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Planning your marketing roadmap for 2025 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin? A city with strong manufacturing, brewing, and a growing tech/creative scene. Here are 10 events:
1. Digital Summit Milwaukee
Description: A potential or new stop in the Digital Summit series, covering digital strategies, social media, email, analytics, and more.
Date (2025): TBA (Check if added to the circuit)
Location: Wisconsin Center or major downtown venue
Website: Digital Summit (search Milwaukee events)
Who Should Go: Digital marketers, brand managers, e-commerce pros, and local agencies.
Past Speakers: Could include reps from Google, Salesforce, Moz, plus local Milwaukee-based companies.
2. Milwaukee Interactive Marketing Conference
Description: A local event focusing on interactive advertising, SEO, social, and mobile marketing, often hosted by regional marketing groups.
Date (2025): Likely mid-year
Location: Downtown Milwaukee hotels or The Pfister Hotel
Website: Check Eventbrite or local AMA chapters
Who Should Go: SMB owners, digital marketers, social media managers, brand strategists.
Past Speakers: Local marketing consultants, PR pros, and brewery brand managers.
3. Social Media Day Milwaukee
Description: Part of the global Social Media Day events, focusing on platform trends, influencer marketing, and community building in Milwaukee.
Date (2025): Around June 30
Location: Downtown coworking spaces or event halls
Website: Local social media clubs or Eventbrite
Who Should Go: Social media marketers, content creators, small businesses, and digital strategists.
Past Speakers: Local social influencers, brand leads from local breweries, sports team social managers.
4. AMAwaukee (AMA Milwaukee) Annual Conference
Description: Hosted by the Milwaukee chapter of the American Marketing Association, covering brand strategy, digital transformation, and local success stories.
Date (2025): Often Spring or Fall
Location: Milwaukee-area hotels or universities
Website: AMA Milwaukee
Who Should Go: Marketers, agency pros, students, and business owners.
Past Speakers: Execs from Harley-Davidson, Johnson Controls, local creative agencies.
5. Midwest eCommerce Summit (Milwaukee Track)
Description: A traveling e-commerce event that may include a Milwaukee stop, focusing on digital retail, logistics, and marketing automation.
Date (2025): TBA
Location: Convention center or major hotel downtown
Website: Check Retail TouchPoints or local business groups
Who Should Go: Online retailers, digital marketers, supply chain managers, brand e-commerce teams.
Past Speakers: Regional store owners, marketing analytics experts, and commerce platform vendors.
6. PRSA Southeastern Wisconsin Conference (Milwaukee)
Description: PR-focused event featuring integrated marketing, brand storytelling, social media, and crisis management.
Date (2025): Varies
Location: Downtown Milwaukee hotels
Website: PRSA Southeastern Wisconsin
Who Should Go: PR pros, corporate comms, nonprofit marketing staff, brand managers.
Past Speakers: Local journalists, PR agency founders, corporate comms heads from regional firms.
7. Milwaukee Startup Week (Marketing & Growth Track)
Description: A multi-day series highlighting entrepreneurship, including sessions on digital marketing, branding, and product launches.
Date (2025): Likely Fall
Location: Coworking spaces (e.g., Ward4, The Commons) or local innovation hubs
Website: Startup Week or local Milwaukee startup networks
Who Should Go: Founders, marketers, investors, and local business mentors.
Past Speakers: Local tech entrepreneurs, marketing automation experts, small business coaches.
8. Milwaukee Advertising Club (Adworkers) Conference
Description: Adworkers (an AAF affiliate) organizes various events, including a conference or awards show focusing on creative ads, brand campaigns, and industry trends.
Date (2025): Awards typically early in the year; conference TBA
Location: Milwaukee creative venues or agency offices
Website: Adworkers
Who Should Go: Ad agency folks, creative directors, brand marketers, and design enthusiasts.
Past Speakers: Local agency founders, creative directors, brand campaign leads, and media buyers.
9. Marquette / UWM Marketing Speaker Series
Description: Local universities (Marquette, UW-Milwaukee) periodically host marketing and advertising leaders, open to students and the community.
Date (2025): Multiple times yearly
Location: Campus halls or business school facilities
Website: Check Marquette University or UW-Milwaukee event listings
Who Should Go: Students, local business community, marketing professionals, and academics.
Past Speakers: Professors, local brand executives, and entrepreneurs.
10. Brew City Marketing Expo
Description: A smaller local expo, possibly focusing on digital marketing, tourism, hospitality, and the beer/brewing industry.
Date (2025): Irregular schedule
Location: Breweries, coworking spaces, or event halls around Milwaukee
Website: Often found via Eventbrite or local business calendars
Who Should Go: Craft brewers, hospitality marketers, small business owners, digital advertisers.
Past Speakers: Local brewery marketing leads, tourism officials, and content marketing consultants.
