This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 3 through September 20, 2026, concentrated in New York City with additional stops in London, Palm Springs, Boston, and Chicago. The slate ranges from an Influencer Marketing awards ceremony and a five-event New York stretch covering digital marketing, beauty and fashion, and podcast industry strategy, to a personal finance creator conference in Palm Springs, a marketing and sales conference in Boston, and an entertainment industry gathering in Chicago. Primary audiences include Influencer Marketing professionals, beauty and fashion creators, podcasters, marketing and brand decision-makers, personal finance content creators, and actors and entertainment creators.
The Global Influencer Marketing Awards holds its eighth annual ceremony at The Londoner Hotel in London, produced by the team behind CreatorFest. The ceremony recognizes campaigns and work across influencer and creator marketing, with entries evaluated by senior industry judges against criteria covering strategic insight, creative execution, and measurable commercial impact. Alongside category awards, Regional Grand Prix honors recognize the strongest campaigns across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Americas regions, and a new GIMA Grand Prix recognizes the single most outstanding campaign of the year.
Digital Marketing World Forum North America convenes at the Javits Center in New York for two days of programming across ten conference topics, including social media and community marketing, AI-powered marketing automation, and influencer and affiliate marketing. Organizers report more than 1,500 attendees, including chief marketing officers, marketing directors, and senior leaders, alongside more than 80 speakers and 60 exhibitors. Confirmed speakers with an Influencer Marketing focus include Vik Khagram, Vice President of Influencer Marketing at Golin Ketchum, and Lamarr Shand, Head of YouTube and Digital Video Strategy at Google.
Glossy Pop NYC, produced by Digiday Media’s Glossy, brings together beauty and fashion brands, content creators, and industry professionals for a day of panels, brand activations, and creator programming. A morning Creator Strategies session for influencer VIPs, brand passes, and vendor passes precedes the main program, featuring a brand-and-talent panel and a creator marketing panel. Afternoon programming addresses the intersection of sports and beauty, the strategy behind creator-founded brands, and reality television personalities’ transitions into business, alongside a live recording of The Bossticks podcast with Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick. Confirmed speakers include fashion public relations expert Kelly Cutrone, dermatologist and Dr. Idriss Skincare founder Shereene Idriss, and Forta Cosmetics co-founder Lexie Hull, alongside creators including Demi Ngai and Riley Hubatka. The event restricts attendance to guests 18 and older. Passes range from $149 for consumer attendees to $899 for a vendor pass.
Date: September 11, 2026
Venue: Fashion Institute of Technology, 218 West 28th Street, New York
Sounds Profitable holds its flagship Business Summit for Sounds Profitable Partners, bringing together podcast industry executives, buyers, and operators for two days of main-stage programming and networking focused on where podcast revenue is headed next. The event runs in the same week as Podcast Movement NYC but is restricted to Sounds Profitable Partners rather than open registration.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) holds its inaugural CreatorFronts as an invite-only marketplace event for qualified brand marketers, media buyers, and agency professionals, anchoring the U.S. edition of IAB Global Creator Week. Main-stage programming runs across a single day, with sessions presented by Acast, Culture Genesis, CyberAgent, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Meta, Precisify, and YouTube, covering cross-platform creator influence, creator-led media networks, global fandom marketing, legal issues in the Creator Economy, and creator-driven commerce. Confirmed speakers and moderators include Shaun Newsum, founder and chief executive officer of Culture Genesis; Matt Savare, founder and chief operating officer of Fansmit and partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Mike Reznick, president and chief operating officer of SoundStack; and Zoe Soon, vice president of the Experience Center at IAB. A reception sponsored by YouTube follows the program.
FinCon convenes at the Palm Springs Convention Center for money content creators, influencers, coaches, brands, and financial educators building online businesses around personal finance content. Programming covers monetization beyond brand deals, audience growth across YouTube, email, social media, and podcasts, and product and membership launches. The event includes FinCon Central, an expo area with more than 50 sponsor and brand booths, alongside scheduled one-on-one meetings between creators and brand representatives. Three ticket tiers are available: a Creator Pass at $449, an All Access Creator Pass at $729, and a Brand Pass for industry and agency representatives at $1,299.
