Why Ambition, why now

This is not ambition in its outdated, aggressive form.

It is ambition rooted in purpose, culture and collective progress. The kind that moves marketing from possibility to progress, and gives leaders the confidence to drive growth while shaping brands and societies for the better.

Marketing sits at the heart of business growth, yet too often underplays its own impact.

Incremental thinking will not deliver the step changes we need. Ambition reconnects confidence with responsibility, and gives marketers permission to aim higher: for our careers, our brands, and the future of work and growth.

GLOBAL AMBITION

One Series, Seven Cities. Book your city, Choose your room. Every hub carries the same theme with its own line-up. Members book complimentary across most cities. Find yours and register.

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CHOOSE YOUR ROOM

New York

7 October 2026

9:00am to 12:00pm EST
Advertising Week New York, The Penn District

Complimentary for Members, including a full Advertising Week delegate pass.
 

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Scotland

27 October 2026

9:00am to 5:00pm
The National Gallery, Edinburgh

More than fifteen speakers, including Sharry Cramond, Sara Holt, Emma Harris and Owen Wyatt.

 

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Hong Kong

29 October 2026

2:00pm to 8:00pm HKT
Soho House, Sheung Wan

Complimentary for Members. Full programme announced soon.
 

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Singapore

3 November 2026

2:00pm to 8:00pm SGT
Temasek Shophouse, Orchard Road

Complimentary for Members. Full programme announced soon.
 

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Dubai

5 November 2026

8:00am to 4:30pm GST
Museum of the Future

More than fifteen speakers, including Helen Tupper, Amina Taher, Azeem Rafiq and Rania Masri El-Khatib, plus Made by Members.
 

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London - Global Flagship

11 November 2026

8:30am to 5:00pm
QEII Centre, Westminster
Our flagship day for 450+ senior marketers.

On stage: Marcia Kilgore, Libby Jackson OBE, Nir Eyal, Scott Mills, Dr Hannah Critchlow, Simon Eyles and Sam Tomlinson.
 

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Riyadh

25 November 2026

The Marketing Society is bringing its flagship Changemakers Conference to Saudi Arabia for the first time, as part of Athar Festival 2026.

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Six reasons to be in the room

Still deciding?

The reset every ambitious marketer needs, in a single day
The stories behind marketing's boldest moves, from spaceflight to five-time founders
What ambition really looks like in an AI-driven world
Ideas ready for action, not just theory
A day among the sharpest minds in senior marketing
The confidence to make a bigger case for marketing, and for your place at the heart of growth

Ambition, told by the people who live it

The line-up so far:  Founders, scientists, athletes and marketing leaders across all six hubs. A selection of the stories waiting for you.

Marcia Kilgore

London

Serial founder, Beauty Pie, FitFlop, Soap & Glory

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Libby Jackson OBE

London

Head of Space, Science Museum

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Nir Eyal

London

Author, Hooked and Indistractable

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Rania Masri El-Khatib

Dubai

Chief Marketing Officer, The Giving Movement

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Sharry Cramond

Scotland

Marketing Director Fashion, Home & Beauty; Director of Loyalty, M&S

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Delivered with our Partners

Made possible across the series by

Ekimetrics Salesforce UK - Corporate TikTok- Corporate Bulletproof JACK RYAN Marketing Lounge Partnership

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