AI & Machine Learning at Cannes Lions 2026

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

• Cannes Lions: A Quilt.AI Open House — Quilt AI, 13:00, Quilt.AI House
• Guideline.AI Welcome Reception — Guideline AI, 17:00, Guideline.AI House
• Welcome Reception: Setting the Stage — Fluent, 16:00, Carline
• Lessons, Wins and What's Next for AI — Brand Innovators, 14:30, Armani Caffè
• LBB & Friends Beach at Cannes Lions 2026 — Lbbonline, 09:00, La Plage Croisette
• Canva Creative Cabana at Cannes Lions 2026 — Canva, 09:00, Vega La Plage
• Deloitte Digital Executive Loft at Journal House — Deloittedigital, 09:00, Journal House
• Deloitte Digital Apartment at Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity — Deloittedigital, 09:00, Deloitte Digital Apartment
• VaynerX Chez Vayner Café — Vaynerx, 09:00, Chez Vayner Cafe
• RTL Beach at Cannes Lions 2026 — Rtlbeach, 09:00, La Môme Plage
• Meta Beach @ Cannes Lions 2026 — Meta Beach, 09:00, Plage Barrière Le Majestic Canne
• Making Things That Make Things: A Playbook for the Intelligence Age — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 11:45, Rotonde Stage, The Palais
• PMG AI & Tech Sandbox — PMG, AI & Tech Sandbox, Miramar Beach
• Bain & Company at Cannes Lions 2026 — Bain, 09:00, The Mondrian Hotel
• Viant: Why CTV Investment Deserves Better Than Reach and Frequency & Why Attention Is the New Currency of Advertising Intelligence — Viant, Beet.TV, 13:00, Le Majestic Hotel
• Exclusive Cocktail Hour — Rezolve Ai, 16:00, Port Pierre Canto
• Argentina vs Austria Watch Party — Nielsen x MediaLink, 18:30, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• The New Attention Playbook — Nielsen x Axios, 14:00, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• Nielsen at Cannes — Nielsen, 00:00, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• Media Planning Leaders Lunch — Guideline AI, 12:00, Guideline.AI House
• Guideline Studio · Podcast Booking at Cannes — Guideline AI, 09:00, Guideline.AI House
• BlueOcean AI Seat on the Beach — BlueOcean AI, 00:00, Plage Rado
• The Impact of AI and Agentic on Marketing Roundtable — Maison NDA, 12:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• Smarter Creativity, Stronger AI (in partnership with WARC) — TikTok, 12:30, Carlton Cannes, a Regent Hotel, 58 Bd de la Croisette, Cannes
• Liz Demo – Meet Seedtag's AI Agent — Seedtag, 09:00, La Perle, Cannes
• AI & Technology Sandbox Powered by PMG — PMG, Miramar Beach
• Samba Media Intelligence Lounge — Samba TV, Samba Media Intelligence Lounge
• Leveraging AI and Innovation to Drive Growth — Brand Innovators, 13:00, Armani Caffè
• The AI-First Marketing Organization — Brand Innovators, 16:00, Armani Caffè
• Creative Control: Premium AI Meets the Big Screen — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 13:15, Debussy Theatre, The Palais
• How to ACTUALLY Build Brand Assets Using AI — Canva, 12:00, Canva Creative Cabana
• Context Doesn't Scale — Coactive AI, 19:30, The Carlton (Grand Salon)
• The Infrastructure of Imagination: Rethinking Creativity in the AI Era — The Female Quotient, 11:00, FQ Beach @ Hôtel Martinez Beachfront
• LBB Presents: Can You Build a Future-Fit Business in the AI Era? — Little Black Book (LBB), 11:30, LBB & Friends Beach
• LBB Presents: The CMO Growth Compass: Navigating Conflict, AI, and the New Global Consumer — Little Black Book (LBB), 10:30, LBB & Friends Beach
• Panel: Who Controls Discovery in the Age of AI and What Does This Mean for Brands and Publishers? — Press Gazette, 15:10, Equativ Yacht
• Keynote: AI Eats the World — PMG, 15:00, Miramar Beach
• Panel: How AI Comes to Life for Leading Brands — PMG, 11:00, Miramar Beach
• Neurodiversity & Technology: How Innovation and AI Tools Empower Neurodiverse Talent — Seedtag, 16:00, La Perle, Cannes
• Marketing, Rebuilt: Talent, Data, and the New Systems for the Age of AI — Smartly, 15:00, Smartly Penthouse
• AI & Data Leadership Fireside — The Trade Desk, 15:30, OpenHouse @ Cabana Row
• Adform Cannes 2026 — Adform, 09:00, Venue Confirmed on RSVP
