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We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

media and ADVISORY company

The FQ creates spaces, online and in person that help women be their best at work and in life. We activate the FQ Lounge™ at tentpole industry conferences and key cultural moments, host FQ Summits, and curate bespoke experiences.

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2026

FQ Beach @ Cannes Lions

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ABOUT the event

Cannes Lions is the global standard for creative excellence. The ideas that move culture forward get their moment here, in front of the people who can make them happen.


The FQ brings a different kind of conversation to that stage. One where bold storytelling is a business strategy. Where the leaders rewriting the rules come to connect and get inspired. From the penthouse to the beachfront, both FQ's spaces are designed for those who come to Cannes Lions to build the meaningful relationships that drive business forward.


This is where influence turns into action. Where the work gets better because the right people are in conversation.


Come to connect. Leave with clarity. All are welcome.

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Past Agenda & Speaker highlights

june 17, 2025

LIFT AS WE CLIMB

Inspired by the words of American civic activist and trailblazer Mary Church Terrell, "Lift As We Climb" explores how today’s women leaders are shaping the future by elevating others as they rise. This compelling panel series, developed by Condé Nast’s Chief Revenue Officer, Elizabeth Herbst-Brady, in collaboration with Female Quotient since 2021, invites influential leaders from across the industry to share pivotal lessons and career-defining moments, reflect on their mentors who paved the way, and discuss how they’re championing all voices to build a better tomorrow. This inspiring conversation will focus on what it means to lead with purpose, resilience, and profound impact.

 june 18, 2025

BREAKING BOUNDARIES: WOMEN CRAFTING THEIR LEGACY IN SPORTS

With unprecedented levels of engagement and investment, the spotlight on female athletes, coaches, and commentators has never been brighter. This panel conversation brings together influential voices to explore the multifaceted impact of women in sports today. We'll unpack how they are navigating their careers, harnessing increased visibility to transform the next generation, and consciously constructing legacies that transcend the field.

 JUne 19, 2025

THE CREATIVE INSTINCT: MARKETING AT THE SPEED OF CULTURE

Today’s marketers are required to flex their creative muscles daily—navigating shifting trends, crafting culturally relevant narratives, and making brand moves in real time. While jumping on viral moments can spark buzz, real impact comes from knowing which moments to engage with and how to show up with purpose. This session explores how marketers can sharpen their creative instincts to stay in sync with culture by reading the room, spotting opportunity, and responding with realness and resonance.

 june 19, 2025

INNOVATION ARCHITECTS: THE WOMEN DESIGNING TOMORROW

The future of innovation is being reimagined by visionary women who have moved beyond traditional viewpoints. Female leaders are pioneering solutions that combine technical excellence with human understanding, creating more inclusive and impactful advances. This panel welcomes leaders who are reshaping innovation, demonstrating how diverse leadership creates better outcomes, and inspiring the next generation of female disruptors.

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Day 1: Mon
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monday, june 22

MONday, JUNe 22

9:30AM - 10AM CEST

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Creative Currency: From Insight to Impact

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Carley Caldas

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Creative,

eos Products

Gina Cavallo

Chief Revenue Officer,

xpln.ai

Kim Francella-Faver 

Senior Vice President, Brand Partnerships, NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships, NBCUniversal

Cyntia Leo

Head of Brand Marketing and Communications, Urban Outfitters

MONday, JUNe 22

9:30AM - 10AM CEST

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CREATIVE CURRENCY: FROM INSIGHT TO IMPACT

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Carley Caldas

Senior Vice President, Marketing & Creative,

eos Products

Gina Cavallo

Chief Revenue Officer,

xpln.ai

Kim Faver

Senior Vice President, Brand Partnerships, NBCUniversal Advertising & Partnerships, NBCUniversal

Cyntia Leo

Head of Brand Marketing and Communications,

Urban Outfitters

MONday, JUNe 22

10AM - 10:30AM CEST

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The Loyalty Shift: What Keeps Shoppers Coming Back

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Dr. Shruti Jayakumar

Senior Manager,

Innovation,

Deloitte

Jessica Shapiro

Chief Marketing Officer,

LiveRamp

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MONday, JUNe 22

10:30AM - 11AM CEST

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Built on Trust: Designing Tech for Real Life

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Dr. Shruti Jayakumar

Senior Manager,

Innovation,

Deloitte

Jessica Shapiro

Chief Marketing Officer,

LiveRamp

MONday, JUNe 22

11AM - 11:30AM CEST

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The Infrastructure of Imagination: Driving Creative Transformation at Scale

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Shelley

Zalis

 Chief Executive Officer,

The Female Quotient (Moderator)

Ruba Borno

Vice President, Global Partners & Specialists,

AWS

MONday, JUNe 22

11:30AM - 12PM CEST

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Connected Commerce: Buy the Feeling

