This week the advertising world takes over Manhattan for Advertising Week. Digiday editors are moderating several sessions during the week. We will also cover the highlights, lowlights and key personalities. Our coverage is made possible by Specific Media.
Here’s a checklist of what you will need to get through Advertising Week unscathed.
1. iPhone charger (duh)
(Image via Flickr)
2. Your business cards
(Image via Flickr)
3. Adderall
(Image via Flickr)
4. Cool kicks
(Image via Flickr)
5. Clean shirt (in case you stay out all night and sleep somewhere that isn’t your place and need to look like that isn’t what happened when you show up at the office the next day)
(Image via Flickr)
6. Advil (you know why)
(Image via Flickr)
7. This Ad Week Question Generator app from Colle + McVoy
More in Media
How Shira Lazar grew social account ‘What’s Trending’ to seven figures in revenue
Shira Lazar saw that creator-led media brands were the future 15 years ago, and now the entire industry has caught on.
Condé Nast, Hearst among 300 media execs to push federal ‘bad bots’ bill on AI scraping
More than 300 publishing execs are heading to Washington, D.C to push Congress to crack down on AI bots that scrape their content without permission.
Digiday Publishing Summit September 2026 Recap: How publishers are rebuilding for the post-search era
Execs at DPS described how they’re preparing for a post-search era by prioritizing direct audiences, diversified revenue and AI strategies.