Invite Only Side Events at Cannes Lions 2026

Every invite only side events around Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity 2026, curated for AI and tech executives by Chief in AI.

• LWS Salon — Ladies Who Strategize, Private attic, central Cannes
• The Room: Welcome Reception — The Room, 17:00, Yacht Hana, Port de Cannes
• Experian Cannes Kickoff Happy Hour (feat. St. Lucia) — Experian, 18:00, Canopy Hilton Rooftop, 2 Bd Jean Hibert, Cannes
• On the Island @ La Guérite — Basis, 15:00, La Guérite
• The Honest Room — GXO Leadership & Studio, 18:30, Location TBC
• Welcome Drinks — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 17:00, Location TBC
• Coffee & Conversations (Monday) — Publicis, 09:00, Influential Beach
• Indeed Coaches Corner Breakfast — Indeed, 09:00, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• EA Sports Roundtable: Passive to Participant — EA Sports, 15:00, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• UK Advertising Welcome Drinks — Advertising Association, 17:00, TBA
• A Publicis Welcome to Cannes 2026 — Publicis, 18:00, Influential Beach
• Trailblazing Sports x Genius Sports Womens Event — Trailblazing Sports & Genius Sports, 16:30, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• Vantage: Meet Us At MediaLink Beach — Vantage, 09:00, UTA Beach
• Moloco Penthouse — Moloco, La Croisette penthouse
• Variety Supper on the Croisette — Variety, Canva & AWS, Canva Creative Cabana
• DoubleVerify on the DV Yacht ASYA — DoubleVerify, DV Yacht ASYA, Yacht Row
• DoubleVerify 80s Retro Rendezvous Yacht Party — DoubleVerify, DV Yacht ASYA, Yacht Row
• Teads VIP Welcome Party — Teads, 20:00, Teads space, Vieux-Port de Cannes
• Magnite on Yacht King Benji — Magnite, Yacht King Benji, IGY Marina
• An Evening with StackAdapt and OpenAI — StackAdapt & OpenAI, 18:00, M/Y Sedna yacht
• Innovid at the Mediaocean Yacht — Innovid & Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht, Yacht Row
• GET INSPIRED Yacht — FMC & FBRC.ai, 00:00, Yacht Row
• Viant at Cannes Lions 2026 — Viant, Viant activation
• From Shelf to Screen — Commerce Media Delivered — 614 Group, MJ Growth, 14:00, Basis Oasis 42 Boulevard de la Croisette, Floor 5
• The Impact of AI and Agentic on Marketing Roundtable — Maison NDA, 12:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• Pass It On: A Pass the Mic Luncheon at La Guérite — SiriusXM Media & AdsWizz, 12:00, La Guérite, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes
• Maritime Suite: Audience Data for Brands & Agencies — OnAudience, 10:00, Beneteau First 53
• LUMA Partners Cannes Reception — LUMA Partners, 19:00, Cannes (TBC)
• Good Business Hub at BOBO Bistro — Bloomberg Media, BOBO Bistro
• Cannes After Dark: Steve Stoute Birthday Celebration — Unik Ernest & Culturin, 22:00, 13 Rue Docteur Gerard Monod
• LUMA Blanc (La Grande Réception) — LUMA Partners, 19:00, Upon RSVP
• BBC Studios: The Media Odyssey Podcast — BBC Studios, 16:00, BBC Studios
• Xumo Private Dinner — Xumo, 20:00, Yacht Hana, Port de Cannes
• BBC Studios: Happy Hour — BBC Studios, 17:30, BBC Studios
• The Media Odyssey Podcast: Cannes Edition — BBC Studios, 16:00, BBC Studios HQ
• VIP Salon with BBC Studios & Evan Shapiro — BBC Studios & Evan Shapiro, 20:00, BBC Studios HQ
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: Creator as Authority — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes
• BBC Studios in Cannes: In the Conversation All Week.Cannes Lions 2026. — BBC Studios, 16:00, BBC Studios
• New York Times: Get Closer on the Croisette. — The New York Times, 10:00, Various