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 Chief Executive Officer,

The Female Quotient (Moderator)

Ruba Borno

Vice President, Global Partners & Specialists,

AWS

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MONday, JUNe 22

12PM - 12:30PM CEST

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Power of the Pack®: Relationships Scale Impact

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Susan Irving

Chief Marketing Officer, Kruger Products

Dustee Jenkins

Chief Public Affairs Officer,

Spotify

Kirsten Rhodes

Chief Client Experience Officer,

Deloitte

MONday, JUNe 22

1PM - 1:30PM CEST

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Beyond the Title: The Legacy of Leadership

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Robert Dippell

Chief Executive Officer,

Brew Media Group

Christina Fair

President, L'Oréal Consumer Products Division,

North America,

L'Oréal USA

Ashley Kechter

Global President,

Vuori

Lynne Kjolso

Vice President, Partnerships and Retail Media,

Microsoft Advertising


MONday, JUNe 22

1:30PM - 2PM CEST

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All the Right Places: Creating Connected Brand Journeys

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Elizabeth Beringer

President,

Real Chemistry Media

Xhemile Poley

Vice President,

Global Head of Events,

LG Ad Solutions

Peggy Roe

Executive Vice President and Chief Customer Officer,

Marriott International

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Elizabeth Baringer,

President,

Real Chemistry Media

MONday, JUNe 22

2:30PM - 3PM CEST

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Rewrite the Rules: Creativity Unbounded

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Willa Bennett

Editor-in-Chief,

Cosmopolitan and Seventeen Magazines,

Hearst Magazines

(Moderator)

Jess Ling

Executive Vice President,

Global Advertising,

American Express

MONday, JUNe 22

3PM - 3:30PM CEST

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FQ CMO: Owning the Growth Mandate

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Lara Balazs

Chief Marketing Officer & Executive Vice President, Global Marketing, Adobe

Julia Goldin

Chief Product & Marketing Officer,

The Lego Group

Dara Treseder

Chief Marketing Officer,

Autodesk

MONday, JUNe 22

3:30PM - 4PM CEST

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The Sound of Fandom: How Audio Fuels Fan Engagement

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Kelli Hurley

Vice President, Content & Podcast Partnership Sales, SiriusXM (Moderator)

Katie Nolan

Host,

SiriusXM's "Casuals with Katie Nolan" & "Fan Service"

MONday, JUNe 22

4:30PM - 5PM CEST

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Passion to Participation: Building the Fan Community

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Marcel Dinkins

Peloton Instructor & Speaker,

Peloton

(Moderator)

Leah Davis

Chief Marketing Officer,

SailGP

Josh Noval

Senior Vice President,

Olympics & Paralympics Advertising Sales & Partnerships, NBCUniversal

Uzma Rawn Dowler

Chief Marketing Officer & Senior Vice President,

Global Corporate Partnerships,

Major League Baseball

Annual women walk the floor tour

January 6, 2026  |  9AM - 11:30AM PST

Las vegas convention center,

North hall upper level, Room N256

3150 Pradise Rd Las vegas, NV 89109

Join over 200 powerful women as we walk the CES show floor, together. Our Annual Women Walk the Floor Tour is an opportunity to experience the innovations at CES as a united community. A woman alone has power; together, we have impact.

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Day 1: Mon
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tuesday, june 23

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

9:30AM - 10AM CEST

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Shaping the Future: Built for a New Consumer Era

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Bashel Lewis

Host & Content Creator

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

10AM - 10:30AM CEST

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Add to Cart: Owning the Next Media Moment

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Moira Forbes

Executive Vice President,

Forbes

(Moderator)

Sarah Larsen

Chief Marketing Officer,

Hisense USA

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

10:30AM - 11AM CEST

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Co-Creating the Future: Agentic AI at Work

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Benjamin Felix

Chief Marketing Officer,

TripleLift

Jenny Kelly

Head of Content & AI,

Deloitte Digital

Sanjna Parulekar

Senior Vice President,

Product Marketing,

Salesforce

Francessca Vasquez

Vice President Professional Services & Agentic AI,

AWS

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

11:30AM - 12PM CEST

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Beyond Measurement: The New Shape of Marketing Impact

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Shana Stephenson

Chief Brand Officer,

NY Liberty

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

12PM - 12:30PM CEST

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FQ CEO: The Making of a CEO 

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Eva Erdmann

Chief Executive Officer & Brand President,

Kate Spade New York

Christine Gambino

Chief Executive Officer,

Omnicom

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

12:30PM - 1PM CEST

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Artificial Intelligence x Humanity: The New Standard for Experience

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TUESDAY, JUNE 23

1PM - 1:30PM CEST

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Leading the Agentic Shift: Why the Future of AI is Human-Centric

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TUESDAY, JUNE 23

1:30PM - 2PM CEST

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Momentum by Design: The Power of Experience

