Observe Summit 2026

‍The Age of Meaning: Understanding digital culture and behaviour in a world of endless data.

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Understanding digital culture and behavior in a world of endless data.

The Age of Meaning

For years, the industry has focused on getting better at observing digital behaviour: conversations, reactions, trends, patterns. We can see it all. An endless stream of data about what people are doing online.

But seeing more hasn’t made understanding easier because digital behaviour isn’t just data. It’s how people express who they are and how they relate to others. It’s how culture starts to take shape and how brands are understood within it.

Understanding requires interpretation, and that’s harder to do than it looks. That’s the problem Observe Summit is built around.

Join us in Paris as we explore the hard questions behind digital behaviour and what it reveals about people through case studies, presentations and debates.

What people say about us

Here’s what past attendees have to say about Observe Summit.

"There's a lot of industry leading thought here and it's just a fantastic place to, to interact with people that are on a very similar level. It's also the networking, but the chats are fantastic."
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George Milleret
Research Insights Manager, Live Nation
"There are other conferences that are more like digital marketing or social marketing, but this is the FIRST TIME where I can meet people that do exactly the same job that I do, that we can talk about geek a little bit, talk about more nerdy stuff."
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Alejandro Garcia de Leon
Global Lead of Social Intelligence, Hilton
"I come to connect with the insights community. Many of us kind of work in silos or, or teams where we don't often get to interact with the people who are passionate about the same subjects.

So it's a great opportunity to connect with peers, network, learn new things."
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Jackie Cuyvers
CEO, Convosphere
"Observe Summit was a great place to get inspired and benchmark from great case studies when I was starting my new position. I love that there was a good mix of speakers with different backgrounds so you can learn from consultants, academics, companies, agencies and other professionals. It is also a great opportunity to connect to other Social Listeners and Insights professionals, exchange experiences and brainstorm about the industry."
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Natália Lēao
Global Social Intelligence Development Lead, Nestlé
"The 'field,' of social has become almost as broad as the field of 'digital.' I can always count on the SI Lab for content that hits right at the sweet spot between social insight. Observe Summit is full of sessions and case studies that give me inspiration for continuing to grow social intelligence within my organisation."
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Melissa Davies
Global Lead, Social Intelligence & Trendspotting, Mondelēz International
"Like any other SI Lab event, the Observe Summit offers excellent selection of speakers and topics. However, it's the members of the audience and their active participation that made the event really stand out fostering a strong sense of community and propping up a platform to share ideas and opinions."
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Martin Miliev
Head of Social Intelligence at Publicis Groupe Bulgaria, Publicis Groupe Bulgaria
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