Each year, the Cannes Lions score the global branded communications and marketing industry on Reach, Communication, Craft, Experience, Innovation, Impact, Good, Health, and Entertainment. The latest Ultimate Events edition is designed to ensure you have every opportunity to actively take part in cutting-edge developments in all these realms - and everywhere they overlap. Auspicious festivals and summits are now convening on an unprecedented scale; dive in now and blaze the trail to the future of your dreams.

Follow these links for info on this year's New Yorker Film Festival and Chicago International Film Festival, kicking off 4 Oct. and 13 Oct., respectively: NYFF + CIFF.

October Events

• 27 Sep. - 3 Oct. | Global Peace Film Festival, Orlando & Online
• 22 Sep. - 3 Oct. | Ottawa International Animation Festival, Virtual
• 24 Sep. - 10 Oct. | New York Film Festival, NYC & Online
• 27 Sep. - 1 Oct. | Fast Company Innovation Festival, Virtual
• 28 Sep. - 1 Oct. | Content Marketing World, Cleveland & Online
• 29 Sep. - 1 Oct. | VR/AR Global Summit, Virtual
• 30 Sep. - 1 Oct. | TNW Conference, Amsterdam & Online
• 30 Sep. - 4 Oct. | March on Washington Film Festival, Washington D.C. & Online
• 1-3 | Austin City Limits Festival
• 1-7 | Steam Next Fest, Virtual
• 1 | WordCamp US, Hybrid
• 4-8 | AMA Marketing Week, Virtual
• 4-7 | Cine Europe, Barcelona
• 4-5 | Geekwire Summit, Seattle
• 4-6 | Glossy Future of Fashion Summit, Virtual
• 4-9 | The Malvern Festival of Innovation
• 4-6 | MuseumNext Digital Collections Summit, Virtual
• 4-6 | NeoCon, Chicago
• 4-5 | Pharma PR & Communications Summit, Jersey City
• 4-10 | The New Yorker Festival, NYC & Online
• 5-8 | ADCOLOR EVERYWHERE, NYC & Online
• 5-8 | ANA Masters of Marketing Conference, Orlando & Online
• 5-14 | Autodesk University, Virtual
• 5-7 | Bite Live, Virtual
• 5-7 | Experiental Marketing Summit 2021, Chicago
• 6 | AdTech OOH Toronto
• 7 | AICP Meet. Drink. Talk. (Safely), Chicago
• 7-8 | Forward Festival, Vienna
• 7-8 | Playgrounds Blend 2021, Breda
• 7 | The Why and How of Digital Strategy, Virtual
• 8-13 | The Overlook Film Festival, Virtual
• 11-13 | Fortune Most Powerful Women Membership, Washington, D.C.
• 11-14 | MIPCOM, Cannes
• 11-14 | TV & Video Insider Summit, Montauk & Online
• 12-14 | Inbound Boston, Virtual
• 12-14 | PRWeek Decoded, Virtual
• 12-14 | THINK 2030, Toronto & Online
• 12-13 | WIRED Smarter, Virtual
• 12-13 | WORKTECH, Chicago
• 13-24 | Chicago International Film Festival
• 13-17 | Frieze London & Frieze Masters, London & Online
• 13-17 | Mercato Internazionale Audiovisivo, Rome & Online
• 14-21 | NYC Wine and Food Festival
• 16 | DC Fandome, Virtual
• 16-24 | Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven
• 17-19 | ICON 2021, Virtual
• 17-22 | View Conference, Turin
• 18-21 | Advertising Week New York, Hybrid
• 18-20 | Esports Business Summit, Virtual
• 18-21 | Festival of Marketing presents The Year Ahead, Virtual
• 18-19 | MediaPost's Publishing Insider Summit, Virtual
• 18-21 | Sustainable Brands, San Diego
• 19 | Come Together, NYC
• 19-20 | ImageCon 2021, Virtual
• 19-20 | Inc. 5000 Vision Conference, Virtual
• 19-22 | Responsible Innovation Summit, Virtual
• 19-21 | Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo, Washington, D.C.
• 20-22 | Customer Contact Week, Nashville
• 20-22 | Web Unleashed, Virtual
• 21-24 | Fredrikstad Animation Festival, Hybrid
• 21-22 | LeadsCon, Las Vegas
• 21-28 | Newport Beach Film Festival, Virtual
• 21-22 | Push UX, Virtual
• 22-24 | Electric Daisy Carnival, Las Vegas
• 23-29 | InfoComm, Orlando
• 25-29 | GrowthHackers Conference 2021, Virtual
• 25-28 | VERGE, Virtual
• 26-28 | Adobe Max - The Creativity Conference, Virtual
• 26-27 | The WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, NYC
• 27-29 | Ad World Conference, Virtual
• 27 | TechCrunch Sessions: Saas 2021, Virtual
• 28-29 | Digital Customer Experience (DX) Summit, Virtual
• 28 | Facebook Connect, Virtual
• 28 Oct. - 7 Nov. | SPARK ANIMATION, Vancouver & Online
• 29 | cineConference, Virtual
• 29-31 | SF Outside Lands, San Francisco
• 30 Oct. - 7 Nov. | Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival, Banff & Online
• 30 Oct. - 8 Nov. | Tokyo International Film Festival

Featured Video: InfoComm 2021: Happening 23-29 October in Orlando, InfoComm is the largest, most exciting event in North America focused on the pro-AV industry.
Featured Image: Chad Greiter on Unsplash

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