Portfolio Night 2025 is the largest one-day advertising portfolio review in the world. Starting on October 30, 2025, thousands of aspiring advertising copywriters, art directors and other young creatives will meet with hundreds of renowned creative directors for a fast-paced evening of advice, mentorship and recruitment.

The 2025 ANA Masters of Marketing Conference brings together the brightest minds in marketing to accelerate success and drive brand and business growth. Join thousands of marketing leaders who attended last year's transformative event.

WHAT TO EXPECT IN 2025 AfroTech Conference returns to Houston, TX with a future-forward experience designed to fuel growth at every career stage.

212NYC is thrilled to announce our 11th Annual Gala: "Resilience Through Reinvention," returning on Oct. 23! One of the most anticipated advertising events of the year, the 212NYC Gala celebrates the trailblazers shaping the future of the industry—honoring groundbreaking achievements, inspiring leadership, and lasting impact. Congratulations to all our 2025 Honorees!

Chris Crawford Keynote & Keep It 100 Pitch Competition Join us on Friday, October 17 at 9:45 AM ET for keynote remarks from Chris Crawford, CEO and Founder of Elite Media, followed by the Keep It 100 Pitch Competition--a high-stakes showcase blending creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship. Watch six finalists, from our WAATBP community, pitch for $50,000, proving what’s possible when access and opportunity align. Come cheer them on and be part of an inspiring morning.

WHAT IS CULTURECON? CultureCon is the largest creative festival for creative entrepreneurs, creators and cultural influencers. Sitting at the intersection of creativity and community, CultureCon offers workshops, resources and the tools to take your dreams to the next level — on your own terms. 
 Join 10,000 creatives and over 200+ speakers for two days of community-building, hands-on workshops, a career fair and immersive activations you won’t find anywhere else. 

The LavaCon Content Strategy Conference  LavaCon is a gathering place for content strategists, documentation managers, user experience designers, and other content professionals. Our Mission: To help organizations increase revenue and decrease costs by solving content-related business problems. It’s one thing to hear people talk about content strategy and usability; it’s another to meet peers who are successfully doing it. Our speakers are practicing industry professionals who are eager to share their best practices and lessons learned—both what worked and what didn’t.

A Conference Dedicated tothe Cultural Trends ShapingTomorrow BLACKWEEK is an economic forum and cultural festival designed to help brands, founders, creators, and business leaders harness the cultural trends shaping the future. From emerging technological shifts to the untapped potential of growth audiences, BLACKWEEK explores the forces driving tomorrow’s business and cultural landscape.

We’re back in Manhattan this fall for Advertising Week New York 2025 — and it’s bigger, bolder and more connected than ever. From October 6–9, we return to THE PENN DISTRICT (100 W. 33rd St.) with a reimagined experience built for today’s changemakers across marketing, media, tech and culture. Discover groundbreaking ideas, create new partnerships and soak up the energy of the industry’s most dynamic event.

Write the future, or be overwritten.  The fundamentals still matter, but business as usual is no longer an option. We live in times where AI creates decks faster than any planner. Creatives re-brief themselves before the first review. Clients want proof of value now, not next year. And every new platform demands a new brief format—from shoppable TikToks to AI-powered CX flows.