Events in late June and early July 2026 bring together podcast creators, social media professionals, brand marketers, influencer technology platforms, and senior advertising executives across programming in Lusaka, Atlanta, Houston, Sheffield, London, Los Angeles, and Budapest, alongside virtual formats. The ten listings span podcast creation and monetization, creator-brand partnerships, digital and social marketing strategy, gaming and pop culture, children’s media content, and performance marketing with Creator Economy overlap, covering audiences from independent podcasters and social media managers to CMOs and global agency leaders.
The Africa Creative Market (ACM), the Creative Industries Business Summit (CIBS) Zambia 2026, and the Kwimbo National Arts Festival jointly present Creative Convergence, the ACM’s five-year milestone flagship event in Lusaka. The 2026 theme is “Where Creativity, Technology & Collaboration Harness Global Greatness.” The event runs across two venues: the main programming phase takes place at Mulungushi International Conference Centre from June 29 through July 2, followed by a two-day continuation at Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds on July 3 and 4. Programming spans film and television, music, fashion and apparel, dance, art, and photography, connecting African creatives with trade finance, investment, training, and international partners. Zambia’s Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts and Ascend Studios Foundation power the event, with the National Arts Council of Zambia providing support.
Date: June 29 – July 2, 2026 (Mulungushi International Conference Centre); July 3-4, 2026 (Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds)
Venue: Mulungushi International Conference Centre, Plot 8025, Great East Road, Lusaka, Zambia; Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds, Lusaka, Zambia
Traackr hosts a virtual fireside chat on influencer content boosting strategy. The session covers how to identify high-performing organic content worth amplifying through paid promotion, how to benchmark an influencer boosting program against industry competitors, and how to balance organic content distribution with paid amplification to improve campaign outcomes. The discussion features Hayley Schluter.
Jayde I. Powell, Founder and Head of Creative at The Em Dash Co, hosts a full-day virtual summit in celebration of Social Media Day, targeting brand marketers, agency professionals, creators, and Influencer Marketing professionals. The program features six sessions covering burnout and sustainability in the social media profession, internal advocacy for social media programs, the brand-creator relationship, career advancement in social media, AI’s practical impact on social media roles, and the career pipeline from social media professional to creator. Confirmed speakers include Austin Null (Chief Creator Officer, We Get It), Autumn Benitez (Social Media Strategist, Forbes), Brandon Smithwrick (Founder, Content to Commas), Christina Vittas (Social Media Manager, Reddit), Dakota Lowe (Head of Social, Nordstrom), Olivia Jepson (Social Media Intelligence Manager, Sprout Social), and Tameka Bazile (Associate Director, B2B Social and Content, Business Insider), among others. Teachable serves as title sponsor.
The Podcast Summit, organized by David Shands LLC, convenes in Atlanta for two days targeting podcast creators at all stages of growth. Programming covers 18 topics organized around three tracks: starting, growing, and monetizing a podcast. Topics include audio production and recording technique, clip strategies for audience conversion, sponsorship and brand deal frameworks, legal fundamentals for creators, interview craft, and content studio development. Confirmed speakers include David Shands (Social Proof Podcast), Donni Wiggins (Full Transparency Podcast), B. Simone (Let’s Try This Again Podcast), Rashad Bilal and Troy Mullings (co-hosts, Earn Your Leisure Podcast), KevOnStage (Here’s The Thing Podcast), and Omar El-Takrori (The Dept. Podcast), among others. The event expects 1,500-plus attendees. Ticket pricing ranges from $197 for a General Pass to $1,797 for a Diamond Pass, which includes speakers’ lunches and lounge access on both conference days.
The Children’s Media Conference gathers producers, commissioners, digital creators, and brands working in children’s and family media content for three days in Sheffield. The program covers storytelling craft, production technique, and content distribution across the kids and family vertical. A Catch-Up Pass providing access to session recordings and the delegate list is available. Full-rate tickets are priced at £590 plus VAT; self-funded attendees, small independents, under-30s, and students qualify for a reduced rate of £325 plus VAT.
MAD//Fest London returns for its ninth edition as a three-day marketing, advertising, and disruption festival. The 2026 theme, “The Human Touch,” examines how human creativity and judgment can provide a competitive edge as AI-generated content becomes more prevalent across marketing workflows. Programming includes keynote speakers, masterclasses, brand innovation pitches, networking, experiential activations, and evening entertainment. The event operates in an invite-only format targeting brand and agency attendees and expects more than 15,000 participants.
