Where Practitioners Shape What Comes Next.
In-person. Built for senior operators across creator commerce, affiliate, influencer, TikTok Shop, platforms, and DTC. The main event is a don't-miss one-day summit focused on what's actually working in social commerce, preceded by a special Opening Night experience with networking and keynote presentations from leaders in marketing, entrepreneurship, and business growth.
About the Social Commerce Summit
Event Highlights
Impactful Keynote Presentations
High-impact talks across Opening Night and the Main Event from leaders sharing real playbooks, real numbers, and what is actually driving growth.
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
Neil Patel
Co-Founder
Neil Patel Digital
Mina Zandbar
VP Global eCommerce & Digital Growth
Mattel
William August
CEO
Outlandish
Deepak "Dee" Agarwal
Founder
AMA Holdings & Goli Nutrition
Lindsay Pasteris
Product Partnerships Manager
YouTube Shopping Partnerships
Avery Burridge
Product Partnerships Manager
YouTube
Paul Sabas
Team Lead, BD & Agencies
Snap Inc.
Rashmi Paul
Head of Merchants & Shopping
Glenn Sanford
Managing Director & Publisher
SUCCESS
Eric Siu
Founder
Single Grain
Brandee Shtevi Winikoff
Assistant General Counsel - Health & Wellbeing
Unilever
Aaron Jones
Chief Digital Officer
Liquid I.V.
Puneet Nanda
Founder & CEO
GuruNanda
David Vanderveen
Board of Directors & President
Prenetics & IM8 · Nasdaq: PRE
Shahab Elmi
Founder & CEO
Cymbiotika
Zaid Rahman
Founder & CEO
Flex
Jay Hunter
Chief Executive Officer
Sprinter
Kenny Hanson
Founder & CEO
MentorPass
Rémi Martini
Co-Founder & CEO
Sarelly
Max Mikhaylenko
Co-founder & CEO
Snap Supplements
Aaron Nosbisch
Founder
BRĒZ
Jared Orkin
CEO
Activate Talent
Lauren Hill
VP, Digital & Ecommerce
ColourPop
Frank Freeman
Global President
Dermalogica / Unilever Prestige
Ian Sells
Founder
Million Dollar Sellers & Join Brands
Corinne Crockett
Chief Marketing Officer
Hiya
Ariana Pareja
President
Mighty Minis
Brian Freeman
Founder & CEO
Creatorland
Dr. Kellyann Petrucci
Founder
Dr. Kellyann
More speakers will be announced soon.
Featured Financial & Investment Session Speakers
A focused group of leaders bringing insight on investing, acquisitions, capital strategy, M&A, exit readiness, and the financial side of growth in social commerce.
This session includes perspectives from leaders connected to public companies, venture-backed brands, private equity, M&A, and high-growth consumer businesses, including BODi, a publicly traded company, and Prenetics, a Nasdaq-listed health sciences company.
David Vanderveen
Board of Directors & President
Prenetics & IM8 · Nasdaq: PRE
Carl Daikeler
Co-Founder & CEO
BODi & P90X · Nasdaq: BODI
Nital Patel Scott
CFO
K18 Hair
Matt Bilinsky
Attorney
Weinberg Gonser LLP
Heidi Luerra
VP of Community & Partnerships
Cherub
Travis Lubinsky
Partner
51 Ventures
Zach Pederson
CEO
Pederson&Co
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.
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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 September 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 begins Thursday evening with a networking reception and special keynote presentations. Friday is the day not to miss, with mainstage sessions, a dedicated Financial & Investment Session, lunch, and curated networking. Content 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 opportunity.
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 3:00 PM | Check-In Opens |
| 4:30–6:00 PM | Networking Reception |
| 6:00–8:00 PM | Special Keynote Presentations |
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 7:30–9:00 AM | Check-In & Breakfast |
| 9:00 AM–12:00 PM | MAINSTAGEMorning Session |
| 10:00 AM–12:00 PM | Dedicated Financial & Investment Session |
| 12:00–1:00 PM | Lunch |
| 1:00–5:00 PM | MAINSTAGEAfternoon Session |
| 5:00–7:00 PM | NETWORKINGHappy Hour |
Networking Reception & Special Keynote Presentations
Social Commerce Summit begins with a special Opening Night experience, starting with a networking reception followed by keynote presentations from Neil Patel and Eric Siu, co-hosts of Marketing School, one of the most recognized marketing podcasts in the world, plus Glenn Sanford, entrepreneur, founder of eXp Realty, and Managing Director & Publisher of SUCCESS Magazine.
This is a rare chance to hear from leaders who have built global audiences, scaled category-defining companies, and influenced how modern brands grow through marketing, entrepreneurship, and leadership.
The Full-Day Summit You Can Not Miss
Friday is the center of the Social Commerce Summit experience. This is the full-day program where senior operators, platform leaders, brand executives, investors, and growth leaders come together to compare notes on what is actually working across social commerce.
The day includes keynote presentations, industry leader panels, curated networking, and a dedicated Financial & Investment Session covering capital strategy, acquisitions, M&A, exits, and the financial side of growth.
Expect practical insight, real operating perspective, and high-value conversations across creator commerce, affiliate, influencer, TikTok Shop, live selling, platform-native commerce, DTC, AI, community, and investment.
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 28, 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 5
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.