With hundreds of sessions to choose from, it’s important to plan a personalized itinerary to get the most out of your Cannes Lions experience.
To get you thinking about how much you could pack into your Festival, its organizers have come up with just one of the thousands of possible schedules: it takes in 45 world-class
sessions and still leaves time to explore the exhibitions, network with the industry and attend all four of the awards ceremonies.
SUNDAY, 15 JUNE
Top Tip: Avoid the queues and pick up your delegate pass on Saturday 14 June from 10:00 –
18:00 in advance of the Festival opening, (you can also do this 08:30 – 18:00 throughout the
week). Sunday is a good day to stroll around the Palais and familiarise yourself with the layout.
10.00 – 10.45
GRAND AUDI
Relevance and the Hoff (Golin Harris)
11.00 – 12.00
WORKSHOP ROOM
Listen Up: How to Create an Audio Brand (IV2 Sound Branding)
12.00 – 12.45
GRAND AUDI
#Live Storytelling (Twitter)
14:30 – 15.00
THE FORUM
Culture Creation (Deutsch)
15.00 – 15.45
GRAND AUDI
The Rise of Creativity in Asia (Campaign Asia)
16.00 – 16.45
GRAND AUDI
Agency Model 2014 (Hakuhodo)
16.45 – 17.30
THE FORUM
Why 80% of your Advertising Budget is Currently Being Wasted
(SheSays)
17.30 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar (Adobe)
MONDAY, 16 JUNE
Top Tip: Make sure you get to at least one Award show during the week. Queuing for the
Awards is an experience you can often see some impromptu entertainment. Get there early.
9.30 – 10.00
FORUM
Music for Millennials (Spotify) 10.00 – 11.00
EXHIBITION AREA
Browse the first Shortlist Exhibitions
11.00 – 11.45
GRAND AUDI
The New Creatives (Adobe)
13.00 – 13.45
GRAND AUDI
Defying Gravity, Achieving the Impossible (FCB/Framestore)
15.00 – 15.45
GRAND AUDI
Meet The Disruptors: Spike Jones and Gaston Legorburu on
Building Worlds with Technology and Story (Sapientnitro)
16.00 – 16.30
THE FORUM
The Age of Emotion in Mobile (Kiip)
17.00 – 17.45
DEBUSSY
The Creative Reality Check: A Brief Message on Behalf of the
Seven Billion People Who Aren’t at Cannes (CP+B)
17.30 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar (Neustar)
19.30 – 21.30
GRAND AUDI
The Creative Effectiveness, Direct Lions, PR, Promo & Activation
Awards
TUESDAY, 17 JUNE
Top Tip: After a day of learning and listening, relax and meet new people at the Cannes Connect
bar, open every day from 9:00 – 16:00. Tuesday is also the night of the opening Gala.
09:00 – 11:00
ESTEREL
Innovation Lions Shortlist Presentations
12.00 – 12.45
DEBUSSY
If your Ad Agency doesn’t have the right answer, are you asking the
right question? (MOFILM)
12.45 – 13.15
THE FORUM
Keep Strategy Weird (Sense Worldwide)
14.00 – 14.45
DEBUSSY
Global Brand, Digital Age – The Four Enduring Truths of
#CalvinKlein (Calvin Klein)
15.00 – 15.45
GRAND AUDI
Winning in Real Time (Coca-Cola)
16.00 – 16.45
DEBUSSY
The Revolution will not be Televised – How YouTube Stars are
Transforming Entertainment and Brand Marketing
(ZenithOptimedia)
16.45 – 17.30
THE FORUM
Improving User Experience with Smart use of Data (Stink)
17.30 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar (Virool)
19.00 – 21.00
GRAND AUDI
The Media, Mobile and Outdoor Lions Awards
21.00
CARLTON BEACH
The Opening Gala
WEDNESDAY, 18 JUNE
Top Tip: Take in some of the world’s finest creative work in the shortlist exhibitions and
screenings around the Festival. Check the festival programme for venues and timings.