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Alice McKown

Publisher & Chief Revenue Officer,

The Atlantic (Moderator)

Nathan Friedman

Co-President & Chief Marketing Officer,

Understood.org

Justine Frostad

Chief Marketing Officer,

Cognitiv

Kerry-Anne Hamilton

Director, Growth,

#Paid

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

2PM - 2:30PM CEST

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Always in Motion: Brands That Move with Us

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Jayde Powell

Social Strategist & Content Creator,

The Em Dash Co. (Moderator)

Lindsay Amodio

Vice President, Account Management,

Sensor Tower

Sarah Harms

Vice President,

Ads Marketing & Measurement,

Roku

Kelly McMahon

Executive Vice President,

Global Operations,

LG Ad Solutions

Jessica Padula

Vice President of Marketing & Head of Sustainability, Nespresso USA

Speakers Coming Soon

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

2:30PM - 3PM CEST

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Built Different: From the Hardwood to the Boardroom

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Carmelo Anthony

Basketball Hall of Famer,

Entrepreneur,

Philanthropist and Co-Founder of VII(N) The Seventh Estate, CREATIVE 7

Asani Swann

Chief Executive Officer & Entrepreneur,

Sports & Entertainment Executive,

Wine & Wellness Innovator,

Strategic Advisor,

I Am Wholehearted,

 VII(N) The Seventh Estate

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

3PM - 3:30PM CEST

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FQ CMO: Owning the Experience 

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Mimi Swain

Chief Marketing Officer,

Amazon Devices & Services

Rachel Thornton

Chief Marketing Officer,

Adobe Enterprise

Fabiola Torres

Global Chief Marketing Officer,

Gap 

TUESDAY, JUNE 23

3:30PM - 4PM CEST

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More Than the Game: Life, Leadership, Legacy

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Robert Griffin III

Founder,

Chief Executive Officer,

Chief Content Officer,

RG3 Sports

Speakers Coming Soon

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Day 1: Mon
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Day 3: Wed
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wednesday, june 24

wednesday, june 24

10AM - 10:30AM CEST

media that moves

Connection Without Friction: Reaching Audiences Seamlessly

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Ryan Gavin

Executive Vice President,

Chief Marketing Officer,

Slack,

Salesforce

Behnaz Ghahramani,

Senior Vice President Global Marketing,

Marriott International

Leslie Lee

Head of Marketing,

T-Mobile Advertising Solutions

Anna Spanfeller

Vice President,

Head of Sales,

Cognitiv

wednesday, june 24

10:30AM - 11AM CEST

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Streaming, Scrolling & Tuning Out: Winning Attention in the Modern Media Era

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Jenn LaRocco

Vice President, Strategic Accounts,

SiriusXM Media

(Moderator)

Hilary Bastel

Vice President,

Marketing & Communications,

Channel Strategy and Operations,

LinkedIn

wednesday, june 24

11:30AM - 12PM CEST

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Leading Through Change: Executive Presence in the AI Era

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Caroline Giegerich

Vice President,

AI,

IAB, 

(Moderator)

Kara Puccinelli

Chief Customer Officer,

Nexxen

wednesday, june 24

12PM - 12:30PM CEST

media that moves

Beyond the Buy: Turning Media into Meaning

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Alexandra Steigrad

Media Reporter & Columnist,

New York Post

(Moderator)

Sara Badler

Chief Advertising Officer,

North America,

Guardian News & Media,

The Guardian

Nili Klenoff

Executive Vice President,

Mastercard Commerce Media,

Mastercard

Kristina Shepard

Executive Vice President,

Streaming and Performance Sales & Partnerships,

NBCUniversal

wednesday, june 24

12:30PM - 1PM CEST

media that moves

Uniting Through the Game: Sports as Cultural Connector

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Gina Ballenger

Group Director, Creative Solutions,

Walmart Connect

Anne Marie Nelson-Bogle

Vice President,

YouTube Ads Marketing,

Google

Jamie Stenziano

Exectuve Vice President & Head of Tech,

Media and Telecom,

Ipsos

wednesday, june 24

1:30PM - 2PM CEST

media that moves

On Her Terms: Women Athletes Redefining Influence

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Susie Wolff

Managing Director,

F1 Academy

Speakers Coming Soon

wednesday, june 24

2PM - 2:30PM CEST

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The New Influence: Power Beyond the Feed

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Andrea Gellert

Vice President,

Business Marketing Group,

Meta

Kay Hsu

Global Head of Creative Lab,

Spotify 

Jacqueline Tsekouras

Vice President, Strategy, #paid

wednesday, june 24

3PM - 3:30PM CEST

media that moves

FQ CMO: Leading at the Speed of Culture

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Alison Payne

Chief Marketing Officer, HEINEKEN USA

wednesday, june 24

5PM - 5:30PM CEST

media that moves

Unstoppable by Design: The WNBA's Next Era

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Colie Edison

Chief Growth Officer,

WNBA (Moderator)

Scott Mager

US Chief Marketing Officer,

Deloitte

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CELEBRATING LEADERS IN AI

Thursday, January 22 | 5PM - 6PM CET

Las vegas convention center,

North hall upper level, Room N256

3150 Pradise Rd Las vegas, NV 89109

Join us for an evening in Davos to toast the visionaries shaping the intelligent era — the innovators and changemakers redefining what’s possible in AI.

