Campaign House will open with an exclusive interview with Cindy Rose, the chief executive of WPP, on the first day of Cannes Lions 2026.
Rose, who will be making her first visit to the festival as CEO, will talk about her ambitious plans for the agency group and the future of the industry at 10 am on Monday, June 22.
Another highlight of day one at Campaign House is a ‘Meet the editors’ session with five of Campaign’s editorial leaders from our key markets around the world, who will debate the hottest issues facing the sector and the tension between global versus local.
Vinita Bhatia, editor of Campaign India, Jameson Fleming, editorial director of Campaign US, Chris Powell, co-editor of Campaign Canada, Nikita Mishra, editor of Campaign Asia-Pacific, and Gideon Spanier, editor-in-chief of Campaign UK, will be speaking on-stage at 1 pm on the opening day.
Day two at Campaign House includes ‘Cannes Contenders: The work top creative chiefs think should win’. Leading creatives from around the world will pick the work they would give Grands Prix in Film and Titanium at this year’s Lions in the session at 2.30 pm on Tuesday, June 23.
Campaign and Marketing Week will also be co-hosting three joint sessions at Campaign House on three consecutive days — on the Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of the festival.
It will be the first time that the two editorial brands have collaborated since parent company Haymarket acquired Marketing Week, Creative Review and Festival of Marketing last year.
Campaign House is returning for a second year at Canopy by Hilton Cannes. The venue serves as a dedicated home for all of the titles in Haymarket’s marketing and communications stable, which also include PRWeek, Performance Marketing World and MM&M.
In addition to the programme of editorial and partner events at Campaign House, Maisie McCabe, UK editor of Campaign, is chairing a Campaign debate, “Creative taste is not opinion, but an objective truth,” with four top creative chiefs in the Palais des Festivals at 4.45 pm on the Monday of the festival.
Campaign also hosts its annual invitation-only party at Carlton Beach on the Wednesday evening.
Cannes Lions runs from June 22 to 26. Informa, the owner of Lions, has a joint venture with Haymarket on Spikes Asia.
Visit the Campaign House website to sign up for sessions, view the full programme of events and request a media pack, which includes details about opportunities for commercial partners.
