How to Scrape Conference Speakers and Exhibitors
Use ProfileSpider to turn public conference speaker, panelist, and exhibitor pages into a structured lead list. Open the event page in Chrome, extract visible speakers and exhibitors, save them to a list, and export to CSV, Excel, or JSON.
Goal
What This Workflow Is For
Turn public conference speaker and exhibitor pages into a clean, structured list you can save, enrich, and export.
Use this workflow when a conference, trade show, summit, or industry event publishes a public agenda, speaker page, panelist list, or exhibitor directory and you want that data in a spreadsheet.
Speaker and exhibitor pages are high-intent sources because they concentrate decision-makers, subject-matter experts, and companies actively investing in an industry. That makes them ideal for sales prospecting, partnership outreach, recruiting, and event follow-up.
This page is focused on the ProfileSpider workflow: open the speaker or exhibitor page in Chrome, extract the visible people and companies, save the rows to a list, optionally enrich missing details, and export the list as CSV, Excel, or JSON.
Prerequisites
Before You Start
Confirm the page and tooling match this workflow.
Before you start, make sure you have:
- ProfileSpider installed in Chrome and signed in
- A public conference speaker, panelist, or exhibitor page open in a normal Chrome tab
- Speaker cards, exhibitor listings, or rows visible on the page
- A rough idea of the columns you want, such as name, talk or booth, company, role, website, LinkedIn URL, and source URL
This workflow works best when the event page shows repeated speaker or exhibitor cards in live HTML. If the agenda is locked inside an event app or login, extraction may be limited.
Fit
Best For / Not Ideal For
Set expectations before you install or run an extract.
Best for
- Conference speaker and keynote pages
- Panelist, workshop, and session leader listings
- Trade show and expo exhibitor directories
- Summit and industry event agenda pages
- Sponsor and partner pages on event websites
- Awards finalist and nominee pages
Not ideal for
- Agendas locked inside an event app or login you cannot access
- PDFs, screenshots, or images of speaker or floor plans
- Pages that only show logos without names, companies, or links
- Pages where speakers only appear after complex in-page interactions
- Single-speaker bio pages with no repeated rows
Steps
Step-by-Step Workflow
- 1
Open the speaker or exhibitor page in Chrome
Go to the public conference speaker, panelist, agenda, or exhibitor page and wait until the listings are fully loaded and visible.
If speakers and exhibitors are on separate tabs or pages, plan to extract each one and save them to the same list.
- 2
Open ProfileSpider
Click the ProfileSpider extension icon. The extension will analyze the current page and prepare the extraction workflow.
- 3
Review the fields you want to capture
Common fields include speaker or exhibitor name, talk or booth, company or organization, role, website, LinkedIn URL, location, and source URL.
ProfileSpider structures the data visible on the page. Fields the event does not publish, such as direct emails, may remain empty.
- 4
Run the extraction
Start the extraction. ProfileSpider turns the repeated speaker or exhibitor cards into structured rows. A normal page scrape uses one credit.
- 5
Save speakers and exhibitors to a list
Save the extracted rows to a new or existing list. Use tags to separate speakers, panelists, sponsors, and exhibitors, and to record the event name and year.
For example, save rows to a list named “SaaSConf 2026 speakers” and tag rows as speaker, exhibitor, or sponsor.
- 6
Enrich and export the event list
Review the rows, remove anyone outside your target, and enrich missing details where useful. Export the saved list as CSV, Excel, or JSON for outreach, partnership research, or event follow-up.
Schema
What ProfileSpider Extracts
Default fields for this workflow. Add or remove columns before you extract.
- NameThe speaker, panelist, or exhibitor contact name shown on the page.
- Talk / BoothSession title, talk topic, or booth number when the page exposes it.
- Company / OrganizationThe company, employer, or exhibiting organization associated with the listing.
- RoleJob title, speaker role, or position when available.
- WebsiteThe company or speaker website linked from the event page, when available.
- LinkedIn URLA LinkedIn profile or company page URL if the event page links to one.
- LocationCity, country, or region when shown on the listing.
- Source URLThe URL of the speaker, agenda, or exhibitor page, useful for verification and deduplication.
Output
Example Output
What a downloaded file looks like. Real exports are saved as .csv, .xlsx, or .json.
| Name | Talk / Booth | Company | Role | Website | Type | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sofia Martin | Scaling SaaS Onboarding | ExampleTech | VP Product | exampletech.com | linkedin.com/in/sofiamartin | Speaker | saasconf.example/speakers |
| Daniel Weber | Booth B12 | Weber Cloud | Head of Marketing | webercloud.io | linkedin.com/in/danielweber | Exhibitor | saasconf.example/exhibitors |
| Nina Verhoeven | AI Panel | Example AI Lab | Founder & CEO | exampleailab.com | linkedin.com/in/ninaverhoeven | Panelist | saasconf.example/agenda |
Troubleshooting
Common Problems
Speakers and exhibitors are on different pages
Extract each page separately and save the rows to the same list. Use tags such as speaker, exhibitor, or sponsor to keep them organized.
The agenda uses tabs by day or track
Open each day or track tab, run the extraction, and save each batch to the same list so the full agenda is captured.
Listings show companies but not contacts
Save the company and booth rows first, then research or enrich to add a named contact. Use email finding where available once you have a person and company.
The same company exhibits and sponsors
Some companies appear in multiple sections. Review duplicates inside the saved list and keep the source URL column for verification.
The page uses infinite scroll or load-more
Scroll or click load-more until the speakers and exhibitors you need are visible, then run the extraction in batches into the same list.
Questions