RSVP HERE
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Day 1: Mon
Day 2: Tue
Day 3: Wed
Day 4: Thurs

thursday, june 25

Thursday, june 25

9:30AM - 10AM CEST

media that moves

The Human Advantage: Creativity in the Age of AI

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Debra Aho Williamson

 Founder,

Chief Analyst,

Writer,

The AI Ad Economy on Substack,

Sonata Insights (Moderator)

Ekta Chopra

Chief Technology & AI Officer,

e.l.f. Beauty

Lindsay Franke

President & Deputy Chief Executive Officer,

Ipsos North America

Prachi Gore

Chief Marketing Officer,

Asana

Thursday, june 25

10AM - 10:30AM CEST

media that moves

Start With Who Matters: The Future of Marketing Systems

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Eric Austin

Vice President,

Marketing & Media Innovation,

P&G

Helen Driskell

Vice President,

North America Digital Commerce Acceleration,

P&G

Marc Villegas

Vice President Brand Building Innovation & Communications,

P&G

Thursday, june 25

10:30aM - 11aM CEST

media that moves

Culture on Cue: How Brands Show Up in Culture

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Chris Lieber

 Executive Vice President,

starpower,

part of Real Chemistry

Tati Lindenberg

Chief Marketing Officer,

Home Care,

Unilever

Manu Orssaud

Chief Marketing Officer,

Duolingo

Thursday, june 25

11aM - 11:30aM CEST

media that moves

Influence Reimagined: Media’s New Momentum

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Bozoma Saint John

Former Chief Marketing Officer and Cast Member,

Bravo’s “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

Thursday, june 25

12:30PM - 1PM CEST

media that moves

Relevance Over Reach: Winning Attention Today

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Laura Cosgrove

Senior Vice President,

Retail Partnerships,

Rokt

Corey Rados

Head of Global Creative Strategy,

Uber Advertising

Speakers Coming Soon

Thursday, june 25

1PM - 1:30PM CEST

media that moves

Beyond the Algorithm: The New Rules of Trust

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Thursday, june 25

1:30PM - 2PM CEST

media that moves

Carrying the Role: Leadership Under Real Expectations

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Thursday, june 25

2PM - 2:30PM CEST

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Collective Impact: The Power of Brand Partnership

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Vida Cornelious

Senior Vice President, Creative & Strategy,

Advertising, The New York Times

(Moderator)

Thursday, june 25

3PM - 3:30PM CEST

media that moves

FQ CMO: The Power of Brand Trust

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Julia Chen Davidson

Chief Marketing Officer,

Lingo

Jill Kramer

Chief Marketing & Communications Officer,

Mastercard

Lina Polimeni

 Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer,

Eli Lilly

William White

Chief Marketing Officer,

Walmart U.S.

Thursday, june 25

4PM - 4:30PM CEST

media that moves

Momentum Makers: Driving Growth Forward

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Durana Elmi

Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer & Chief Experience Officer,

Cymbiotika

Melissa Poulos

Vice President,

US Sales,

Google

Thursday, june 25

5PM - 5:30PM CEST

media that moves

Creative Chemistry: When Creators and Brands Align

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Jasmine Enberg

Co-Founder & Co-Chief Executive Officer,

Scalable (Moderator) 

Stacy Martinet

Vice President of Marketing & Communications,

Adobe

Thursday, june 25

5:30PM - 6PM CEST

media that moves

Health at the Speed of Insight: Building Trust Through Creativity

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Michele Terra

President,

21GRAMS

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monday, june 22

media that moves

MEDIA'S NEW FRONTIER: WOMEN LEADING THROUGH DISRUPTION

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monday, june 22

media that moves

CULTURAL CURRENCY: TAPPING INTO THE ZEITGEIST

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monday, june 22

media that moves

DESIGNING FOR EVERYONE: WHY WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVES MATTER