Date: July 7-9, 2026
Venue: Old Truman Brewery Estate, London, United Kingdom
Million Dollar Sellers (MDS) hosts a closed-door, invite-only gathering in Vancouver for founders and operators of scaled ecommerce brands. The afternoon opens with a Meet & Speed networking session before moving into a panel discussion anchored by three operators: Dee Agarwal, founder of AMA Holdings and Goli Nutrition; Tony Yu, co-founder of Vessi; and Bryce Alderson, founder of Nutratology. Discussion topics include what breaks for brands scaling past $30 million to $50 million in revenue, how leadership and decision-making shift at that stage, and TikTok and retail expansion strategy. Attendance is limited to vetted founders and operators; the event does not permit vendors, solicitors, or plus-ones. A post-event gathering follows the closed-door session.
Date: July 8, 2026, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM PDT
Venue: Vancouver, Canada (exact address provided upon registration approval)
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) hosts its annual Digital & Social Media Conference, presented by OUTFRONT Media, at JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. The conference brings together 300-plus marketing and advertising leaders to address how artificial intelligence, agentic commerce, and creator marketing are reshaping digital and social strategy. Programming includes keynote speakers, creative case studies, and interactive sessions covering streaming, commerce, agency management, AI, and creator marketing. Confirmed speakers include Jasmine Enberg (Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Scalable), Adam W. (Forbes Top 2025 Creator, 65 million-plus followers), Bruno Acanfora (Chief Creative Officer, GUT Los Angeles), Mary Ann Belliveau (President of Americas, Snap Inc.), Matt Gilhooley (Vice President, Global Marketing, Activision), Jason Goldberg (Chief Commerce Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe), and Thalia Patrinos (Communication Strategist, NASA), among others. ANA client-side members attend at no cost; standard nonmember in-person pricing is $1,999. Virtual attendance is available through the Grip platform.
Date: July 8-10, 2026
Venue: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Affiliate World Europe convenes in Budapest for two days, with programming covering Creator Economy strategies alongside the conference’s core performance marketing content. Sessions addressing creator practitioners cover creator and affiliate hybrid strategies, content-driven conversion funnels, social commerce scaling, AI tools, and e-commerce growth. The event expects 7,000-plus attendees and 35-plus speakers. Affiliate World Europe is part of the broader Affiliate World Conference series, which holds additional editions in the Americas and Asia and reports more than 21,000 combined annual attendees from 110-plus countries.
Dream Con, founded by the creative collective RDCWorld, returns to Houston for a three-day convention celebrating gaming, anime, sports, film, music, and pop culture. The 2026 edition introduces several new programming formats, including a voice actor talent search operated by Martian Blueberry, an inaugural Poetry Slam, the Dream Con Music Star Search (a live music competition in which the winner earns a performance slot at Touch Grass Music Fest in Orlando), and Into the Fashionverse, a fashion showcase and runway experience at the intersection of fashion, cosplay, anime, and gaming. Confirmed talent includes Issa Rae (producer, actress, and writer) and Cree Summer (actress, voice actor, and singer). Additional programming includes The Great Anime Debate featuring KevOnStage, a Marvel Rivals All-Star Tournament, and a Dream Con-exclusive Power Rangers reunion. Weekend and single-day badges are available.
Date: July 10-12, 2026
Venue: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
CreatorFest describes itself as Europe’s leading Creator Economy event, bringing together creators, brands and retailers, talent agencies, and influencer technology platforms over two days at Magazine London. Programming addresses creator-brand partnerships, Influencer Marketing ROI, and creator career sustainability. The event is structured around four attendee profiles: creators seeking brand partnerships and career growth, brands and retailers focused on Influencer Marketing measurement, talent agencies and managers, and influencer technology platforms and agencies. Participating organizations include Adobe, Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Google, Disney, Diageo, Shopify, Edelman, dentsu, VML, and Kantar, among others.
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Events in late June and early July 2026 bring together podcast creators, social media professionals, brand marketers, influencer technology platforms, and senior advertising executives across programming in Lusaka, Atlanta, Houston, Sheffield, London, Los Angeles, and Budapest, alongside virtual formats. The ten listings span podcast creation and monetization, creator-brand partnerships, digital and social marketing strategy, gaming and pop culture, children’s media content, and performance marketing with Creator Economy overlap, covering audiences from independent podcasters and social media managers to CMOs and global agency leaders.
