The Best Internal Communications Conferences to Attend in 2025

The Best Internal Communications Conferences to Attend in 2025What are the best conferences for internal communicators?

We’ve dug through your options and found ten of the best comms-centric events! These events provide exactly what you want from a conference: engaging learning experiences, exposure to innovative ideas, and networking opportunities with peers and forward-thinking leaders. They’re immersive, hands-on, and informed by data and case studies. This list is in chronological order.

1. ALI 12th Annual Strategic Internal Communications – West — January 28-30, 2025 in San Francisco, CA

This two-day conference—with pre-conference workshops on January 28—focuses on helping internal communicators boost culture, employee engagement, and collaboration. Content prioritizes practical and tactical solutions where attendees can learn how to nurture a sense of culture and belonging and communicate with a dispersed workforce while identifying the right tools and channels to engage employees. Learn more here.

2. Ragan AI Horizons Conference — February 24-26, 2025 in Miami, FL

This conference is for professionals who want to lead the AI charge in their organizations. This immersive conference experience provides the insight and skills to leverage “co-intelligence,” or AI plus human intelligence. Content will focus on blending cutting-edge AI with human creativity. Learn more here.

3. Gartner Data and Analytics Summit — March 3-5, 2025 in Orlando, FL

This event spotlights conversations around AI, data management, data trends, governance, and data architecture. Informed by more than 200,000 annual conversations between Gartner experts and the IT community, this conference is packed with data-driven research to help you build and validate your strategy. It’s an opportunity to build your network among 5,000 leaders and 50+ experts. Learn more here.

4. Ragan Employee Communications Culture Conference — April 9-11, 2025 in Chicago, IL

This conference focuses on helping attendees create an authentic, powerful employee experience through their internal communications. Through interactive sessions, you’ll learn things like how to future-proof your comms strategy, how to measure and interpret data for leadership, the latest in AI governance and how to eliminate legal roadblocks, and more. Learn more here.

5. Engage Employee Engagement Summit — May 22, 2025 in Battersea, London

The Employee Engagement Summit helps organizations harness the power of employee engagement by showcasing topics such as internal communications, employee well-being and inclusion, employee benefits and retention, learning and development, talent and recruitment, and organizational culture. This conference stands out for its emphasis on sharing case study content. Learn more here.

6. IABC World Conference — June 8-11, 2025 in Vancouver, BC

The theme of the IABC World Conference 2025 is Connect! Connecting across channels, technologies, and time zones is increasingly important in an evolving and often hybrid communications landscape. Last year’s sessions covered everything from storytelling and experiential content to ESG reporting and responsible AI policies. Learn more here.

7. IEEE International Conference on Communications — June 8-12, 2025 in Montreal, Canada

This event is about driving comms innovation. IEEE says, “Each year, more than 3000 scientific researchers and their management submit proposals for program sessions to be held at the annual conference.” After extensive peer review, proposals are selected for the program. This year’s content will focus on “Communications Technologies 4Good.” Learn more here.

8. Future of Work USA — June 11-12, 2025 in New York, NY

This event offers three tracks: Future Workplace, Future Talent, and Future Learning. Sessions are led by experts in HR, talent management, learning and development, employee engagement, people and culture, internal comms, organizational development, and the digital workplace. With more than 100 speakers sharing case studies and real-life examples, attendees leave with actionable takeaways. Learn more here.

9. ALI Strategic Internal Communications East Conference — July 15-17, 2025 in Boston, MA

This two-day conference—with pre-conference workshops on July 15—focuses on helping internal communicators foster a culture of connection in their organizations. Attendees can learn through peer case studies, panel discussions, and interactive workshops. Topics include everything from building a strong employer brand to creating employee experiences to overcoming comms challenges. Learn more here.

10. Ragan Internal Communication Conference — October 14-16, 2025 in Seattle, WA

This conference is hosted at the Microsoft Learning Center on the company’s campus in Redmond, WA. Internal and executive communications professionals, PR, social media, and marketing leaders gather for keynotes and demos. Watch this page for future updates.

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