SocialEast 2026

Make the case.

October 29–30 at the Halifax Convention Centre. Here's what it costs, what you'd get out of it, and a letter you can send to your manager today.

The ask

What it costs, next to what you get back.

Two columns your manager can read in under a minute.

What it costs

Registration$724
Rate rises to $924 closer to the event
Time out of office2 days
Thursday 29 and Friday 30 October
TravelHalifax
Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street
Optional add-ons+$99 / +$69 / +$40
Workshops, Kitchen Party, boxed lunch

What it returns

Speakers on the program25
Across two days of sessions
Marketers in the room600+
Atlantic Canada's marketing community
Budget holders82%
Influence or control a marketing budget
Years running8th
The eighth annual SocialEast

What you'll bring back

A written debrief for the team

Twenty-five speakers filtered down to the handful of things our team should change, written up and presented in the week after.

People we can actually call

600+ marketers from across Atlantic Canada are in the building. I'll come back with named contacts in the categories we're hiring, buying and partnering in.

Something the team can use on Monday

The workshop add-on is a working session, so I'd come back with a method the team can actually run.

A read on the region

Eight years in, SocialEast is where Atlantic Canada's marketing teams compare what's working right now, which is harder to pick up remotely.

PDFSocialEast 2026 Business CaseDownload the business case

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If your manager wants the long version, this is it: the audience, the program and the numbers in one document you can attach to the request.

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A letter you can send.

Copy it, swap the two names in brackets, and send it. The numbers are already correct.

Your manager

Subject: Request to attend SocialEast 2026 — Halifax, October 29–30Hi [Manager], I'd like to attend SocialEast 2026 in Halifax on October 29–30. It's the eighth year of the event and the largest gathering of marketers in Atlantic Canada, around 600 people and 25 speakers over two days at the Halifax Convention Centre, 1650 Argyle Street. Here's the cost and what I'd bring back. What it costs · Registration: $724 (the rate rises to $924 closer to the event) · Time away: two days, October 29 and 30 · Travel: nothing beyond getting downtown · Optional: workshops +$99, the Kitchen Party +$69, boxed lunch +$40 What I'd bring back · A written summary of the sessions worth acting on, shared with the team the week after · Named contacts from the 600+ marketers in the room, in the categories we're hiring, buying and partnering in · A read on what other Atlantic Canada marketing teams are doing right now About 82% of the people in that room influence or control a marketing budget, so most of the conversations are with people who can act on them. There's a short business case document here if it helps: https://social-east-v2.cdn.prismic.io/social-east-v2/dt0rfvtGDQ-o48Qt_SocialEastBusiness-Case2026-1-.pdf Happy to talk it through whenever suits. Thanks, [Your name]

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Oct 29–30 · 2026 · Halifax, Nova Scotia

Two days with the whole
Atlantic marketing room.

Once it's approved, register at the early-bird rate before the price steps up.