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November 17, 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
511 North Columbus Drive
Chicago

Chief Marketing Officer Summit
Chicago

Join the CMOs proving growth, protecting trust, and redefining what it means to lead marketing at the highest level.

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Strengthen your competitive advantage as AI transforms how brands compete, connect, and earn customer trust.

→ Embrace enterprise leadership, trading notes with C-suite peers on earning a seat at the strategic table, not just the marketing table.

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Marta
Cyhan-Bowles
Chief Marketing and Communications Officer
NielsenIQ
Donald
Polite
CMO
SKYGEN
John
Clark
Vice President
Vonage
Jocelyn
Johnson
CMO
American Bar Association
Jean
Lawrence
CMO, Nokia Cloud & Network Services
Nokia
Will
Galloway
Head of Strategic Marketing
Siemens
Adrian
Fulle
CMO
Good Salt Life
Bonnie
Habyan
CMO
X-Caliber
Jill
Hankee
Director & Head, B2B Marketing, BMO Capital Markets
BMO Financial Group
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Acme Smoked Fish

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ACT (Advanced Call Center Technologies, LLC)

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American Bar Association

CMO

Anaplan

VP, Industry & Solutions Marketing

Apple Bank

CMO

Citi

VP, Marketing

Colliers

CMO, EMEA

Condé Nast

Global VP, Creative Strategy

Databricks

VP, Global Growth Strategy & GTM

Dynamic Yield by Mastercard

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Influence and ownership

Product Marketing Manager

Estee Lauder Companies

VP, Marketing

Etsy

VP Growth & Performance Marketing

Intrepid Travel

CMO, North America

JPMorganChase

VP, Marketing Strategy

Marqeta

CMO

McKesson

CMO

MyFitnessPal

VP, Product & Lifecycle Marketing

Nokia

CMO, Cloud & Network Services

Northwell Health

CMO

Redgate

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Strategic partnerships

Product Marketing Manager

S&P Global Ratings

Global CMO

Salesforce

VP, Global Executive Marketing

San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance

CMO

Sony Music Entertainment

VP, Marketing

Synechron

CMO

TradeStation

VP, Marketing

Upstart

CMO

US Bank

SVP, Marketing

We Buy Any Car®

VP, Marketing

Wipro

CMO, Americas

Modernizing MarOps

Product Marketing Manager

What you’ll get

out of the summit

  • Develop a growth playbook built for AI and uncertainty, full of practical approaches to volatile conditions, tested by CMOs steering through it right now.

  • Sharpen your competitive advantage with new thinking on winning through differentiation, when sameness is the easiest trap to fall into.

  • Build your network with direct access to fellow C-suite markeing leaders, and benefit from your peers' perspectives on operating as the modern CMO.

November 17, 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago

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Build the evidence and the narrative to defend growth when budgets, markets, and buyer behaviour are unpredictable.

Proving growth

Product Marketing Manager

Master the agility to pivot strategy fast, hold your team's confidence, and seize opportunity when the chaos hits.

Navigating disruption

Product Marketing Manager

Restructure your marketing engine around AI, and move beyond a bolt-on pilot project.

Building AI-driven teams

Product Marketing Manager

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Give buyers a reason to tell you apart from the pack, and choose you over the noise.

Winning on differentiation

Product Marketing Manager

Translate marketing's impact into the financial and strategic language that gets you heard across the board.

Affirming your position

Product Marketing Manager

Walk away with the playbook for turning cross-functional friction into alliances that actually move your agenda forward.

Forging partnerships

Product Marketing Manager

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Step away from the daily grind. Get the insights you need to stay ahead of the competition and keep up to date with key marketing trends.

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Harness the power of connection; join this exclusive gathering of CMOs to expand your network and build lasting connections within the community.

Spark new ideas

Network, share ideas, gather feedback and trade perspectives with fellow C-suite marketing leaders facing similar challenges.

November 17, 2026
Embassy Suites by Hilton Chicago Downtown Magnificent Mile
Chicago

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At CMO Summit Chicago, your pass is your key to the ultimate cross-functional advantage: co-located CRO, CFO, and CHRO Summits.

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→ Gain fresh strategies from exclusive sessions built to solve today’s toughest leadership challenges.

→ Bring your C-suite colleagues and return as a united front, ready to accelerate growth from every angle.

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