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LavaCon Content Strategy Conference

Content strategy, technical writing and content design practitioners and leads.

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Dates
Oct 3 to Oct 6, 2027
Where
Charlotte, NC
Cost
Ticket About $2,550. In-person full conference tuition $2,550 (rate after Sept 30). Half-day workshops $200 each, full-day $400 each (optional).
Type
Conference · Paid ticket
Organizer
LavaCon
Last checked
November 7, 2026 against the event’s own site

Official site and registration

Speaking opportunities

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Who goes

Roles and segments the organizer or our research tag this event for.

Segments: Design and user experience, Technical writing and documentation

Roles: content designer, technical writer, documentation lead

The field it serves: Technology & Software

Verified open jobs
about 67,766

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

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Typical posted salary
$152,000 a year (middle half $114,000 to $200,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,804 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Entry or early-career level
30% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

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Employment, year over year
−4.2% in information, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, October 2026.

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Full Technology & Software snapshot: jobs, pay, layoffs and conferences

Employers at this conference

Exhibitors, sponsors and speakers we have found on the event’s own lists.

  • Adobe Sponsoring 2026
  • Codal Sponsoring 2026
  • congree Sponsoring 2026
  • hashout Sponsoring 2026
  • Heretto Sponsoring 2026
  • MadCap Software Sponsoring 2026
  • markup Sponsoring 2026
  • Metapercept Sponsoring 2026
  • RWS (Tridion) Sponsoring 2026
  • Ryffine Sponsoring 2026
  • Sanity Sponsoring 2026
  • Scriptorium Sponsoring 2026
  • Stilo Sponsoring 2026
  • Zenious Sponsoring 2026

Read from the event’s own pages: www.lavacon.org.

Speakers and sessions

Named on the event’s own program. Titles and organizations are as the event lists them.

Moderators

  • Dipo Ajose-Coker

    Solutions Architect, RWS Group

    Panel Discussion: Inclusive Content in the AI Era – Bias, Culture, And Who Gets Left Behind

Panelists

  • Amber Swope

    Information Architecture Consultant, DITA Strategies

    Panel Discussion: Inclusive Content in the AI Era – Bias, Culture, And Who Gets Left Behind

  • David Alley

    SVP, Tridion & Fonto, RWS

    Panel Discussion: Inclusive Content in the AI Era – Bias, Culture, And Who Gets Left Behind

  • Leslie Farinella

    President, Content Rules

    Panel Discussion: Inclusive Content in the AI Era – Bias, Culture, And Who Gets Left Behind

Speakers

  • Alesia Harwood

    Special AI Consultant to Cisco

    Carpe (the AI) Diem!

  • Aman Goyal

    Agentic AI Product Manager, T-Mobile

    Show Me the Agents! Decision Framework for Content Operations AI

  • Dawn Stevens

    President, Comtech Services

    Not for Ages 3 and Under: Why AI in Content Creation Requires Organizational Maturity

  • Erik Bremer

    Sr. Director, Global Content Engineering, Dell Technologies

    Your Operating Model is Broken: Revolutionizing Content in the Age of AI

  • Jason Kaufman

    CEO, Zaon Labs

    When Truth Lags, Trust Dies: The Risk Of Scaling Unverified Knowledge With AI

  • Jessica Reed

    Director of Customer Innovation, Adobe Global Digital Strategy Group

    More AI Doesn't Mean Less Human

  • Kayce Danna

    VP of Product, Markup AI

    The Docs are not Alright (and AI Alone Won't Fix Them)

  • Keith Boyd

    Senior Director, Microsoft Corporation

    Content is Still King: Thriving in the Era of AI

  • Megan Gilhooly

    Sr Director Global Content and Intelligence, OneTrust

    Balancing Brains and Bots: Accelerating a Responsible AI Workflow

  • Pam Noreault

    Principal Information Architect, Ellucian

    Orchestrating Content Workflow at Ellucian Using AI Skills

  • Rhyne Armstrong

    Director, Technical Writing, Visa

    From Shadow to Servant: How Visa/Pismo Tamed the AI Beast

  • Sara Feldman

    Director of Member Engagement, Consortium for Service Innovation

    Impact Map: Getting Stakeholder Buy-In for Content Initiatives

  • Sarah O'Keefe

    CEO, Scriptorium

    The Barbarians are at the Gate

  • Stefan Gentz

    Principal Worldwide Evangelist, Adobe

    The Human Layer: Designing Content for Humans, Machines, and Everything Between

  • Trey Smith

    Senior Engineering Program Supervisor, Honeywell

    Building Momentum: Structuring Small Steps to Achieve Big Wins

Read from the event’s own pages: lavacon.org

Industries and functions

Where it is and who it is for

Held in Charlotte, NC. Local jobs, employers, layoffs and other conferences nearby are on the place pages.

Past and planned editions

  • 2027: dates not announced
  • 2026: October 25, 2026 to October 28, 2026, Charlotte, NC

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