This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 29 through October 13, 2026, with stops in Fargo, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Miami Beach, Toronto and Philadelphia. The slate covers travel content creation, video creator monetization, entertainment industry strategy, advertising and marketing technology, content marketing, and regional creator-brand networking. Primary audiences include travel creators and industry professionals, video creators and YouTubers, entertainment executives, marketing and advertising professionals, content marketers, and local creator communities in Toronto and Philadelphia.
Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) holds its Summit America 2026 edition in Fargo, North Dakota, for a four-day gathering of travel content creators and industry professionals spanning Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead, Minnesota. Programming includes more than 30 sessions, workshops, and industry forums covering content creation, content marketing, Influencer Marketing, social media marketing, and search engine optimization for the travel sector, along with speed networking, a sponsor showcase, and pre-conference day trips. The event targets both travel creators, including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, and influencers, and travel industry professionals such as destination marketing organizations, travel brands, and public relations and marketing teams. A Travel Creators pass is priced at $447; a Travel Industry Professionals pass is priced at $797.
Date: September 29-October 2, 2026
Venue: Fargo, North Dakota (event spans Fargo and West Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota)
VidSummit holds its 13th annual conference at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, targeting video creators, YouTubers, and digital entrepreneurs exclusively, without public or fan attendance. The event pairs data-backed sessions on monetization, audience growth, and content strategy with high-level networking among creators, editors, brands, managers, and production teams. Confirmed speakers include Dan Clancy, chief executive officer of Twitch; Derral Eves, founder of VidSummit and author of “The YouTube Formula”; Allison Yazdian, chief executive officer of Uscreen; Kudzi Chikumbu, vice president of creator partnerships at Tubi; and creators including Caleb Hammer, Jenny Hoyos and SSSniperWolf. Programming opens with a welcome party on September 29 at the Irving Convention Center.
Date: September 29-October 1, 2026
Venue: Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, 500 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas
Bloomberg Live holds its Screentime summit in Los Angeles over a day and a half, convening entertainment executives, creators, and entrepreneurs for an invitation-style program on the business of media and pop culture. Sessions address industry consolidation and growth trends, the convergence of live experiences and digital fandoms, shifts in content creation and consumption, and the impact of artificial intelligence on creative industries, alongside a track on podcasters, actor-entrepreneurs, and digital creators. Confirmed speakers include Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive officer of Netflix; Dana Walden, president and chief creative officer of the Walt Disney Company; Conan O’Brien, founder of Team Coco; Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective; Steven Bartlett, host of “The Diary of a CEO”; and Mark Rober, content creator and founder of CrunchLabs. The program includes an opening-night reception.
Advertising Week New York returns to the Penn District for four days, convening marketing, media, technology, and Creator Economy professionals. Dhar Mann joins as the event’s inaugural chief creator officer, opening the show with the launch of a $100 million Creator Challenge aimed at generating new creator-brand business. Programming runs across multiple stages, including a Creativity Stage covering creators, pop culture and sports, plus a dedicated Creator Day pairing creators with chief marketing officers for short collaborative sessions. Confirmed speakers include content creator and FORVR Mood co-founder Jackie Aina, actor and producer Kerry Washington, entertainer Flavor Flav, and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, alongside chief marketing officers from Hilton, Southwest Airlines and the Washington Commanders.
Content Marketing Institute holds its flagship conference in Denver for the first time alongside TMRE: The Market Research Event, with content from Lions brands Effie, WARC, and Contagious. The 2026 edition, themed “Insight to Impact,” features more than 100 sessions across tracks including social media and creator marketing, attribution and ROI, and AI in marketing. Programming includes the Science & Magic Summit curated by WARC and Contagious, the Effie-produced Marketing Effectiveness Summit, and an AI in Action Summit offering a certification. Confirmed speakers include actor and producer Gabrielle Union, actress and entrepreneur Sophia Bush, Procter & Gamble chief brand officer Marc Pritchard, and Denver Broncos chief marketing officer Hailey Sullivan. An Extra Innings evening party takes place at Coors Field.
Date: October 5-7, 2026 (Conference: October 5-6; Workshops: October 7)
Venue: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado
Jupiter Festival Miami holds its inaugural edition at the Miami Beach Convention Center over four days, positioning itself as a global conference for the business of media, entertainment and sports. The event is backed by MCH Group, parent company of Art Basel, with YouTube as founding sponsor, Cannes Lions as founding partner, and Boston Consulting Group as a sponsor. Organizers report more than 120 confirmed speakers, 3,000 attendees, 200 partners, and representation from 90 countries. Programming addresses how creators and artificial intelligence are reshaping the consumer journey and covers shifts in short-form and vertical video. Confirmed participants include Athletes Unlimited co-founder and chief executive officer Jon Patricof, former Chelsea Football Club chief marketing officer Brandon Berger, and Tribeca Enterprises chief executive officer Rebecca Glashow. The festival opens October 6 with a concert by Third Eye Blind.
