DDC Leadership Is Coming to New York City
DDC Leadership started in Canada, but the need behind it was never only Canadian. Everywhere, senior leaders in digital media like you are dealing with the same problem: Most industry events aren’t built for the conversations you actually need to have.
That’s why, by popular demand, DDC Leadership is finally coming to New York on December 1, 2026.
This is the original Digital Day Camp experience, built for senior leaders who need more than another conference where people talk at them from a stage.
It’s the 30,000-foot conversation for the people steering digital media in one of the industry’s most important markets. That includes CEOs, CROs, SVPs, VPs, publisher and agency leaders, brand-side decision-makers, and select ad tech executives.
DDC Leadership brings the right leaders together for a lean-forward day of peer discussion, breakout conversations, and market-level thinking. The goal is simple: give senior decision-makers a space to compare what they’re seeing, pressure-test where the industry is headed, and talk through the choices that require real leadership alignment.
The format is intentionally designed to keep people moving, talking, and engaging across the day. The value comes from the conversations in the sessions, between sessions, and with the people facing the same pressure, complexity, and decisions as you do.
New York: the one-day DDC Leadership experience
Digital Day Camp’s first foray into New York City brings the original leadership-focused format to one of the most important digital media markets in the world.
This is a one-day experience for VP-level and above leaders across publishers, agencies, brands, and ad tech. It’s built for people who need time with real peers to compare what they’re seeing, pressure-test where the market is headed, and talk through the decisions that require senior-level alignment.
The day is local by design. It brings the New York digital media community together around the conversations that matter in this market, with the same lean-forward format that made DDC different from the beginning.
You should expect facilitated discussion, interactive breakouts, strong peer participation, and enough movement across the day to create the hallway conversations people usually hope a conference will deliver by accident.
Why DDC works
Digital Day Camp works because it treats senior attention like it matters.
The people who attend don’t need another stage-heavy event, another vendor gauntlet, or another room where they’re expected to teach more than they learn. They need a day that earns their time.
DDC is built for that kind of day: high-level, highly curated, grounded in the local market, and designed for people who want to leave with a clearer sense of what’s changing, what matters, and what comes next.
Active International- VP, Digital and Emerging Media
"A must attend for Canadian publishers and any vendor who takes the Canadian market seriously"