ANA 1-Day Conferences

The Association of National Advertisers hosts a series of peer-to-peer regional meetings all across the country to share best practices and thought leadership on a range of current topics, from content marketing to social media to the latest thinking on brand purpose. Together with the AEF, the ANA is inviting professors teaching in the US to attend these meetings to help enrich knowledge and understanding of the industry. All professors will be granted complimentary access when you register in advance below. The agendas are subject to change and there is limited seating available for each event.
Keep checking back for more details and events to be scheduled.

Date Event Details Location
July 14, 2026 Measurement to Momentum: Driving Growth Across the Full Funnel New York, NY
July 21, 2026 The Cultural Power of Music: From Influence to Execution Virtual
August 4, 2026 Measure What Matters: Proving What Drives Growth Dallas, TX
August 4, 2026 The Agent Wars: How Ad Tech is Battling for the Future of Programmatic Media Virtual
August 25, 2026 The Augmented Marketer: Where Human Instinct and Experience Meets Machine Intelligence and Data Irvine, CA
August 27, 2026 Automation without Alienation: Humanized Brand Growth in the Age of AI New York, NY
September 1, 2026 The Microgeneration Moment: How Brands Stay Relevant Now Virtual
September 10, 2026 Brand Building in the Age of AI: How the World’s Most Recognized Brands Are Winning the Invisible Shelf Virtual
September 15, 2026 The Trust Economy Conference: Building Meaningful B2B Brands in the Age of AI Naperville, IL
September 15, 2026 Measure Smarter, Move Faster: Marketing Measurement in the AI Age Philadelphia, PA
September 16, 2026 ANA Advertising Law 1-Day Conference, Hosted by Haynes Boone Dallas, TX
September 16, 2026 The New Rules of Digital & Social | Presented by NBCU New York, NY
October 1, 2026 AEF's The Expectation Gap: Marketers, Consumers, and AI in a Time of Rapid Change, hosted by DePaul University Chicago, IL
October 15, 2026 Stop Chasing Novelty: Why the Strongest Brands Build Creative Assets That Compound Menomonee Falls, WI
October 27, 2026 Driving Loyalty and Growth Through Culturally Relevant Hispanic Campaigns Virtual
October 29, 2026 AEF's You Might Be a Marketer hosted by Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA
November 4, 2026 AEF's Creative Marketing in the Age of AI, hosted by Loyola Marymount University Los Angeles, CA

ANA 1-Day Conferences Professor Registration

"The single biggest community that will change the future of marketing is academia."
— Raja Rajamannar, former Chief Marketing & Communications Officer, Mastercard