Date: October 6-9, 2026
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Platform, a creator talent agency, holds the inaugural Platform Social at St. Lawrence Market North, positioning the one-day event as Canada’s leading conference for Influencer Marketing. The event targets creators, brand marketers and agency partners with panels, keynotes and structured networking, and organizers expect more than 500 attendees. Confirmed programming includes a panel on the business of being a creator, a fireside chat with Snapchat’s Canada creator partnership lead Norissa Samuels, and a keynote on nano- and micro-Influencer Marketing from Heylist chief executive officer and founder Vicky Boudreau. A panel on how brands select creators features speakers from Platform, Edelman, We Are Social Canada and Amazon Canada. Sponsors include Snapchat, Indigo and White Claw. The day closes with a cocktail reception.
The Philly Influencer Mixer holds the inaugural PIMCON at Vault XXVII, billed as Philadelphia’s first creator conference. The one-day event connects local creators, brands, and media through panels, a creator studio, a professional headshot studio, and creator spotlights, with organizers reporting more than 150 attendees and over 1.7 million in combined audience reach. Philadelphia City Councilman Isaiah Thomas delivers the welcome address, and Olympian-turned-entrepreneur and media personality Priscilla Loomis headlines as featured keynote speaker. Programming also includes breakout sessions and a VIP lounge, closing with a finale party. Organizers describe the event as designed to move beyond surface-level networking toward collaboration and opportunity between Philadelphia’s creator community and the brands seeking to work with them.
CreatorIQ holds its one-day Connect conference at the Ebell of Los Angeles, bringing together more than 1,000 global marketing leaders from brands, agencies, and social platforms alongside creators. YouTube serves as the presenting partner. The event is structured around three tracks: the Engine, covering business strategy; the Craft, focused on creative case studies and practitioner-led sessions; and the Studio, offering curated networking and live podcast recordings. More than 30 speakers are confirmed, including YouTube vice president of strategy Mithun Sheth, Los Angeles Rams chief commercial officer Jennifer Prince, and content creators Jordan Howlett and Kareem Rahma. Sponsors include Awin and Sprinklr.
Date: October 13, 2026
Venue: Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans nine events from September 29 through October 13, 2026, with stops in Fargo, the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Los Angeles, New York, Denver, Miami Beach, Toronto and Philadelphia. The slate covers travel content creation, video creator monetization, entertainment industry strategy, advertising and marketing technology, content marketing, and regional creator-brand networking. Primary audiences include travel creators and industry professionals, video creators and YouTubers, entertainment executives, marketing and advertising professionals, content marketers, and local creator communities in Toronto and Philadelphia.
TBEX Summit America 2026
Travel Blog Exchange (TBEX) holds its Summit America 2026 edition in Fargo, North Dakota, for a four-day gathering of travel content creators and industry professionals spanning Fargo, West Fargo, and Moorhead, Minnesota. Programming includes more than 30 sessions, workshops, and industry forums covering content creation, content marketing, Influencer Marketing, social media marketing, and search engine optimization for the travel sector, along with speed networking, a sponsor showcase, and pre-conference day trips. The event targets both travel creators, including bloggers, podcasters, YouTubers, and influencers, and travel industry professionals such as destination marketing organizations, travel brands, and public relations and marketing teams. A Travel Creators pass is priced at $447; a Travel Industry Professionals pass is priced at $797.
Date: September 29-October 2, 2026
Venue: Fargo, North Dakota (event spans Fargo and West Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota)
VidSummit 2026
VidSummit holds its 13th annual conference at the Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, targeting video creators, YouTubers, and digital entrepreneurs exclusively, without public or fan attendance. The event pairs data-backed sessions on monetization, audience growth, and content strategy with high-level networking among creators, editors, brands, managers, and production teams. Confirmed speakers include Dan Clancy, chief executive officer of Twitch; Derral Eves, founder of VidSummit and author of “The YouTube Formula”; Allison Yazdian, chief executive officer of Uscreen; Kudzi Chikumbu, vice president of creator partnerships at Tubi; and creators including Caleb Hammer, Jenny Hoyos and SSSniperWolf. Programming opens with a welcome party on September 29 at the Irving Convention Center.
Date: September 29-October 1, 2026
Venue: Irving Convention Center at Las Colinas, 500 West Las Colinas Boulevard, Irving, Texas
Bloomberg Screentime 2026
Bloomberg Live holds its Screentime summit in Los Angeles over a day and a half, convening entertainment executives, creators, and entrepreneurs for an invitation-style program on the business of media and pop culture. Sessions address industry consolidation and growth trends, the convergence of live experiences and digital fandoms, shifts in content creation and consumption, and the impact of artificial intelligence on creative industries, alongside a track on podcasters, actor-entrepreneurs, and digital creators. Confirmed speakers include Ted Sarandos, co-chief executive officer of Netflix; Dana Walden, president and chief creative officer of the Walt Disney Company; Conan O’Brien, founder of Team Coco; Laurene Powell Jobs, founder and president of Emerson Collective; Steven Bartlett, host of “The Diary of a CEO”; and Mark Rober, content creator and founder of CrunchLabs. The program includes an opening-night reception.