• Mediaocean @ Cannes Lions 2026 — Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht
• 88Percent in Cannes — 88%, 00:00, Culture Village
• Vogue Business Breakfast — Vogue Business & Sparks, Cannes (TBA)
• Mediaocean: An Evening with St. Lucia — Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht, Yacht Row
• CMO Insider Breakfast — Business Insider, 09:00, Sport Beach
• Context Doesn't Scale — Coactive AI, 19:30, The Carlton (Grand Salon)
• Japanese-inspired dinner — Happydemics, 19:30, Nakamoto
• Yacht Talks — iv.ai, 10:00, Jetee Albert Edouard
• Chief in AI — Popup Meetup — Chief in AI, La Croisette — Cannes
• Dinner at La Petite Maison — mediasense, 19:30, Palm Beach, Pl. Franklin Roosevelt, 06400 Cannes
• Private Meetings — The Room, 09:00, Yacht Hana
• The New Belle Époque Dinner — Smartly, 20:00, Smartly Penthouse
• The Marketing Society 2026 Cannes Kickoff — The Marketing Society, 18:00, LBB & Friends Beach
• Ad Net Zero: 'On Board with Sustainability': Female Leaders Brunch — Adnet Zero, 12:30, Ponton Débordoir | The Clipper Stad Amsterdam (Anchored off the coast of Cannes)
• The Trade Desk Roundtable: Premium Placement — The Trade Desk, 11:30, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• DEPT Secret Garden: Future Club Dinner — DEPT, 19:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• The Distinctiveness Gap — afriCANNES, 16:15, DEPT Secret Garden
• Basis: Stogies and Stories — Basis, 19:00, Basis Oasis, Floor 5
• Cannes After Dark: Candyland — Unik Ernest & Culturin, 22:00, 13 Rue Docteur Gerard Monod
• Digital Leading Ladies Lunch — Digital Leading Ladies, 12:00, Le Cercle des Marins, Port Pierre-Canto
• Rewriting the Script: Creators on Screen — BBC Studios & Billion Dollar Boy, 08:30, BBC Studios HQ
• A Seat at the Worlds Table — BBC Studios & Expedia, 18:30, BBC Studios HQ
• Mediaocean Backyacht BBQ — Mediaocean, 20:30, Mediaocean Yacht, Yacht Row
• Exclusive CMO Dinner — Bain & Company, 18:30, Location TBC
• Stogies and Stories — Basis, 17:00, Basis Oasis
• Basis & Givsly CMO Roundtable — Basis (with Givsly), 10:00, Basis Oasis
• Captify x Verve Dinner at Baoli — Captify, 20:00, Baoli Cannes
• Financial Times & People Like Us at Cannes Lions — Financial Times & People Like Us, 16:00, Nikkei FT Teahouse,
• Coffee & Conversations (Tuesday) — Publicis, 11:00, Influential Beach
• From Pitch Promise to Business Proof — Publicis, 09:00, Influential Beach
• An exclusive invitation from Pinterest — The only Cannes dinner featuring Rory Sutherland & Dr. Karen Nelson-Field — Pinterest, 18:30, Villa La Polonia, Cannes, 12 Av. Saissy, 06400
• Amazon Yacht Experience: From Scroll to Stream — Smartly, 11:00, Amazon Port
• Changemakers x Future Club | Secret Garden Dinner — The Marketing Society, 19:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• B2B Unfiltered: Smartly x LinkedIn Luncheon — Smartly, 13:00, Smartly Penthouse
• The French Immersion Dinner — Smartly, 19:00, Smartly Penthouse
• UK Advertising Global Reception — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 09:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Beyond Market Entry: Rethinking UK–Nigeria Creative Collaboration — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 10:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Media, Commerce and the New Definition of Value — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 14:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• WFA Sustainable Marketing Roundtable at DEPT Secret Garden — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers), 12:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• WFA x DEPT Panel: Beyond Artificial — The Real Work of Scaling AI — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers) (with DEPT), 08:30, DEPT Secret Garden
