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2026 b2b summit

WELCOME TO THE AUTHENTICITY ERA: WINNING THROUGH HUMAN CONNECTION


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REUBEN HEADSHOT

Keynote

Reuben Webb
B2B Editor
The Drum 

The way buyers discover brands, experience advertising, engage with content, and ultimately decide when to act is evolving rapidly. In an environment where media scale is easy, impressions are abundant, and content volume is infinite, differentiation comes from something technology can’t replicate: humanity.

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Tuesday, September 15
The Shipyard
4030 Easton Station, Suite 300
Columbus, OH 43219 

 

AGENDA

10:30 – 11:00am Arrivals and Check-In
11:00 – 11:15am Welcome and Roadmap for the Day
Matt Bruot (The Shipyard) 
Brad Oldham (The Shipyard) 
11:15 – 11:45am Keynote Presentation
Reuben Webb (The Drum)
11:45 – 12:15pm Group Introductions
12:15 – 1:00pm Networking Lunch
1:00 – 1:30pm Reimagining the Buying Experience to Unlock Growth 
Katie Seiler (ADS)
Kaylyn Bredon (The Shipyard) 
1:30 – 2:00pm

The Future of B2B is Human: How JobsOhio Reimagined Brand and Media Strategy 
Nick O’Bruba (JobsOhio)
Chrystie Reep (The Shipyard)
Dom Thiel (The Shipyard)
Liz Kennedy (The Shipyard)

2:00 – 2:15pm Networking Break
2:15 – 2:45pm Still Human: Creativity in the Age of AI 
Dan Ledman (The Shipyard)
Danny McCallum (The Shipyard)
Meredith Yuskewich (The Shipyard)
Jessica Kienbaum (The Shipyard)
2:45 – 3:30pm AI Discoverability Panel Discussion
Sean Cowan (The Shipyard)
Kim Rodgers (The Shipyard) 
3:30 – 4:30pm

Happy Hour 
Drinks & Hors d’Oeuvres

And if you’d like to expand your marketing knowledge beyond the B2B space, you’re invited to stay for another exciting event on September 16, our Engineering Brand Love Summit. 

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KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Drum-Lock-up-RGB-RedReuben Webb is B2B Editor at The Drum, covering the brands, ideas and people shaping business marketing worldwide. A journalist, interviewer, documentary maker and speaker, he previously spent two decades as a chief creative officer, wrote the acclaimed 101 Clichés, and has spent his whole career proving B2B doesn't have to be ordinary.