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Part 1: October 16, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET
Using AI to Create Higher-Value Strategy to Increase Your Fees

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 2: October 20, 1:00 pm - 2:00pm ET
Sharper Plans, Stronger Briefs: Inside Tombras' AI-Powered Strategy Team

Explore Session
Tombras
Sidney Henne
Head of Strategy
Tombras
Kelsey Karson
EVP, Head of Strategy NY
Track 1

Part 3: October 27, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
The New Strategy OS: Building an End-to-End AI-Powered Planning System

Explore Session
Gravity Global
Laura Forester
Global Strategy & Innovation Leader
Gravity Global
Josh Okun
Chief Innovation Officer
Conference Day 1 Nov 4
Track 1

Build the Higher Output, Higher Margin Agency

How agencies are using AI to increase productivity, deliver more value to clients, and improve profitability
9:30 am ET
Track 1

The CEO Take: How AI Is Reshaping the Agency Model

Explore Session
Mischief
Greg Hahn
Co-Founder & CCO
Party Land
Haley Hunter
Founder & COO / CMO
Zambezi
Jean Freeman
Principal & CEO
GUT
Ryan O'Hagan
CEO
Moderator
AdAge
Judy Pollack
Executive Editor
10:45 am ET
Track 1

Our AI Tech Stack: What We Built, Outsourced & Bought

Explore Session
H/L
Tim Schatz
Department Head Data & Innovation
Signal78
Teri Sun
Head of Innovation
Phase2
Jeff Walpole
CEO and Co-Founder
Monks
Mathew Sweezey
SVP AI Products & Transformation
Moderator
Havas Chicago
Kat Ott
President
1:00 pm ET
Track 1

Build the Engine That Works the Way Your Best People Do

Explore Session
Traction
Adam Kleinberg
CEO
2:15 pm ET
Track 1

Built In-House: Our Custom AI Tools Generating the Biggest Return

Explore Session
BENAMOR GALVEZ
Benjamin Linero
CEO & Founder
Wpromote X Giant Spoon
Andrea Bendzick
CEO
LERMA/
Josh Archer
Chief Data & Intelligence Officer
3:30 pm ET
Track 1

Monetizing & Pricing AI: Turning What You Build Into Recurring Revenue

Explore Session
Hahn
Vish Kadakia
Chief Technology Officer
Laughlin Constable
Katy Gajewicz
Chief Strategy Officer
Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Mansoor Basha
Chief Technology Officer
Moderator
BarkleyOKRP
Michelle Scallate
SVP Client Experience
4:45 pm ET
Track 1

Where Agentic AI Must Be Governed: A Framework for Campaign Execution

Explore Session
Fluency
Eric Picard
SVP of Products
6:00 pm ET
Track 1

Keynote: The New Line Between Possible and Impossible

Explore Session
Anomaly
Chris Neff
Global Chief AI Officer
Track 2

Build a More Effective Growth Engine

How agencies have built out AI to transform their RFP effectiveness and proactively build pipelines of high-value prospects.
9:30 am ET
Track 2

Building Repeatable Growth Systems to Power Your AI

Explore Session
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
10:45 am ET
Track 2

How AI Is Detected, Judged & Used in Your Reviews

Explore Session
Pile & Company
Meghan McDonnell
President & Owner
Roth Ryan Hayes
Matt Ryan
CEO
SRI
Duffy Humbert
Senior Partner
ID Comms
Tom Denford
CEO
Moderator
VML
Naomi Troni
Global CMO
1:00 pm ET
Track 2

New Business Rebuilt: How Growth Leaders Are Re-Engineering the Pipeline

Explore Session
Iris North America
Dan Lescarbeau
VP, Head of Growth
TBWA\Chiat\Day
Laura Cona
Chief Growth & Marketing Officer
Salt XC
Mark Barker
Executive Vice President
Blue Chip
Sarah Van Heirseele
Chief Growth Officer + Partner
2:15 pm ET
Track 2

