Bob Lord
President
Horizon
Cannes Lions · 2026
Invitation Only
A Breakfast Panel
The Open
Table
Hosted by Horizon & Newton Research
In Partnership with Dstillery & Databricks
Reserve Your Seat
Off the record. On the Croisette.
When
Tuesday, June 23
9:00 AM GMT+2
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01 — The Premise
Intelligence at scale isn’t an automation story — it’s a leverage story. The agencies and brands that win the next era will be the ones that pair the right human judgment with the right machine capability, on an open enough stack to keep their options open.
Across thirty minutes and four topics, this panel moves from the philosophical to the practical: how do you actually pilot, scale, and embed AI without breaking the organization?
02 — In Conversation With
On the Panel
Four practitioners shaping how AI gets built into the agencies and brands that depend on it.
John Hoctor
CEO & Co-founder
Newton Research
Puru Patnekar
Group VP, Marketing Strategy & Performance
Spectrum
Dave Kersey
Global Head of Media
SharkNinja
Moderated by
Melinda Han Williams
Chief Data Scientist
Dstillery
03 — RSVP
A seat is held
in your name.
Invitation only. Space is limited.
This event is complimentary for brand-side marketers only.