Name: Digital Summit Atlanta
Start: 2026-10-06T08:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-07T16:00:00-04:00
Location: Atlanta Marriott Marquis

Zuri Godfrey
Founder & Creator

Carson Mason
Sr. Community Associate
DraftKings Inc.

Ty Heath
Global Director, Thought Leadership, GTM Strategy
LinkedIn

Kate James
Senior Director, Global Resource Allocation
The Coca-Cola Company

Tuesday, October 6, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Networking			Opening Power Hour: Check-in \| Coffee \| Exhibits \| Breakfast for VIPs
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM	Opening Remarks	Marquis AB		Emcee Opening Kickoff	Quinn Tempest, Create Your Purpose LLC ·
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM	Keynote	Marquis AB		Best Practices Are Garbage: A New Playbook for Marketing Leadership and Life	Jay Schwedelson, SubjectLine.com and GURU Media Hub
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Demo			A Live Demo from illumin: Programmatic Advertising, Made Clear	Kimo Trask, illumin
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	Creativity, Differentiation & Cultural Relevance Track	Marquis AB	Consumer Behavior, Culture	Decode the Vibes: Turn Cultural Chaos into Smarter Marketing Strategy	Greg Swan, FINN Partners
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	The Mastermind Hub Track	Marquis C	Social Content, Customer Acquisition and Retention	Designing Social Content Systems That Drive Acquisition and Retention [Premium Pass or VIP Pass Required]	Valerie Morrow, Dairy Farmers of America
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM	The Growth Roundtable Track	Marquis D	Responsible AI Use	Join a Small-Group Discussion – The Moral Dilemma of AI: What It Means for Our Work and Our World	Danielle Blanchette, Digital Summit Marci Chocky, Digital Summit Quinn Tempest, Create Your Purpose LLC · Roger Williams, Kinsta
11:15 AM - 11:30 AM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis AB	Creator Economy	The Uncomfortable Truths About the Creator Economy: Where to Invest, How to Build Trust, and What to Control	Curtis Midkiff, Sprout Social, Inc.
11:30 AM - 12:15 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis D	Cross-Functional Alignment, Marketing Operations	Fix the 6 Connections Killing Your Marketing ROI	John Triplett, IDX
12:15 PM - 1:15 PM	Networking			Networking Lunch & Exhibits
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis AB	Website / AI	The Foundation Layer: Why Your Website Is Your Most Important AI Strategy	Roger Williams, Kinsta
1:15 PM - 2:45 PM	The Mastermind Hub Track	Marquis C	Social Content, Marketing Operations	From Silos to System: Building a Scalable Social Content Engine [Premium Pass or VIP Pass Required]	Valerie Morrow, Dairy Farmers of America
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM	Customer Intelligence & Experience Track	Marquis D	Consumer Behavior, Data, Customer Experience	Overcome the Customer Intelligence Trap: When Data Creates False Confidence	Christina Garnett, Fractional CCO and Author
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Demo			Live Demo from IDX: See How Connected Your Marketing Really Is	John Triplett, IDX
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis AB	Leadership, Strategic Thinking, AI	AI Has Entered the Chat — But You're Still Running the Meeting	Sharon Harris, The SH Collective
2:15 PM - 3:00 PM	Brand Trust and Safety Track	Marquis D	Employee-Generated Content (EGC), Storytelling	The Return of Employee Generated Content for Storytelling to Acquisition. Who Knew the Best Brand Advocates Already Work Here?	Greg Swan, FINN Partners
2:45 PM - 3:15 PM	Networking			30-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
3:00 PM - 3:15 PM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis AB	Leadership, Change Management, Global Marketing	Fireside Chat with Coca-Cola's Global Senior Director: Mobilizing Teams to Accelerate Digital Transformation at Scale	Kate James, The Coca-Cola Company Danielle Blanchette, Digital Summit
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Brand Visibility Track	Marquis C	AI, Search	Search Didn't Die, it Splintered: Here's Your Playbook to Stay Visible	Carolyn Lyden, EverPro
3:15 PM - 4:00 PM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis D	AI, Content, CRO	Using AI to Generate Copy that Converts	Brian Massey, Conversion Sciences
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis AB	Marketing Operations	The Sold-Out Sequence: Five Tests Every Marketing Organization Should Pass for Brand Growth	Juntae DeLane, Functn
