Cannes Briefing: Digiday’s guide to the 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity

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The 2024 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity kicks off on Monday and we’ve been hard at work to put together a guide on everything to expect this year. Please see our coverage below:
- Digiday’s definitive in and out list to Cannes 2024
- The veteran’s guide to Cannes
- Digiday Research shows that more of the ad industry plans to go this year
- The must-visit spots in Cannes
- A sober guide to Cannes
- Media Briefing: 2024 publishers’ guide to selling at Cannes
- What people say vs. what they mean in Cannes
— See anything we missed? Let us know: sara@digiday.com.
Digiday in Cannes
If you have time while in Cannes, please consider joining us for the following events:
Monday, June 17
1:55 p.m. Digiday managing editor Sara Jerde will moderate an invitation-only conversation on media’s ad-supported model at Converge rooftop. Consider requesting an invitation.
Tuesday, June 18
7:30 p.m. Digiday editor-in-chief Jim Cooper will host an exclusive, invitation-only dinner with advertising execs at Le Bistrot Des Anges.
Wednesday, June 19
12:30 p.m. Digiday editor-in-chief Jim Cooper will talk about how brands can reach today’s sports audiences in a panel conversation that includes Lara Krug, CMO, Kansas City Chiefs, and Samira Panah Bakhtiar, GM Entertainment & Sports, Amazon Web Services, at Infillion Café at the Mondrian Cannes. Consider RSVP’ing.
Thursday, June 20
9 a.m. Digiday senior marketing reporter Kimeko McCoy will host an invitation-only discussion called “Champions of Diversity: What the industry can learn from your leadership approach” among C-level executives at Le Cirque.
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