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Visionary leaders participate in the annual World Woman Cannes Agenda during the Festival De Cannes

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The Equality Moonshot of the World Woman Cannes Agenda is a bold new approach to rethinking creativity for solving complex problems affecting women and girls.

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June 22-23,2026

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Hôtel Splendid Cannes

4-6 Rue Félix Faure, 06400 Cannes

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STORYBOARDS, SLOGANS & EQUALITYMOONSHOT

On the sidelines of the Cannes Lions: Festival of Creativity, we’re not just watching ads — we’re rewriting them.

OPEN MIC CALL: WOMEN CREATIVES & CREATORS ​

OPEN MIC CALL: WOMEN CREATIVES & CREATORS

World Woman Cannes Agenda | In collaboration with Much Better Agency & L-Acoustics opens a stage at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity where women’s voices rise like tide and move like waves, reshaping media, advertising, and film; this year’s theme, VOICE OF MOTHER AS FORCE OF NATURE, is a space for raw, unfiltered expression where stories become movement and voices shape culture.

If your voice moves like a tide, if your ideas shape like waves, if your story can shift culture; this is your stage.Join the World Woman Cannes Open Mic and step into a global platform of women shaping the future of creativity, storytelling, and culture.

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Red Carpet Reception: She Makes Waves in Creativity

In collaboration with La Scène des Artistes, Cannes, this is where women’s voices move like waves—powerful, unstoppable, and shaping the future of storytelling.

More than a red carpet, it is a gathering where creativity becomes a force for equality.

AGENDA

Speakers:
  • Rupa Dash
    CEO, World Woman Foundation

Speakers:
  • Moira Forbes
    Executive Vice President, Forbes Media (Moderator)
  • Miranda McKeon
    American Actress, Writer, and Digital Creator
  • Aditi Shah
    Wellness Expert, Speaker, and Storyteller

Speakers:
  • ALLSION WORLDWIDE
    Strategic Partner

Speakers:
  • ALLSION WORLDWIDE
    Strategic Partner

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • PUBLICIS HEALTH
    Strategic Partner
  • Emily Seal
    Executive Director, Clio Health ( Moderaror)
  • Elle McComsey
    Chief Strategy Officer, Digitas Health
  • Denise Campbell
    VP of Marketing, US Oncology, Novartis

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • WITH NOT FOR
    Strategic Partner
  • Elizabeth Anyaegbuna
    Media and Advertising Leader
  • Kelly Gordon
    CEO & Co-founder of With Not For
  • Emma Gardner
    Co-Founder and COO of Talent and Production Agency .With Not For
  • Emma Lines
    UK’s #1 wheelchair-using Model, Creative, and Content Creator

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • CYNDI STEELE
    Executive Director, Creators’ Studio, G&B
  • Olivia Ponto
    Model, Creator, and Advocate
  • Emily Blair
    Founder & CEO, , Emily Blair Media ( Moderator)

Speakers:
  • Kimberly Beauchaine Uihlein
    SVP, Platform and Brand Partnerships, Open Influence
  • Amanda Acevedo
    Director, Talent Management, G&B

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Carly Gomez
    Chief Marketing Officer, CROCS
  • Laurie Lam
    Chief Brand Officer, e.l.f. Beauty
  • Madison Appel
    Gen Z Creator and Tennis Coach
  • Lisa Rosenberg
    Global President, Consumer Brands, Allison Worldwide ( Moderator)

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • Aarti Holla-MainiDirector of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
    Director of the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs
  • Aayati Dash Kar
    Global Youth Lead of the World Woman Foundation and Global Ambassador of the Heidiseum Heritage Foundation. ( Moderator)

Speakers:
  • Dr. Sian Proctor
    Geoscientist, Explorer, Space Artist, and Astronaut
  • Aayati Dash Kar
    Global Youth Lead of the World Woman Foundation and Global Ambassador of the Heidiseum Heritage Foundation. ( Moderator)

Speakers:
  • Remy Stiles
    Global CEO, Kepler
  • Marie-Lise Campeau
    Global CEO, Sid Lee
  • Madeline Di Nonno
    President and CEO of the Geena Davis Institute

Speakers:

Speakers:

Speakers:
  • The Motherssey
    Maria Milusheva
  • So, what's your favorite position?
    Jessica Stahl
  • The Tree Was Never the Whole Story
    Lissy Calienes
  • Breast Pumps, Pitch Decks & Mom Guilt
    Padcha Tanviruch
  • We Birth Worlds
    Tianna Robinson
  • Re-emerging With A New Song
    Kemi Sulola
  • Welcome to my un-wedding with patriarchy
    Fulya Muftuoglu
  • Before Words,There Was Voice.
    Deepika Chopra & Rashmi Handa
  • Bringing the ocean with us
    Paula Grunfeld

EQUALITY MOONSHOT BY DESIGN​

Creative Investments

Creative funding for visionary storytellers

Creative Investments

CMO & Media Magnets Edition

Disrupting the World, One Strategy at a Time

CMO & Media Magnets Edition

Her HEALTH

Unleashing the power of creativity for women's health

Her HEALTH

Candidates and Campaigns

Political ads influence the outcome for women voters

Candidates and Campaigns

Climate Change & Sustainability

Examine advertising's role in climate misinformation, greenwashing's effects on women and girls

Climate Change & Sustainability

Art & Activism

Unleash the power of art for women's equality

Art & Activism

STEMinists & Equality Moonshot

Using STEM and feminism to accelerate equal future

STEMinists & Equality Moonshot

Creative Economy

Design creative roles to achieve ender parity and fuel the economy

Creative Investments

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