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tuesday, june 23

media that moves

BUILDING YOUR TRIBE: FROM CONNECTIONS TO CATALYSTS

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tuesday, june 23

media that moves

UNLEASHING YOUR LIMITLESS SELF: A JOURNEY OF PERSONAL TRANSFORMATION

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tuesday, june 23

media that moves

BOLD VISIONARIES: HOW LEADERS ARE ELEVATING BRANDS & PEOPLE

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wednesday, june 24

media that moves

FINDING CLARITY AND CONNECTION IN UNCERTAIN TIMES: REWRITING THE RULES OF LEADERSHIP

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

media that moves

BRAND SUCCESS IN UNCERTAIN TIMES

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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24

media that moves

PASSION PLAY: SCORING BIG WITH SPORTS COMMUNITIES

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October 2025

FQ Lounge @ Advertising week

Past Speakers highlights

Ruba Borno

Vice President, Global Specialists and Partners,

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Taylor Ash

GM, Inventory Development,

The Trade Desk

Lianne Sinclair

 AVP Corporate and Brand Advertising,

AT&T

Isabelle Sakai

Chief Marketing Officer,

Mark Anthony Brands

Susan Boster

Founder and CEO,

Boster Group

Corey Rados

Head, Global Creative Strategy,

Uber Advertising

Stacy DeRiso

US CEO,

Initiative

Jordan Chiles

Two Time Olympian, Gold Medalist and NY Times Best Selling Author

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ABOUT the FQ

Cannes Lions is the global standard for creative excellence. The ideas that move culture forward get their moment here, in front of the people who can make them happen.


The FQ brings a different kind of conversation to that stage. One where bold storytelling is a business strategy. Where the leaders rewriting the rules come to connect and get inspired. From the penthouse to the beachfront, both FQ's spaces are designed for those who come to Cannes Lions to build the meaningful relationships that drive business forward.


This is where influence turns into action. Where the work gets better because the right people are in conversation.


Come to connect. Leave with clarity. All are welcome.

Experiences

 

We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

media and ADVISORY company

The FQ creates spaces, online and in person that help women be their best at work and in life.


We activate the FQ Lounge™ at tentpole industry conferences and key cultural moments, host FQ Summits, and curate bespoke experiences.

 Media

We are an EXPERIENTIAL,

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Creative Currency: From Insight to Impact

The most powerful creative work does more than capture attention, it creates momentum. This session brings together leaders who are rethinking what creativity can do by turning audience insight, storytelling, and cultural relevance into real business impact. Join us for a conversation on how bold ideas become growth, how creative ambition aligns with strategic priorities, and how the strongest brands connect imagination to outcomes that matter.

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Built on Trust: Designing Tech for Real Life

Innovation gets headlines. Trust earns loyalty. As technology becomes more embedded in how we live and work, leaders can no longer design for theory. They should design for reality, grounded in how decisions are made and how people actually navigate their days. This session brings together leaders building technology with empathy, accountability, and cultural intelligence at the core.

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The Infrastructure of Imagination: Driving Creative Transformation at Scale

Creativity has entered a new era, where ideas can move faster, reach further, and connect more personally than ever before. While some organizations are struggling to find real value, those leading with AI to fundamentally change how they operate are the ones who will shift culture. This conversation brings together C-suite leaders to explore exactly how leading brands are doing it: with the right infrastructure, data insights, and partners, these leaders are taking human imagination and scaling it beyond what was ever possible before.

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Power of the Pack®: Relationships Scale Impact

Leadership has never been a solo pursuit. In a world shaped by constant change, meaningful relationships are often accelerators of growth and resilience. This conversation brings together leaders who’ve built communities rooted in trust, generosity, and shared ambition. Learn how investing in your pack can help strengthen influence, expand opportunity, and create impact that lasts.

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Beyond the Title: The Legacy of Leadership

Leadership today is defined by more than quarterly performance. It’s shaped by the values, choices, and cultures leaders leave behind. This panel invites leaders to reflect on the decisions that have mattered most across their journeys. Discover how intentional leadership creates legacies that extend far beyond any role.

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All the Right Places: Creating Connected Brand Journeys

Audiences don't experience brands in a single place or moment. They move across platforms, channels, and communities, and they expect every interaction to feel intentional. This conversation explores how marketers are building brand experiences that travel seamlessly without losing their edge. We'll dig into how to give every touchpoint room to breathe while creating a brand journey that feels clear, cohesive, and unmistakably connected.

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Rewrite the Rules: Creativity Unbounded

The future of creativity isn’t about following old formulas, it’s about expanding what’s possible. As audiences seek deeper connection, today’s most influential leaders are building new models for storytelling rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and bold experimentation. This session brings together leaders who are redefining how ideas come to life, how teams innovate together, and how brands create lasting resonance in a rapidly shifting world.

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FQ CMO: Owning the Growth Mandate

Marketing is no longer adjacent to growth, it is growth. Today’s CMOs are accountable for demand, revenue, and long-term brand value at the same time. This conversation brings together marketing leaders who are driving measurable outcomes while shaping enterprise strategy. When marketing leads with clarity, the business follows.