Date: September 16-18, 2026
Venue: Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California
HubSpot holds its three-day UNBOUND marketing and sales conference in Boston, featuring a HubSpot Creator Network track connecting creators with the broader program. A Creator Network meet and greet on September 16 brings attendees together with practitioners featured across UNBOUND programming, including Scott D. Clary, founder of the Success Story podcast; Luis D. Camejo and Fonzi Camejo, co-founders of BIZBROS and hosts of the Content Is Profit podcast on the HubSpot Podcast Network; and Jayde I. Powell, founder and head of creative at The Em Dash Co. A September 18 session addresses the Creator Network’s international expansion, with the program now producing content in English, Spanish, and German, featuring Omar Rodriguez, creator partnerships manager at HubSpot, alongside the Camejo brothers and YouTube creator Alejavi Rivera.
Date: September 16-18, 2026
Venue: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Podcast Movement holds its first New York City edition as an open-registration event for podcasters, running concurrent tracks on writing, production, growth, monetization, and the business of running a show. Programming includes live podcast recordings in the evenings, with a speaker lineup organizers describe as selected through an open community process. The event runs during the same week as the Sounds Profitable Business Summit, though organizers note the two are built for different audiences.
Actor Empowerment Summit & Sunday Brunch convenes at CineCity Studios for a two-day, in-person gathering for actors, writers, directors, producers, and other creators working across film and entertainment. Programming includes financial empowerment and creator economy sessions focused on income diversification, ownership, and long-term sustainability, alongside sessions on career expansion across acting, writing, directing, and producing, and conversations on mental health and longevity in the industry. The event is structured around informal networking and one-on-one connection rather than a formal speaker roster, and organizers describe it as open to creators at any career stage. The event welcomes all ages, with free parking available on-site.
Date: September 19-20, 2026
Venue: CineCity Studios, 2429 West 14th Street, Chicago, Illinois
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This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 3 through September 20, 2026, concentrated in New York City with additional stops in London, Palm Springs, Boston, and Chicago. The slate ranges from an Influencer Marketing awards ceremony and a five-event New York stretch covering digital marketing, beauty and fashion, and podcast industry strategy, to a personal finance creator conference in Palm Springs, a marketing and sales conference in Boston, and an entertainment industry gathering in Chicago. Primary audiences include Influencer Marketing professionals, beauty and fashion creators, podcasters, marketing and brand decision-makers, personal finance content creators, and actors and entertainment creators.
Global Influencer Marketing Awards (GIMA)
The Global Influencer Marketing Awards holds its eighth annual ceremony at The Londoner Hotel in London, produced by the team behind CreatorFest. The ceremony recognizes campaigns and work across influencer and creator marketing, with entries evaluated by senior industry judges against criteria covering strategic insight, creative execution, and measurable commercial impact. Alongside category awards, Regional Grand Prix honors recognize the strongest campaigns across the Asia-Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and Americas regions, and a new GIMA Grand Prix recognizes the single most outstanding campaign of the year.
Date: September 3, 2026
Venue: The Londoner Hotel, London, United Kingdom
Digital Marketing World Forum (DMWF) North America 2026
Digital Marketing World Forum North America convenes at the Javits Center in New York for two days of programming across ten conference topics, including social media and community marketing, AI-powered marketing automation, and influencer and affiliate marketing. Organizers report more than 1,500 attendees, including chief marketing officers, marketing directors, and senior leaders, alongside more than 80 speakers and 60 exhibitors. Confirmed speakers with an Influencer Marketing focus include Vik Khagram, Vice President of Influencer Marketing at Golin Ketchum, and Lamarr Shand, Head of YouTube and Digital Video Strategy at Google.
Date: September 9-10, 2026
Venue: Javits Center, New York
Glossy Pop NYC 2026
Glossy Pop NYC, produced by Digiday Media’s Glossy, brings together beauty and fashion brands, content creators, and industry professionals for a day of panels, brand activations, and creator programming. A morning Creator Strategies session for influencer VIPs, brand passes, and vendor passes precedes the main program, featuring a brand-and-talent panel and a creator marketing panel. Afternoon programming addresses the intersection of sports and beauty, the strategy behind creator-founded brands, and reality television personalities’ transitions into business, alongside a live recording of The Bossticks podcast with Lauryn Bosstick and Michael Bosstick. Confirmed speakers include fashion public relations expert Kelly Cutrone, dermatologist and Dr. Idriss Skincare founder Shereene Idriss, and Forta Cosmetics co-founder Lexie Hull, alongside creators including Demi Ngai and Riley Hubatka. The event restricts attendance to guests 18 and older. Passes range from $149 for consumer attendees to $899 for a vendor pass.
