned to real templates. Explore the blueprint for an AI-native content supply chain.

  5. From rebuild to AI readiness: how CIMIC built a scalable content foundation

    CIMIC Group's move to Sitecore SaaS was more than a platform rebuild. Join CIMIC and Codehouse to learn how they modernized content operations, strengthened governance, enabled scheduled publishing, adopted SitecoreAI, and laid the foundation for AI-driven content operations.

  6. Building an AI-native content supply chain with Content Hub, Connect, Jasper, and XP

    Join Cushman & Wakefield to see how it built an AI-native content supply chain that transforms research PDFs into SEO-optimized digital experiences. Learn how Sitecore Content Hub, Connect, Jasper AI, and XP automate content enrichment while maintaining governance and control.

  7. Using SitecoreAI for the content operations of a country

    As traveler discovery shifts to AI assistants and large language models, Tourism Australia is rethinking content strategy for an AI-first audience. Learn how the organization is building an AI-native content supply chain with SitecoreAI, Content Hub, and Scrunch.

  8. Growth and storytelling with our tools

    The teams pulling ahead aren't just adopting tools. They're building narratives that make them indispensable. See how Sitecore uses its own stack to turn product signals into content, personalize experiences, and create a repeatable growth engine built on measurable results.

Track 4

Orchestrating experiences with agents

Explore how AI agents are reshaping the way brands design, deliver, and optimize personalized customer experiences.

Marketers / Digital experience teams / Innovation leaders

  1. What happens when AI agents join the marketing team

    Product marketing teams have product documentation, research reports, sales materials, and campaign goals, but only days to create content, landing pages, and personalized experiences in preparation for a major launch. What changes when AI agents join the process?

  2. From chaos to campaign: AI as your marketing control tower

    The gap between strategy and execution is often a translation problem. See how an in-editor assistant in Sitecore Pages transforms chaos into campaigns with brand-aware, document-driven, agentic support for page creation, media selection, and personalization.

  3. Reimagining personalized customer experiences with AI

    What if every search could think, adapt, and guide customers like a trusted consultant? See how Shure is using AI to deliver personalized, intent-driven experiences that help customers discover, compare, troubleshoot, and make confident decisions.

  4. Synthetic Audiences for SitecoreAI

    Learn how Synthetic Audiences for SitecoreAI provide persona-level feedback before content goes live. Join EPAM to see how synthetic personas review, score, and improve content with automated recommendations, helping teams reduce time, boost resonance, and publish with confidence.

  5. FastLane live: reimagining Sitecore delivery with AI

    AI is reshaping more than how developers write code. In this live FastLane demo, see an AI-native software delivery lifecycle built on modern engineering practices, human-in-the-loop governance, and agent-assisted development that reduces risk, improves quality, and creates sustainable SitecoreAI solutions.

  6. Pathway 2.0-the agentic migration: from an application to a toolset

    Pathway 2.0 turns migration into a composable toolset with agent-callable capabilities, built-in logging, and step-level traceability. Learn how Sitecore supports Sitecore and non-Sitecore migration paths, and why observable, agentic tooling is a durable foundation for modernization.

Track 5

Rewiring your martech stack

Explore how modern marketing teams are assembling AI-ready stacks that make discoverability actionable and connect technology decisions to measurable growth.

Technology leaders / Solution architects / Platform owners

  1. Your Sitecore investment is worth more than you're getting from it

    Everyone has an opinion on what you should do with your Sitecore investment. This session cuts through the noise with an honest read on SitecoreAI, a framework for what comes next, and a smart way to invest in a platform you've spent years building.

  2. Building custom harnesses to accelerate development for SitecoreAI

    AI coding tools are everywhere, but many teams are stuck in a loop of prompting and tweaking. This session introduces harness engineering: an agent-first approach using coordinated AI agents with defined roles, structured outputs, and clear guardrails to make AI coding repeatable and trustworthy.

  3. How Henry Schein rewired content operations across 33 countries

    Managing digital assets at scale requires more than DAM. Join Henry Schein and EPAM to learn how they unified assets, product data, teams, and markets across 33 countries on Sitecore Content Hub, laying a foundation for AI-driven content operations.

  4. Never leave your IDE again: build a Sitecore site in minutes with AI

    Build a Sitecore website without leaving your IDE. Learn how an agentic pipeline using Content SDK head apps and SitecoreAI takes you from idea to a running site in minutes. See what makes this possible, what breaks along the way, and how to design a system that delivers.

