BlueOcean Context AI for Marketers
A conversation at Cannes.

Brand as Your Moat.

Inside AWS's marketing reinvention. What changed, what challenged it, and what to put in place now.

WhenWed, Jun 24 · 10:30 AM
WhereBeach Stage · Plage Rado
Reserve my seat Beach seating is limited · RSVP encouraged
Brand Innovators Cannes 2026 Marketing Leadership Summit
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About the session

A candid look at what AWS is rebuilding, and what it takes to make brand the governance layer of an AI-shaped organization.

When AI shapes execution, what guides the brand?

AWS is working through that question in real time. Across a 1,000-person marketing organization, the team is rethinking how work gets done, and how brand functions: not just as a creative discipline, but as a strategic governance layer that helps guide decisions at scale.

At the center of that shift is brand context: a living understanding of where the brand stands, the influencers and voices shaping perception, and what allows scale to feel intentional rather than chaotic.

Join leaders from AWS Brand, Analyst Relations, and Measurement in conversation with BlueOcean CEO Grant McDougall for a candid look at what this transformation actually requires. What changed inside the organization, what challenged it, and what marketers can start putting in place now.

In conversation. The people on stage.

One moderator. Four AWS marketing leaders. A morning on a beach in the South of France.
Moderator Grant McDougall

Grant McDougall

Co-founder & CEO

BlueOcean Moderator
Speaker Tim Hoppin

Tim Hoppin

Global Head of Brand and Creative

Amazon Web Services Speaker
Speaker Melissa Grant

Melissa Grant

Global Head of Analyst Relations

Amazon Web Services Speaker
Speaker Hallie Sinclair

Hallie Sinclair

Measurement Lead

Amazon Web Services Speaker
Speaker Katharine Kemp

Katharine Kemp

Analyst Relations Lead

Amazon Web Services Speaker
Find us on the sand.

Beach Stage, Plage Rado.

Date
Wednesday, June 24
Day three of Brand Innovators Cannes 2026, midweek programming.
Time
10:30 AM CEST
Coffee on the deck from 10:00. Stay for the lunch service.
Location
Beach Stage · Plage Rado
Boulevard de la Croisette, Cannes. The summit's main beach venue.
Save your spot.

See you on the beach.

Beach seating is limited and Cannes mornings fill up fast. RSVP to secure your seat at the Beach Stage.

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