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Passion to Participation: Building the Fan Community

Sports fandom is fueled by emotion, identity, and shared experience. This conversation explores how leaders are creating moments that feel immersive, relevant, and rooted in fan behavior. When brands engage fans as participants rather than spectators, connection deepens and community follows.

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Co-Creating the Future: Agentic AI at Work

Agentic AI is in its infancy, yet it’s already reshaping how work flows and ideas come to life. As systems take on more execution, leaders have an opportunity to focus on judgment, creativity, and human connection. The shift is not about replacing roles, but expanding them, unlocking new ways to work, lead, and collaborate more inclusively. This panel brings together leaders who are actively using agentic AI to rethink how teams operate and deliver impact.

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Beyond Measurement: The New Shape of Marketing Impact

As audiences become harder to captivate and culture evolves in real time, marketing leaders are shifting their focus from traditional markers of success to something deeper: resonance. This conversation explores how brands are building meaningful connection, staying culturally relevant, and shaping ideas that inspire alignment both inside organizations and for the everyday customer.

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FQ CEO: The Making of a CEO

Behind every title is a series of defining moments, risks taken, lessons learned, and relationships that shaped the journey. This conversation brings together CEOs to reflect on the personal and professional experiences that formed their leadership philosophy. From pivotal decisions to moments of doubt and reinvention, they will share what prepared them not just to lead companies, but to lead through complexity.

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Momentum by Design: The Power of Experience

The most impactful brand moments don't happen by accident. They are designed with intention, built for connection, and carried forward through the stories people tell afterward. But in a world of shrinking attention and rising expectations, the gap between an experience people remember and one they forget is razor thin. The brands winning here aren't just showing up bigger; they're showing up smarter, with clearer purpose and a deeper understanding of what actually moves people. Join leaders who are creating experiences that build momentum in the moment and meaning far beyond it.

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Always in Motion: Brands That Move with Us

As attention shifts and platforms multiply, the brands breaking through are treating every moment as an opportunity to build trust, relevance, and long-term growth. This conversation brings together marketing leaders who are combining cultural instinct with connected strategy to create experiences that feel human, travel far, and deepen connection.

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FQ CMO: Owning the Experience

Marketing no longer stops at messaging. CMOs today are stepping into broader ownership of the customer journey, from first impression to lasting loyalty. As channels multiply and expectations rise, leaders are aligning product, data, and storytelling into a seamless brand experience. In this conversation, marketing executives will share how they are integrating creativity with opportunity across the full ecosystem.

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Carrying the Role: Leadership Under Real Expectations

Leadership doesn’t stop when the meeting ends. This conversation brings together male leaders to reflect on the responsibility that comes with visibility, decision-making, and influence. From leading teams to showing up for family and community, the panel explores how leaders navigate expectations and model consistency in everyday moments.

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Connection Without Friction: Reaching Audiences Seamlessly

Audiences don’t experience brands in silos. They move fluidly across platforms, moments, and touchpoints. This conversation explores how marketers are designing seamless, human experiences that connect across channels without losing clarity or coherence.

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Leading Through Change: Executive Presence in the AI Era

As AI rapidly reshapes the way organizations operate, the challenge for leaders is no longer just adoption, it’s navigation. In moments of constant disruption, the ability to lead with composure, make clear decisions, and bring others along becomes a critical advantage. This conversation convenes senior leaders who are steering transformation from the top, balancing innovation with stability, and speed with intention. They will share how they build trust, maintain alignment, and guide teams through uncertainty while embracing new technologies.

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Beyond the Buy: Turning Media into Meaning

In today’s dynamic media landscape, brands have more opportunity than ever to create meaningful connections at scale. From premium streaming and CTV to creator partnerships and cultural moments, every touchpoint is a chance to spark dialogue, deepen trust, and show up with relevance. Join leaders who are reimagining media as a long-term growth engine rooted in cultural fluency, real-world behavior, and measurable impact.

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On Her Terms: Women Athletes Redefining Influence

The spotlight on women's sports is brighter than ever, but these athletes have never waited for permission to lead. They have been building legacies, shaping communities, and expanding what power looks like on and off the field. This conversation brings together trailblazers to explore how visibility becomes value, how storytelling expands opportunity, and how partnerships can honor the influence they have built all along.

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FQ CMO: Leading at the Speed of Culture

The pace of marketing has outgrown rigid frameworks. Today’s CMOs are blending data, cultural awareness, and instinct to make decisions in real time. This conversation explores how marketing leaders navigate ambiguity, test thoughtfully, and move with confidence even when certainty is out of reach. Modern leadership is about discernment, not rules.

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More Than the Game: Life, Leadership, Legacy

Athletes are often measured by performance in public, but some of their most defining moments happen far from the spotlight. Fatherhood, caregiving, family life, and the passions they pursue beyond sport can reshape how male athletes think about identity, purpose, and leadership. This conversation brings together athletes to reflect on the roles and relationships that have changed them most, and the lessons they carry into competition, business, and life.

