Includes first One Show Indies awards celebration event;
AI Creative Challenge and AI Executive Creative Summit.
The One Club for Creativity today announced May 11-15 as the dates for Creative Week 2026 in New York.
Now in its 17th year, Creative Week is a premier annual gathering for the advertising and design industries to come together and celebrate the creative excellence showcased in three of the club’s leading global awards shows — The One Show, Art Directors Club ADC Annual Awards, and Young Ones Student Awards — and discuss the latest AI creative trends and issues.
This year’s Creative Week includes a dedicated event to celebrate winners in the inaugural One Show Indies competition, and continued focus on AI in advertising and design.
The schedule of confirmed events to date is as follows:
Monday, May 11
Young Ones Client Pitch Competition at The One Club Gallery, 11:00 am-1:00 pm
Young Ones Student Awards ceremony at Sony Hall, 6:30 pm-11:30 pm
Tuesday, May 12
Young Ones in-person student portfolio reviews at The One Club Gallery, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm and 3:00 pm-5:00 pm.
The One Club AI Creative Challenge at Location05, 7:00 pm-9:00 pm
Wednesday, May 13
Young Ones virtual student portfolio reviews, 12:00 pm-2:00 pm
ADC 105th Annual Awards ceremony at Capitale, 6:00 pm-11:00 pm.
Thursday, May 14
AI Executive Creative Summit 2026-New York at Location05, 8:30 am-4:00 pm
Type Directors Club Hell’s Kitchen Lettering Walk, timing to be announced
The One Show Indies 2026 celebration, location to be announced, 7:00 pm-10:00 pm
Friday, May 15
AI Executive Creative Summit 2026 at Location05, 9:15 am-2:30 pm
The One Show 2026 awards ceremony at Cipriani Wall Street, 6:00 pm-12:00 am
AI at Creative Week 2026
AI once again takes center stage at The One Club’s exclusive two-day AI Executive Creative Summit 2026-New York, taking place on May 14-15.
ECS is the forum for a select group of industry leaders to discuss issues far beyond the scope of creativity that affect their businesses, providing a rare opportunity for the candid exchange of productive ideas in a closed-door setting. Applicants must be approved by The One Club, and attendance is limited to agency founders, CCOs, and managing partners.
Sessions focus on the impact and opportunities for AI at agencies and brands, with presentations, Q&A, and open discussion with all attendees.
In addition, The One Club AI Creative Challenge will take place on the evening of May 12 at Location05. Now in its second year after exciting competitions in New York and Barcelona at the Art Directors Club of Europe ADCE 2025 Festival, this fast-paced competitive event will showcase creatives going head-to-head using AI to answer a randomly selected creative prompt.
For details and to register, please visit the Creative Week 2026 website.
The One Club for Creativity – home of The One Show, ADC Annual Awards, Art Directors Club of Europe (ADCE) awards, ONE Asia Creative Awards, Type Directors Club and competition, TDC Ascenders, Young Guns, Young Ones Student Awards, Next Creative Leaders, ONE School, ONE Creator Lab, Where Are All The Black People conference and career fair, Portfolio Night, Creative Week, and more – is the world’s foremost non-profit organization whose mission is to support and celebrate the success of the global creative community. Revenue generated from entries to its global awards shows goes back into the industry to fund programs that support industry access, creative education, up-skilling, re-skilling, and placement and enhancement of creative careers around the world.
