Events
Types of Events
Our events are for members-only. If you are interested in learning more about attending and becoming a member, please inquire here.
Group Chats
High-trust, live Zoom (or IRL) debates with no fluff and maximum perspective.
IRL Events
Small-format, high-signal conversations including Breakfast Club, Supper Club and Speakeasy Cocktails
Tentpoles
Private dinners, closed-door convos, and real connections—inside the noise of big events.
Summits
Our flagship events. One-day, invite-only, in-person summits designed to reframe how we think.
Recurring
TUESDAYS
Group Chat
When the Music Interface Stops
Most of the internet was built on the assumption that visitors come to you. They’d scroll, browse, compare, click. They’d notice your design. Maybe even read your copy. Maybe they sign up, purchase, submit, perhaps even share it with others.
But what happens when traffic and the interface stops?
JUNE 10
11am-12pm ET
Zoom
Member RSVPWEDNESDAYS
Comments Section
A live, audio-only event that gives our members and subscribers an opportunity to react to the newsletter provocation for the week.
JUNE 11
2-2:45pm ET
THURSDAYS
Group Chat
Robber Barons in Media featuring Eric Gillin (Group Chat)
What happens if publishers stop playing defense and start acting like monopolists? This question came to us from Eric Gillin, a fellow ON_Discourse member who spent 12 years as the CBO at Condé Nast. The answer is not just a vision for a new way of publishing, it might be a vision for a new kind of internet.
JUNE 12
2-3pm ET
Zoom
Member RSVP
Cannes Lions
Hosted by Stagwell
Sport Beach
The pre-eminent home for sport within Cannes Lions, leveraging sport as a door opener into the conversations driving the business landscape – and now the official LIONS Sport Partner for 2025.
JUNE 16-19
Sport Beach
Hoorae x Ensemble x Kitchen Table x ON_Discourse
Issa Rae Raises the Stakes
An invite-only conversation celebrating the power of partnership with Issa Rae, in conversation with some very special guests, including President & Co-Founder, Ensemble, Ian Schafer.
MONDAY, JUNE 16
5:30pm
Palace of Festivals and Congresses of Cannes
ON_Discourse x NVE
Private Lunch
An invite-only lunch exploring the evolution of brand experience, from ephemeral moments to AI-powered, data-rich ecosystems that adapt, learn, and deepen brand connection.
TUESDAY, JUNE 17
2-5pm
La Guérite - Cannes
In partnership with LTX Studio
Co-produced with AI
A live demo and facilitated discourse with the team behind LTX Studio, an AI co-pilot designed to empowers producers, directors, and creators to get from idea to execution with unprecedented velocity, while keeping human vision in the driver’s seat.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 18
3-5pm
Brands and Culture Villa
ON_Group Chat
The Things We Couldn’t Say (Until Now)
No stage, no livestream, no PR spin. Just an off-the-record, closed-door conversation under Chatham House Rule, where we ask the question: “What’s the one thing you wish you could have said during this week’s programming, but didn’t?”
THURSDAY, JUNE 19
12:45-2pm
Sport Beach
ON_Meetings
Private gatherings for ON_Discourse CXO members and invited guests to think, eat, drink and discourse together.
JUNE 16-19
ON_VIP Invites
Get on the list for our specially curated program of partner events taking place throughout the week in Cannes.
JUNE 16-19
Upcoming
TUESDAY, JUNE 3
Founders & Builders
Virtual group for those shaping what’s next. Founder therapy meets strategic roundtable.
2-3pm ET
Zoom
Member RSVPWEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
Breakfast Club
Curated breakfasts with members + handpicked guests. Small table, sharp conversation.
9-11am ET
NYC
Member RSVPWEDNESDAY, JUNE 11
Speakeasy
Come for the drinks. Stay for the ideas. A casual, provocative hang in rotating cities.
5-7pm ET
NYC
Member RSVPMONDAY, JUNE 16 - FRIDAY, JUNE 20
Cannes Lions
Bringing the creative, media, and marketing industry together for discourse that serves to unlock new perspectives and drive business outcomes and opportunity.
Cannes, France
Member RSVPWEDNESDAY, JUNE 25
Supper Club
Monthly member dinners in NYC and beyond. Hosted, intimate, and never boring.
7-9pm ET
NYC
Opens SoonWEDNESDAY, JULY 9
Breakfast Club
Curated breakfasts with members + handpicked guests. Small table, sharp conversation.
9-11am ET
NYC
Opens SoonWEDNESDAY, JULY 9
Speakeasy
Come for the drinks. Stay for the ideas. A casual, provocative hang in rotating cities.
NYC
Opens Soon
Summit