Content Marketing World 2026

Content Marketing World 2026 is a three-day content marketing event comprising two conference days and a separate workshop day. Its 2026 theme, “Insight to Impact,” centers on turning audience and market insights into effective content, stronger business outcomes, and measurable growth.

The program includes more than 100 sessions covering content strategy, storytelling, content experiences, lead generation, conversions, customer retention, content creation, and return on investment. Sessions also examine how to allocate resources beyond content production, prepare for the future of content marketing, and develop and document strategies that support business goals.

For the first time, the event will be held alongside TMRE: The Market Research Event, with additional content from LIONS brands Effie, WARC, and Contagious. This shared format brings content marketers and insights teams together to explore insight-led strategy, collaboration, marketing effectiveness, and growth.

Keynote topics include the role of storytelling in shaping brands, culture, and connection; using content and purpose to inspire action; applying consumer insight to marketing at scale; and building sports fandom through insight-driven marketing. The event also includes an Extra Innings Party at Coors Field and access to discounted hotel rates near the convention center.

Speakers at Content Marketing World 2026

Gabrielle Union (Actress, Entrepreneur, Publisher and Producer)
Sophia Bush (Actress, Producer and Investor)
Sarah Baker (DaVita)
Karan Dang (DANG)
Carly Gomez (Crocs)
Jake Karls (Mid-Day Squares)
Heather Johnston (New Belgium Brewing)
Kathy Kavanaugh (Lincoln Financial)
Anderson Koeniger (Merkley + Partners)
Alastair Merry (Flower Shop)
Elizabeth Oates (Molson Coors)
Opeyemi Oluwole-Sowore (Hackensack Meridian Health)
Marc Pritchard (Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble)
Kirti Singh (Chief Analytics and Insights Officer at Procter & Gamble)
Hailey Sullivan (Chief Marketing Officer at Denver Broncos)
Zari Venhaus (Eaton)
Paul Coxhill (LIONS)
Robert Rose (Content Marketing Institute)
Paige Albers-Logsdon (Indeed)
Lesley Aldrich (DHL Supply Chain)
Traci Alford (Effie Worldwide)
Kim Amadeo (Imprint)
Eva Araya (Informa Tech Target)
Dana Arnold (Hiebing)
Gavin Austin (Salesforce)
Michael Bagalman (Starz)
Lola Bakare (be/co)
Amy Balliett (Material)
Jen Bebb (WordPress VIP)
Alli Berry (MarketWise)
Erica Berry (Caterpillar)
Dale Bertrand (Fire&Spark)
Laura Billingsley (Athene)
Sarah Blair (Lincoln Financial)
Chris Boggs (Overit)
Melissa Bouma (Manifest)
Staci Bradbury (Siemens EDA)
Laura Brown (Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity)
Donna Bungard (Indeed)
Rosemary Calderone (Pace)
Denise Campbell (Novartis)
Ruth Carter (Geek Law Firm)
Joe Cassidy (Manifest)
Goldie Chan (Warm Robots)
Brian Cleary (NSF)
Trace Cohen (Stocksy)
Jen Cornwell (Tinuiti)
Andy Crestodina (Orbit Media)
Marla Davies (Zoom)
Melanie Deziel (Creative Constructs Newsletter)
Brianna Doe (Verbatim)
Holly Enneking (Markup AI)
Sasha Franger (Northwestern Mutual)
Eric Fulwiler (Rival)
Laura Garfield (Idea Decanter)
Adeta Gayah (Visit Orlando)
Joanna Geselbracht (Janus Henderson Investors)
Megan Gilbert (Fortune Media)
Ashley Guttuso (Prompt Therapy Solutions)
Ann Gynn (G Force Communication)
Nick Haigler (Seer Interactive)
Britt Hall (Optimizely)
Andrew Hanelly (Revmade)
Nancy Harhut (HBT Marketing)
Matt Harrington (Pace)
Dana Harris-Bridson (Flamingo)
John Henion (Producer, Director)
Michael Herchel (Acquia)
Jenn Herrity (Indeed)
Isabel Hewgley (Eagle Creek)
Julie Hochheiser Ilkovich (Masthead)
Nathan Holmes (Acquia)
Daniel Hooven (Squire)
Karen Hopper (Precision Strategies)
Alina Hotra (Medialister, Inc.)
Shobhit Jain (Universal Destinations & Experiences)
Bennie Johnson (American Marketing Association)
Bri Jones (Stitch)
A. Lee Judge (Content Monsta)
Robin Karakash (Curious Altitudes)
Katie Kelly (Masthead)
Paul Kemp-Robertson (Lions)
Jessie Kennedy (Brightspot)
Devesh Khanal (Grow and Convert)
Anderson Koeniger (Merkley + Partners)
Nick Lafferty (Profound)
Joe Lazer (Pepper Content)
Ahava Leibtag (Aha Media Group)
JP Lespinasse (Lightcast)
Abigail Lind (Abigail Grace Writing)
Jacqueline Loch (BetaKit)
Leah Lucisano (Roadie)
Garrett Mann (Informa TechTarget)
Tom Mansell (Croud)
Ray Martinez (Archer Education)
Lev Mazin (aytm)
Jeff McCrory (Mischief @ No Fixed Address)
Cathy McKnight (Seventh Bear)
Erin Miller (Yahoo)
Grace Miller (Diary of a CEO / Flight Story)
Alexandra Mills (Nucor Corporation)
Olivia Montell (DHL Supply Chain)
Amanda Natividad (Zero Click Marketing)
Michelle Ngome (African American Marketing Association)
Mandee Nguyen (SICK)
Morgan Norris (TREW Marketing)
Isabel North (Pace)
Jen O’Brien (American Marketing Association)
Lee Odden (TopRank Marketing)
Chris Osterhout (Diagram)
Guzide Ozcan Bacimer (Eaton)
Ali Payne (Heineken USA)
Gigi Peccolo (HammerTech)
Becca Peel (LIONS Advisory)
Tod Plotkin (Green Buzz Agency)
Joe Pulizzi (The Tilt)
Jane Qin Medeiros (Informa Tech Target)
Suraj Rajdev (Google)
Andrea Rech (Northwestern Mutual)
Wil Reynolds (Seer Interactive)
Emily Roberts (Bospar)
Robert Rose (Content Marketing Institute)
Melissa Rothchild (Guardian)
Traci Ruether (Tinuiti)
Talia Salem (Marriott International)
Alisa Scharf (Seer Interactive)
Sue Seams (Novartis)
Andy Seibert (Imprint)
Jessica Serrano (Bagel Brands)
Dennis Shiao (Attention Retention)
Robin Simon Wood (neuemotion)
Mitch Slater (UBS)
Molly Soat (American Marketing Association)
Curtis Sparrer (Bospar)
Jen Stratton (Marriott International)
Drew Swain (Amazon)
Danielle Tenconi (Effie Worldwide)
David Tiltman (WARC)
Andrew Tindall (System1)
David Tran (Neumo)
Marisa Tranchina (Hackensack Meridian Health)
Amethyst Vargas (Brighthouse Financial)
Tash Walker (The Mix Global)
Julie Weber (Siemens EDA)
Tom Webster (Sounds Profitable)
Michael Weiss (Big Valley Marketing)
Natasha Whitling (Burson)
Lexi Wolf (LIONS Advisory)
Lauren Yanez (Brightspot)
Heike Young (Heike Young, Inc.)