September 16, 2026
7am PT | 10am ET  

Discover how Google Ads and YouTube
can supercharge your business this holiday season
2026

What’s in store

Preview

Speakers

Courtney Rose
Courtney Rose
Courtney Rose
VP, Retail
Google
Khartoon Weiss
Khartoon Weiss
Khartoon Weiss
VP, Mid-Market Sales, Commerce
Google
Nicholas Karrat
Nicholas Karrat
Nicholas Karrat
CMO
StockX
Annie Pemberton
Annie Pemberton
Annie Pemberton
Associate Director of Marketing
Wayfair
Joshua Spanier
Joshua Spanier
Joshua Spanier
VP, Marketing
Google
Damon Berger
Damon Berger
Damon Berger
SVP, Marketing
Gap
Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin
Ginny Marvin
Ads Product Liaison, Global Communications and Public Affairs
Google

Schedule
Wednesday, September 16

It’s the first truly AI-powered holiday season. Shoppers have moved from trying AI to relying on it to get ahead of the holiday rush. For retailers, this means more opportunities to be discovered and drive sales across Search and YouTube. Join us to unpack the latest holiday shopper insights, and get an actionable game plan to boost discoverability, drive brand and performance results, and prepare your business for agentic commerce without disrupting your Q4 gains.

Courtney
Courtney Rose
VP, Retail

Build your brand or drive performance? On YouTube, you don’t have to choose. Discover how leading retailers are building lasting connections and bottom-line results

Khartoon
Khartoon Weiss
VP, Mid-Market Sales, Commerce
Nicholas
Nicholas Karrat
CMO
Annie
Annie Pemberton
Associate Director of Marketing

The future of marketing is being written in real time. Joshua Spanier, Google’s VP of AI and Marketing Strategy will sit down with the CMO of a leading retail brand to go beyond the results, and dig into the actual playbook to get (and keep) new customers during the first AI-powered holiday season

Joshua
Joshua Spanier
VP, Marketing
Damon
Damon Berger
SVP, Marketing

Tune in to this special edition of our popular Ads Decoded podcast for an in-depth, technical breakdown of today’s keynote with product leaders.

Ginny
Ginny Marvin
Ads Product Liaison, Global Communications and Public Affairs

FAQs

This digital experience is designed to equip retailers with the latest insights and tools to lead in an AI-first marketing landscape.

The virtual event will take place on Sept 16, 2026 from 7:00am PT | 10:00am ET

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