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis C	AI Agents, Creative	Building an Agentic Creative Team: Triple Your Team’s Capacity	Tim Zack, LiminalArc
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM	The Growth Roundtable Track	Marquis D	B2B, Buyer Journey	Join a Small-Group Discussion: Strategies for the Modern B2B Buyer Journey	Danielle Blanchette, Digital Summit Carolyn Lyden, EverPro Brian Massey, Conversion Sciences John Triplett, IDX
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Networking			Happy Hour \| Exhibits \| 1st Passport Winners Announced
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Networking			Mingle & Market-share: Offsite VIP Reception
Wednesday, October 7, 2026
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Networking			Power Hour: Coffee \| Exhibits \| Breakfast for VIPs \| 2nd Round of Passport Winners Announced
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	Keynote	Marquis AB		From Ball Girl to CMO: A Leadership Lesson on Defining Your Guiding Principles	Melissa Proctor, Atlanta Hawks and State Farm Arena
10:00 AM - 10:15 AM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Brand Trust and Safety Track	Marquis AB	B2B, Creators	The Credibility Code: How B2B Creators Unlock Trust at Scale	Ty Heath, LinkedIn
10:15 AM - 11:45 AM	The Mastermind Hub Track	Marquis C	Strategy Development, Scrappy Marketing	Brains Before Budget: Developing a Scrappy Marketing Strategy [Premium Pass or VIP Pass Required]	Nick Westergaard, Author, Educator, and Speaker
10:15 AM - 11:00 AM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis D	Thinking & Decision-Making	The Curiosity Advantage: Protecting Human Value in the Age of AI	Jerri Helms, HarperCollins Christian Publishing
11:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
11:15 AM - 11:45 AM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis AB	Website, A/B Testing	Using Website Testing to Drive Incremental Business Impact	Sandy Edwards, Bluehost
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM	Brand Visibility Track	Marquis D	AI Search, Video	Beyond SEO: Building the Signals AI Search Trusts	Jerri Helms, HarperCollins Christian Publishing
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Networking			Networking Lunch & Exhibits
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis AB	AI Agents, Marketing Operations	A Framework for Deploying Marketing AI Agents Your Team Will Actually Adopt	Nick Myers, Recovery.com
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	The Mastermind Hub Track	Marquis C	Marketing Operations, Scrappy Marketing	Doing More with Less: Putting Your Scrappy Marketing Strategy into Action [Premium Pass or VIP Pass Required]	Nick Westergaard, Author, Educator, and Speaker
1:00 PM - 1:45 PM	Creativity, Differentiation & Cultural Relevance Track	Marquis D	Brand Strategy, Storytelling	Behind Atlanta United’s “Spirit of ’96” Jersey Launch: Creating Meaningful Fan Experiences	Michael Ridley, Atlanta United FC
1:45 PM - 2:00 PM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Creativity, Differentiation & Cultural Relevance Track	Marquis AB	Cultural Relevance, Social Media	Relevance at the Speed of Culture: Winning the Moment Without Losing Brand Integrity	Carson Mason, DraftKings Inc. Quinn Tempest, Create Your Purpose LLC ·
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM	Customer Intelligence & Experience Track	Marquis D	Experiential Marketing	Exponential Excellence: Turning Experiential Marketing into a Growth Strategy	Dwayne Waite, Schell Games
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Networking			30-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM	Networking			15-minute Recharge \| Network \| Exhibits
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Next Level Strategy Track	Marquis AB	Consumer Behavior, Branding	The Memory-Driven Marketing Revolution: Move Your Brand from Attention to Instinct	Emma Kuhl Pitts, PullSpark
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	Next-Gen Operations & Infrastructure Track	Marquis C	Marketing Operations, Technology Evaluation & Adoption	Beyond the Hype: Building an Operational Framework for Evaluating New Marketing Tech	Tyria Saul, Omaris Digital
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM	The Growth Roundtable Track	Marquis D	Industry Peer Exchange	Join a Small-Group Discussion – Connect with Your Industry Peers

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