If you have the chance, go to Las Vegas on November 10 to 13 to take part in an intense search engine marketing learning arena.

It started in 2001, in London. Search engine marketing enthusiasts met at the Cittie of Yorke pub to discuss the search scene and have fun. There were no speeches or stands, just a lot of networking.

Image: Keynote speaker Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.

From Pub Conference to PubCon Las Vegas

Since 2001, Webmaster World has developed a large scale conference version of the pub gathering: PubCon. This year PubCon returns to Las Vegas, giving participants a new chance to learn about the search engine scene, listen to experts and network with fellow search engine marketers.

It all starts on November 9 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, with a networking “kick-off blast”. The next three days there are a large number of parallel sessions covering a lot of topics of relevance to internet and search engine marketing.

Session tracks

There are several tracks, including:

• Search engine optimization for organic search
• Search engine marketing (SEM)
• Social media marketing (including Twitter)
• Affiliate marketing
• The Webmaster World (coding, ecommerce, video etc.)
• Interactive Site Reviews
• Emerging Media (mobile, viral, video)
• Analytics and measurement
• Advertising, branding and PR
• Social, brand and reputation management
• Linking
• Forums & communities: building, management, and optimization

Among the speakers you’ll find people like Tony Adam and Jeff Arena of Yahoo!, Loren Baker of Search Engine Journal, Andy Beal of Marketing Pilgrim, Jim Boykin, Aaron Wall, Bruce Clay, Matt Cutts and Frederick Vallaeys of Google, Rand Fishkin of SEOMOz, Vanessa Fox, Nathan Buggia from Bing, Todd Friesen, Heather Lloyd-Martin, Elisabeth Osmeloski of Search Engine Land and many, more. Brett Tabke, the leader of it all, is obviously also there.

Click here for more information about PubCon.