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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is the world’s leading event for the creative marketing communications industry. It celebrates creativity, effectiveness, and innovation in the global advertising, marketing and communication industries, bringing together professionals from around the world. The festival features awards, talks by industry…

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79Speakers
159Sponsors
59On the bill · sessions
226Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Cannes, in alphabetical order.
Aaron Starkman
Global Chief Creative Officer · Rethink
Aarti Holla-Maini
Director · United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA)
Adam Biddle
CEO · GH05T
Adam Bullock
Co-Founder · The Multiple Agency
Adam Ferrier
Founder, Consumer Psychologist · Thinkerbell
Adams Fan
CEO · F5 Shanghai
Aditya Kishore
Insight Director · WARC
Alberto Pitta
Founder and Creative Director · Cortejo Afro Bahia Carnival
Alex Cuevas
Head of People · BBH USA
Amiyra Perkins
Cultural Foresight · Pinterest
Amy Daroukakis
Global Cultural Strategist · Culture Connectors
Annie Smith
Director · LIONS Advisory
Annik Salmon
Carnival Designer and Costume Designer · Arranco de Engenho de Dentro (Rio de Janeiro Carnival)
Billy Bohan Chinique
VP, Marketing & Digital Innovation · Virgin Voyages
Byron Sharp
Professor of Marketing Science and Director · The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute
Chaka Sobhani
Global Chief Creative Officer · TBWA\Worldwide
Cindy Rose
CEO · WPP
Dana Katz
Heineken® Integrated Communication Director · The HEINEKEN Company
David Kolbusz
Chief creative officer · Orchard Creative
David Sandström
CMO · Klarna
David Tiltman
SVP, Chief Content Officer · LIONS Intelligence
Demis Hassabis
Co-Founder and CEO · Google DeepMind
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Sponsors

The houses behind the program. Tiers as disclosed.
3C Ventures
AB InBev
Accenture
ACT Responsible
Adlatina
Adobe
Adweek
Aleph
Amazon
Anthropic
AOI Pro.
Atmosphere
Attain
Axios Media
BEET.TV
Billion Dollar Boy
BizBash
Black Cat White Cat Music
Bloomberg Media
Brand Innovators
Braze
Campaign
Canva
CC:DC
Cheil Worldwide
CivicScience
COGNITIV
Contagious
Creative Arts Agency | CAA
CRITEO
Databricks
Deep Blue Sports + Entertainment
Deloitte
Dentsu
DEPT®
Diageo
DoorDash
DoubleVerify
Edelman
Electronic Arts
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Agenda

Selected from 59 sessions on the bill.
  • Monday 22nd June 09:00

    Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations – Live Judging in Action

    Awards & Winners
  • Monday 22nd June 09:00

    Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations – Live Judging in Action

    Awards & Winners
  • Monday 22nd June, 09:00 (All Day Event)

    Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations – Live Judging in Action

  • Monday 22nd June 10:00

    AB InBev: Creative Marketer of the Year

    Creative Impact
  • Monday 22nd June 10:00

    AB InBev: Creative Marketer of the Year

    Creative Impact
  • Monday 22nd June 10:00

    FESTIVAL OPENING SEMINAR: Creative Marketer of the Year

    Creative Impact
  • Monday 22nd June, 10:00

    AB InBev: Creative Marketer of the Year

    Creative Impact
  • Monday 22nd June 10:30

    CMOs in the Spotlight: Klarna, Snap, Airwallex

    Creative Impact
  • Monday 22nd June 10:30

    CMOs in the Spotlight: Klarna, Snap

    Creative Impact
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

What does it mean when 226 companies show up — and 7 bet on three roles at once?

226 companies. seven 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.

Who's in the room
7All threespeak · spons · exh
152Sponsoringsponsor only
67Companies Speakingspeaker only

The Triple-Threat

dentsu·AB InBev·Contagious·Magnific·Pinterest·Snap Inc.·WARC

Speakers by seniority

82% of the speakers carry senior titles — C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite3747%
  • Founder / Owner1215%
  • VP-level45%
  • Director / Head of1215%
  • Engineer · IC11%
  • Other roles1316%

Of 79 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01dentsuSp2V
  2. 02AB InBevSp1V
  3. 03ContagiousSp1V
  4. 04MagnificSp1V
  5. 05PinterestSp1V
  6. 06Snap Inc.Sp1V
  7. 07WARCSp1V
  8. 083C VenturesSp
  9. 09AccentureSp
  10. 10ACT ResponsibleSp
  11. 11AdlatinaSp
  12. 12AdobeSp
  13. 13AdweekSp
  14. 14AlephSp
Sponsors by tier
unspecified159
100% of 159
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.

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