Africa Creative Market: Creative Convergence 2026
The Africa Creative Market (ACM), the Creative Industries Business Summit (CIBS) Zambia 2026, and the Kwimbo National Arts Festival jointly present Creative Convergence, the ACM’s five-year milestone flagship event in Lusaka. The 2026 theme is “Where Creativity, Technology & Collaboration Harness Global Greatness.” The event runs across two venues: the main programming phase takes place at Mulungushi International Conference Centre from June 29 through July 2, followed by a two-day continuation at Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds on July 3 and 4. Programming spans film and television, music, fashion and apparel, dance, art, and photography, connecting African creatives with trade finance, investment, training, and international partners. Zambia’s Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts and Ascend Studios Foundation power the event, with the National Arts Council of Zambia providing support.
Date: June 29 – July 2, 2026 (Mulungushi International Conference Centre); July 3-4, 2026 (Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds)
Venue: Mulungushi International Conference Centre, Plot 8025, Great East Road, Lusaka, Zambia; Polo B, Lusaka Showgrounds, Lusaka, Zambia
Boost Smarter, Not Harder: How to Build a Winning Influencer Boosting Strategy
Traackr hosts a virtual fireside chat on influencer content boosting strategy. The session covers how to identify high-performing organic content worth amplifying through paid promotion, how to benchmark an influencer boosting program against industry competitors, and how to balance organic content distribution with paid amplification to improve campaign outcomes. The discussion features Hayley Schluter.
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026
Venue: Online (virtual)
Chronically Online Virtual Social Media Summit
Jayde I. Powell, Founder and Head of Creative at The Em Dash Co, hosts a full-day virtual summit in celebration of Social Media Day, targeting brand marketers, agency professionals, creators, and Influencer Marketing professionals. The program features six sessions covering burnout and sustainability in the social media profession, internal advocacy for social media programs, the brand-creator relationship, career advancement in social media, AI’s practical impact on social media roles, and the career pipeline from social media professional to creator. Confirmed speakers include Austin Null (Chief Creator Officer, We Get It), Autumn Benitez (Social Media Strategist, Forbes), Brandon Smithwrick (Founder, Content to Commas), Christina Vittas (Social Media Manager, Reddit), Dakota Lowe (Head of Social, Nordstrom), Olivia Jepson (Social Media Intelligence Manager, Sprout Social), and Tameka Bazile (Associate Director, B2B Social and Content, Business Insider), among others. Teachable serves as title sponsor.
Date: Tuesday, June 30, 2026, 9:30 AM-4:50 PM
Venue: Online (virtual)
The Podcast Summit 2026
The Podcast Summit, organized by David Shands LLC, convenes in Atlanta for two days targeting podcast creators at all stages of growth. Programming covers 18 topics organized around three tracks: starting, growing, and monetizing a podcast. Topics include audio production and recording technique, clip strategies for audience conversion, sponsorship and brand deal frameworks, legal fundamentals for creators, interview craft, and content studio development. Confirmed speakers include David Shands (Social Proof Podcast), Donni Wiggins (Full Transparency Podcast), B. Simone (Let’s Try This Again Podcast), Rashad Bilal and Troy Mullings (co-hosts, Earn Your Leisure Podcast), KevOnStage (Here’s The Thing Podcast), and Omar El-Takrori (The Dept. Podcast), among others. The event expects 1,500-plus attendees. Ticket pricing ranges from $197 for a General Pass to $1,797 for a Diamond Pass, which includes speakers’ lunches and lounge access on both conference days.
Date: July 2-3, 2026, 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Venue: Hyatt Regency Atlanta, 265 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia
Children’s Media Conference 2026
The Children’s Media Conference gathers producers, commissioners, digital creators, and brands working in children’s and family media content for three days in Sheffield. The program covers storytelling craft, production technique, and content distribution across the kids and family vertical. A Catch-Up Pass providing access to session recordings and the delegate list is available. Full-rate tickets are priced at £590 plus VAT; self-funded attendees, small independents, under-30s, and students qualify for a reduced rate of £325 plus VAT.
Date: July 7-9, 2026
Venue: Sheffield, United Kingdom
MAD//Fest London
MAD//Fest London returns for its ninth edition as a three-day marketing, advertising, and disruption festival. The 2026 theme, “The Human Touch,” examines how human creativity and judgment can provide a competitive edge as AI-generated content becomes more prevalent across marketing workflows. Programming includes keynote speakers, masterclasses, brand innovation pitches, networking, experiential activations, and evening entertainment. The event operates in an invite-only format targeting brand and agency attendees and expects more than 15,000 participants.
