Which conference database tools have an MCP server?
For developers wiring conference data into an AI agent, two conference databases answer as public MCP servers: ConferenceDB, with 5 read-only tools and no sign-in, and Conference Grid, with 9 tools and a free account. Exhibition Big Data covers Chinese shows with a token. Of the six other vendors we probed on 10 November 2026, none answered as an MCP server.
How we checked: on 10 November 2026 we sent an MCP initialize request to /mcp, /api/mcp and /sse on each vendor's domain and read its llms.txt and home page for a mention, then read the documentation of anything that surfaced. ConferenceDB is ours, and its tools were run against the live server. The others are described from their own documentation.
Public MCP servers with conference data
| Server | Public | Sign-in | Tools | Covers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ConferenceDB (ours) | Yes | None | 5, read-only | Sponsors, exhibitors, published packages |
| Conference Grid | Yes | Free account, OAuth sign-in | 9, read-only | Conferences, speakers, sponsors, exhibitors, sessions |
| Exhibition Big Data (handaas) | Yes | A token from a handaas.com account | 6 | Chinese exhibitions and exhibitors, hosted at mcp.handaas.com; documented in Chinese |
Each vendor's own documentation, read 10 November 2026. ConferenceDB's endpoint answered initialize and tools/list that day. Conference Grid's answered 401 without sign-in, as its page describes.
Quick picks: what are you building?
- An agent that needs sponsors and prices with no account setup: ConferenceDB. Published package prices come back from
get_conference, and the sponsor finder is its own tool,find_sponsors_for_event. - An agent that needs speakers, sessions or open calls for speakers: Conference Grid. It has tools for those, and ConferenceDB does not.
- Exhibitions inside China: Exhibition Big Data, with a handaas.com account.
- Your own event's registrations: your event platform's server, such as Swoogo, since public databases do not hold that.
What a real call returns
Asked which companies sponsor cybersecurity conferences, an agent calls find_sponsors_for_event with the topic cybersecurity. This is the start of what the live server returned on 10 November 2026:
To connect it, add https://conferencedatabase.com/api/mcp as a Streamable HTTP server with no authentication. Client steps are on the MCP server page, and there are full walkthroughs for Claude and ChatGPT.
It cannot return a named person, an email or a phone number, write anything, or export a file. It answers from the same data as this site's conference and company pages.
Servers over your own event data
These read your account, and are not a directory of other events.
| What it reads | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| Swoogo | A customer's own live event data | Announced April 7, 2026 |
| GetBoothIQ | "trade show leads, meetings, and events", with your account connected | Listed on MCPBundles; tools shown only after connecting |
The linked announcement and listing, read 10 November 2026.
Vendors where we found no server
| What we found | Note | |
|---|---|---|
| ExhibitorsData | No MCP response at the paths tried; no mention in its llms.txt or home page | It documents a separate API at exhibitorsdata.com/apidoc |
| Expolista | No MCP response; no mention on its home page | |
| SponsorFlo | No MCP response; no mention in its llms.txt or home page | |
| dev.events | No MCP response; no mention in its llms.txt or home page | |
| SponsorPitch | Could not tell: every path tried answered 500 | No mention on its home page |
| 10times | Could not tell: our requests were refused | Its home page answered 403 to our reader |
Our requests to each domain on 10 November 2026. No response does not prove a vendor has no server; see the questions below.
Where ConferenceDB is not the pick
Speakers, sessions and calls for speakers are in Conference Grid and not here. ConferenceDB has no write tools and no account, so nothing is saved between calls. It also has no change feed, while Conference Grid's whats_new reports new records since a date.
Sources
- Conference Grid MCPserver address, OAuth sign-in, nine tools, 60 calls a minute, read 10 November 2026
- Exhibition Big Data on Glamasix tools, the token from handaas.com, read 10 November 2026
- Swoogo MCP announcementdated April 7, 2026; a customer's own event data, read 10 November 2026
- GetBoothIQ on MCPBundleswhat it reads and how to connect, read 10 November 2026
- ConferenceDB MCP servertools, address and client setup; run against the live endpoint
Questions
Which conference database has an MCP server?
ConferenceDB and Conference Grid both answer as public MCP servers. ConferenceDB needs no sign-in, and Conference Grid needs a free account. Exhibition Big Data covers Chinese exhibitions with a token (checked 10 November 2026).
What is the ConferenceDB MCP server address?
https://conferencedatabase.com/api/mcp, over Streamable HTTP with no authentication. The setup for each client is on the MCP server page. Open the MCP server page.
Can an AI assistant get sponsor contact details through MCP?
Not from ConferenceDB, which returns companies, websites and conferences only. Conference Grid's organizer_contact tool returns a link to the event's page and, by its own description, never exposes organizer email addresses.
Does no MCP response mean a vendor has no server?
No. It means nothing answered at /mcp, /api/mcp or /sse on the day we checked and the vendor's public pages did not mention one. A private or differently addressed server would not show up.
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