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Let’s Get Physical: Key Takeaways From The IRL Advantage, Variety’s Experience and Culture Summit

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Let’s Get Physical: Key Takeaways From The IRL Advantage, Variety’s Experience and Culture Summit
Oct 8, 2026 11:23am PT Let’s Get Physical: Key Takeaways From The IRL Advantage, Variety’s Experience and Culture Summit

'Law & Order: SVU' star Ice-T, MOME chief Rafael Espinal and top CMOs gather for Variety's daylong summit examining the boom in live events, physical media and one-of-a-kind experiences

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Cynthia Littleton

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@Variety_Cynthia See All Savannah Sellers and Ice-T speak onstage during the The Business of Fandom: NBC100 and the Power of Cultural Moments panel at the Variety Experience & Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage presented by OUTFRONT held at The Penn District by Skylight on October 07, 2026 in New York, New York. Kristina Bumphrey

Don’t doubt what you can see with your own eyes.

The revival of physical media and the skyrocketing value of elaborate consumer experiences is very real and emerging as an antidote to fears that AI is changing everything. Top marketers and industry executives discussed these trends and other issues rocking the world of marketing and advertising on Oct. 7 in Manhattan for Variety’s Experience and Culture Summit: The IRL Advantage, presented by Outfront.

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