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The 21 Best Conference Websites To Inspire Your Next Design
The conference websites are the go-to places for visitors, sponsors, and speakers, who would like to attend this type of event. They should distinctly present all the information one might ask for and answer all questions before they even arise in a user’s mind. Therefore, when organizing a conference or creating a website for one, the importance of a user-friendly and responsive conference website with an eye-catching design must not be underestimated.
Below is our cherry-picked selection of the 21 top-notch conference website examples to inspire you:
1. Inbound – Marketing Conference Website
The website for the Inbound 2024 edition of the conference offers an interactive experience engaging the user from the moment they visit it, as hovering over the faded background reveals a circle in which clear parts of the images shown beneath pop out. Appealing visuals and informative text successfully attract the visitor’s attention, reassuring him of the reasons to join the conference. In addition, the pages are well-structured, responsive, and equipped with all the details that could be useful to the attendees. They even offer a downloadable “Convince your boss letter”, facilitating those who wish to attend, and increasing the attendee numbers. All this combined makes this example stand out among the other conference websites.
2. Awwwards Conference – Design and Development Conf Website
Designed to engage, the website for the Awwwards Conference greets us with a red-hued view of a neighborhood in Amsterdam. The design, complemented by the ambient sounds of the city, gives us the option to choose between high and low resolution. Also, the homepage is highly interactive giving us a chance to rotate the view as we move the mouse and scroll down. This conference website offers everything a visitor might need – a quick option to get tickets is easily found in the top right corner, and all the details concerning the event are listed throughout the homepage.
3. NOOsphere– Marketing Conference Website
The homepage of the NOOsphere Marketing Conference states that it is perfect for meeting the real big fish of AdTech. So, the designers took the metaphor that big companies are big fish to another creative level, showing us a cool underwater animation. The website is easily navigated through the top menu and the footer and sheds light on all the details about the event. The light-colored background gives the CTA buttons, the animation, and the beautiful watercolor images throughout the pages the chance to pop out.
4. Design Thinkers 2024 – Graphic Design Conference Website
The bright colors of the Design Thinkers conference website and the rotating concentric ripple instantly grab our attention as our eyes meet them. The animation also acts as an action button showing us the option to register for the event as we hover over the image. Having in mind the slogan of the event – Into The Rabbit Hole, the homepage succeeds in portraying a dreamlike, even hallucinogenic setting, thus confirming the creative character of the event. The top of the site offers quick and easy menu options providing all the details about the conference.
5. Dublin Tech– Tech Summit Website
On the website for the Dublin Tech Summit, the information is presented so broadly that one can hardly have a question that is not already answered there. The homepage opens with a subtle video in the background and offers us details about the event and the speakers, while also including testimonials, highlights of the event, and more. Clear CTA buttons are placed strategically throughout the entire page with one of them moving along as we scroll. Everything is well structured combining aesthetics and functionality.
6. World Summit AI – AI Event Website
The impressive design of this AI summit website successfully works towards increasing the number of attendees. The smart contrast between the branding color palette and the background video makes the CTA buttons pop out, thus ensuring no one will miss them. A top menu, social media links, and chat options are also immediately found on the homepage without even scrolling it. The website is pretty easy to navigate and offers all the details about the event, the speakers, the program, previous edition’s highlights, and testimonials from famous sources.
7. Creative Cruise – Artist Event Website
The homepage of this networking event website meets us with an eye-catching design! It illustrates a bird’s-eye view of an Amsterdam canal based on the golden ratio of Fibonacci’s spiral. Scrolling the page rotates the cityscape, along with an interesting CTA button giving us an option to choose a pick-up point for the event. The simple yet effective menu at the bottom of the page provides options to learn more and reserve our place for the event, thus cementing this site’s place among some of the best-illustrated conference websites.
8. C3 2023 – Marketing Conference Website
The C3 Marketing Conference Website may look plain at first glance but is actually very well-made. The path-drawing dot recreates the idea that this edition of the conference will be traveling to a few places. Its path, though, forms the shape of a funnel, referring this way to the marketing funnel and the conference’s topic. The website has all the elements necessary for a good and functional design and gives comprehensive information about the event. In this example, the color scheme of the event is again nicely implemented and kept through all the pages.
9. Ai4 2024 – AI Conference Website
The futuristic character of this event is easily felt as the website of Ai4 loads. An animation made from drawnlike illustrations gives off a modern and somewhat exclusive vibe. What makes a really good impression is the way the branding colors are gently implemented in the otherwise dark-colored graphics. The homepage gives an instant option to register for the event. It also offers information about the place and time it will be held, and a few metrics about its scale. Every detail is listed carefully and can also be found within the menu tabs at the top of the page. And, to complete it all, CTA buttons are placed smartly throughout the pages.
10. Rise of AI– AI Event Website
The Rise of AI conference website opens with a subtle video compilation showing us glimpses of previous editions of the event. On top of it, the CTA button is clearly visible and an easily navigated menu gives us the option to find out more about the event. For those who don’t like diving into menus all the information needed is also listed on the homepage.
11. Web Summit – Big Fintech Event Website
The first thing displayed on the homepage of Web Summit’s sleek website is a truly flattering quote about the event from a renowned magazine. Right after it, we see a description of the tech conference and two CTA buttons ensuring an easy way to register. Further, the homepage offers extensive information about the event and the speakers, and also videos with highlights from previous events. Whatever one can’t find there is easily accessed within the drop-down options of the top menu. It is fair to mention that the brand’s color scheme is nicely implemented throughout all the website’s pages.