Date: July 7-9, 2026
Venue: Old Truman Brewery Estate, London, United Kingdom
Operator Room Vancouver – Tik Tok Shop Expansion
Million Dollar Sellers (MDS) hosts a closed-door, invite-only gathering in Vancouver for founders and operators of scaled ecommerce brands. The afternoon opens with a Meet & Speed networking session before moving into a panel discussion anchored by three operators: Dee Agarwal, founder of AMA Holdings and Goli Nutrition; Tony Yu, co-founder of Vessi; and Bryce Alderson, founder of Nutratology. Discussion topics include what breaks for brands scaling past $30 million to $50 million in revenue, how leadership and decision-making shift at that stage, and TikTok and retail expansion strategy. Attendance is limited to vetted founders and operators; the event does not permit vendors, solicitors, or plus-ones. A post-event gathering follows the closed-door session.
Date: July 8, 2026, 2:00 PM-6:00 PM PDT
Venue: Vancouver, Canada (exact address provided upon registration approval)
ANA Digital & Social Media Conference 2026
The Association of National Advertisers (ANA) hosts its annual Digital & Social Media Conference, presented by OUTFRONT Media, at JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE. The conference brings together 300-plus marketing and advertising leaders to address how artificial intelligence, agentic commerce, and creator marketing are reshaping digital and social strategy. Programming includes keynote speakers, creative case studies, and interactive sessions covering streaming, commerce, agency management, AI, and creator marketing. Confirmed speakers include Jasmine Enberg (Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Scalable), Adam W. (Forbes Top 2025 Creator, 65 million-plus followers), Bruno Acanfora (Chief Creative Officer, GUT Los Angeles), Mary Ann Belliveau (President of Americas, Snap Inc.), Matt Gilhooley (Vice President, Global Marketing, Activision), Jason Goldberg (Chief Commerce Strategy Officer, Publicis Groupe), and Thalia Patrinos (Communication Strategist, NASA), among others. ANA client-side members attend at no cost; standard nonmember in-person pricing is $1,999. Virtual attendance is available through the Grip platform.
Date: July 8-10, 2026
Venue: JW Marriott Los Angeles L.A. LIVE, 900 W Olympic Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Affiliate World Europe 2026
Affiliate World Europe convenes in Budapest for two days, with programming covering Creator Economy strategies alongside the conference’s core performance marketing content. Sessions addressing creator practitioners cover creator and affiliate hybrid strategies, content-driven conversion funnels, social commerce scaling, AI tools, and e-commerce growth. The event expects 7,000-plus attendees and 35-plus speakers. Affiliate World Europe is part of the broader Affiliate World Conference series, which holds additional editions in the Americas and Asia and reports more than 21,000 combined annual attendees from 110-plus countries.
Date: July 9-10, 2026
Venue: Budapest, Hungary
Dream Con 2026
Dream Con, founded by the creative collective RDCWorld, returns to Houston for a three-day convention celebrating gaming, anime, sports, film, music, and pop culture. The 2026 edition introduces several new programming formats, including a voice actor talent search operated by Martian Blueberry, an inaugural Poetry Slam, the Dream Con Music Star Search (a live music competition in which the winner earns a performance slot at Touch Grass Music Fest in Orlando), and Into the Fashionverse, a fashion showcase and runway experience at the intersection of fashion, cosplay, anime, and gaming. Confirmed talent includes Issa Rae (producer, actress, and writer) and Cree Summer (actress, voice actor, and singer). Additional programming includes The Great Anime Debate featuring KevOnStage, a Marvel Rivals All-Star Tournament, and a Dream Con-exclusive Power Rangers reunion. Weekend and single-day badges are available.
Date: July 10-12, 2026
Venue: George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas
CreatorFest 2026
CreatorFest describes itself as Europe’s leading Creator Economy event, bringing together creators, brands and retailers, talent agencies, and influencer technology platforms over two days at Magazine London. Programming addresses creator-brand partnerships, Influencer Marketing ROI, and creator career sustainability. The event is structured around four attendee profiles: creators seeking brand partnerships and career growth, brands and retailers focused on Influencer Marketing measurement, talent agencies and managers, and influencer technology platforms and agencies. Participating organizations include Adobe, Spotify, YouTube, TikTok, Pinterest, Google, Disney, Diageo, Shopify, Edelman, dentsu, VML, and Kantar, among others.
Date: July 14-15, 2026
Venue: Magazine London, London, United Kingdom
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