• WFA x IAB Roundtable: Retail Media — Raising the Bar — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers) (with IAB), 13:30, Location TBC
• WFA In-House Forum: The New Rules of In-House Creativity — Agents, Talent, and Impact — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers), 08:00, Brandtech Beach
• The Future of Media Owners Roundtable — Maison NDA, 11:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• The B2B Leaders Dinner — MSQ Partners, 19:30, Fervor, 5 Rue des Frères Casanova, 06400 Cannes
• The Future of Retail Media Roundtable — Maison NDA, 11:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• The Pink Party — Cognitiv, 17:00, E-Motion Yacht
• Behind the Badge: Why These Industry Events Slap — Ladies Who Strategize (LWS), 10:30, Upon RSVP
• BBC Studios: A Seat At The World's Table — BBC Studios, 18:30, BBC Studios
• BBC Studios: Rewriting the script: The Creator On Screen — BBC Studios, 08:30, BBC Studios
• BBC Studios: Trusted audio: How Podcast Became The New Frontier For Trusted News — BBC Studios, 15:00, BBC Studios
• How Agencies Win in the AI Era — AtomicAds, 09:00, Belle Plage Beach Club
• Guideline AI x AdTonos Sunset Cruise — Guideline AI x AdTonos, 18:00, AdTonos Yacht
• Camphouse x Brand Innovators Panel — Camphouse, 14:35, Armani Café - Brand Innovators
• Marketing Leaders Lunch — Passionfruit (Henry Hayes), 13:00, La Môme
• Sigma Software x Prebid Exclusive Dinner — Sigma Software & Prebid, 19:00, Restaurant UVA, 13 Boulevard de la République, Cannes
• Tesco Media Lunch — Tesco Media, 12:00, La Guerite
• Media Carpool Podcast — Camphouse, 09:00, Croisette
• 2026 Forbes Top Creators List Launch Celebration — Publicis, 17:00, Influential Beach
• Spotify Beach Night One feat. Raye & Central Cee — Spotify, Spotify Beach, Palais Stephanie Beach
• Salon in the Sun with Sky — The Marketing Society, 13:00, FreeWheel Beach
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: Technology, Trust, Future of Media — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes,
• Cognitiv Pink Performance Club — Cognitiv, 17:00, E-Motion Yacht, Jetée Albert Edouard Nord, Canne
• Set sail with Primetag — Primetag and NXT LVL, 18:30, Yacht on QUAI SAINT-PIERRE
• Private Dinner – Spotlight on a cause — The Room, 20:00, Yacht Hana
• The WIE Suite's Annual Dinner — The WIE Suite, 19:00, Hôtel Martinez
• The Salon Dinner (Creative Salon + MSQ) — MSQ Partners, 20:00, Fervor, 5 Rue des Frères Casanova, 06400 Cannes
• Spotify Beach Night Two feat. Mumford & Sons — Spotify, Spotify Beach, Palais Stephanie Beach
• Creative, Proven: Google Luncheon — Smartly, 12:30, Smartly Penthouse
• Building the UK–Saudi Arabia Creative Corridor — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 10:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Trust in the Age of AI and Influence — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 11:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Decisions at the Speed of Now: AI, Judgement, and the Modern Marketing Leader — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 13:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• The New Economics of Fandom — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 15:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Mirakl's Beau Parfum et Déjeuner (with The Drum) — Mirakl Ads, 11:30, Restaurant Cannelle, Cannes
