Marketing Festival is a conference on digital marketing, organised since 2013 by Jindřich Fáborský, his team and the Marketing Festival company.
The Marketing Festival programme consists of a main conference, workshops and accompanying events. The main conference features presentations by Czech and international marketing experts. Workshops and training sessions are held separately and focus on specialised subjects.
Some editions have included evening social, cultural and musical events.
History
The first three editions of Marketing Festival (2013–2015) were held at the Janáček Theatre in Brno. The fourth edition moved to the Gong auditorium in Ostrava in 2016, followed by editions at the Prague Congress Centre in 2017 and 2019.
The 2020 and 2021 editions were held mainly online because of restrictions associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Following a two-year hiatus, the festival returned to the Janáček Theatre in Brno for its ninth edition in 2024 and its tenth edition in 2025.
Editions
Ten editions of Marketing Festival were held between 2013 and 2025. The table includes a selection of speakers from the main programme rather than a complete list of participants.
Edition Dates Location and format Selected speakers 1st 22–23 November 2013 Brno, Janáček Theatre Neil Patel, Cyrus Shepard, Brian Carter and Gillian Muessig 2nd 31 October – 2 November 2014 Brno, Janáček Theatre Avinash Kaushik, Peter Meyers, Simo Ahava and Brian Dean 3rd 26–28 November 2015 Brno, Janáček Theatre Larry Kim, Marty Neumeier, Aleyda Solis and Cyrus Shepard 4th 20–22 October 2016 Ostrava, Gong Frederick Vallaeys, Kevin Hillstrom, Michael Lykke Aagaard and Marcus Tober 5th 9–10 November 2017 Prague, Prague Congress Centre Avinash Kaushik, Rand Fishkin, Bob Hoffman and Kim Goodwin 6th 20–22 March 2019 Prague, Prague Congress Centre Dan Ariely, Mark Ritson, Christopher Wylie and Wil Reynolds 7th 3–4 September 2020 Online Tom Goodwin, Les Binet, Peter Field, Richard Shotton and Zoe Scaman 8th 23–24 September 2021 Online; some workshops and the accompanying party were held in person Mark Ritson, Rory Sutherland, Helen Edwards and Karen Nelson-Field 9th 20–22 February 2024 Brno, Janáček Theatre and nearby venues Cassie Kozyrkov, Tom Fishburne and André Morys 10th 28–30 April 2025 Brno, Janáček Theatre Mark Ritson, Zoe Scaman, Tom Roach and Jes Scholz
Recognition
Marketing Festival was nominated twice for the Marketing Inspiration award of Křišťálová Lupa (2014, 2015). Since May 2016, Marketing Festival has been registered as a European trademark.
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