Manychat, the company behind a lot of the “comment a keyword and get a link in your DMs” automations creators use on Instagram and TikTok, is throwing its own creator conference, and anyone can watch it for free. According to Net Influencer‘s Dragomir Stojkov, “Creatorworld by Manychat” is a free, one-day global livestream for creators, brands and industry partners, set for February 17, 2027.

What it is

The event will be broadcast from Los Angeles and run 12 interactive sessions. Stojkov reports that Manychat calls it a virtual conference where creators, brands and platforms can connect, swap ideas and build together. The agenda covers the systems and strategies behind creator businesses, live questions for industry leaders, and ways to turn audience engagement into revenue.

On the official Creatorworld page, Manychat says the stream starts at 9 a.m. Pacific Time, is filmed in English at its studio in Los Angeles, and is “100% virtual.” The page puts the expected crowd at 15,000 creators, marketers and industry pros. Registration opened November 9, 2026, and live captions will be offered in English, Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese.

If the name is new to you, the event isn’t. Manychat’s FAQ says Creatorworld comes from the same team behind its Instagram Summit, but zooms out to the wider industry around creators, bringing creators, brands and the platforms they use into one conversation.

Who’s on the lineup

The first confirmed speakers, per Net Influencer and the company’s press release distributed through EIN Presswire, include:

  • Mike Yan, Manychat’s CEO and co-founder
  • CatGPT
  • Jun Yuh, co-founder of Creator College
  • Natasha Willis, co-founder of School of Bots
  • Jaclyn Johnson and Marina Middleton of WorkParty and Create + Cultivate

A post from the Manychat team on its community forum adds a few details on what each will cover. CatGPT, billed as Instagram’s resident AI expert, will talk about where AI fits into your content. Yuh is described as having helped more than 7 million creators grow their views. Johnson and Middleton will handle the money side of building a business. The post also lists Preeya Goenka, beehiiv’s chief customer officer, on growing a newsletter, and says Yan will talk about what Manychat is building next.

Manychat says more speakers and special guests are on the way. Stojkov notes that past speakers have included Steven Bartlett, Hank Green, Trevor Noah, Vivian Tu, Seth Godin, and Colin and Samir.

More than talks

Besides the sessions, the program includes live Q&As with industry insiders, a live chat, and digital lounges for creator meetups, one-on-one guidance and networking, Net Influencer reports. If you can’t make the live date, the event page says replays will be available one week later, but only to people who registered.

There’s a product angle too. The press release says “a few Manychat announcements that are currently enjoying their privacy” will be revealed during the livestream. In other words, expect some new tool news on the day.

The release also lays out who the event is for: creators building their first audience, people running creator businesses, behind-the-scenes teams, brands, and anyone “trying to understand how the internet became a legitimate career path.” It even welcomes lurker accounts.

Why Manychat cares

Manychat describes itself as a global leader in conversational automation across social and messaging platforms. Per the press release, it has more than a million users in over 170 countries and powers billions of conversations on Instagram, TikTok, WhatsApp and Messenger. Its event page goes further, calling it the automation partner of more than 1.5 million creators and businesses. For many creators, those automated DMs are what turn comments into link clicks, subscribers and sales. A free conference keeps Manychat in front of the people whose businesses run on its tools.

The takeaway

Creator conferences usually mean plane tickets, hotel rooms and pricey passes. Creatorworld drops all of that. If you sell subscriptions, merch or brand deals and want to tighten up how you turn followers into paying fans, a free day of strategy sessions and Q&As is easy to justify. Mark February 17 and watch for the speaker additions and whatever Manychat has been keeping under wraps.

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