• Sigma Software x Seedtag An afternoon at La Guérite — Sigma Software & Seedtag, 14:00, La Guérite
• The Indie Agency Sector Roundtable — Maison NDA, 13:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• The Salon Dinner at Le Club MSQ — What's Next for Brands and Agencies? — MSQ, 20:00, Le Club MSQ
• Displayce Happy Hour — Displayce, JCDecaux & VIOOH, 17:30, Yacht Nela, Jetée Albert Edouard, Cannes
• Masterclass: NextGen of pDOOH — Displayce, JCDecaux & VIOOH, 16:30, Yacht Nela, Jetée Albert Edouard, Cannes
• Brand Hall of Fame Breakfast — The Gathering and Common Interest, 10:00, Common Interest villa, 23 Av. Florida
• OUTFRONT Private Cocktail — OUTFRONT, 20:00, Yacht Hana, Port de Cannes
• Lunch at Salama — mediasense, 12:30, 10 Rue Florian, 06400 Cannes
• BBC Studios Bluey BBQ — BBC Studios, 19:30, BBC Studios HQ
• Powering the Future of Fandom — BBC Studios & IBM, 09:30, BBC Studios HQ
• Club OPUS Founder Wellness Morning — Club OPUS, Club OPUS villa, Super-Cannes
• Cannes After Dark: Amapiano Afrobeats Riviera Experience — Unik Ernest & Culturin, 22:00, 13 Rue Docteur Gerard Monod
• Vantage X Women In Retail Media Collective The Collective Morning Escape — Vantage, 07:45, IGY Vieux-Port de Cannes
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: The Power of News — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes
• Coffee & Conversations (Wednesday) — Publicis, 09:00, Influential Beach
• Entertainment & influence: the new era of storytelling — Walmart Connect, Publicis Groupe, 12:30, Influential Beach
• Get Real! DOOH Masterclass & Sunset Aperitivo — Displayce, JCDecaux & VIOOH, 16:30, Yacht Nela, Cannes Port
• Intimate Dinner: Spent — The Wind Down — Fluent, 18:00, EMORA
• BBC Studios: Brands & Culture Panel: 'Inside Modern Fandom' — BBC Studios, 11:45, BBC Studios
• BBC Studios: Powering The Future Of Fandom — BBC Studios, 09:30, BBC Studios
• Marketing Week: Sail Away — Marketing Brew, 14:00, Location TBC
• Evening Concert — Publicis, 22:00, Influential Beach
• Influential Sports x Fanatics Advertising Happy Hour — Publicis, 17:00, Influential Beach
• Ad Age Gen Zers to Watch Breakfast — Ad Age, The List Lounge
• Campaign Intelligence: Rethinking Video Strategy for Brand Growth — Kantar x Amazon Ads, 14:00, Kantar Content Studio
• The Social Supper Club — Caliber, 19:30, Il Grande Cannes
• Uncertainty is Rising - will CMOs & CCOs finally align. Private Dinner Event. — Zeno Group & Earned First, 19:30, Fred L'Ecailler
• Julie Thompson's 19th Annual VIP Cannes Dinner Club & Le Discotheque — Julie Thompson, 18:30, La Paillote de Gaston Gastounette
• OPUS Founderverse Closing Party — Club OPUS, Private villa, Super-Cannes
• Teads & Beet.TV Cocktail Party — Teads & Beet.TV, 20:00, Teads space, Vieux-Port de Cannes
• Retail Media Breakfast Club — Live in Cannes — Mirakl Ads, 08:00, Hotel Martinez
• Sport Beach VIP Wrap Party — Stagwell, 15:00, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• Soirée at Sea — The Room, 10:00, Mediterranean speedboat caravan & beach club
• Where Is the Next Era of Global Industry Growth Coming From? — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 10:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• The Creator Economy Has Grown Up. Has the Industry? — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 12:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• How Creative Businesses Are Scaling Across the Middle East — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 14:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• DEPT® Secret Garden: EPICA x Adforum – Cocktail hour (invite only) — DEPT, 13:00, DEPT Secret Garden