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The Human Advantage: Creativity in the Age of AI

AI is transforming how marketing gets made, from personalization to production at scale. But as technology accelerates, the real differentiator is not speed. It is perspective. Today’s leaders are navigating a new creative frontier, where algorithms can generate content, but only humans can generate meaning. This conversation brings together marketing innovators who are using AI to unlock insight, streamline workflows, and amplify bold ideas without losing cultural nuance.

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Culture on Cue: How Brands Show Up in Culture

Culture moves fast, and the most resonant brands know when to step in and when to hold back. This session explores how marketing leaders identify the moments, communities, and conversations where their brands have a genuine right to play, then activate with intention when timing matters most. Hear real stories of brands showing up in ways that felt credible, built relevance, and left a lasting mark.

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Influence Reimagined: Media’s New Momentum

Media is not just evolving. The momentum is shifting. Audiences curate what they consume, creators shape culture in real time, and traditional metrics miss what truly moves people. Influence today is earned through relevance, credibility, and connection. This session brings together leaders redefining media in a world where attention is chosen, not captured.

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Relevance Over Reach: Winning Attention Today

In a landscape defined by constant noise, attention has become more selective and harder to earn. Leaders discuss why relevance, not volume, is what drives meaningful connection today. This session explores how understanding context, culture, and lived experience leads to engagement that resonates and lasts.

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Carrying the Role: Leadership Under Real Expectations

Leadership doesn’t stop when the meeting ends. This conversation brings together male leaders to reflect on the responsibility that comes with visibility, decision-making, and influence. From leading teams to showing up for family and community, the panel explores how leaders navigate expectations and model consistency in everyday moments.

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Collective Impact: The Power of Brand Partnership

The strongest partnerships don’t just extend reach. They shift perception, deepen trust, and create moments rooted in shared purpose. This conversation brings together brand leaders to explore what it takes to find the right fit and align with intention. Together, we’ll unpack how cohesive partnerships can create momentum, strengthen community, and drive lasting growth.

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FQ CMO: The Power of Brand Trust

Trust is built moment by moment. In a landscape defined by rapid change and rising expectations, CMOs are shaping brands that resonate with clarity and consistency. This session brings together marketing leaders who are aligning storytelling with action and strengthening connection across every touchpoint. The brands that lead tomorrow will be those that show up with intention today.

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Momentum Makers: Driving Growth Forward

Growth rarely comes from standing still, and no one knows that better than the founders and executives who've built something from nothing. The leaders shaping what's next are making bold bets, sharpening brand strategy, and turning ambition into business results. This conversation brings together founders and executives pushing their organizations forward through decisive leadership, smart marketing, and a clear vision for growth. Join us to explore how they built momentum, scaled what worked, and kept moving when it mattered most.

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Creative Chemistry: When Creators and Brands Align

Creativity is more than content. It's the force behind connection, culture, and ideas that truly move people. This conversation brings together creators and brand leaders who are rewriting what great collaboration looks like, exploring what happens when both sides show up with purpose and reach for something bigger. We'll dig into what makes creative partnerships catch fire, why the best ones build energy that compounds over time, and how shared vision can turn resonance into something that lasts.

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The Sound of Fandom: How Audio Fuels Fan Engagement

Sports fandom doesn’t end when the game clock runs out. Today’s fans turn to audio for connection, commentary, and community, creating a culture where the conversation matters just as much as the score. As sports, entertainment, and media continue to converge, authentic storytelling has become essential to building loyal audiences and meaningful brand engagement. Join this Emmy Award-winning sports commentator in conversation on how personality-driven storytelling, cultural relevance, and unscripted moments are reshaping the fan experience and creating deeper audience connection. Discover how brands and creators are meeting fans where fandom lives most deeply: in the conversations that continue long after the final whistle.

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Streaming, Scrolling & Tuning Out: Winning Attention in the Modern Media Era

The consumer journey no longer happens on a single screen — it unfolds across audio, video, social, streaming, gaming, and connected cars, often all at once. As attention becomes fragmented and culture moves faster than brands can react, marketers face a critical question: how do you show up authentically without becoming noise? This conversation dives into the new rules of audience engagement, the power of fandom and cultural alignment, and why audio may be uniquely positioned to break through in a distracted world.

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The New Influence: Power Beyond the Feed

Influence is no longer confined to platforms. It is becoming personal, portable, and always on. As wearables, ambient AI, and personalized models take shape, a new era of connection is emerging that moves with us and deepens how we engage with ideas, people, and brands. Today’s leaders are embracing this shift, using technology to expand their reach and transform expertise into meaningful experiences. This conversation brings together the visionaries building what comes next and redefining influence as more human, dynamic, and impactful

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Unstoppable by Design: The WNBA's Next Era

The future of women’s sports is unstoppable with the right partners, and nowhere is that more evident than in the WNBA. This is more than momentum. It’s a blueprint for how investment, innovation, and leadership are reshaping the business of sport. Featuring leaders from across leagues, brands, and business, this conversation explores how strategic collaboration is accelerating growth, creating new value, and defining what’s next for women’s sports.

