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.

Side events

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