What Addled Week is (and isn't)
Addled Week is not affiliated with, endorsed by, sponsored by, or connected in any way to Advertising Week®, Emerald X, LLC, or any of AWNY 2026's sponsors, speakers, partners, or venues.
"Advertising Week" is a registered trademark of Emerald X, LLC. We use the term nominatively to describe the event we're covering independently — the same way a beat reporter or a fan blog would.
What this site is
A satirical, independent field guide for Advertising Week New York 2026 attendees. Countdowns, panel bingo, subway directions between venues, a static take on the day's schedule, and receipts from a decade of AWNY-adjacent panels. Written for people who go every year and still can't find Penn 2.
What it isn't
- An official schedule, agenda, or registration channel
- Endorsed by anyone speaking, sponsoring, or organizing AWNY
- A source of confirmed session titles, times, or speakers
- Legal, financial, medical, or coat-check advice
Real AWNY 2026 facts (published by Advertising Week)
- Dates: October 5–8, 2026 (four days)
- Location: The Penn District, Manhattan, NYC
- Organizer: Advertising Week, an Emerald X, LLC brand
- Announced stages: Great Minds, Insights, Media, Creativity, Tech, Innovation, Marketplace, plus the Scale Up Lounge
- Official site: advertisingweek.com/event/awnewyork-2026
- Register: newyork2026.advertisingweek.com/register (goes directly to AWNY — we get no cut)
The stages, in their own words
Stage names and roles sourced from advertisingweek.com's Explore Our Stages page. Descriptions are our own paraphrase for accessibility, not verbatim reproductions.
Content & trademark policy
We reference the AWNY 2026 program (stage names, dates, venue, published themes) to inform readers about the real event we're writing about — nominative fair use. We don't reproduce the AWNY site's copy verbatim, host its images, mirror its schedule pages, or pass ourselves off as an official channel. All AWNY session titles on this site are satirical inventions unless linked directly to advertisingweek.com.
If you're at Emerald X or AWNY and something here reads wrong, email us via the enlist form and we'll fix, clarify, or remove.
Who made this
Addled Week is the NYC theater of the Panel Fatigue network — five independent satirical sister sites covering the marketing and tech events that eat your calendar.