Search is undergoing a massive transformation. With Google AI Mode and UCP live in the US we are now entering a new phase in both paid and organic search.
Mathias will give you an overview of what we know will happen as well as a checklist of things you can work on that will benefit you both short and long term. Gain a grounded perspective on the structural changes hitting the industry and how to prepare for 2027 and beyond.
About Mathias:
Mathias Hillerup is the co-founder of s360, having started the agency in 2011. Over the last decade, he has helped scale the company into a leading digital consultancy by bridging the gap between marketing, technology, and data.
He works at the intersection of technical infrastructure and commercial growth, helping international brands adapt to a rapidly maturing digital landscape.
Mathias is known for a pragmatic, business-first approach to technology, focusing on the structural shifts that actually drive long-term performance.
Paid Search has evolved through several major shifts: Google Shopping, Smart Bidding, and the disruption of the pandemic years. Today, a new phase is emerging driven by AI.
As AI takes over more of the decision-making, the old playbook of granular account structures and manual control is becoming less relevant. Success increasingly comes from simplifying setups and feeding the systems with the right data.
In this session, Frederik Hyldig explores how the fundamentals of Paid Search are changing and what that means in practice. He will outline how advertisers should rethink account structure, how to work with automation instead of against it, and why data and feeds are becoming central to staying competitive.
About Frederik:
Frederik Hyldig has over a decade of experience in Paid Search and has advised some of Europe’s largest brands on media strategy and technology.
His focus has always been on the practical application of technology in search. Today, he helps brands move past manual management to build structures that actually work in an automated environment.
Frederik is a frequent speaker and is known for his straightforward approach to SEM and digital strategy.
To stay visible in LLMs, you must master Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). This keynote is a practitioner’s guide to becoming the primary source for AI-driven answers like Gemini and Perplexity.
Moving past theory, I will share concrete technical and content-led tactics to improve LLM visibility and transform your brand into a definitive authority for AI.
Leave with a 2026 checklist to turn AI search shakeup into a measurable, competitive advantage.
About Nikolaj:
Nikolaj Mogensen is the VP and Group Lead of SEO at s360. Over the last 15 years, he has worked hands-on with some of the largest websites in the Nordics, helping them navigate the constant shifts in search. His current work centers on AI and GEO, finding real-world ways to maintain organic visibility as search evolves.
A regular speaker at events like brightonSEO and SMX, Nikolaj focuses on turning technical complexity into practical steps that work for businesses.
SEO is shifting from optimizing pages to building search-driven products. In this talk, Björn Darko shares how large marketplaces turn SEO insights into scalable product features. He’ll also explore how AI search, LLMs and changing user behavior are forcing SEO teams to rethink how they measure visibility, traffic and growth & how to inform your board about it.
About Björn:
Björn Darko is Group Head of SEO & AI Search at Swiss Marketplace Group, overseeing organic growth across Switzerland’s leading marketplaces in real estate, automotive, finance and classifieds. With more than a decade in SEO and product leadership at companies like AVIV Group, Searchmetrics, Ringier etc., he focuses on bridging the gap between SEO, data and product development. Björn also hosts the SEOPRESSO podcast and regularly speaks about Product-Led SEO and the future of search.
A common pattern shows up account after account: over-segmentation, premature automation, and budgets spread too thin to generate meaningful learning. Small budgets rarely fail because of poor tactics. They fail because strategies designed for higher spend environments are applied without adjustment, and what works at scale, collapses when resources are limited. In this session, Ramial covers the mindset shifts and structural principles required to make PPC sustainable in constrained environments.
About Ramial:
Ramial Aqeel is a PPC freelancer who works primarily with SMEs, running paid media on lean budgets. He focuses on clear, practical approaches that help advertisers make limited spend work harder. His work centres on simplifying PPC and supporting smaller businesses in getting the most from every pound they invest.
Oliver will run through the latest AI-enabled features of Screaming Frog’s SEO Spider, as well as some lesser-known classic features that you might have missed along the way. This talk is for anyone looking to take their day-to-day SEO to the next level, though there’s lots to be gained if you’re not too familiar with auditing websites too. No frogs were harmed during its production.
About Oliver:
Oliver has a decade of experience at Screaming Frog, having conquered SEO consultancy and management, he now oversees the agency’s wider strategy. He’s spoken at SEO conferences in 6 countries, so he unironically considers himself an international SEO rockstar now.
In this session, we’ll walk through the mechanisms of AI search systems discussion things like personalisation, query expansion, memory, and response generation. We’ll go over how this is different than traditional search, and what carries over. Attendees will leave with a framework for winning in both traditional and AI search, without compromising visibility in any domain, but instead strengthening the content message in an omnichannel world.
About Lazarina:
Lazarina Stoy is a marketing consultant and the founder of MLforSEO, a learning platform, academy, and community for marketers and organic search professionals. She designs hands-on training for in-house and agency teams, and the forward-thinking individuals within them, integrate AI and ML solutions into their workflows to drive productivity and organic growth – regardless of the platform their audience is searching on. A strong advocate for responsible automation, Lazarina speaks at conferences and webinars and creates practical resources for marketers starting their AI/ML journey.