Date: September 11, 2026
Venue: Fashion Institute of Technology, 218 West 28th Street, New York
Sounds Profitable Business Summit
Sounds Profitable holds its flagship Business Summit for Sounds Profitable Partners, bringing together podcast industry executives, buyers, and operators for two days of main-stage programming and networking focused on where podcast revenue is headed next. The event runs in the same week as Podcast Movement NYC but is restricted to Sounds Profitable Partners rather than open registration.
Date: September 14-15, 2026
Venue: Terminal 5, New York
2026 IAB CreatorFronts
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) holds its inaugural CreatorFronts as an invite-only marketplace event for qualified brand marketers, media buyers, and agency professionals, anchoring the U.S. edition of IAB Global Creator Week. Main-stage programming runs across a single day, with sessions presented by Acast, Culture Genesis, CyberAgent, Lowenstein Sandler LLP, Meta, Precisify, and YouTube, covering cross-platform creator influence, creator-led media networks, global fandom marketing, legal issues in the Creator Economy, and creator-driven commerce. Confirmed speakers and moderators include Shaun Newsum, founder and chief executive officer of Culture Genesis; Matt Savare, founder and chief operating officer of Fansmit and partner at Lowenstein Sandler LLP; Mike Reznick, president and chief operating officer of SoundStack; and Zoe Soon, vice president of the Experience Center at IAB. A reception sponsored by YouTube follows the program.
Date: September 15, 2026
Venue: Convene 360 Madison Avenue, New York
FinCon 2026
FinCon convenes at the Palm Springs Convention Center for money content creators, influencers, coaches, brands, and financial educators building online businesses around personal finance content. Programming covers monetization beyond brand deals, audience growth across YouTube, email, social media, and podcasts, and product and membership launches. The event includes FinCon Central, an expo area with more than 50 sponsor and brand booths, alongside scheduled one-on-one meetings between creators and brand representatives. Three ticket tiers are available: a Creator Pass at $449, an All Access Creator Pass at $729, and a Brand Pass for industry and agency representatives at $1,299.
Date: September 16-18, 2026
Venue: Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, California
HubSpot UNBOUND 2026
HubSpot holds its three-day UNBOUND marketing and sales conference in Boston, featuring a HubSpot Creator Network track connecting creators with the broader program. A Creator Network meet and greet on September 16 brings attendees together with practitioners featured across UNBOUND programming, including Scott D. Clary, founder of the Success Story podcast; Luis D. Camejo and Fonzi Camejo, co-founders of BIZBROS and hosts of the Content Is Profit podcast on the HubSpot Podcast Network; and Jayde I. Powell, founder and head of creative at The Em Dash Co. A September 18 session addresses the Creator Network’s international expansion, with the program now producing content in English, Spanish, and German, featuring Omar Rodriguez, creator partnerships manager at HubSpot, alongside the Camejo brothers and YouTube creator Alejavi Rivera.
Date: September 16-18, 2026
Venue: Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Massachusetts
Podcast Movement NYC
Podcast Movement holds its first New York City edition as an open-registration event for podcasters, running concurrent tracks on writing, production, growth, monetization, and the business of running a show. Programming includes live podcast recordings in the evenings, with a speaker lineup organizers describe as selected through an open community process. The event runs during the same week as the Sounds Profitable Business Summit, though organizers note the two are built for different audiences.
Date: September 17-18, 2026
Venue: Terminal 5, New York
Actor Empowerment Summit & Sunday Brunch – Chicago 2026
Actor Empowerment Summit & Sunday Brunch convenes at CineCity Studios for a two-day, in-person gathering for actors, writers, directors, producers, and other creators working across film and entertainment. Programming includes financial empowerment and creator economy sessions focused on income diversification, ownership, and long-term sustainability, alongside sessions on career expansion across acting, writing, directing, and producing, and conversations on mental health and longevity in the industry. The event is structured around informal networking and one-on-one connection rather than a formal speaker roster, and organizers describe it as open to creators at any career stage. The event welcomes all ages, with free parking available on-site.
Date: September 19-20, 2026
Venue: CineCity Studios, 2429 West 14th Street, Chicago, Illinois
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