Around 15,000 people will be there. Realistically about 23 of them matter to you, and you will meet six of those by accident. Supermeet finds the rest.
Tell us you’re going to Cannes Lions and we’ll start there.
The problem at this scale
The festival happens on beaches and yachts with guest lists. Who you get to meet depends on who you contacted in May.
attendees, roughly — mostly advertisers, agencies and media owners. The attendee list is the single most valuable document of the week, and almost nobody reads it.
names is about what one person can realistically prepare for and meet properly over a few days.
people here are genuinely worth your time. Finding them by walking the floor takes longer than the conference lasts.
How to work Cannes Lions
Your week is decided by invitations, so ask for them in the spring. Find out which beach or venue each company is hosting at.
What we’re building
Live today: see who else is going and get introduced, if you both opt in. Next: eighteen names, ranked, each with one line on why this person and not the 14,982 others.
The Cannes Lions attendee list, speaker page or exhibitor directory — whatever you have access to.
Three questions, ninety seconds. Hiring, raising, selling, learning — the answer changes the entire list.
Drafted in your voice, sent from your address, with a second nudge to anyone who goes quiet. That second message is the one nobody sends.
Questions
Around 15,000, based on recent public figures. Numbers change from year to year, and Cannes Lions usually takes place in June.
Mostly advertisers, agencies and media owners.
Check the speaker and exhibitor pages first, since those are usually public. On Supermeet you can pick Cannes Lions and see how many others are going. If you both opt in, you can see each other’s name and role. Nobody’s email is ever shown.
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See who else is going to Cannes Lions right now. The more people fromCannes Lions who join, the sooner it gets a full shortlist.
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