• LiveRamp at Cannes Lions 2026 — Liveramp, 09:00, Gray d'Albion
• Semrush Villa: Cannes Lions 2026 — Semrush Villa, 09:00, Venue Confirmed on RSVP
• Yahoo Explorers Society — Yahoo, La Plage du Martinez
• Careers Reimagined: AI and the New Rules of Creative Work — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 17:30, Campus Stage, The Rotonde
• Adform @ Cannes Lions 2026 — Adform, 09:00, Venue Confirmed on RSVP
• Making Things That Make Things — R/GA, 11:45, Rotonde Stage
• Carlton Rooftop Panels — Adobe & LinkedIn, The Carlton
• Moloco Penthouse — Moloco, La Croisette penthouse
• From Creator to CEO — Adobe, 16:30, Creators Stage
• Basis at Cannes Lions 2026 — Basis, 09:00, Basis Oasis
• Digiday Brand Leaders Dinner — Digiday, 19:00, Le Cirque
• Cognitiv at Cannes Lions 2026 (Performance Parlor) — Cognitiv, 09:00, Cognitiv Yacht E-Motion, Jetée Albert Edouard Nord
• Teads x Axel Springer: The Age of AI Is the Age of the Publisher — Teads & Axel Springer, 15:00, Teads space, Vieux-Port de Cannes
• NielsenIQ at Cabana 1 — NielsenIQ, 09:00, Cabana 1, Cabana Row
• StackAdapt at Cannes — StackAdapt, Private venue overlooking the Croisette
• See It Be It 2026 Programme — LIONS, Palais des Festivals
• Seedtag at Cannes Lions 2026 — Seedtag, 09:00, La Perle
• Kantar: Turbo-charging marketing performance with AI-driven campaign intelligence — Kantar, 12:00, The Kantar Content Studio
• From AI to AX: Turning Fan Moments Into Elevated Experiences — ADWEEK, 15:05, ADWEEK House
• Psychology of a shopper and the rise of agentic commerce — Amazon Ads, 14:00, Amazon Port
• DEPT® Secret Garden — Deptagency, 10:00, DEPT® Secret Garden
• Advertising in the Age of AI — OpenAI, 11:15, Debussy Theatre
• The Anatomy of an Icon — Estée Lauder & Meta, 13:45, Rotonde Stage
• Robots Can't Build Brands — P&G, 14:30, Lumière Theatre
• Blueprint for Brand Growth Awards 2026 — Kantar & Microsoft, 18:00, Microsoft Gardens
• FreeWheel: Full Velocity — Winning at the Pace of AI — FreeWheel & McKinsey, 10:15, FreeWheel Beach, Plage Goeland
• DEPT Secret Garden: Beyond Artificial Breakfast — DEPT & WFA, 08:30, DEPT Secret Garden
• How to Survive the AI Revolution — Wildflowers of London & TWIPN, 16:30, Verve Cafe
• Performance by Design: AI, Platforms and Human Expertise — ADWEEK, 09:30, ADWEEK House
• Minds and machines: The next creative frontier — Amazon Ads, 14:00, Amazon Port
• The New Age of AI: A Beet.TV Leadership Summit — Beet.TV, 15:00, Salon Dinard, Hotel Barrière Le Majestic
• The Taste Gap: What AI Can’t Brief Itself On — BIMA, 09:30, Hotel Le Suquet Cannes
• The Rebirth of Analogue in the Age of AI — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 12:15, The Forum, The Rotonde
• The Future is Personal: How AI, Creativity & Data Are Reshaping Customer Connection — Canva, 15:00, Canva Creative Cabana
• This Show Writes Itself: A Variety Show of AI Experiments and Literal Magic — Canva, 20:00, Canva Creative Cabana
• From Survey to Sales: Insights in the Agentic Era — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 14:35, Hotel Barrière Le Majestic
• DEPT® Secret Garden: The new rules of scaling brands with AI — DEPT, 14:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• Machine-Readable. Human-Referenceable. The Future of Algorithmic Brand Fame — Dentsu, 11:00, Dentsu Beach House
• The Future of Agentic Workflows: The Next Era of Partnerships — Dentsu, 14:00, Dentsu Beach House
• Panel Discussion: The AI Advertising Era Changes the Game — Are You Ready? — DV (Double Verify), 13:00, DV Yacht
• Artificial Intelligence x Humanity: The New Standard for Experience — The Female Quotient, 12:30, FQ Beach @ Hôtel Martinez Beachfront
• Leading the Agentic Shift: Why the Future of AI is Human-Centric — The Female Quotient, 13:00, FQ Beach @ Hôtel Martinez Beachfront
• Co-Creating the Future: Agentic AI at Work — The Female Quotient, Deloitte Digital, 10:30, FQ Beach @ Hôtel Martinez Beachfront
• Fireside Chat: Sparking Creativity — How AI is Redefining the Rules of Imagination — PMG, 11:00, Miramar Beach