  5. The honest guide to Sitecore licensing: what you are really paying for

    As a 3x Sitecore MVP, Andreas Kölle has seen what happens when clients make decisions based on sticker price alone. Kölle breaks down what you're buying with Sitecore, the cost drivers, and how to build an honest TCO case that stands up to scrutiny.

  6. How IFS transformed content operations for the agentic era

    When content demand grew and resources shrank, IFS had to rethink content operations. Explore how IFS is evolving from a content team into a content system: humans owning strategy and creativity while AI handles execution, validation, and governance.

  7. Switching off Adobe at enterprise scale

    TeamViewer—a $1BN global software company—left Adobe Experience Manager. Hear why the platform no longer worked at scale, how they evaluated SitecoreAI, and what the migration revealed about Sitecore's readiness for complex digital operations.

  8. How CDM Smith built a connected digital experience platform

    Explore how CDM Smith transformed its digital experience strategy on SitecoreAI. By aligning stakeholders, connecting platforms, and elevating the UX, the team created a stronger digital front door and achieved double-digit growth across key KPIs.

  9. How BCG reclaimed valuable time through governance and AI

    See how Boston Consulting Group and Americaneagle.com transformed fragmented content into a governed ecosystem with Sitecore Content Hub, improving discoverability, reducing risk, and freeing 40,000+ hours for higher-value work.

  10. How WellSpan turned Sitecore into an omnichannel experience engine

    Join WellSpan and Alliance Innovations to learn how reusable components, shared content, and governed design systems accelerated delivery and created a scalable foundation for future digital experiences.

  11. Building the demo orchestrator-the technical/AI layer

    Learn how Sitecore transformed sales demos into an AI-driven orchestrator that creates environments, content, and personas on demand while building repeatable stories SEs can run in minutes. Explore the architecture, guardrails, and lessons behind customer-facing AI.

  12. AI, meet XM/XP: putting agents to work with your content platform

    Marketing teams need more content, in more languages, across more channels. See what's possible when AI agents work directly with XM/XP content, helping teams draft pages, repurpose content, and create market-ready copy, with guardrails that keep AI within your control.

Power the conversation

  • Accessibility
  • AEO/GEO
  • Agentic AI
  • Analytics and optimization
  • Architecture and scale
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Brand trust, privacy, and ethics
  • Cloud and SaaS strategy
  • Commerce
  • Content management systems
  • Content operations
  • Content strategy
  • Customer data platform
  • Development
  • DevOps
  • Digital asset management
  • Digital experience design and optimization
  • Digital experience strategy
  • Digital transformation
  • Discover
  • Information security and data privacy
  • Explore
  • Growth
  • Integration
  • Marketplace
  • Martech stack
  • Multimodal content strategy
  • Omnichannel strategy
  • Personalization
  • Search
  • Trust
  • Visibility

Sitecore Symposium 2026

The Sitecore Digital Impact Awards are back

The Sitecore Digital Impact Awards celebrate the organizations redefining what's possible in digital experience. Across six categories, we're recognizing the teams delivering results that matter, and the winners will be announced at this year's Symposium.

Nominations closed July 10.

Award categories

  • Business Impact Award

  • Content & Experience Innovation Award

  • Intelligent Tech Stack Award

  • Digital Experience Leadership Award

  • Most Innovative Use of Sitecore Award

  • Market Trailblazer Award

FAQ

Sitecore Symposium is Sitecore's biggest global event. It educates, inspires, and creates new connections for powering brand experiences. Executives, marketers, developers, Sitecore customers, in-house Sitecore experts, and solution and technology partners from around the world come together for this event.

Attendees hear compelling, real-world customer success stories and learn best practices from businesses and organizations like theirs. They also learn about new products, updates to current solutions, and Sitecore's product roadmap.

With dynamic speakers, innovative thought leaders, and representatives from a range of global brands and industries, Sitecore Symposium creates connections, sparks ideas, and offers actionable insights for every attendee.

Sitecore Symposium 2026 takes place November 10-12, 2026, in Orlando.
Brand leaders, digital marketers, developers, and IT professionals looking for the next innovations in digital experience and Sitecore solutions. Symposium brings together Sitecore's ecosystem of customer brands, partners, product experts, and global users in one place.
Yes. Visit the Sitecore YouTube channel to find highlights from previous Sitecore Symposium events.
To learn about sponsoring Sitecore Symposium 2026, reach out to your PBM or email [email protected].

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