Axios Newsmaker Hour:
Powering Fandom: How Tech and Media Brings Athletes, Fans and Newsmakers Together
Meredith Kopit Levien, President and CEO, The New York Times
Amrapali Gan, CEO, OnlyFans
Jim Bankoff, CEO, Vox Media
Jim Lanzone, CEO, Yahoo
Rashida Jones, President, MSNBC
VIEW FROM THE TOP: Mark Penn, Chairman and CEO, Stagwell
Moderators: Sara Fischer, Senior Media Reporter and Kerry Flynn, Media Deals Reporter, Axios
Julian Edelman, former Super Bowl MVP and 3x Super Bowl Champion
James Worthy, American sports commentator, television host, and former professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.
Saquon Barkley, Professional Football Player in the NFL
Kalen Thornton, VP, Sports, Entertainment, & Gaming, Gatorade and PepsiCo
Moderator: Brandon Marshall, Founder and CEO, I Am Athlete and House of Athlete, and 12-year NFL veteran
Nastia Liukin, Olympic Gold Medalist and NBC Sports Olympics analyst
Elsa Garrison, Photojournalist, Getty Images
Holly Rowe, ESPN Veteran Commentator
Taylor Rooks, Sports Media Journalist
VIEW FROM TOP:
Kexin Chen, VP of C-Suite Marketing & Partnerships, Salesforce
Robin Lickliter, Chief Experience Officer, Sparks
Molly Solomon, Executive Producer of the Olympics, NBC
Moderators: Sara Fischer, Senior Media Reporter and Kerry Flynn, Media Deals Reporter, Axios
Join us on SPORT BEACH for some good old fashioned play - with a drink in hand. Court and sand will be open for casual games, of pickleball, basketball, and soccer.
Tuesday's Open Play block will feature a flag football game with SPORT BEACH's NFL talent on the sand. Play with and get coached by NFL players in a competitive game of Flag Football on the sand.
Please join Aaron Kwittken, Founder & CEO of PRophet and Stagwell Marketing Cloud Comms Tech unit for a private breakfast to discuss the impact of AI on communications, the era of the Communications Engineer©, and how new comms tech tools promise to make us more predictive, performative, and productive.
Join the National Basketball Players Association to discuss The New 4Ps of Marketing: Passion, Purpose, People, and Planet.
CJ McCollum, NBA player and president, NBPA
Que Gaskins, President, THINK450
Damaune Journey, Chief Growth Officer, 72andSunny
Moderator: Keisha Wright, SVP, Partnerships & Purpose, THINK450
Win/Win, Growing Your Business While Advancing Gender Equality
Presented by: SeeHer + ANA CMO Growth Council
The ANA CMO Growth Council and SeeHer are joining forces to host a panel with industry leaders for a discussion of the correlation between women who play sports and their path to the C-suite and how they’re investing to raise visibility of women in sports for long-term business growth.
Breakfast and Panel featuring:
Scout Bassett, Paralympian & Advocate
Elsa Garrison, Staff Photographer, Getty
Christine Guilfoyle, President, SeeHer
Sophie Kelly, SVP, NA Whiskeys Portfolio & Baileys, Diageo
Kellyn Smith Kenny, CMO, AT&T
Moderator: Robyn Freye, Chief Growth Officer, NA, Stagwell
Mark Kirkham, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer, PepsiCo International Beverages
Patrice Evra, media personality, investor and fmr captain, Manchester United and France National Team
Kyle Martino, Founder, Over Under Initiative, Football Cafe and former US Men’s National Soccer Team player
Robert Pires, French football coach and former player
Moderator: Maggie Malek, President, CPB
Last year 36.5 MILLION people played pickleball in the US alone, making it the fastest growing sport three years running. And we're bringing it to Cannes.
Join us on Sport Beach to get in on the action and play with pros from Recess Pickleball on our regulation court at the center of Sport Beach Stadium. We'll be offering three opportunities throughout Cannes to pick up a paddle with colleagues, partners and friends.
Learn more below, and sign up to join us for some healthy competition!