• Keynote: Future of Marketing & Business Transformation in the Era of AI — PMG, 10:00, Miramar Beach
• The Enterprise Connector: Breaking Silos with AI — Salesforce, 09:00, Salesforce Beach
• Spark AI Benchmarking Audit — Tuesday Sessions — Spark AI, 11:00, BIMA House (Hotel Le Cavendish)
• 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 Meta Panel: Trust and Transparency in AI — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers) (with Meta), 13:45, Hotel Barrière Le Majestic
• How to make your brand LLM visible — Campaign House, 12:30, Campaign House
• Marketing to machine: The new reality of a collapsed funnel — Campaign House, 11:00, Campaign House
• Guideline AI x AdTonos Sunset Cruise — Guideline AI x AdTonos, 18:00, AdTonos Yacht
• How Agencies Win in the AI Era — AtomicAds, 09:00, Belle Plage Beach Club
• The Haven by Human: Made by Machines. Meant for Humans: Winning Trust in the Cre(ai)tive Economy — 614 Group, 11:30, 2 Rue des Serbes
• The Haven by Human: The Internet Is No Longer Human: AI Agents, Bot Traffic, and the New Economics of Media — 614 Group, 13:30, 2 Rue des Serbes
• FIFA World Cup 2026™ Watch Party: Portugal vs Uzbekistan — Nielsen, 18:30, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• The Power Play: Women's Sports, Influence & The New Rules of Brand Growth — Nielsen, 13:00, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• NIelsen x FOX: Turning Passion into Performace — NIelsen x FOX, 11:30, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• Microsoft x Rezolve Ai - Cocktail Hour. — Rezolve Ai, 17:00, Port Pierre Canto
• Sigma Software x DanAds AI Mixer — Sigma Software & Danads, 17:00, Le Rooftop, 67 Blvd. de la Croisette, Cannes, France
• Agentic Advertising: Media buying impact — Pubx, 12:30, Belle Plage Beach Club
• BIMA House at Cannes Lions 2026 — BIMA House, 09:30, Hotel Le Suquet, Cannes
• How brands and agencies can get back their AI investment — Campaignatcannes, 09:00, Campaign House, Cannes
• Campaign House: Get Back Your AI Investment — Campaignatcannes, 09:00, Campaign House, Hilton Canopy, Cannes
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: Technology, Trust, Future of Media — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes,
• Digiday Panel & Cocktail Reception — Digiday, 15:00, 15 Rue Louis Blanc, Cannes
• Creative Intelligence in motion — Kantar, 17:00, The Kantar Content Studio
• Powering the Future of Fandom — BBC Studios & IBM, 09:30, BBC Studios HQ
• Decisions at the Speed of Now: AI, Judgement, and the Modern Marketing Leader — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 13:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Trust in the Age of AI and Influence — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 11:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Made in Germany 3.0: AI meets creative reality — Kantar, 14:30, The Kantar Content Studio
• Invyted: Cocktails & Conversations — Invyted, 17:00, Rezolve Ai Hub, Cannes
• Marketing Brew: The Power of News in the AI Era with Kelsey Sutton — Marketing Brew, 11:00, The Bridge by Teads
• Nielsen x Gold House: The Creator is the Channel: In Conversation with Valkyrae — Nielsen, 15:00, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• Panel: AI Fact vs. Fiction — A Marketer's Guide to What's Real, What's Hype, & What Actually Drives Value — PMG, 11:00, Miramar Beach
• Tearing up the T-Shape: Marketing Leadership for the Agentic Age — Salesforce, 13:15, Salesforce Beach
• WOMEN IN AI: Designing a Safer, Smarter Future — WOMEN IN AI, 10:30, TBA
• The Changing Customer & the Rise of AI — Nectar360, 10:40, LIONS Advisory Brand Beach
• AI That Moves the Market: The Future of Retail Media Intelligence — Nectar360, 11:00, LIONS Advisory Brand Beach
• FT Session at Cannes Lions | Fireside Chat: Is AI Killing Creativity? — Financial Times, 15:10, Nikkei FT Teahouse,
• DEPT® Secret Garden: How AI is helping people keep their loved ones safe from gun violence — DEPT, 16:30, DEPT Secret Garden
