This issue’s Creator Economy calendar spans eight events from September 14 through September 20, 2026, anchored by a three-event New York City stretch and extending to Miami, London, Boston, Palm Springs, and Chicago. The slate ranges from a publishing industry summit and a podcast business summit to back-to-back Influencer Marketing marketplace events tied to IAB Global Creator Week on both sides of the Atlantic, an open-registration podcasting conference, a marketing conference with a creator track, a personal finance creator conference, and an entertainment industry gathering. Primary audiences include publishing and media executives, podcast industry professionals, Influencer Marketing professionals, marketers, personal finance creators, and entertainment creators.
Digiday holds its three-day Publishing Summit at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, bringing together publishing industry executives to address how artificial intelligence’s effect on search referral traffic, content scraping, and rising video consumption are reshaping subscription, advertising, and licensing revenue strategies. Confirmed speakers include Phil Andraos, general manager of Reuters Digital; Taneth Evans, head of digital at The Wall Street Journal; Francesca Barber, executive vice president of product, audience and AI at Politico; Mike Peralta, chief revenue officer at Future; Kristin Roberts, president of USA Today Media; and Sally Shin, executive vice president of growth and partnerships at CNBC. Programming includes a publisher-only town hall and challenge board session, sponsor-led sandbox sessions, a VIP cocktail reception, and scheduled one-on-one meetings between publishing executives and technology partners. A Connect Pass is priced at $4,095, with a Premium Connect Pass at $5,795.
Date: September 14-16, 2026
Venue: The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, 455 Grand Bay Drive, Miami, Florida
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.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau UK holds its Creator Marketing Growth Summit at Park Village Studios in London, running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as part of IAB Global Creator Week. Programming includes case studies and live creator content addressing campaign planning, measurement, regulation, and brand building within the Creator Economy. Confirmed speakers include Marcos Angelides, managing director of L’Oréal Lab and head of AI operations at Publicis Media; Sarah van den Eertwegh, global business, product marketing and communications lead at TikTok; Isabelle Quevilly, director of Creative Shop NEMEA at Meta; Georgia Kelly, head of UK Creators at Snapchat; and Stevie Johnson, managing partner and head of Creo UK. Meta serves as headline sponsor, with Global and Kantar also sponsoring. The event is free for IAB UK members, agencies, advertisers, and creators, with non-member tickets priced at £350.
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Venue: Park Village Studios, 1 Park Village East, London, United Kingdom
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 $469, an All Access Creator Pass at $759, and a Brand Pass for industry and agency representatives at $1,399.
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 eight events from September 14 through September 20, 2026, anchored by a three-event New York City stretch and extending to Miami, London, Boston, Palm Springs, and Chicago. The slate ranges from a publishing industry summit and a podcast business summit to back-to-back Influencer Marketing marketplace events tied to IAB Global Creator Week on both sides of the Atlantic, an open-registration podcasting conference, a marketing conference with a creator track, a personal finance creator conference, and an entertainment industry gathering. Primary audiences include publishing and media executives, podcast industry professionals, Influencer Marketing professionals, marketers, personal finance creators, and entertainment creators.
Digiday Publishing Summit
Digiday holds its three-day Publishing Summit at The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, bringing together publishing industry executives to address how artificial intelligence’s effect on search referral traffic, content scraping, and rising video consumption are reshaping subscription, advertising, and licensing revenue strategies. Confirmed speakers include Phil Andraos, general manager of Reuters Digital; Taneth Evans, head of digital at The Wall Street Journal; Francesca Barber, executive vice president of product, audience and AI at Politico; Mike Peralta, chief revenue officer at Future; Kristin Roberts, president of USA Today Media; and Sally Shin, executive vice president of growth and partnerships at CNBC. Programming includes a publisher-only town hall and challenge board session, sponsor-led sandbox sessions, a VIP cocktail reception, and scheduled one-on-one meetings between publishing executives and technology partners. A Connect Pass is priced at $4,095, with a Premium Connect Pass at $5,795.
Date: September 14-16, 2026
Venue: The Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne, 455 Grand Bay Drive, Miami, Florida
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
IAB UK Creator Marketing Growth Summit
The Interactive Advertising Bureau UK holds its Creator Marketing Growth Summit at Park Village Studios in London, running from 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. as part of IAB Global Creator Week. Programming includes case studies and live creator content addressing campaign planning, measurement, regulation, and brand building within the Creator Economy. Confirmed speakers include Marcos Angelides, managing director of L’Oréal Lab and head of AI operations at Publicis Media; Sarah van den Eertwegh, global business, product marketing and communications lead at TikTok; Isabelle Quevilly, director of Creative Shop NEMEA at Meta; Georgia Kelly, head of UK Creators at Snapchat; and Stevie Johnson, managing partner and head of Creo UK. Meta serves as headline sponsor, with Global and Kantar also sponsoring. The event is free for IAB UK members, agencies, advertisers, and creators, with non-member tickets priced at £350.
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2026, 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Venue: Park Village Studios, 1 Park Village East, London, United Kingdom
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 $469, an All Access Creator Pass at $759, and a Brand Pass for industry and agency representatives at $1,399.
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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