While no one knows how the agentic future will unfold, understanding four potential paths can help marketers develop resilient strategies.
Our Vision
BCG's presence at Cannes reflects our vision, “Agentic by Design, Engineered by Imagination.”
It captures a new paradigm for growth in the age of AI—where human creativity and intelligent design work as one, unlocking ideas, actions, and outcomes that neither could achieve alone. When these forces converge, brands act with autonomy, adapt with insight, and create with humanity.
Bringing Our Expertise to Cannes
Our BCG delegation brings deep expertise, knowledge, and experience in human creativity, intelligent design, and agentic AI:
Rewire marketing for the age of AI
Embed agentic AI from end to end, across insights, strategy, activation, and execution, to unlock step change growth and productivity.
We help CMOs transform marketing into an AI-powered growth engine.
We help CMOs transform marketing into an AI-powered growth engine.
Turn insight into growth
Define where to compete, sharpen positioning, and activate demand pathways at scale.
We connect data to action, enabling marketers to deliver more relevant content, faster decisions, and measurable impact across every customer touch point.
We connect data to action, enabling marketers to deliver more relevant content, faster decisions, and measurable impact across every customer touch point.
Accelerate precision branding and demand
Combine AI-powered targeting, orchestration, and content to strengthen brands and drive performance.
We help organizations modernize marketing engines to unlock next-gen personalization, improve effectiveness, and increase ROI across channels.
We help organizations modernize marketing engines to unlock next-gen personalization, improve effectiveness, and increase ROI across channels.
Orchestrate demand at scale
Build always-on, personalized, commerce-ready ecosystems powered by AI, creators, and an integrated growth stack.
We enable marketers to activate seamless, end-to-end journeys that convert engagement into sustained, scalable growth.
We enable marketers to activate seamless, end-to-end journeys that convert engagement into sustained, scalable growth.
Protect growth while lowering cost
Continuously optimize spending, partnerships, and martech through ROI-based reallocation.
We help CMOs ensure that growth investments are targeted and built for the future of marketing.
We help CMOs ensure that growth investments are targeted and built for the future of marketing.
Build a unified experience engine
Integrate data, GenAI, agentic AI, and go-to-market strategies to deliver seamless, customer-centric journeys.
We help organizations reimagine and deepen engagement and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly AI-powered world.
We help organizations reimagine and deepen engagement and drive sustainable growth in an increasingly AI-powered world.
Our Latest Thinking
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February 12, 2026
Consumer packaged goods marketing is becoming more growth oriented and AI enabled, allowing functions to rewire for speed and localization to create holistic value.
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January 20, 2026
Companies deploying AI agents at scale need to redesign their end-to-end processes if they want to achieve the promised step changes in productivity and value creation.
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December 12, 2025
Brand marketing is a powerful financial lever, but in an AI-saturated market, the return comes from investing in the five practices that move influence, trust, and choice.
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November 25, 2025
Agentic AI is ushering in a new era for marketing, one where autonomous systems learn, decide, and act alongside human teams.
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November 7, 2025
Artificial intelligence can automate and streamline many basic marketing functions, but the real opportunity lies in AI's ability to help CMOs reinvent their entire operating model.
Frequently Asked Questions
When is Cannes Lions 2026?
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity will take place from June 22 through June 26, 2026.
Where is Cannes Lions located?
Cannes Lions will be held in the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in Cannes, France.
Who will be speaking at Cannes Lions 2026?
Among the many exciting speakers at Cannes Lions 2026 will be Demis Hassabis, Sir John Hegarty, Grace Kao, Kory Marchisotto, Marc Pritchard, Fidji Simo, and Byron Sharp. For the full list, please check here.
What is the event schedule for Cannes Lions 2026?
The event schedule for Cannes Lions 2026 covers five days, from check in beginning at 9 am on Monday, June 22, to the closing party on the evening of Friday, June 26.