• Winning the AI Discovery Era: Marketing To Minds and Machines — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 11:30, LinkedIn Rooftop, Carlton Cannes
• Keeping It Human: Influencer Marketing in the Age of AI — Brands and Culture, 14:45, Brands & Culture Villa
• Inside the Workflow: How Marketers Are Using AI to Build Culture-Led Brands — Brands and Culture, 16:00, Brands & Culture Villa
• The Human Layer of Innovation: AI, Platforms, and What Still Requires Us — SIGNAL, 12:45, Hotel Le Suquet, Cannes
• How Agentic AI can Elevate Premium CTV (with Google Ad Manager) — Beet.TV, 11:00, Salon Dinard, Hotel Barrière Le Majestic
• Becoming the AI Native CMO - An Executive Evening with Luma AI and Bain & Company — Bain & Company, Luma AI, 16:30, Bain Speakeasy at the Mondrian Hotel
• Humans, Machines & Marketing: Talent Study 2026 — mediasense, 15:00, RTL Beach, Cannes
• Leadership Voices Live: The AI Trust Gap — ADWEEK, 09:15, ADWEEK House
• Building a Customer-First, AI-Native Company: NatWest x AWS — Bain & Company, 17:00, Bain Speakeasy at the Mondrian Hotel
• Guideline.AI House Cocktail Reception — Guideline AI, 20:00, Guideline.AI House
• From Signals to Systems: Building AI Media Decisioning with WPP Media — The Trade Desk, 11:30, OpenHouse @ Cabana Row
• Spark AI Benchmarking Audit — Wednesday Sessions — Spark AI, 11:00, BIMA House (Hotel Le Cavendish)
• Keynote & Panel: Brand Building for Humans & AI — PMG, 13:00, Miramar Beach
• Fireside Chat: The State of Community — Trust, Identity, & Influence in the AI Era — PMG, 10:00, Miramar Beach
• AirOps Happy Hour feat. Anthropic & Clay — AirOps, Anthropic & Clay, 16:00, Sea View Private Beach
• The Future of Creativity with Demis Hassabis — Google DeepMind, 14:30, Lumière Theatre
• Brands&Culture: Fandoms, Communities & Niches — Brandsnculture, 12:30, Venue Confirmed on RSVP
• Guideline.AI Ad Intelligence Morning Brunch — Guideline AI, 10:00, Guideline.AI House
• Panel Presented By TogetherWith: What Brands Can Learn from the Rise of Latin Culture — Little Black Book (LBB), 12:30, LBB & Friends Beach
• Spark AI Benchmarking Audit — Thursday Sessions — Spark AI, 11:00, BIMA House (Hotel Le Cavendish)
• Creativity, AI & Radical Accountability — Brought to you by WACL — WACL (Powered by Propeller), 11:45, WACL Empower Café
• DEPT® Secret Garden: You bought the AI. Where’s the growth? — DEPT, 10:30, DEPT Secret Garden
• DEPT® Secret Garden: The human multiplier: why leadership is the real AI advantage — DEPT, 14:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• Morning Talk : Creator Economy - Quel avenir pour la relation entre maques et créateurs ? — J'ai un pote dans la com & LinkedIn, 08:30, RTL Beach
• The Creator Signal: How AI Systems Interpret Influence in Commerce — Nielsen x IAB, 11:30, Hotel Martinez - Nielsen Media Intelligence Hub
• AI in Ad Production — Seed Studio AI, 11:00, 6 Av. Fiesole
• Marketing to Humans and Machines: Brand Discovery in the Agentic AI Era — ADWEEK, 17:00, ADWEEK House
• DEPT® Secret Garden: Marketing for machines: how B2A is rewriting the CMO playbook — DEPT, 15:00, DEPT Secret Garden
• PMG Global Hackathon & End of Cannes Soirée — PMG, AI & Tech Sandbox, Miramar Beach
• Rich Silverstein Blends AI and Storytelling — Goodby Silverstein & Partners, 15:30, Debussy Theatre
• Made to Matter: How The Best Brands Create and Connect in an AI world — Canva, 13:00, Canva Creative Cabana
• Cultural OS: New brand intelligence for winning with creators & fans — Kantar, 09:30, The Kantar Content Studio
• CMO Circle: AI-First Marketing (Microsoft x Adobe) — VaynerX, 16:00, Chez Vayner, 2 Pl. du Général de Gaulle, Cannes
• Rich Silverstein Blends AI and Storytelling Into a Broadway Musical — Cannes Lions Official Programming, 15:30, Debussy Theatre, The Palais
• The Power of AI-Driven Media Strategies — Brand Innovators, 11:30, Rado Plage Beach
• The Human Advantage: Creativity in the Age of AI — The Female Quotient, 09:30, FQ Beach @ Hôtel Martinez Beachfront
• Campaign Intelligence: Rethinking Video Strategy for Brand Growth — Kantar x Amazon Ads, 14:00, Kantar Content Studio