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Health at the Speed of Insight: Building Trust Through Creativity

In today’s healthcare landscape, people are looking for experiences that feel human, supportive, and connected. Patients, caregivers, and consumers want brands they can relate to and trust. This conversation explores how healthcare and marketing leaders are using creativity, insight, and storytelling to build stronger relationships, support progress, and help meaningful solutions connect with the people who need them most.

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Start With Who Matters: The Future of Marketing Systems

Marketing is no longer linear. It is always on, adaptive, and powered by AI and connected media systems. As brands scale, the challenge is not only reach, but resonance. The future belongs to those who can design systems that are not just intelligent, but deeply human. In this conversation, we’ll explore how the convergence of advertising, media, technology, and communities is transforming brand building and what it takes to keep humanity, creativity, and craft at the center.

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Connected Commerce: Buy the Feeling

The best commerce experiences don’t feel like commerce at all. They feel like discovery, community, and culture, creating moments people genuinely want to be part of and remember. This session explores how AI and connected technology are reshaping the way brands show up in people’s lives: more intuitive, personal, human, and seamlessly woven into everyday experiences.

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Leading the Agentic Shift: Why the Future of AI is Human-Centric

As AI accelerates the "what" of enterprise production, the "why" has never been more critical. For leaders navigating this revolution, the opportunity isn’t just technical, it’s transformational. It’s about building systems that preserve the human heart of business while unlocking new levels of scale, creativity, and connection. This conversation explores the rise of the agentic shift and how organizations are moving beyond the hype to operationalize intelligence in more dynamic, human-centric ways. From evolving workflows to modular brand worlds, leaders are reimagining how AI can drive both efficiency and empathy — shaping a future where innovation and humanity grow together.

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Artificial Intelligence x Humanity: The New Standard for Experience

AI is rapidly changing how brands engage with consumers, often faster than people can adapt to the change. As companies push toward more automation and efficiency, a new expectation is emerging. People still want experiences that feel relevant, trustworthy, and human. They want to feel understood and valued, not simply managed through increasingly automated interactions. Bringing together leaders across customer experience, loyalty, behavioral science and brand innovation, this conversation will explore the growing tension between AI driven efficiency and human connection, and how expectations around trust, personalization, and loyalty are shifting as AI becomes a bigger part of everyday experience.

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Uniting Through the Game: Sports as Cultural Connector

Sport is one of the most powerful shared experiences in our culture. This conversation explores how leaders are using sport to reflect culture as it’s lived today, from identity to values to shared moments. The focus is on relevance, not reach, and on creating connection that extends beyond competition.

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Shaping the Future: Built for a New Consumer Era

Gen Z has already reshaped culture. Gen Alpha will take it even further. Raised in a world of AI, constant connection, and limitless creativity, the next generation is redefining how brands earn attention, build trust, and stay relevant. As personalization expands and culture becomes more fluid, new opportunities are emerging to create moments that feel both deeply individual and widely shared. This conversation explores what it takes to show up in ways that inspire connection, participation, and meaning for a generation already shaping the future.

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The Loyalty Shift: What Keeps Shoppers Coming Back

The best retail brands create more than transactions. They create excitement, connection, and moments people genuinely want to be part of. From iconic partnerships to seamless experiences that feel personal and fun, today’s consumers are drawn to brands that understand how they live, shop, and connect. This conversation brings together leaders to reflect on the future of retail and why the brands winning loyalty are the ones creating culture, community, and momentum that shoppers want to return to.

 

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Beyond the Algorithm: The New Rules of Trust

AI can scale almost everything, but the brands standing out today are creating experiences that feel personal, intuitive, and genuinely relevant, building the kind of trust that keeps audiences engaged and wanting more. As technology reshapes how audiences connect, today’s leaders are blending insight, innovation, and storytelling to create stronger relationships and more meaningful brand moments. This conversation brings together the visionaries redefining modern connection and setting the pace for where culture, business, and brand experience go next.

 

 

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Built Different: From the Hardwood to the Boardroom

What does it take to build something that lasts beyond the game? The strongest brands are often shaped by the relationships behind them, the leadership that adapts through change, and the people who know how to move together through every season. In this conversation, Carmelo Anthony and Asani Swann reflect on more than 20 years of friendship, hustle, and reinvention, exploring how enduring partnerships shape culture, turn trust into a business advantage, and build a legacy that outlasts the game itself.

 

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