The DBC Industry Calendar® is the only searchable database of every event and award in the advertising, marketing and insights industries. Developed by DBC Brand Communications, the leading integrated marketing services firm supporting these industries, and launched in conjunction with charter members the ANA, 4As, IAB, RAB, the ARF and Geopath. The DBC Industry Calendar is designed to help coordinate date selection for event programmers so as to avoid conflicting and competing events and to help attendees find the events of greatest interest to them. It also serves as an important tool for event organizers to promote their event to a qualified audience of interested event attendees and to assist industry thought leaders in finding events they would like to speak at and awards they would like to submit for.
DBC Brand Communications was founded in 2005 with a sole focus of providing advertising, marketing and insights companies with senior, expert guidance for building their business. We utilize our deep experience, expertise and contacts in these sectors to help clients shorten the conversion cycle and generate in-bound leads. Our solutions not only create visibility and awareness, but drive sales by engineering brand platform development and initiatives aligned against specific client business objectives. We accomplish this through a broad array of services, based on our unique understanding of the industry and our target needs, including: public relations, content and brand platform development, strategic partnership development, creative ad strategy development, trade media planning and buying, the production of GTM strategies, sales and promotion collateral and website content development.
The DBC Industry Calendar® offers a highly-qualified audience of industry members who have self-identified as interested event attendees. We can help you reach this audience to promote your event either through display ads on our site or through sponsored emails targeted to those who have expressed an interest in specific subject matter.
The DBC Industry Calendar® is a comprehensive source of events, conferences, webinars and seminars in the advertising, marketing, adtech, martech and insights industries
Access to all events, searchable by date and subject, assistance in planning the right date for your events, and the ability to build your own “My Calendar” page.
Several major events are already on the 2026 schedule with confirmed dates and locations including:
IAB Annual Leadership Meeting: February 1–3, 2026 (Palm Springs, CA)
POSSIBLE Miami: April 27–29, 2026 (Miami, FL)
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity: June 22-26 2026 (Cannes, France)
Advertising Week New York: October 2026 (New York, NY)
Most major conferences open their call for speakers 6 to 9 months in advance. You can find these by checking the Industry Calendar. Search for events in your niche and click through to the official event sites.
The DBC Industry Calendar includes award deadlines alongside events. Major 2026 deadlines to watch include:
The Drum Awards for Marketing (Final Deadline: March 19, 2026)
Adweek Media Plan of the Year (Final Deadline: May 8, 2026)
Digiday Technology Awards (Final Deadline: June 26, 2026)
Yes. The calendar specifically covers niche sub-sectors. Examples of scheduled 2026 niche events include:
Retail Media: Shoptalk Spring 2026 (March 24-26) and Modern Retail Marketing Summit (April 20–22).
Programmatic: Programmatic AI (May 18) and Digiday Media Buying Summit (March 2).
Data Privacy: IAB Tech Lab Signal Shift NYC 2026 (March 19). Included as core tracks in larger summits like the Marketing Analytics Summit (April 27–30).
Yes. The calendar is a dynamic database. New events, webinars, and award deadlines are added regularly as they are announced by organizers.
For large activations, you should aim to lock in sponsorships, rentals, or yacht space 8 to 10 months out. If you’re simply attending, you can catch "Early Bird" rates and secure accessible hotel blocks 4 to 6 months out.
To get your event listed on the calendar, please log in to your account and fill out the form here.
In 2026, ANA Masters of Marketing is from October 20th to October 23rd in Orlando, FL
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