September 28, 2015
Ad Week 2015: Celebrities, Industry Leaders, and Media’s Top Execs Gather in NYC
This week, thousands of leaders in the advertising, media, business, tech, and marketing industries are gathering in New York City for Advertising Week; the largest gathering of such professionals in the world.
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From September 28 to Oct. 2, the event is featuring a powerful thought-leadership roster via more than 240 seminars.
Highlights for this year’s 12th annual event are:
- Comedy set by The Daily Show host Trevor Noah, and special appearances and performances by Snoop Dogg, Big Sean, Demi Lovato, Alessia Cara, and Joe Jonas with his new band DNCE
- Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg returns to the Advertising Week stage for a fireside chat
- IPG Chairman Michael Roth sits down with RadicalMedia Chairman Jon Kamen, iHeart Entertainment powerhouse John Sykes, and ABC Sales Chief Geri Wang, to talk content across platforms
- Dentsu Aegis Americas & EMEA CEO Nigel Morris and Facebook Global Marketing Solutions VP Carolyn Everson talk mobile video
- Fast Company Editor Bob Safian talks mobile with Google SVP Sridhar Ramaswamy
- Yahoo’s Lisa Utzschneider kicks off a series of seminars throughout the week on data
- iHeart Media brings Ryan Seacrest in conversation with EVP & CMO, Gayle Troberman
- The Washington Post headlining a content block on the 2016 election
- ABC kicks-off The Week at Bryant Park on September 28
- Viacom hosts the Attention Experience on September 29 at 1515 Broadway
- NBCU hosts Advertising Week in grand style at the iconic Rainbow Room on September 30
- The 2015 Culture + Commerce lunch series begins
- The 2015 Opening Gala is once again hosted by Amazon Media Group and moves to St. Bart’s Cathedral on Park Avenue
The event is hosted by brands including Google, Adobe, Microsoft, LinkedIn and more. Those who can’t attend in person can watch panels and other updates via live stream here. Below, check out social media updates from today’s kick off below:
Advertising Week kicks off today in NYC! Don’t forget to stream live at http://t.co/IU3CykP1L5 #AWXII
– Getty Images (@GettyImages) September 28, 2015
Great #AWXII @advertisingweek panel with @larrywilmore, @LondellMcMillan Colleen Decourcy, Chris MacDonald & others! pic.twitter.com/JVhpKvubZi
– Jamilah Barnes (@JamilahBarnes) September 28, 2015
#AWXI by the numbers: Sessions about millennials: Six. Sessions about post-millennials: Two http://t.co/On5xqtJ2EH pic.twitter.com/HZ4wYHnnA2
– Digiday (@Digiday) September 28, 2015
Welcome to #AWXII. Live stream of all sessions is at http://t.co/iTsmmWz50E. AW Live and Replay courtesy of @mlbam.
– Advertising Week (@advertisingweek) September 28, 2015
We’ll be live at @advertisingweek later. First up, “Do Brands Still Matter” w/ @ogilvy‘s Colin Mitchell. #AWXII pic.twitter.com/Qee08jhtyk
– Ogilvy & Mather SA (@OgilvySA) September 28, 2015
Speaking at Advertising Week Monday with a powerful line-up and very funny guy! Check it out! https://t.co/fC0RoiRH0N
– L Londell McMillan (@LondellMcMillan) September 26, 2015
MEC will interview and hire people on the same day during #AWXII http://t.co/p8VWXSt8Zh pic.twitter.com/TyGwtiXa7B
– Adweek (@Adweek) September 22, 2015
Here’s a #leadership breakfast during @AdvertisingWeek with @LBDesmond you DON’T WANT TO MISS: http://t.co/vk6cxPYZsL pic.twitter.com/SiTZYfNP7F
– AWNY (@_AWNY) September 21, 2015
Just a typical Monday at @advertisingweek. #AWXII pic.twitter.com/mWEHrfKsnd
– DigitasLBi U.S. (@Digitas) September 28, 2015
Zoe Saldana, Trevor Noah, Demi Lovato to Appear at Advertising Week (Exclusive) http://t.co/hfCddjx678 #AWXII pic.twitter.com/AkgcqmPdjA
– Hollywood Reporter (@THR) September 24, 2015
Sometimes, we don’t advertise advertising jobs in the right way. – @vikramtank @droga5 #AWXII #GoogleAW2015 pic.twitter.com/Loj7EDBvx7
– Creative Sandbox (@CreativeSandbox) September 28, 2015