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 Honest Room — GXO Leadership & Studio, 18:30, Location TBC
• 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
• Pass It On: A Pass the Mic Luncheon at La Guérite — SiriusXM Media & AdsWizz, 12:00, La Guérite, Île Sainte-Marguerite, Cannes
• LUMA Partners Cannes Reception — LUMA Partners, 19:00, Cannes (TBC)
• A Publicis Welcome to Cannes 2026 — Publicis, 18:00, Influential Beach
• Cannes After Dark: Steve Stoute Birthday Celebration — Unik Ernest & Culturin, 22:00, 13 Rue Docteur Gerard Monod
• Moloco Penthouse — Moloco, La Croisette penthouse
• Viant at Cannes Lions 2026 — Viant, Viant activation
• Xumo Private Dinner — Xumo, 20:00, Yacht Hana, Port de Cannes
• The Media Odyssey Podcast: Cannes Edition — BBC Studios, 16:00, BBC Studios HQ
• An Evening with StackAdapt and OpenAI — StackAdapt & OpenAI, 18:00, M/Y Sedna yacht
• VIP Salon with BBC Studios & Evan Shapiro — BBC Studios & Evan Shapiro, 20:00, BBC Studios HQ
• Good Business Hub at BOBO Bistro — Bloomberg Media, BOBO Bistro
• Magnite on Yacht King Benji — Magnite, Yacht King Benji, IGY Marina
• Chief in AI — Popup Meetup — Chief in AI, La Croisette — Cannes
• Indeed Coaches Corner Breakfast — Indeed, 09:00, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• Vogue Business Breakfast — Vogue Business & Sparks, Cannes (TBA)
• EA Sports Roundtable: Passive to Participant — EA Sports, 15:00, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• Mediaocean @ Cannes Lions 2026 — Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht
• Innovid at the Mediaocean Yacht — Innovid & Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht, Yacht Row
• Trailblazing Sports x Genius Sports Womens Event — Trailblazing Sports & Genius Sports, 16:30, Sport Beach, La Plage du Festival
• Japanese-inspired dinner — Happydemics, 19:30, Nakamoto
• Mediaocean: An Evening with St. Lucia — Mediaocean, Mediaocean Yacht, Yacht Row
• Variety Supper on the Croisette — Variety, Canva & AWS, Canva Creative Cabana
• The New Belle Époque Dinner — Smartly, 20:00, Smartly Penthouse
• BBC Studios: The Media Odyssey Podcast — BBC Studios, 16:00, BBC Studios
• Maritime Suite: Audience Data for Brands & Agencies — OnAudience, 10:00, Beneteau First 53
• UK Advertising Welcome Drinks — Advertising Association, 17:00, TBA
• The Impact of AI and Agentic on Marketing Roundtable — Maison NDA, 12:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• CMO Insider Breakfast — Business Insider, 09:00, Sport Beach
• Context Doesn't Scale — Coactive AI, 19:30, The Carlton (Grand Salon)
• Yacht Talks — iv.ai, 10:00, Jetee Albert Edouard
• LUMA Blanc (La Grande Réception) — LUMA Partners, 19:00, Upon RSVP
• DoubleVerify on the DV Yacht ASYA — DoubleVerify, DV Yacht ASYA, Yacht Row
• Dinner at La Petite Maison — mediasense, 19:30, Palm Beach, Pl. Franklin Roosevelt, 06400 Cannes
• 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
• From Shelf to Screen — Commerce Media Delivered — 614 Group, MJ Growth, 14:00, Basis Oasis 42 Boulevard de la Croisette, Floor 5
• GET INSPIRED Yacht — FMC & FBRC.ai, 00:00, Yacht Row
• BBC Studios: Happy Hour — BBC Studios, 17:30, BBC Studios
• Private Meetings — The Room, 09:00, Yacht Hana
• The Marketing Society 2026 Cannes Kickoff — The Marketing Society, 18:00, LBB & Friends Beach
• DoubleVerify 80s Retro Rendezvous Yacht Party — DoubleVerify, DV Yacht ASYA, Yacht Row
• Welcome Drinks — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 17:00, Location TBC
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: Creator as Authority — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes
• Teads VIP Welcome Party — Teads, 20:00, Teads space, Vieux-Port de Cannes
• Vantage: Meet Us At MediaLink Beach — Vantage, 09:00, UTA Beach
• Coffee & Conversations (Monday) — Publicis, 09:00, Influential Beach
• BBC Studios: Trusted audio: How Podcast Became The New Frontier For Trusted News — BBC Studios, 15:00, BBC Studios
• Guideline AI x AdTonos Sunset Cruise — Guideline AI x AdTonos, 18:00, AdTonos Yacht
• Sigma Software x Prebid Exclusive Dinner — Sigma Software & Prebid, 19:00, Restaurant UVA, 13 Boulevard de la République, Cannes
• BBC Studios: Rewriting the script: The Creator On Screen — BBC Studios, 08:30, BBC Studios
