During this year’s Cannes Lions, Advertising Week and Kindred joined forces to host Converge, a series of conversations about the future of mindful innovation in communications and creativity.

During this year’s Cannes Lions, Advertising Week and Kindred joined forces to host Converge, a series of conversations about the future of mindful innovation in communications and creativity.
The future of CTV advertising is rich with opportunity. With AI and blockchain at the helm, advertisers can expect more sophisticated targeting, enhanced fraud prevention, and greater contextual relevance.
Artificial Intelligence is no longer the future of marketing—it’s the now. From boosting productivity and precision to enabling smarter, more human-centered experiences, AI is revolutionizing how brands operate.
From privacy and data ethics to job disruption and creative dilution, AI in marketing is not without its complications. Here’s a closer look at the challenges marketers, businesses, and society at large must grapple with as this technology evolves.
Ultimately, AI has brought about a revolution in how advertising is created and delivered. It is both enabling faster ideation and creation, inspiring new directions, and even making it possible for advertisers to leverage new channels that reach audiences who had previously become unreachable.
In the always-evolving domain of digital media, where the potential for mismatches between ad content and the environment that surrounds it has exploded, ensuring ad compliance and brand safety have never been more vital.
Businesspeople often see lawyers as overthinkers, formalists, and deal-delayers. That’s an unfair generalization; many attorneys just want their deals done.
Audiences have a very small tolerance for mediocrity, which is why banner blindness is so high – only the very best messages break through the clutter.
Advertisers today are navigating changes. The explosion of short-form video and Connected TV (CTV), the rise of AI-generated content and the fragmentation of platforms have made it harder to build reach, ensure quality and prove media value.
The “Deepfakes, TikTok and Political Ads: Media Influence on the Upcoming Election” session, hosted by Advertising Week in partnership with Cint, dove into the powerful role media plays in shaping voter behavior ahead of critical elections.
David Billings, the VP of digital at Empathy Lab teamed up with the Sameer Amin, the VP of Data Driven Marketing & Media at Reckitt to present the transformation of AI in paid media.
The future of music in the age of AI remains uncertain, but one thing is clear: the human element will always be essential.
When it comes to GenAI, companies need to be clear about their return on intent and return on investment.
More than a strategy, AI search is a powerful tool that opens up new upper-funnel opportunities for brands.
The products we use, support, and integrate into our lives will shape the AI landscape. Staying engaged, experimenting, and actively implementing AI isn’t just an opportunity—it’s the only way to ensure we’re not left behind.
Gen AI has brought great benefits to MMA, but unless brands, publishers, agencies and vendors take action to use it more sustainably, AI usage could turn the climate emergency into catastrophe.
Relevance is the new methodology, and more effective advertising is the outcome. The partnership of the two is a revolution for premium media owners.
Chaos holds the spark that transforms ordinary thinking into groundshaking “aha” moments. But, as we race deeper into an era defined by Generative AI, relentless automation, and frictionless efficiency, it’s all too tempting to think we should eliminate every rough edge.