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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026

Name: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026
Start: 2026-06-22
End: 2026-06-26
Location: Palais des Festivals et des Congrès

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

31Sessions

226Companies · in total

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

Agenda

Selected from 31 sessions.

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
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
Creative Impact
Monday 22nd June, 10:30
CMOs in the Spotlight: Klarna, Snap, Airwallex
Creative Impact
Monday 22nd June 11:00
How to: Deploy the Most Expensive Influencer You’ll Ever Hire
Creative Impact
Monday 22nd June 11:00
Science + Magic: Where Data Meets Creativity
The Creativity Toolbox
Monday 22nd June 11:10
NEW VOICES: Spotlighting the Next Generation of Creative Leaders - Sabrina Carpenter and Why Marketers Should Care
Talent & Culture

Company intelligence

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

67Speakingspeaker only

In all three roles

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 speakers · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies

#	Company	Roles	Speakers
1	dentsu	Sponsor	2
2	AB InBev	Sponsor	1
3	Contagious	Sponsor	1
4	Magnific	Sponsor	1
5	Pinterest	Sponsor	1
6	Snap Inc	Sponsor	1
7	WARC	Sponsor	1
8	3C Ventures	Sponsor	-
9	Accenture	Sponsor	-
10	ACT Responsible	Sponsor	-
11	Adlatina	Sponsor	-
12	Adobe	Sponsor	-
13	ADWEEK	Sponsor	-
14	Aleph	Sponsor	-

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.

IBM×126 peers
Alibaba×72 peers
Facebook×71 peers
HubSpot×70 peers
Taboola×70 peers
YouTube×69 peers
Snapchat×68 peers
Outbrain×65 peers
AWS×55 peers
Oracle×40 peers
Google Cloud×39 peers
EY×37 peers

Related events · by shared sponsors

Conference	Date	City	Shared sponsors
NRF Big Show 2027	January 10, 2027	New York	14
Adobe Summit 2027	March 22, 2027	Las Vegas	10
Adobe MAX 2026	November 10, 2026	Miami Beach	9
TOKEN2049 Singapore 2027	October 6, 2027	Singapore	8
Web Summit 2026	November 9, 2026	Lisbon	7
MWC27 Barcelona	March 1, 2027	Barcelona	7

Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026

Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations – Live Judging in Action

Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations – Live Judging in Action

FESTIVAL OPENING SEMINAR: Creative Marketer of the Year

AB InBev: Creative Marketer of the Year

CMOs in the Spotlight: Klarna, Snap

CMOs in the Spotlight: Klarna, Snap, Airwallex

How to: Deploy the Most Expensive Influencer You’ll Ever Hire

Science + Magic: Where Data Meets Creativity

NEW VOICES: Spotlighting the Next Generation of Creative Leaders - Sabrina Carpenter and Why Marketers Should Care

226 companies. seven are betting more than once.