MarkeZine Day 2026 Autumn
Overview
The autumn edition of the marketer-focused conference series run by the marketing media outlet MarkeZine. The 2026 edition is themed "RE-VISION" and runs more than 60 sessions over two days. Marketing leaders from brand-side companies share the stage with practitioners from agencies, covering consumer insight, strategy, organizational design, and the changing role of the marketer. On-site only, with no archived streaming.
Speakers
- Takahiro Hosoda (TBWA\HAKUHODO, 2026)
- Kaori Tanaka (Aeon Retail, 2026)
- Tadashi Yamaguchi (Orbis, 2026)
- Makoto Kawazu (Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, 2026)
Foundation
- Founded
- 2008
- Founder
- Launched by MarkeZine, the marketing media brand of publisher Shoeisha
Started as a real-world event for readers of the marketing media outlet, later expanding into a series held several times a year including Spring, Autumn, and Kansai editions
Transition
- 2008 First MarkeZine Day held
- 2019 Expanded to regional editions alongside the Spring and Autumn events
- 2025 Spring edition held at KITTE; Autumn edition added a networking reception
- 2026 Autumn edition held September 8-9 under the theme RE-VISION with more than 60 sessions
Voices
Learned from the GooDay case study that DX requires organizational culture change alongside tool deployment (from FUGU Lab's report, in Japanese)
The networking reception allowed conversations that sessions could not cover, revealing attendees' industries and roles (from NRI Netcom's report, in Japanese)
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