Where Practitioners Shape What Comes Next.
In-person. Two days of programming; workshops, main event keynotes, and networking, bringing together senior operators across creator commerce, affiliate, influencer, TikTok, Whatnot, YouTube, Meta, LTK, and DTC to compare notes on what's actually working.
Event Highlights
Impactful Keynote Presentations
High-impact talks from operators sharing real playbooks, real numbers, and what's actually driving GMV.
Meet Fellow Innovators
A curated room of senior operators, platform leaders, and decision-makers actively building in social commerce.
Industry Leader Panels
Deep-dive conversations with the executives shaping the future of creator commerce, affiliate, TikTok, Whatnot, YouTube, Meta, LTK, and DTC.
Featured Summit Speakers
Our speaker lineup brings together founders, CEOs, marketing leaders, platform executives, and operators building the future of social commerce.
Aileen Zou
Head of Global Accounts
TikTok
Mina Zandbar
VP Global eCommerce & Digital Growth
Mattel
Neil Patel
Co-Founder
Neil Patel Digital
William August
CEO
Outlandish
Eric Siu
Founder
Single Grain
Corinne Crockett
Chief Marketing Officer
Hiya
Keith Frankel
CEO
VitaWorks
Puneet Nanda
Founder & CEO
GuruNanda
Ariana Pareja
President
Mighty Minis
Dr. Kellyann Petrucci
Founder
Dr. Kellyann
Ian Sells
Founder
Million Dollar Sellers & Join Brands
Brandee Shtevi Winikoff
Assistant General Counsel - Health & Wellbeing
Unilever
David Vanderveen
Board of Directors & President
Prenetics & IM8
Max Mikhaylenko
Co-founder & CEO
Snap Supplements
Brian Freeman
Founder & CEO
Creatorland
Shahab Elmi
Founder & CEO
Cymbiotika
Jenn Ashby
Community and Culture Expert
Jenn Ashby Consulting
Rémi Martini
Co-Founder & CEO
Sarelly
Aaron Nosbisch
Founder
BRĒZ
Zaid Rahman
Founder & CEO
Flex
More speakers will be announced soon.
Featured Financial & Investment Session Speakers
A focused group of leaders bringing insight on investing, acquisitions, capital strategy, and the financial side of growth in social commerce.
David Vanderveen
Board of Directors & President
Prenetics & IM8
Carl Daikeler
Co-Founder & CEO
BODi & P90X
Matt Bilinsky
Attorney
Weinberg Gonser LLP
Heidi Luerra
VP of Community & Partnerships
Cherub
Travis Lubinsky
Partner
51 Ventures
Brands, Platforms, and Companies Represented Include
Sponsors Shaping the Future of Social Commerce
We're proud to partner with the brands, platforms, and technology companies investing in the future of social commerce.
Why This Event Exists
Affiliate marketing. Influencer commerce. Creator economy. TikTok, Whatnot, YouTube, Meta, LTK. Platform-native selling. DTC. These used to be separate categories. They're converging into one market, fast. But there's no neutral room where senior operators from every side can sit together, compare notes, and pressure-test what's actually working.
Until now. The Social Commerce Summit is a convening designed for operators sharing real playbooks and real problems to shape what this industry becomes next.
A Meeting of Industry Leaders: Ahead of the broader Social Commerce Summit in August 2026, this event brings together a select group of senior leaders for focused dialogue and high-value exchange. It serves as the launch of the Social Commerce Summit community before the larger industry event later this year.
Why Attend
Know What's Working Now
Practitioners share what's actually driving GMV across TikTok, Whatnot, YouTube, Meta, LTK, affiliate, influencer commerce, creator-led distribution, and DTC. Real numbers, real case studies, real operating insight.
Actionable Insights
Sessions will include actionable growth playbooks, live shopping and creator-led selling, AI implementation across the business, stronger community and culture with customers, affiliates, and creators, and multicultural growth opportunities.
Meet the Right People
This isn't a mass conference. It's a curated room of senior operators, platform leaders, and decision-makers who are actively building in this space.
Shape the Future
Social commerce and AI-driven commerce are still being defined. This is your chance to be in the room where the playbook is being written, not just reading about it six months later.
Programming Themes
- Actionable playbooks for social commerce growth, paid media, conversion, and performance marketing
- Live shopping, TikTok Shop, and creator-led selling
- How product discovery is changing across search, social, and AI
- How leading brands are using social to drive brand building, community, and commerce outcomes
- Creator, affiliate, and UGC programs that drive real revenue
- Founder-led growth, trust, authority, and community-driven brand building
- How to use AI more effectively across the business
- Compliance, legal, and operational realities in creator-led commerce
- Capital, value creation, and what investors look for in modern consumer brands
- The U.S. Hispanic market and broader multicultural growth opportunities
Event Schedule
Two days of programming at the westdrift hotel in sunny Southern California. Day 1 features workshops, a networking reception, and a special evening keynote. Day 2 includes mainstage morning and afternoon sessions alongside a dedicated Financial & Investment Workshop Track. Programming throughout the summit will focus on practical growth strategies, live shopping and creator-led selling, AI across the business, community and culture building, and multicultural market opportunities.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 1:00 PM | Check-in |
| 2:00–5:00 PM | Workshops |
| 5:00–6:00 PM | Networking Reception |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Special Evening Keynote Presentations |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:00–9:00 AM | Check-In & Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 PM | MAINSTAGEMorning Session |
| 10:00 AM–12:00 PM | WORKSHOPDedicated Financial and Investment Session |
| 12:00–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00–4:00 PM | MAINSTAGEAfternoon Session |
Who Should Apply
This event is built for decision-makers who are actively shaping the future of social commerce. This room is for senior-level conversation, not entry-level education.
Apply if you lead or directly influence growth, revenue, partnerships, platform strategy, or commerce operations.
You belong here if you're:
Venue & Accommodations
Event Venue
Manhattan Beach, California
1400 Park View Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
A stunning boutique hotel steps from the Pacific Ocean. Easily accessible from LAX (15 minutes) with ample parking on-site.
Accommodations
A special group rate is available at the westdrift Manhattan Beach, Autograph Collection for Social Commerce Partners.
Group rate: $299 USD per night
Dates: May 14–16, 2026
Book by: April 23, 2026
Book Your Group RateA Glimpse of the westdrift hotel
Become a Founding Sponsor
Sponsorship at the Social Commerce Summit is designed for companies that want to be positioned alongside the operators defining this market from day one.
This is not a trade show floor or a booth-heavy expo. Sponsorship is built around focused alignment with a qualified, senior-level audience of operators, founders, and executives who are actively building in social commerce. Sponsors will have dedicated exhibit space outside the ballroom for meaningful networking.
Limited sponsorship opportunities available for this launch event.
PREMIER SPONSOR
Exclusive — Limited to 3
Launch the neutral platform that will define the social commerce industry.
In addition to or in place of Partner Sponsor benefits.
PARTNER SPONSOR
$10,000Major platform partner with significant visibility.