GConferenceGridThe Conference Catalogue · Vol. 2025Folio № 033B2A
Of the Field

Adobe MAX 2025

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dobe MAX 2025 is a premier creativity conference bringing together creators, brands, and industry professionals for days of inspiration, learning, and networking. The event features keynotes from industry leaders, sneak peeks into the future of Adobe Creative Cloud, hands-on sessions, labs, photowalks, and certification testing. Attendees can connect with a…

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20Voices
16Underwriters
0Exhibitors
19On the bill · sessions
26Companies · in total
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The Voices

Programmed at Adobe, in alphabetical order.
AJ Barse
Podcaster, Photographer, Instructional Designer & Technologist · Analog Explorer
Allison Blais
VP of Strategy & Business Operations & Chief of Staff to President David Wadhwani · Adobe
Anna-Alexia Basile
Photographer, Photographer and Global Adobe Ambassador
Blake Baxter
Co-founder & CEO · IEL - Immersive Enterprise Laboratories
Brandon Baum
Content Creator & CEO · StudioB
Chris Ayers
Sr. Engineering Manager, Lightroom · Adobe
Chris Bartoldus
Sr. Designer, Brand Expression · Adobe
Christian Batungbacal
Associate Designer DPC Print Studio · Tapestry Inc.
Fabian Birgfeld
Global Managing Partner & Chief Design Officer · TCS Interactive, Tata Consultancy Services
Jack Appleby
Creator · Future Social
James Barnard
Logo & Visual Identity Designer · Barnard Co.
Jason Barron
Group Product Manager · Adobe
Karina Anglada
Strategic Development Manager · Adobe
Lara Balazs
Chief Marketing Officer & EVP, Global Marketing · Adobe
Nathan Araya
Customer Success Manager for Higher Education · Adobe
Pranjal Bhatnager
Director, Product Engineering · Adobe
Sabour Amirazodi
Tech Marketing / Creative Workflow Specialist · NVIDIA
Sean Biek
Firefly Services Solutions Consultant · Adobe
Serwah Attafuah
Multidisciplinary Artist and Musician · Wrath Studios
Tom Bancroft
Chief Executive Officer · Pencilish
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Underwritten By

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
AmazePlatinum
AMDDiamond
CDWDiamond
DeloitteDiamond
dentsuDiamond
FujifilmPlatinum
HPPlatinum
LinkedInDiamond
LogitechDiamond
MicrosoftPlatinum
MonotypePlatinum
MSIPlatinum
NVIDIAPlatinum
OmnicomDiamond
SamsungPlatinum
TCSDiamond
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The Programme

Selected from 19 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday, Oct 27, 8:30am–5pm

    Russell Brown@MAX

  • Monday, Oct 27, 9am–5pm

    Creative Cloud@MAX

  • Monday, Oct 27, 9am–5pm

    Preconference courses

  • Sunday, Oct 26, 1–5pm

    Creative Cloud@MAX

  • Sunday, Oct 26, 8am–5pm

    Russell Brown@MAX

  • Thursday, Oct 30, 8:15am–3:30pm

    Sessions and labs

  • Thursday, Oct 30, 8am–3:15pm

    Photowalks

  • Thursday, Oct 30, 9am–3pm

    Creative Park

  • Tuesday, Oct 28, 11am–8pm

    Creative Park

Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 26 companies show up — and 1 bet on three roles at once?

26 companies. one are betting more than once.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page — cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

01Fig. 01 — Composition of the House
1All threespeak · spons · exh
15Sponsoringsponsor only
0Exhibitingexhibitor only
10Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

NVIDIA

02Fig. 02 — The Voices, by Seniority

35% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite630%
  • Director / Head of15%
  • Manager / Lead315%
  • Product15%
  • Engineer · IC420%
  • Marketing / Brand210%
  • Other roles315%

Of 20 on the bill · classified by free-text title

03Fig. 03 — The Heaviest in the Room
  1. 01Adobe9V
  2. 02NVIDIASp·P1V
  3. 03AmazeSp·P
  4. 04AMDSp·D
  5. 05CDWSp·D
  6. 06DeloitteSp·D
  7. 07dentsuSp·D
  8. 08FujifilmSp·P
  9. 09HPSp·P
  10. 10LinkedInSp·D
  11. 11LogitechSp·D
  12. 12MicrosoftSp·P
  13. 13MonotypeSp·P
  14. 14MSISp·P
04Fig. 04 — By Tier
diamond8
50% of 16
platinum8
50% of 16
05Fig. 05 — The Missing · who's at peer events but not here

These companies sponsored two or more peer events recently, but aren't on this program. For an organizer, that's a list of warm prospects.

06Fig. 06 — Adjacent Convocations · by shared underwriters