Build a Prospecting Engine to Seek & Nurture

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
3:30 pm ET
Track 2

Live Demo: The New Business System We Run On Every Pitch

Explore Session
PMG
Brianna Gaskill
Forward Deployed Engineering Director
4:45 pm ET
Track 2

Capture Your Fastest Revenue: Close Business Already Within Reach

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
6:00 pm ET
Track 1

Keynote: The New Line Between Possible and Impossible

Explore Session
Anomaly
Chris Neff
Global Chief AI Officer
Conference Day 2 Nov 5
Track 1

Build Your Agency's AI Foundation

Practical steps to increase the effectiveness of your AI planning and execution
9:30 am ET
Track 1

AI Adoption Across the Agency: How We Trained Our Teams

Explore Session
Collective Measures
Mike Baranowski
VP of Analytics & Data Engineering
GALE
Bailey Dougherty
Chief People and Product Officer
ZGM
Pete Bishop
Partner, CIO
Adweek
Trishla Ostwal
AI and Tech Reporter
10:45 am ET
Track 1

Identifying Your Best AI Use Cases: Why Slow Wins

Explore Session
EZDeploy
Payal Ramakrishnan
Founder
12:00 pm ET
Track 1

Get More People Talking to Your Robots: Context Prompt Engineering

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
1:15 pm ET
Track 1

Closing Keynote – From the Source: What Clients Now Expect From Your AI

Explore Session
Chipotle
Fernando Machado
Chief Brand Officer
Track 2

Build It Yourself: Hands-On AI Workshops

Come ready to work: guided sessions where you'll build AI tools that you can immediately put to work.
9:30 am ET
Track 2

No Developers Required: Vibe Coding to Produce AI You Can Use

Explore Session
DBC
Caroline Yodice
EVP
10:45 am ET
Track 2

Build the Simple Tools That Make You the Smartest Person in the Room

Explore Session
Gus
Graham Douglas
Co-Founder/CEO
Gus
Spencer LaVallee
Co-Founder/Creative Director
12:00 pm ET
Track 2

Your Digital Twin: Build the Agent That Preps, Drafts & Keeps You Ahead

Explore Session
Section AI
Rachel Fields
VP of Marketing
1:15 pm ET
Track 1

Closing Keynote – From the Source: What Clients Now Expect From Your AI

Explore Session
Chipotle
Fernando Machado
Chief Brand Officer
Track 3

Build AI Into Your Everyday Client Work

Live demos: watch daily agency work, scopes and proposals, creative, client presentations, go from request to finished output.
9:30 am ET
Track 3

Claude Cowork: Build a Skill to Write Your Client Scopes, Estimates & Proposals

Explore Session
Signal78
Matt Cyr
Founder
10:45 am ET
Track 3

Claude Design: Brief In, Creative Out

Explore Session
AdVenture
Nechama Teigman
Director of AI
AdVenture
Esther Nadoff
Director of Marketing
12:00 pm ET
Track 3

Decks That Persuade: Using AI to Sharpen Your Story & Slide Design

Explore Session
DNA&STONE
Rob Scherzer
Innovation & Digital Experience Director
1:15 pm ET
Track 1

Closing Keynote – From the Source: What Clients Now Expect From Your AI

Explore Session
Chipotle
Fernando Machado
Chief Brand Officer
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Track 1

Part 1: November 13, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
Qualify the Lead & Uncover the Real Pitch Objectives

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 2: November 17, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Kick Off the Team & Lock Your Pitch Positioning

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Track 1

Part 3: November 20, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Questionnaire Responses & Capabilities That Break Through

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 4: December 1, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
The Final Presentation: Command the Room to Win

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Virtual Speaker
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Pre-Conference
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Day One

Nov 4, 2026

Day Two

Nov 5, 2026

Post-Conference
Series

 

BUILD HIGHER-VALUE STRATEGY WITH AI (AND CHARGE MORE FOR IT)

A three-part series on building a more advanced strategy practice with AI, from the method to the machine to the money: crafting sharper plans and briefs, building an end-to-end planning OS, and selling strategy at its full value.
Featuring the strategy leads at two highly awarded independent agencies, plus the latest strategic planning advances from Mirren, each session shows the actual workflows, tools, and pricing strategies in use today and how they affect the fees you can charge.
 
