Extract speakers from any conference website
This automation scrapes speaker information—such as name, title, company, and bio—from a conference website and saves the organized data into a new Google Sheet. It is specifically designed to handle modern websites that load content dynamically as you scroll.
This powerful web scraping agent automates the tedious process of collecting speaker data from event websites. Here's how it works:
- Navigates to Your Site: The automation starts by loading the conference website URL you provide. It intelligently handles common interruptions like cookie banners or popups.
- Finds the Speaker Page: It automatically tries several strategies to find the main speakers page, such as clicking on links like "Speakers" or "View all speakers," or by trying common URL paths like
/speakers. - Scrolls for All Content: To defeat "infinite scroll" pages, the agent systematically scrolls down the page, pausing to let new speakers load. This ensures it captures the complete list, not just the ones visible at the top.
- Extracts Key Details: As it scrolls, it identifies and extracts detailed information for each speaker, including their name, job title, company, biography, photo, and session information.
- Creates and Populates a Spreadsheet: The automation then creates a brand-new Google Sheet, names it with the current date, and sets up columns for all the data. Finally, it populates the sheet with the clean, structured list of all the speakers it found.
Usage Ideas
- Generate targeted lead lists for your sales and marketing teams based on speakers at an industry conference.
- Scout for talent and identify potential candidates for job openings who are recognized experts in their field.
- Compile research on industry trends by analyzing the companies and roles represented at key events.
- Build a networking list to connect with influential people before, during, or after a conference.
- Find and vet potential speakers for your own webinar, podcast, or event.
Customization Ideas
This template is a great starting point, and you can easily customize it for your specific needs. You'll have the flexibility to:
- Change the Data Destination: Instead of saving to a new Google Sheet, you can have the results saved to a different service or appended to an existing spreadsheet.
- Customize the Scraped Information: You can modify the list of data points to extract. For example, you could add a speaker's social media profile links or remove their session information if you don't need it.
- Rename Output Columns: You can change the names of the columns in the final Google Sheet to match your preferred format.
- Adjust Filtering: You can decide whether to include or exclude speakers who are missing certain information, like a bio or job title, to ensure the data quality meets your standards.
- Set the Output File Name: You can specify a custom base name for the Google Sheet that the automation creates.