Recap: Confab 2022
Attendees called last year’s event “the best Confab ever,” “exactly what I needed,” even “truly life-changing” … all good reasons for planning ahead to join us April 30–May 3, 2023.
If you missed out, don’t worry: You can still purchase an all-access pass to the main-stage and breakout session recordings and slide decks.
Program
Workshops
![David Dylan Thomas](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725cd6ac509c5_Thomas.jpeg)
Founder and CEO, David Dylan Thomas LLC
![Kristina Halvorson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725667dc509cd_kristina-halvorson.jpg)
Founder, CEO, Brain Traffic
![Introduction to content strategy](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197255ec6c509c8_Casey.jpg)
Owner and Principal Consultant, Do Better Content Consulting
![Val Swisher](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972513aec509cb_Swisher.jpg)
Founder and CEO, Content Rules, Inc.
![Make your content strategy stick: A roadmap for change management](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725ee2ac509c7_Preciado.jpg)
Senior Content Strategist, Content Rules, Inc.
![Tracy Playle](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725a20cc509ca_Playle.jpg)
CEO and Chief Content Strategist, Pickle Jar Communications Ltd
![Are Halland](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725df6ec509c9_Halland.jpg)
Author, keynote speaker, coach, facilitator, Kjernepar AS
![Chris Corak](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972574cec509ce_Corak.jpg)
Co-author of SEO for Everyone and Partner, ONWARD
![User-centered SEO: Designing findable content](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197253817c509e1_baggs.jpg)
Cofounder, Content and UX Strategist, ONWARD
Keynotes
![Paulo Fernandes](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197258179c509db_Fernandes.jpeg)
Co-Founder, Senior Developer, Luscious Orange
![Dayana Kibilds](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725c68ac509ea_Kibilds.jpeg)
Director of Growth, Pickle Jar Communications
![Cassini Nazir](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197252540c509e4_Nazir.jpeg)
Clinical Associate Professor/Program Director, University of North Texas
![Amy Grace Wells](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197254c58c509f1_Wells.jpeg)
Senior Content Designer, 10up
![Gabriel Wardell](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972511cdc509ef_Wardell.jpeg)
Creative Writer, Coca-Cola Studios
Breakout sessions
![Rebecca Nguyen](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972585bcc509ed_Nguyen.jpeg)
Senior Content Strategy Lead, Product Design, Northwestern Mutual
![Ryan Bigge](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972565e7c509e0_Bigge.jpeg)
Senior Content Designer, Royal Bank of Canada
![Boost the value of your content team through storytelling](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197251588c509eb_Healey.jpeg)
Independent
![Kelsey Shanesy](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197255816c509e9_Shanesy.jpeg)
Senior Manager of Content Design, Target
![Hilary Marsh](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197257939c50a06_Marsh.jpg)
President & Chief Strategist, Content Company, Inc.
![Liju George](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197256d42c509e8_George.jpeg)
Senior Market Researcher, Rock Central Detroit
![How to (really) know your audience](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725558bc50a20_Emily-Neville.jpg)
Senior Research Analyst, Rock Central Detroit
![Jonathan McFadden](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197255ca9c50a0b_McFadden.jpg)
Senior Content Designer, Shopify
![Brittney Dunkins](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197256579c509e7_Dunkins.jpeg)
Content Designer, Facebook
![Gavin Austin](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197254dcdc509e3_Austin.jpeg)
Principal Technical Writer, Salesforce
Panels, fireside chats, and other activities
![Tracey Watson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725071ec50a35_watson.jpeg)
Lead Content Designer, Games, Netflix
![Melinda Belcher](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197250ef3c50a2f_Belcher.jpeg)
Executive Director, Digital Wealth Management, JPMorgan Chase
![Rachel Lovinger](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e1972540fec50a32_Lovinger.jpeg)
Group Content Strategy Director, Publicis Sapient
![Reena Jana](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197250d5cc50a2e_jena.jpeg)
Head of Content & Partnerships, Responsible Innovation, Google
![Keri Maijala](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725d0cbc50a33_kmaijala_headshot.jpeg)
Manager, Content Design, LinkedIn
![Natalie Dunbar](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197258d61c50a2b_Dunbar.jpeg)
Author, Speaker, and UX Content Strategy Lead
![Tracy Playle](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725a20cc509ca_Playle.jpg)
CEO and Chief Content Strategist, Pickle Jar Communications Ltd
Sponsored sessions
![Marli Larimer](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725adeec50a3e_626eb8885a3abfcc6b70be6f_larimer.PORTRAIT.jpeg)
Manager, Content Operations & Production, Concentrix
![Chris Avore](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197250c97c50a3c_626eb8866404de679c4d3954_Avore.jpeg)
Vice President and Head of Design, Northwestern Mutual
![Angus Edwardson](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e19725018cc50a3a_626eb887f1df652a8dc54b97_Edwardson.jpeg)
Co-founder and VP of Product, GatherContent by Bynder
![Brian Kavanaugh](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e19725956ac4feda/6310c460e197251d63c50a3b_626eb888e8a3b158dc0b0895_Kavanaugh.jpeg)
Director of Marketing, Bynder
Bookstore & merch
Bookstore
Local independent booksellers Magers & Quinn has set up an online bookstore complete with all your favorite authors and titles from the conference.
![Confab bookstore](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e197252b67c4fed1/6310c460e197253539c50040_52068390856_846c006b7d_c.webp)
Confab merch
You can buy Confab 2022 T-shirts—as well as T-shirts from all past Confabs!—at our online merch store.
![confab t-shirts](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/6310c460e197252b67c4fed1/6310c460e197255401c50044_shirts.webp)