Two Days Every Marketer Should Experience: Think Summit New York

Why Marketers Are Heading to New York in June

Some conferences give you a tote bag and a few decent slides. Think Summit gives you two days that will completely reset how you think about marketing.

This year, over 1,000 marketers are heading to New York City for Think Summit 2026, where the theme is Marketer x Machine: a look at what happens when AI becomes an extension of human creativity instead of a replacement for it.

Think Summit brings together everything marketers want from an event: hands-on workshops, major product announcements, rooftop networking, live demos, delicious food, and sessions from your favorite brands. You’ll leave with a Notes app full of things you want to try the second you get back to work.

Here’s a look at what’s waiting for you next month.

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The Brands Taking the Stage 

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The Think Summit lineup this year includes marketers from brands across retail, travel, finance, media, and more, including Amazon, PetSmart, The Home Depot, Bloomberg Media, Carnival Cruise Lines, Chase, Citi, and many more.

You won’t sit through vague trend forecasts or overly polished case studies that skip the interesting parts. These sessions are built around what marketers are actively testing, learning, fixing, scaling, and rethinking right now.

Expect topics like:

• How brands are approaching AI in practical, usable ways
• What personalization looks like across email and mobile today
• Building modular content systems that make campaigns easier to scale
• Interactive experiences that drive deeper engagement
• The evolving relationship between marketers, AI, Apple, and Google
• How teams are growing personalization efforts without losing creativity or brand identity

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Albert Yu-Min Lin’s Keynote

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This year’s keynote speaker is Albert Yu-Min Lin, Ph.D. — National Geographic Explorer, scientist, technologist, and one of the most fascinating storytellers we’ve ever brought to the Think Summit stage.

Albert has spent his career using advanced technology to uncover lost civilizations, map hidden cities, and push the boundaries of human discovery. His work sits at the exact intersection of human instinct and machine capability, which makes him the perfect fit for this year’s Marketer x Machine theme.

His keynote will explore how technology expands human potential rather than replacing it, and why the future belongs to people who know how to work with machines, not against them. 

You’ll want a front-row seat for this one.

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Big Product Announcements Are Coming

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Think Summit has always been where Movable Ink unveils what’s next, and this year is no exception.

During the main-stage keynote, we’ll debut new innovations focused on autonomous marketing, AI-powered decisioning, and cross-channel personalization designed to help marketers move faster without losing the human touch behind the experience.

You’ll also hear directly from brands already putting these capabilities into practice, including Hibbett and TurboTax.

If you want to see where personalization is heading next before everyone else starts talking about it three months later, this is the room to be in.

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Live Demos, Activations, and Hands-On Experiences

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The event floor is not a walk-around-awkwardly-and-collect-pens situation.

You’ll have the chance to see how brands are building campaigns in real time, ask questions directly to the teams behind the technology, and explore booth demos showcasing the latest tools, workflows, and personalization capabilities in martech.

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The Movable Pink Collective Breakfast Returns

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On Day Two, the Movable Pink Collective Breakfast returns with a panel focused on the real stories behind leadership.

Hosted by Movable Ink SVP of Marketing Anjali Yakkundi, the breakfast brings together women leaders across marketing and martech for candid discussions around career growth, networking, executive presence, negotiation, and navigating the industry.

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The First-Ever Hands-On Workshops Arrive on Day Two

One of the biggest additions to Think Summit this year is Hands-On Learning.

For the first time ever, clients attending in person can register for live instructor-led workshops focused on Movable Ink Studio and Tactics.

These aren’t passive sessions. You’ll work alongside experts and leave with practical skills you can immediately apply back at work.

Workshop tracks include:

💡 Tactics 101: Introduction to Tactics
Get started with Movable Ink Studio’s packaged best-practice workflows for personalization at scale. Learn how to launch, iterate, and measure performance.

💡 Tactics 201: Personalizing with Designer
Learn how to configure Tactic content in Designer, including rule-based variations powered by merge tags and customer data.

💡 Tactics 301: Interactivity Through Tactics
Go deeper with interactive experiences like Live Poll, Poll Retargeting, and Scratch Off.

If you’ve been looking for more guidance on scaling personalization with Movable Ink, you’ll want to add this to your agenda. 

Just bring your laptop and charger. 

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The Venue (and Food) Deserve Their Own Section

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Think Summit returns to The Glasshouse in New York City, and if you’ve never been, prepare to ruin every other conference venue for yourself forever.

Floor-to-ceiling skyline views. Hudson River backdrop. Massive sunlit spaces. Incredible production. It’s one of those venues that makes everything feel bigger the second you walk in.

And yes, we care deeply about the food.

Momofuku will be serving meals both days, alongside local NYC vendors, snacks, coffee, and enough food options to keep everyone powered through sessions and networking without surviving on stale cookies and mystery muffins.

This is New York. We’re acting accordingly.

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Our Infamous Swag Store

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There’s conference swag, and then there’s Think Summit swag.

The Think Summit Swag Store has become a fan favorite for a reason. Instead of loading tables with branded items nobody really needs, we stock the store with products from some of our beloved clients like adidas, Sephora and Levi’s. This year, the store is coming back bigger than ever with interactive experiences across the event floor, including our claw machine filled with prizes.

Consider this your warning to leave extra room in your suitcase.

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You’ll Be in Very Good Company

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This year’s sponsors and partners include Adobe, Bold Orange, MoEngage, Jacquard, and more, giving attendees the chance to connect with some of the teams shaping modern marketing behind the scenes.

And with more than 275 brands attending and speaking, Think Summit has become one of those rare events where the hallway conversations are almost as valuable as the sessions themselves.

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One Last Thing…

Think Summit sells out every year.

And with the new workshops, expanded agenda, bigger attendee list, and this year’s lineup, we’re expecting the same thing to happen again.

So if you’ve been waiting to decide whether you’re coming to New York this June, this is your sign.