Track 1

Part 1: October 16, 1:00 pm - 2:15 pm ET
Using AI to Create Higher-Value Strategy to Increase Your Fees

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 2: October 20, 1:00 pm - 2:00pm ET
Sharper Plans, Stronger Briefs: Inside Tombras' AI-Powered Strategy Team

Explore Session
Tombras
Sidney Henne
Head of Strategy
Tombras
Kelsey Karson
EVP, Head of Strategy NY
Track 1

Part 3: October 27, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm ET
The New Strategy OS: Building an End-to-End AI-Powered Planning System

Explore Session
Gravity Global
Laura Forester
Global Strategy & Innovation Leader
Gravity Global
Josh Okun
Chief Innovation Officer
 

TRACK ONE

Build a Higher Output, Higher Margin Agency

How agencies are using AI to increase productivity, deliver more value to clients, and improve profitability

TRACK TWO

Build a More Effective Growth Engine

How agencies have built out AI to transform their RFP effectiveness and proactively build pipelines of high-value prospects.
9:30 am ET
Track 1

The CEO Take: How AI Is Reshaping the Agency Model

Explore Session
Mischief
Greg Hahn
Co-Founder & CCO
Party Land
Haley Hunter
Founder & COO / CMO
Zambezi
Jean Freeman
Principal & CEO
GUT
Ryan O'Hagan
CEO
Moderator
AdAge
Judy Pollack
Executive Editor
Track 2

Building Repeatable Growth Systems to Power Your AI

Explore Session
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
10:45 am ET
Track 1

Our AI Tech Stack: What We Built, Outsourced & Bought

Explore Session
H/L
Tim Schatz
Department Head Data & Innovation
Signal78
Teri Sun
Head of Innovation
Phase2
Jeff Walpole
CEO and Co-Founder
Monks
Mathew Sweezey
SVP AI Products & Transformation
Moderator
Havas Chicago
Kat Ott
President
Track 2

How AI Is Detected, Judged & Used in Your Reviews

Explore Session
Pile & Company
Meghan McDonnell
President & Owner
Roth Ryan Hayes
Matt Ryan
CEO
SRI
Duffy Humbert
Senior Partner
ID Comms
Tom Denford
CEO
Moderator
VML
Naomi Troni
Global CMO
1:00 pm ET
Track 1

Build the Engine That Works the Way Your Best People Do

Explore Session
Traction
Adam Kleinberg
CEO
Track 2

New Business Rebuilt: How Growth Leaders Are Re-Engineering the Pipeline

Explore Session
Iris North America
Dan Lescarbeau
VP, Head of Growth
TBWA\Chiat\Day
Laura Cona
Chief Growth & Marketing Officer
Salt XC
Mark Barker
Executive Vice President
Blue Chip
Sarah Van Heirseele
Chief Growth Officer + Partner
2:15 pm ET
Track 1

Built In-House: Our Custom AI Tools Generating the Biggest Return

Explore Session
BENAMOR GALVEZ
Benjamin Linero
CEO & Founder
Wpromote X Giant Spoon
Andrea Bendzick
CEO
LERMA/
Josh Archer
Chief Data & Intelligence Officer
Track 2

Build a Prospecting Engine to Seek & Nurture

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
3:30 pm ET
Track 1

Monetizing & Pricing AI: Turning What You Build Into Recurring Revenue

Explore Session
Hahn
Vish Kadakia
Chief Technology Officer
Laughlin Constable
Katy Gajewicz
Chief Strategy Officer
Stagwell Marketing Cloud
Mansoor Basha
Chief Technology Officer
Moderator
BarkleyOKRP
Michelle Scallate
SVP Client Experience
Track 2

