Presales and solutions engineering events2026 and 2027.
Conferences, communities and local meetups for presales professionals and solutions engineers, with dates and links to the organizers. Last checked 10 November 2026.
Why presales events are worth your time.
Presales is a small profession inside most companies, often one or two people per team. That makes events matter more than they do for roles with a big internal peer group. They are where you see how other solutions engineers open a demo, handle a weak discovery or argue for more headcount, and where you find out that your problems are not unique.
The big conferences differ in flavor. Sol/Con is organized by the PreSales Collective community and covers leadership, AI and go-to-market for presales professionals at every level. DemoFest is run by the demo platform Consensus and leans towards demos and the changing role of the solution engineer. Both give you a concentrated few days of talks, workshops and hallway conversations.
Communities and local meetups are the cheaper and more regular option. A two-hour evening with peers from your own city is often where the practical tips come from, and it is the easiest way to hear about the next conference early. In German-speaking Europe there is little dedicated to presales, so I added a section on local meetups and what I found for each city.
Coming up.
Sol/Con 2027 and the 2027 regional DemoFests have no dates yet. I add them here as soon as the organizers announce them.
- Online
DemoFest Virtual 2027
Consensus · Online
The online edition of DemoFest for sales engineering and presales. Dates are not announced yet, but you can register your interest.
Open event page - Session
PSC Unscripted: Stop Prompting, Start Operating
PreSales Collective · See organizer
A session listed on the PreSales Collective events page. I could not confirm the format, so check the organizer for details and registration.
Open event page
Communities and meetups.
Good places to meet other solutions engineers throughout the year, and the easiest way to hear about new events early.
- Community
Coform
Coform · London, Berlin, Amsterdam, New York
A community for solutions, sales and implementation engineers that started in London in 2024. It runs meetups, fireside chats and leaders-only evenings, and is also active in Berlin, Amsterdam and New York. Dates are posted on Luma.
Open example event - Community
PreSales Collective
PreSales Collective · Online and regional
A community for presales professionals, with webinars, local meetups, roundtables and leader dinners. Pro members get free tickets to its regional Micro Sol/Con sessions.
Open events page
Presales meetups in your city.
What I found for Cologne, Munich, Paris and Berlin. For Cologne and Munich there is no presales-only group yet. If you run or know of one, tell me on LinkedIn and I will add it.
- Cologne
Presales meetup Cologne
No dedicated group yet · Cologne, Germany
I could not find a meetup for presales or solutions engineers in Cologne. If you would like one, or want to be part of it, send me a message on LinkedIn.
Message me on LinkedIn - Munich
Presales meetup Munich
Tech Sales Community Munich · Munich, Germany
I found no presales-only group in Munich. The Tech Sales Community Munich is open to account executives, SDRs, RevOps and solution engineers, with hands-on sessions and a dinner.
Open community page - Paris
Presales meetup Paris
PreSales Collective · Paris, France
PreSales Collective has a Paris community page and has run a casual afterwork for France. I found no confirmed date for the next meetup.
Open community page - Berlin
Presales meetup Berlin
PreSales Collective and Coform · Berlin, Germany
Berlin is the most active German-speaking city I found. Both communities have hosted presales and solutions evenings there, including a leaders-only evening from Coform.
Open example meetup
Held in 2026.
These already took place. Most organizers repeat them every year, so they show you what to expect and where to look for the next edition.
- In person
Sol/Con 2026
PreSales Collective · Chicago, USA
The flagship presales conference, open to everyone from individual contributors to VPs. Three tracks with keynotes, panels and hands-on workshops on leadership, AI in presales and go-to-market.
Open event page - In person
DemoFest London 2026
Consensus · London, UK
A one-day conference with sessions on the changing role of the solution engineer and on turning presales into a growth driver.
Open event page - In person
DemoFest West Coast 2026
Consensus · West Coast, USA
A one-day conference with sessions on scaling presales teams and linking demo data to sales results.
Open event page - Online
A few practical questions.
What people usually want to know about presales events.
The two best known are Sol/Con, organized by the PreSales Collective community, and DemoFest, organized by the demo platform Consensus. Sol/Con is a conference for presales professionals at all levels, and DemoFest runs as regional one-day events and as an online edition.
I did not find a presales-only meetup in Cologne or Munich. In Munich, the Tech Sales Community is open to solution engineers, and in Paris the PreSales Collective has a community page and has hosted an afterwork. If you know of one, tell me and I will add it.
I check the organizers' pages and update this overview regularly. It was last checked on 10 November 2026. Dates and formats can change, so confirm them with the organizer before you book.
DemoFest London took place on 14 October 2026. At my last check I did not find a dedicated presales conference in Germany or the DACH region, so the closest options are the Coform and PreSales Collective meetups in Berlin and the online events.
Yes. DemoFest has an online edition, and DemoFest Virtual 2027 is planned for the first quarter of 2027. The PreSales Collective also runs webinars, roundtables and virtual summits throughout the year.
Missing an event?
Tell me on LinkedIn and I will add it. And if you are planning an SKO or a presales event and need a speaker, have a look at my sessions.