Cannes 2026 Guide For WFA Members

We know Cannes can be hard to navigate, especially for the first time. To help support WFA members, each year we curate a list of invites and events available to WFA members

Browse below through WFA co-hosted events, WFA speaker sessions and third party invites throughout the week.

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Events by or featuring WFA

  1. WFA Welcome Drinks @ The Google Beach

    Please join WFA & Google for an exclusive 'Welcome to Cannes' cocktail reception.
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  2. WFA In-House Forum

    For global/regional in-house agency leaders and specialists
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  3. WFA x IARD Panel: From #Ad to Impact

    Embracing Responsibility, Empowering Creativity, Expanding Influence
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  4. WFA x DEPT Panel: Beyond Artificial - The Real Work of Scaling AI

    An invitation only breakfast panel and networking event
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  5. WFA Sustainable Marketing roundtable at DEPT Secret Garden

    This invitation only lunch is built around genuine peer-to-peer dialogue amongst global brand-side Marketing and Sustainability leaders.
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  6. WFA x IAB roundtable: Retail Media - Raising the Bar

    Retail media is growing rapidly, but advertisers continue to face major challenges.
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  7. WFA x Meta Panel: Trust and Transparency in AI

    A cross-industry dialogue co-hosted by WFA and Meta
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  8. WFA Media Board Meeting

    Annual Media Board Meeting
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  9. WFA x mediasense panel: Future of Marketing Talent

    If you're heading to Cannes and curious about the future of talent in the marketing industry, this event is not to be missed.
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  10. WFA x DEPT Family style VIP Dinner

    Having spent seventy years building one of the world’s most influential networks of global brands, the WFA knows that the best conversations begin with human connection.
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  11. WFA CMO Forum

    For global/regional Chief Marketing Officers
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  12. WFA x Ebiquity: Launch of The Paid Media Effectiveness Handbook

    Media teams have more measurement tools, dashboards and signals than ever before, and yet decision making is not getting any easier.
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