Date: September 30-October 1, 2026
Venue: Los Angeles, California
Advertising Week New York 2026
Advertising Week New York returns to the Penn District for four days, convening marketing, media, technology, and Creator Economy professionals. Dhar Mann joins as the event’s inaugural chief creator officer, opening the show with the launch of a $100 million Creator Challenge aimed at generating new creator-brand business. Programming runs across multiple stages, including a Creativity Stage covering creators, pop culture and sports, plus a dedicated Creator Day pairing creators with chief marketing officers for short collaborative sessions. Confirmed speakers include content creator and FORVR Mood co-founder Jackie Aina, actor and producer Kerry Washington, entertainer Flavor Flav, and Ben & Jerry’s co-founder Ben Cohen, alongside chief marketing officers from Hilton, Southwest Airlines and the Washington Commanders.
Date: October 5-8, 2026
Venue: The Penn District, New York, New York
Content Marketing World 2026
Content Marketing Institute holds its flagship conference in Denver for the first time alongside TMRE: The Market Research Event, with content from Lions brands Effie, WARC, and Contagious. The 2026 edition, themed “Insight to Impact,” features more than 100 sessions across tracks including social media and creator marketing, attribution and ROI, and AI in marketing. Programming includes the Science & Magic Summit curated by WARC and Contagious, the Effie-produced Marketing Effectiveness Summit, and an AI in Action Summit offering a certification. Confirmed speakers include actor and producer Gabrielle Union, actress and entrepreneur Sophia Bush, Procter & Gamble chief brand officer Marc Pritchard, and Denver Broncos chief marketing officer Hailey Sullivan. An Extra Innings evening party takes place at Coors Field.
Date: October 5-7, 2026 (Conference: October 5-6; Workshops: October 7)
Venue: Colorado Convention Center, Denver, Colorado
Jupiter Festival Miami
Jupiter Festival Miami holds its inaugural edition at the Miami Beach Convention Center over four days, positioning itself as a global conference for the business of media, entertainment and sports. The event is backed by MCH Group, parent company of Art Basel, with YouTube as founding sponsor, Cannes Lions as founding partner, and Boston Consulting Group as a sponsor. Organizers report more than 120 confirmed speakers, 3,000 attendees, 200 partners, and representation from 90 countries. Programming addresses how creators and artificial intelligence are reshaping the consumer journey and covers shifts in short-form and vertical video. Confirmed participants include Athletes Unlimited co-founder and chief executive officer Jon Patricof, former Chelsea Football Club chief marketing officer Brandon Berger, and Tribeca Enterprises chief executive officer Rebecca Glashow. The festival opens October 6 with a concert by Third Eye Blind.
Date: October 6-9, 2026
Venue: Miami Beach Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida
Platform Social 2026
Platform, a creator talent agency, holds the inaugural Platform Social at St. Lawrence Market North, positioning the one-day event as Canada’s leading conference for Influencer Marketing. The event targets creators, brand marketers and agency partners with panels, keynotes and structured networking, and organizers expect more than 500 attendees. Confirmed programming includes a panel on the business of being a creator, a fireside chat with Snapchat’s Canada creator partnership lead Norissa Samuels, and a keynote on nano- and micro-Influencer Marketing from Heylist chief executive officer and founder Vicky Boudreau. A panel on how brands select creators features speakers from Platform, Edelman, We Are Social Canada and Amazon Canada. Sponsors include Snapchat, Indigo and White Claw. The day closes with a cocktail reception.
Date: October 7, 2026
Venue: St. Lawrence Market North, Toronto, Canada
Philly Influencer Mixer Conference (PIMCON) 2026
The Philly Influencer Mixer holds the inaugural PIMCON at Vault XXVII, billed as Philadelphia’s first creator conference. The one-day event connects local creators, brands, and media through panels, a creator studio, a professional headshot studio, and creator spotlights, with organizers reporting more than 150 attendees and over 1.7 million in combined audience reach. Philadelphia City Councilman Isaiah Thomas delivers the welcome address, and Olympian-turned-entrepreneur and media personality Priscilla Loomis headlines as featured keynote speaker. Programming also includes breakout sessions and a VIP lounge, closing with a finale party. Organizers describe the event as designed to move beyond surface-level networking toward collaboration and opportunity between Philadelphia’s creator community and the brands seeking to work with them.
Date: October 10, 2026
Venue: Vault XXVII, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
CreatorIQ Connect 2026
CreatorIQ holds its one-day Connect conference at the Ebell of Los Angeles, bringing together more than 1,000 global marketing leaders from brands, agencies, and social platforms alongside creators. YouTube serves as the presenting partner. The event is structured around three tracks: the Engine, covering business strategy; the Craft, focused on creative case studies and practitioner-led sessions; and the Studio, offering curated networking and live podcast recordings. More than 30 speakers are confirmed, including YouTube vice president of strategy Mithun Sheth, Los Angeles Rams chief commercial officer Jennifer Prince, and content creators Jordan Howlett and Kareem Rahma. Sponsors include Awin and Sprinklr.
Date: October 13, 2026
Venue: Ebell of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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