• Tesco Media Lunch — Tesco Media, 12:00, La Guerite
• Beyond Market Entry: Rethinking UK–Nigeria Creative Collaboration — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 10:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• Camphouse x Brand Innovators Panel — Camphouse, 14:35, Armani Café - Brand Innovators
• Media Carpool Podcast — Camphouse, 09:00, Croisette
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: Technology, Trust, Future of Media — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes,
• 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
• 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
• The French Immersion Dinner — Smartly, 19:00, Smartly Penthouse
• 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
• 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 Sustainable Marketing Roundtable at DEPT Secret Garden — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers), 12:00, 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
• WFA x DEPT Panel: Beyond Artificial — The Real Work of Scaling AI — WFA (World Federation of Advertisers) (with DEPT), 08:30, DEPT Secret Garden
• 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)
• Rewriting the Script: Creators on Screen — BBC Studios & Billion Dollar Boy, 08:30, BBC Studios HQ
• 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 Future of Media Owners Roundtable — Maison NDA, 11:30, 59 Rue Félix Faure, Cannes (upstairs)
• Marketing Leaders Lunch — Passionfruit (Henry Hayes), 13:00, La Môme
• Amazon Yacht Experience: From Scroll to Stream — Smartly, 11:00, Amazon Port
• 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
• The Distinctiveness Gap — afriCANNES, 16:15, DEPT Secret Garden
• 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
• How Agencies Win in the AI Era — AtomicAds, 09:00, Belle Plage Beach Club
• Entertainment & influence: the new era of storytelling — Walmart Connect, Publicis Groupe, 12:30, Influential Beach
• Intimate Dinner: Spent — The Wind Down — Fluent, 18:00, EMORA
• OUTFRONT Private Cocktail — OUTFRONT, 20:00, Yacht Hana, Port de Cannes
• Spotify Beach Night Two feat. Mumford & Sons — Spotify, Spotify Beach, Palais Stephanie Beach
• Cannes After Dark: Amapiano Afrobeats Riviera Experience — Unik Ernest & Culturin, 22:00, 13 Rue Docteur Gerard Monod
• Club OPUS Founder Wellness Morning — Club OPUS, Club OPUS villa, Super-Cannes
• Powering the Future of Fandom — BBC Studios & IBM, 09:30, BBC Studios HQ
• BBC Studios Bluey BBQ — BBC Studios, 19:30, 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
• Evening Concert — Publicis, 22:00, Influential Beach
• Influential Sports x Fanatics Advertising Happy Hour — Publicis, 17:00, Influential Beach
• Mirakl's Beau Parfum et Déjeuner (with The Drum) — Mirakl Ads, 11:30, Restaurant Cannelle, Cannes
• 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: Powering The Future Of Fandom — BBC Studios, 09:30, BBC Studios
• BBC Studios: Brands & Culture Panel: 'Inside Modern Fandom' — BBC Studios, 11:45, 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
• WP Executive Roundtable Lunch: The Power of News — Washingtonpost, 12:00, WP Studio at Cannes
• Retail Media Breakfast Club — Live in Cannes — Mirakl Ads, 08:00, Hotel Martinez
• 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
• Ad Age Gen Zers to Watch Breakfast — Ad Age, The List Lounge
• 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
• Soirée at Sea — The Room, 10:00, Mediterranean speedboat caravan & beach club
• Campaign Intelligence: Rethinking Video Strategy for Brand Growth — Kantar x Amazon Ads, 14:00, Kantar Content Studio
• How Creative Businesses Are Scaling Across the Middle East — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 14:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• The Creator Economy Has Grown Up. Has the Industry? — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 12:30, UK House @ Empower Cafe
• 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
• Uncertainty is Rising - will CMOs & CCOs finally align. Private Dinner Event. — Zeno Group & Earned First, 19:30, Fred L'Ecailler
• Where Is the Next Era of Global Industry Growth Coming From? — UK Advertising / Advertising Association, 10:00, UK House @ Empower Cafe