There are a lot of useful conferences within the SEO / SEM industry around the world every year and while it would be nice to attend all of them, it is likely you will only get the time to go to a few of them.
Below is an interactive map of where some of the main SEO conferences in 2012 are being hosted.
SEO Conferences 2012
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SAScon 2012
Date: 17th & 18th May 2012
Venue: The Hive, Lever Street, Manchester, M1 1FN, United Kingdom
Search Marketing Expo
Search Marketing Expo are having 11 SEO conferences around the world in 2012 so there should be something for everyone within a few hours flying at least.
SMX Jerusalem
Date: 15th January 2012
Venue: Inbal Hotel, Liberty Bell Park, 3, Jabotinsky St. 92145, Jerusalem, Israel
SMX San Jose
Date: 28th February – 1st March 2012
Venue: San Jose McEnery Convention Center, 150 West San Carlos Street, San Jose, CA 95110, United States
SMX Munich
Date: 27th & 28th March 2012
Venue: Hilton Munich Park Hotel, Am Tucherpark 7, Munich, Germany 80538
SMX Toronto
Date: 25th & 26th April 2012
Venue: Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel, 123 Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5H 2M9, Canada
SMX Sydney
Date: 1st & 2nd May 2012
Venue: Sofitel Sydney Wentworth, 61-101 Phillip Street , 2000 Sydney, Australia
SMX London
Date: 15th & 16th May 2012
Venue: Chelsea Football Club, Stamford Bridge, Fulham Road, London, SW6 1HS, United Kingdom
SMX Seattle
Date: 5th & 6th June 2012
Venue: Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211 Alaskan Way, Pier 66, Seattle, WA 98121, United States
Note: The information on SMX is conflicting on the website, so double check if you want to book this as I cannot guarantee the date / venue is correct!
SMX Paris
Date: 7th & 8th June 2012
Venue: Details yet to be announced
Full conference details (French)
SMX New York
Date: 13th – 15th September 2012
Venue: Jacob K. Javits Center, 655 W 34th St New York, NY 10001, United States
SMX Melbourne
Date: 15th & 16th November 2012
Venue: Hilton On The Park Melbourne Hotel, 192 Wellington Parade, Melbourne, Australia 3002
SMX Las Vegas
Date: 5th & 6th December 2011
Venue: The Westin Kierland Resort, 6902 East Greenway Parkway Scottsdale, AZ 85254, United States
PubCon
PubCon Paradise 2012
Date: 14th & 15th February 2012
Venue: Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort, 2005 Kalia Road, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States 96815
Search Engine Strategies
Search Engine Strategies are holding 9 conferences around the world in 2012 with a great line up of speakers.
SES Accelerator San Diego
Date: 9th February 2012
Venue: The Hilton San Diego Bayfront, 1 Park Boulevard, San Diego, California 92101, United States
SES London
Date: 20th – 24th February 2012
Venue: Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, Broad Sanctuary, London SW1P3EE, United Kingdom
SES New York
Date: 19th – 23rd March 2012
Venue: Hilton New York, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, United States
SES Shanghai
Date: 16th – 18th April 2012
Venue: InterContinental Shanghai Puxi, 500 Heng Feng Road, Zhabei District, Shanghai, 200070, China
SES Toronto
Date: 11th – 13th June 2012
Venue: Hyatt Regency Toronto, 370 King Street West, Toronto, ON M5V-IJ9 CA, Canada
SES San Francisco
Date: 13th – 17th August 2012
Venue: Moscone West, 4th St & Howard St, San Francisco, CA 94103, United States
SES Hong Kong
Date: September 2012
Venue: The Mira Hong Kong, 118 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
SES Chicago
Date: 12th – 16th November 2012
Venue: Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois, USA 60601, United States
SES Singapore
Date: November 2012
Venue: Grand Hyatt Singapore, 10 Scotts Road, Singapore, Republic of Singapore 228211, Singapore
MozCon Seattle
Date: 25th – 27th July 2012
Venue: Seattle WA, United States (full details to be announced)
Think Visibility
Date: 3rd March 2012
Venue: Alea Leeds Casino, Clarence Dock Flats, Clarence Road, Leeds, Yorkshire, LS10 1PZ, United Kingdom.
UK Search Conference
Date: 9th March 2012
Venue: The Commonwealth Club, 25 Northumberland Avenue, London, WC2N 5AP, United Kingdom
Distilled LinkLove
LinkLove London
Date: 30th March 2012
Venue: The Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, United Kingdom
LinkLove Boston
Date: 2nd April 2012
Venue: Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA, United States
SearchLove London
Date: 29th & 30th October 2012
Venue: The Congress Centre, 28 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3LS, United Kingdom
SearchLove Atlantic
Date: 5th & 6th November 2012
Venue: TBC in August
Internet World
Date: 24th – 26th April 2012
Venue: Earls Court Exhibition Centre, Warwick Road, Kensington, Greater London SW5 9, United Kingdom
Online Marketing Show
Date: 27th & 28th June 2012
Venue: Grand Hall, Olympia, Hammersmith Rd, London, Greater London W14 8UX, United Kingdom.
The Social Media Strategies Summit
SMSS Las Vegas
Date: 7th – 9th February 2012
Venue: The Mirage Hotel & Casino, 3400 Las Vegas Boulevard South, Las Vegas, Nevada, 89109, United States
SMSS Chicago
Date: 18th & 19th April 2012
Venue: Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel, 636 South Michigan Ave · Chicago, Illinois 60605 USA
SMSS London
Date: 6th – 8th November 2012
Venue: TBC, London, United Kingdom
SMSS Miami
Date: 12th – 14th June 2012
Venue: Miami Beach Resort, 4833 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, FL 33141, United States
Summary
This should provide you with a nice starting point for the conferences available around the world related to SEO in 2012. I will have no doubt missed some off the list, so please feel free to add in the comments other conferences you believe should be added to the list and I will see what I can do.
P.S. I am open to offers for free tickets from the conference organisers on behalf of me creating this wonderful map / reference page and feel free to include it into your website if you like it 
Michael Cropper
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