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Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
2025-06-16 08:00 - 2025-06-20 17:00 UTC
Cannes Lions 2025 returns from June 16 to 20, once again transforming the Croisette into the epicenter of global creativity. This year’s festival reflects the rapidly evolving intersection of advertising, technology, and culture, with a strong emphasis on AI innovation, creator-driven storytelling, retail media expansion, and long-term brand platforms.
Over 26,000 entries from more than 90 countries compete across categories that increasingly reward data-informed creativity, strategic effectiveness, and campaigns with social impact. New award segments in 2025 highlight the rise of creators as media forces and recognize sustained brand platforms that deliver beyond the campaign cycle.
The program features five days of keynotes, workshops, live judging sessions, and networking experiences. Leading voices from brands, agencies, tech giants, and creative talent will take the stage to explore how the industry is being reshaped by automation, audience behavior shifts, and performance-driven demands.
Beyond the Palais, Cannes Lions is also a powerful business forum. Private dinners, beach takeovers, and exclusive yacht events hosted by platforms, agencies, and venture firms create an unmatched space for connection and influence.
Cannes Lions 2025 is not just a celebration of creative excellence — it’s a mirror of an industry in transformation, where the future of advertising is being written in real time.

Nudgestock
2025-06-27 08:00 - 17:00
Nudgestock returns on June 27, 2025 in London as the flagship festival merging behavioural science with creativity. This year’s theme, Power, examines influence in every domain—from organizational dynamics and AI to sensory design and global food behaviour.
The full-day program features insightful talks and panels:

Rory Sutherland opens with “Soft Power in a Hard World,” exploring non-coercive influence.

Evolutionary insights from Katie Slocombe on status and alliance.

Dr Martha Newson on collective identity and loyalty formation.

AI-hype deconstruction and cognitive depth via Daniel Hulme.

Roger L. Martin dissects hierarchy and innovation challenges.

Real-world case studies from creatives like Maz Farrelly, and behavioural change experts Takwa Khelifi and Charles Spence.

A key appearance by Michael Gove, reflecting on power in media and governance.

Structured around stimulating sessions, live demos, and immersive experiences, Nudgestock 2025 targets leaders in marketing, psychology, public policy, tech, and academia. The event builds on its reputation as the world’s premier behavioural science festival—scientifically rigorous yet entertainingly provocative.
Nudgestock 2025 promises to reshape thinking about influence, leadership, innovation, and the subtle forces that shape our decisions.

DMEXCO (Digital Marketing Exposition & Conference)
2025-09-17 08:00 - 2025-09-18 17:00
DMEXCO 2025 will take place on September 17–18 in Cologne, Germany, once again bringing together the global digital marketing and tech ecosystem. As Europe’s leading event for digital business, the conference serves as a hub for innovation, commerce, and thought leadership.
The 2025 edition promises over 40,000 participants, 1,000 exhibitors, and hundreds of speakers across multiple stages. Key themes include artificial intelligence, data-driven marketing, sustainable brand strategies, and platform transformation. With new summit formats such as the CMO Summit and the Thought Leaders’ Forum, DMEXCO places bold strategic thinking at the core of its program.
Exhibitors from the world’s top tech firms, media agencies, and startups will showcase the latest products and solutions, while curated networking areas and themed experience zones offer direct access to decision-makers and innovators.
DMEXCO 2025 continues its mission: to accelerate the digital economy by merging commerce, content, and community in a high-impact, future-focused environment.

London International Awards (LIA) : created for creatives
2025-09-25 08:00 - 2025-10-03 17:00 | LIA
The London International Awards (LIA) 2025 returns with its core mission intact: recognizing world-class creativity across every corner of the global communications industry. Created for creatives, LIA remains one of the few major award shows where jurors evaluate work entirely on-site and in person, ensuring integrity, focus, and fairness.
Entries are accepted across over 25 categories, including Film, Digital, Design, Audio, Health & Wellness, Social Media, Creativity in PR, B2B, and the fast-growing field of Creative Use of Data. Each jury is composed of top-tier industry professionals who view and discuss every entry as a group — no remote judging, no shortcuts.
A cornerstone of LIA is its Creative LIAisons program, which offers emerging talent access to mentorship from the industry’s leading minds. The initiative combines virtual one-on-one sessions throughout the year and culminates in an intensive in-person experience in Las Vegas, where selected young creatives learn directly from jurors and top executives.
Set to take place again at the Wynn Las Vegas in late September, LIA 2025 reaffirms its unique position: not just as an awards platform, but as a creative ecosystem dedicated to celebrating craft, pushing boundaries, and inspiring the next generation of creative leaders.
