The 2026 affiliate conference guide for iGaming marketers

Affiliate marketing sits at the centre of iGaming acquisition, and the events that serve it range from gaming-specific shows to broad performance-marketing gatherings. This guide maps the major affiliate conferences across 2026 and into early 2027 — what each is built for, who it draws, and how to decide which are worth the travel.

The gaming-specific affiliate events

iGB Affiliate Barcelona is the largest pure-affiliate event in the iGaming calendar. Its 2027 edition runs 19–20 January 2027 in Halls 8.0 and 8.1 of Fira Barcelona Gran Via, co-located with ICE. That co-location is the whole point: affiliates get their own dedicated halls while the industry’s biggest operator-and-supplier expo runs next door. For gaming affiliates, media buyers and the operator affiliate managers who work with them, it is close to a mandatory stop — see the ICE Barcelona 2027 preview for how to plan the shared week.

TES Affiliate Conferences takes a different, more curated approach. Its Prague edition runs 25–28 September 2026 and is known for a smaller, invitation-led networking format that skews toward established affiliates and larger programmes rather than a mass exhibition floor. Marketers who value depth of contact over breadth of stands tend to rate it highly.

The broad performance-marketing circuit

Affiliate World Conferences runs a global circuit that reaches well beyond gaming into e-commerce, nutra, apps and the wider performance-marketing world — but its scale and its media-buying audience make it highly relevant to iGaming acquisition teams. Three dates matter across the cycle:

• Affiliate World Europe — 9–10 July 2026 at the MTK Sportpark in Budapest.
• Affiliate World Asia — 9–10 December 2026 at the Centara Grand & Bangkok Convention Centre at CentralWorld, a large gathering of thousands of affiliates.
• Affiliate World Global: Dubai — the 2026 edition was postponed to spring 2027; exact dates are to be confirmed.

These shows are where iGaming acquisition overlaps with mainstream performance marketing: the traffic sources, tracking tools and media-buying tactics on display often reach gaming before the gaming-specific events catch up.

The executive and awards layer

Beyond the exhibition-floor shows sit smaller, senior formats. EGR’s Power Affiliates Summit is an invitation-led executive event — its 2027 edition is expected in Marbella in April, back-to-back with the Power 50 Summit, with dates to be confirmed. These are less about lead generation and more about relationships between the largest affiliates and operators.

How to choose

A few practical filters help narrow a crowded field:

• Scale versus curation. iGB Affiliate and Affiliate World give breadth and a big floor; TES and EGR’s summits give depth and senior contact. Most teams need one of each, not five of the same.
• Geography. Match the event to the markets a programme actually monetises — Budapest and Barcelona for Europe, Bangkok for Asia, Dubai for the emerging MEA circuit.
• Co-location. Barcelona in January bundles the affiliate world with the wider industry; that efficiency is hard to beat if budget allows only one January trip.
• Timing. Spread the year so the team is not out of office for three consecutive weeks in Q1.

Whichever events make the shortlist, getting a return on them is a skill in itself — read the guide to working a B2B iGaming conference before committing the budget, and check the iGaming SuperShow event calendar for the current, confirmed dates of every show above.

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