Every 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 be a key part of the future in each of these realms and everywhere they overlap. Festivals and summits are convening soon; even if you can't attend this year, dive in now to see where you will want to be at this time in 2019.

Follow these links for info on special events set for this year's 56th New York Film Festival and 54th Chicago International Film Festival, kicking off 28 Sep. and 10 Oct., respectively: NYFF + CIFF.

October Events
. 26-30 Sep. | Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival
. 27-30 Sep. | Expo Chicago
. 28 Sep. - 14 Oct. | New York Film Festival
. 28-29 Sep. | RIDE Conference, Atlanta
. 1-4 | Advertising Week NYC
. 1-3 | Geekwire Summit, Seattle
. 1-3 | MarTech, Boston
. 1-2 | Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) Innovate, NYC
. 1-5 | Thrive V Immersion Retreat, Rancho Palos Verdes
. 1-2 | Web Unleashed, Toronto
. 2-3 | New Video Frontiers, London
. 3-5 | American Marketing Association Marketing Week Live, Las Vegas
. 3 | CLIO Awards, NYC
. 3-4 | Future of Storytelling Summit and Festival, NYC
. 4-5 | New York Media Festival, NYC
. 4-7 | Frieze London & Frieze Masters, London
. 5 | MuseumNext Tech, Amsterdam
. 5-7 | New Yorker Festival, NYC
. 6-7 | Cine Gear Expo Atlanta
. 6 | The New Yorker Tech Fest, NYC
. 7-9 | PRSA International Conference, Austin
. 8-12 | Techweek Kansas City
. 8-13 | The Malvern Festival of Innovation
. 9-11 | 4A's Strategy Festival 2018, NYC
. 9 | WIRED Smarter, London
. 10-21 | Chicago International Film Festival
. 10-11 | Festival of Marketing, London
. 10-12 | iMedia Brand Summit France, Biarritz
. 15-17 | Adobe Max - The Creativity Conference, LA
. 15-21 | Chicago Ideas Week
. 15-17 | Innovate & Celebrate Global Conference, Boston
. 15-18 | MIPCOM, Cannes
. 16-18 | VERGE, Oakland
. 17-19 | Contract Design Forum, Charleston
. 17-20 | Halifax Pop Explosion
. 17-19 | Inc. 5000 Conference & Gala, San Antonio
. 17-18 | NAB Show New York
. 17-20 | One Young World Summit, The Hague
. 17-18 | Worldz Cultural Marketing Summit + Community
. 18-19 | Harvest Summit, Sonoma County
. 19-20 | Push Conference, Munich
. 22-26 | Fast Company Innovation Festival, NYC
. 22-26 | View Conference, Turin
. 23-25 | Smart Cities Innovation Summit, Tampa
. 24 | BizBash Live, NYC
. 24-26 | Customer Expo, Nashville
. 24-25 | DesignThinkers, Toronto
. 24 | Ideas in Motion, Toronto
. 25-26 | animago Awards & Conference, Munich
. 25 | Core 77 Conference, Brooklyn
. 25-28 | SPARK ANIMATION 2018, Vancouver
. 25-28 | Tokyo International Film Festival
. 26-28 | Voodoo Music + Arts Experience, New Orleans
. 27 Oct. - 4 Nov. | Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival
. 27-28 | Synergy Global Forum, NYC
. 29 Oct. - 2 Nov. | New York Digital Signage Week
. 29 Oct. - 1 Nov. | The World Animation & VFX Summit, Marina del Rey
. 30 | 4A's Agency Communications Summit, NYC
. 30 | BOLO Conference, Tempe
. 30-31 | Youth Marketing Australia Conference, Sydney
. 30-31 | WWD Apparel & Retail CEO Summit, NYC
. 31 Oct. - 3 Nov. | PopTech, Northport

Featured Video: Cinema/Chicago
Featured Image: Luke Stackpoole, London

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