Live Demo: The New Business System We Run On Every Pitch

Explore Session
PMG
Brianna Gaskill
Forward Deployed Engineering Director
4:45 pm ET
Track 1

Where Agentic AI Must Be Governed: A Framework for Campaign Execution

Explore Session
Fluency
Eric Picard
SVP of Products
Track 2

Capture Your Fastest Revenue: Close Business Already Within Reach

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
6:00 pm ET
Track 1

Keynote: The New Line Between Possible and Impossible

Explore Session
Anomaly
Chris Neff
Global Chief AI Officer
 

TRACK ONE

Build Your Agency's AI Foundation

Practical steps to increase the effectiveness of your AI planning and execution

TRACK TWO

Build It Yourself: Hands-On AI Workshops

Come ready to work: guided sessions where you'll build AI tools that you can immediately put to work.

TRACK THREE

Build AI Into Your Everyday Client Work

Live demos: watch daily agency work, scopes and proposals, creative, client presentations, go from request to finished output.
9:30 am ET
Track 2

No Developers Required: Vibe Coding to Produce AI You Can Use

Explore Session
DBC
Caroline Yodice
EVP
Track 3

Claude Cowork: Build a Skill to Write Your Client Scopes, Estimates & Proposals

Explore Session
Signal78
Matt Cyr
Founder
Track 1

AI Adoption Across the Agency: How We Trained Our Teams

Explore Session
Collective Measures
Mike Baranowski
VP of Analytics & Data Engineering
GALE
Bailey Dougherty
Chief People and Product Officer
ZGM
Pete Bishop
Partner, CIO
Adweek
Trishla Ostwal
AI and Tech Reporter
10:45 am ET
Track 2

Build the Simple Tools That Make You the Smartest Person in the Room

Explore Session
Gus
Graham Douglas
Co-Founder/CEO
Gus
Spencer LaVallee
Co-Founder/Creative Director
Track 3

Claude Design: Brief In, Creative Out

Explore Session
AdVenture
Nechama Teigman
Director of AI
AdVenture
Esther Nadoff
Director of Marketing
Track 1

Identifying Your Best AI Use Cases: Why Slow Wins

Explore Session
EZDeploy
Payal Ramakrishnan
Founder
12:00 pm ET
Track 2

Your Digital Twin: Build the Agent That Preps, Drafts & Keeps You Ahead

Explore Session
Section AI
Rachel Fields
VP of Marketing
Track 3

Decks That Persuade: Using AI to Sharpen Your Story & Slide Design

Explore Session
DNA&STONE
Rob Scherzer
Innovation & Digital Experience Director
Track 1

Get More People Talking to Your Robots: Context Prompt Engineering

Explore Session
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
1:15 pm ET
Track 1

Closing Keynote – From the Source: What Clients Now Expect From Your AI

Explore Session
Chipotle
Fernando Machado
Chief Brand Officer
 

WIN MORE RFPs: BUILD AN AI-POWERED PITCH MACHINE

Included with the All Access Pass
A four-part series on building an AI-powered pitch operation, one stage at a time: qualifying the lead, aligning the team, responding to the RFI, and delivering the presentation that wins.
Each session pairs the strategy that wins business at that stage with a hands-on build of the AI component that scales it across every pitch.
 
Track 1

Part 1: November 13, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
Qualify the Lead & Uncover the Real Pitch Objectives

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 2: November 17, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Kick Off the Team & Lock Your Pitch Positioning

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Track 1

Part 3: November 20, 1:00 pm - 2:30pm ET
Questionnaire Responses & Capabilities That Break Through

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Brent Hodgins
CEO
Track 1

Part 4: December 1, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm ET
The Final Presentation: Command the Room to Win

Explore Session
TomorrowToday
Chris Johnson
Managing Partner
Mirren
Trisha Marques
Director, Agency Growth Strategy
Virtual Speaker
Indicates speaker will be presenting remotely

Pre-Conference
Series

Day One

Nov 4, 2026

Day Two

Nov 5, 2026

Post-Conference
Series



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