What USConf is
USConf is an independent directory of professional conferences, seminars, and trade events held in the United States. Each listing is a real, verifiable event with a public registration page and identifiable organiser. The goal is simple: make it easier to decide which event is worth your time and travel budget, without wading through marketing copy.
Who it is for
USConf is built for working professionals who attend conferences as part of their job: engineers, clinicians, analysts, marketers, designers, educators, lawyers, and the operations and L&D teams who manage their learning budgets. Conference organisers and sponsors use the site to reach that audience directly.
Coverage spans the categories that come up most often in our submissions — technology, healthcare, finance, marketing, education, design, business, legal, sustainability, construction, manufacturing, hospitality and entertainment — with more added as credible submissions come in.
How listings are made
Every event in the directory goes through the same short checklist before it appears:
- The event has a working official website.
- The organiser is identifiable and reachable.
- Dates, venue and registration details can be confirmed independently.
- The description is written in plain language — what it covers, who it is for, what a typical attendee gets out of it — without inflated claims.
- Pricing is stated, including whether the event is free.
Where an event's details change mid-cycle, we update the listing once the organiser or a reader flags it. Listings that turn out to be cancelled, stale, or misrepresented are removed. See the submission page for how to add or correct an event.
Editorial approach
USConf does not run its own conferences, sell tickets, or take a cut of registrations. Listings are editorial: we describe events the way a reader would want them described, not the way a marketing team would. A few principles follow from that:
- No pay-for-placement. An organiser cannot buy a higher position in the directory or the category pages.
- Ads are separate from listings. The site shows third-party advertising (including Google AdSense) to cover hosting and editorial time. Those ads are clearly ads, and they do not influence which events get listed or how they are described.
- Sponsorship and partnership inquiries are handled at partnerships@usconf.com and are kept separate from listing decisions.
- No invented attendance numbers, quotes, or "award" claims. If we don't have a verifiable number, we don't publish one.
What the directory is not
- Not a ticket reseller — registration always goes through the organiser's own website.
- Not a source of legal, medical, financial, or professional advice.
- Not an exhaustive list — new events are added as they are submitted and verified.
- Not affiliated with any individual conference unless explicitly noted.
Reading you may find useful
Alongside the directory, USConf maintains a small set of guides written for people who attend or run conferences in the US:
- How to decide whether a conference is worth attending.
- In-person, virtual, and hybrid formats compared.
- A first-time attendee guide.
- A practical guide to major US convention venues.
- How to get accepted as a conference speaker.
Get in touch
Corrections, suggestions, and general questions go to hello@usconf.com or via the contact page. For privacy requests, email privacy@usconf.com directly.