12. UX Fest – User Experience Conf Website
The interactive website for this UX conference manages to give an instant playful feeling! it does so with the help of all the animated graphic elements that move as we scroll the page. The website is easily navigated including a responsive top menu, a clear call-to-action button, and enough details about the event. The design of the site looks simple which in turn attracts our attention to the interactive side of it – the graphic elements popping out of the tickets button as we hover over it, for example.
13. CES Tech Event – The Biggest Tech Show Website
The colorful image on the homepage of the CES Tech Conference gives an attention-grabbing first impression. The white-colored menu options and the blue CTA button ensure that they stay visible despite the explosion of colors within the illustration. In addition, social media links and CTA-s are easily found everywhere. Also, the option to register for the upcoming 2025 event works towards increasing the number of future attendees. The website offers detailed information about the event and videos, wrapping up talks and highlights of past ones, in case you have missed it.
14. UX+ – UX Conference Website
The UX+ conference website greets us with an elegantly flowing image on a dark background. The font is mainly white-colored making room for only one exception – the name of the event which is presented in the hues of the moving image. The top menu, divided in two, includes an action button to buy tickets with a clearly stated price – thus facilitating the visitor and stimulating sales. The scroll-triggered interactive side of the pages makes it more fun as we read the comprehensive information about the event.
15. Red Hat Summit – IT Event Website
The homepage of the Red Hat Summit website with its vibrant colors and flowing geometrical shapes instantly gives a sense of simplicity. And it truly is simple to find everything you need there, for the information is well-structured throughout the page. Evenly placed CTAs facilitate the user experience and a drop-down static top menu makes it easy to navigate through the other pages of the website. An interesting addition is the option to take an interactive quiz which based on your interests and competency builds an agenda with the summit sessions that are the right fit for you.
16. The Martech– Marketing & Tech Summit Website
The faded background photo of the Martech Summit website’s homepage serves a double purpose – graphically it gives the text on top of it the needed contrast to pop out, and psychologically it lures potential attendees with the beauty of Singapore. A static navigation at the top of the page presents all the necessary menus and elements for a functional design. Right below the picture, metrics stating details about the event give the visitor an overview of what to expect. All other information that might come in handy is listed thoroughly, including particulars about the speakers, the topics, the venue, the sponsors, infographics, etc.
17. CloneComp – Webflow Hackathon Website
The futuristic homepage of the CloneComp event modern website clearly states what this event is about. A simple gradient background in soft colors allows us to experience the interactive side of the design as the projected shadow of the caption and other visual elements move along with the mouse cursor. The homepage lists detailed information and includes a lot of CTA options ensuring easy use and engagement. Further, the other tabs of the menu provide answers to all other questions that may arise. And, there’s also an interesting 3D interactive map of the globe showing the location of different participants.
18. WaysConf – Tech Conference Website
With a modern, sleek, dark design the WaysConf website serves its purpose well – it creates a feeling of trust and reliability as the conference is named the largest in Central Europe. A few CTA options are presented immediately along with a reminder, creating a sense of urgency. The organizers give more than enough information distributed on the homepage and in the menus positioned at the top. The consistent use of the dark theme with popping white text over it gives a business feel, instilling reliance in the visitor’s mind.
19. Circles – Design Conference Website
The vibrant landing page of this Creative Design Conference website grabs the attention of the user immediately. In the center of the bright red background is embedded a faded image of the outline of Texas, over which is placed a photo of a cactus, the state’s recognizable symbol, thus leaving no doubt as to the location of the event. With animated elements, bold contrasting colors, an intuitive menu, and CTAs the homepage gives clear details about this exciting experience.
20. Front – UX & Product Management Event Website
The website for the Front conference is fresh and light-colored, instantly creating an atmosphere of easiness. The pages are accentuated by geometrical shapes, some of which form arrow-like frames where highlights of past events are presented. The easy-to-navigate tabs provide quickly all the information about what to expect and, overall, every detail of the event. Repeatedly shown registration button makes sure that the person interested won’t miss the chance to attend the conference. As a result, the design smoothly implements all the elements needed for a good conference website.
21. Collision – Big Tech Conference Website
Bold, contrasting, confident – these are the definitions that come to mind as you visit the conference website for Collision. It is one of the world’s biggest tech events, and is also defined as “The Olympics of tech” and “Coachella for geeks”. And it beautifully depicts both of these statements in its website design. Also, the vibrant colors and the carefully selected quotes, statistics, and testimonials successfully create a fear of missing out. And, in addition, the super responsive drop-down top menu answers all the questions a user might want to ask.
Final words
When creating conference websites, our main mission is to attract potential visitors and increase the event’s number of attendees. And, the most reliable way to do that is to facilitate them to make their purchase and save their place. That’s why we have to ensure that our website offers an intuitive layout and user-friendly experience. It also has to grab their attention with well-thought-out eye-catching visuals or simple, but effective design. A seamless registration process is a must-have along with distinctly presented comprehensive information about all the details concerning the conference.
So, now that you know what to look after and have this special selection near at hand, let’s start creating your next masterpiece!