09.30 – 10.30
WORKSHOP
How to Get Good at Creative Communication (Acacia17)
11.00 – 11.45
GRAND AUDI
A Conversation with Jared Leto and Benjamin Palmer
(Clear Channel)
12.00 – 12.45
GRAND AUDI
The Power of Story (Time Warner)
13.00 – 13.45
DEBUSSY
Make the Most of Every Moment (Microsoft)
14.00 – 14.45
GRAND AUDI
Making Marketing Personal Again (Facebook)
14.45 – 15.30
THE FORUM
How to Start a Successful Agency (thenetworkone)
15.30 – 16.30
WORKSHOP
How to become a Visual Storyteller (Tumblr)
16.30 – 17.15
THE FORUM
The Epic Lecture – Volvo Trucks Live Test Series (Forsman &
Bodenfors)
17.30 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar (Monotype)
19:00 – 21.30
GRAND AUDI
The Cyber Design, Product Design, Press and Radio Lions Awards
THURSDAY, 19 JUNE
Top Tip: Need a breather? Head to the Google Sandbox where delegates are welcomed to daily
yoga sessions, inspiring Lightning Talks, the latest Google demos and Sunset Socials, all taking
place on the beach.
09.00 – 10.00
ESTEREL
Watch the Film Lions Screenings
10.00 – 11.15
GRAND AUDI
The New Directors’ Showcase (Saatchi & Saatchi)
11.15 – 11.45
DEBUSSY
Boiling Point – Brazil, Creativity and Demonstrations (Leo Burnett)
12.00 – 12.45
GRAND AUDI
#Brightfuture (Unilever)
13.00 – 13.30
THE FORUM
Invisible Technology and the Creative Opportunity – The Brand
Experience (Jack Morton Worldwide)
14.00 – 14.45
GRAND AUDI
Cosmic Quandaries and Creativity (Ogilvy & Mather)
15.00 – 15.30
DEBUSSY
Approving Ideas in Difficult Markets (Publicis)
15.30 – 16.30
WORKSHOP
How to Prevent Death by Yes (Swim)
16.45 – 17.15
DEBUSSY
The Creative Ingredient (Pereira O’Dell)
17.15 – 17.45
DEBUSSY
Exploring Brazil: An International Creative Experiment (DDB Brazil)
18.00 – 18.45
GRAND AUDI
Insights with the Jury (Cyber)
18.45 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar
FRIDAY, 20 JUNE
Top Tip: Why not pick some sessions outside your field of expertise to learn something new,
expand your horizons and make for a richer Festival experience. And if the seminar you want to
see is full, just head to Level -1 where they are screened live.
09.00 – 10.00
DEBUSSY
Watch the Film Lions Shortlist on the big screen
10.00 – 10.45
FORUM
The Renaissance of Music in Advertising: Move Over Jingles!
(The Martin Agency)
11.00 – 11.45
GRAND AUDI
Detroit: Reboot City (Lowe Campbell Ewald)
12.00 – 13.00
GRAND AUDI
The Cannes Debate (Twitter, Viacom, WPP)
14.00 – 15.00
WORKSHOP
Classroom Thinktank: How to Foster Creativity in 21st
Century
Education (SOMMER+SOMMER)
15.15 – 16.00
GRAND AUDI
McDonald’s Wonders: What Really is the Antidote to Client
Promiscuity? (McDonald’s)
16.15 – 17.00
GRAND AUDI
What’s Great, What’s Not, What’s Next? (Sir John Hegarty & David
Droga)
17.15 – 18.00
GRAND AUDI
A Full-frontal, Possible Profane Conversation on Politics, Content
and Political Content. The Real and the Unreal. (Weber Shandwick)
18.00 – 19.00
CANNES CONNECT BAR
Networking Drinks at the Cannes Connect Bar
SATURDAY, 21 JUNE
Top Tip: Why not pick some sessions outside your field of expertise to learn something new,
expand your horizons and make for a richer Festival experience. And if the seminar you want to
see is full, just head to Level -1 where they are screened live.
09.00 – 11.00
EXHIBITION AREA
Browse the winners and Shortlist Exhibitors or watch the shortlist
screenings.
11.00 – 11.30
DEBUSSY
Teaching Old Technology New Tricks
(Contagious)
11.30 – 12.00
DEBUSSY
Make the Future (Intel)
12.15 – 12.45
DEBUSSY
Synaesthesia – A Creativity Showcase (Audio Network)
13.30 – 14.00
DEBUSSY
Creatives in Charge – Why More Creative People should be
Running Companies (MDC)
14.00 – 14.30
DEBUSSY
The (Emotional) Revolution will not be Televised (VCCP)
14.30 – 15.00
DEBUSSY
Innovation Day: Tales from the Accident Factory (DigitasLBi)
15.15 – 16.00
DEBUSSY
A Conversation with Bono and Jonathan Ive (RED) 19.00 – 21.30
GRAND AUDI
The Branded Content & Entertainment, Film, Film Craft, Innovation,
Titanium and Integrated Lions Awards
21.30 – Late
CARLTON BEACH
The Closing Gala
