Ascendant Network is returning to Silicon Valley for a two-day event called frieNDA on September 16-17.

Ascendant Network builds influential communities of marketing, media, retail, and commerce media executives: RMN Americas Ascendant Boot Camp + RMN Europe Ascendant Boot Camp + Digital Ascendant. Its mission is to empower the professional development of the exceptional individual leaders at the forefront of media transformation. Its content + community + partners are curated by its powerful Councils to be incredibly germane. Its twice-yearly community events are not run-of-the-mill conferences, each one brings together transformative executives (typically VP to C-suite) from the nation’s most progressive + influential companies to share + connect + tackle industry problems. It's a closed door/no press forum -- in short, it produces safe, candid environments for the most senior marketing + media + commerce media leaders to meet + learn + be inspired. Ascendant is launching SHOWCASE on Sep 2, 2026 in NYC, a one-day retail + commerce media upfront reimagined for today’s fragmented ecosystem—bringing together leading retail and commerce media networks, and brands and agencies for high-impact presentations and commercial dialogue.