Affiliate Grand Slam (AGS) is launching its first conference in Rome, Italy, from 02 to 05 November 2026. Backed by SiGMA, the global events group behind some of the industry’s largest B2B gatherings, AGS will bring affiliates, advertisers, agencies, media buyers, and technology providers together for four days of learning, deal-making, and partnership-building. It positions itself as a dedicated platform for an industry that has outgrown single-niche events.
Many affiliate and performance marketing events specialise in a single vertical, region, or buyer type. This means you’ll see the same faces, repeat the same conversations, and compete for the same limited pipeline of opportunities, year after year. AGS solves that problem, bringing together the full range of verticals, buyers, and platforms that drive the industry today.
AGS isn’t tied to one sector but it keeps performance at the centre of everything. It focuses on the mainstream acquisition verticals that deliver measurable ROI instead of chasing every niche on the market. That selectiveness is deliberate by drawing a clear line around which verticals belong. AGS keeps the conversations relevant and the results comparable across markets, so a media buyer from e-commerce and an affiliate working with fintech offers can still speak the same language.
This is what separates AGS from single-vertical events. Instead of forcing attendees to pick one conference per niche, AGS lets them see how strategies, offers, and platforms overlap across verticals and walk away with connections and insights that a narrower event can’t offer.
Affiliates attend free of charge, but they must first pass a verification process. This filters out genuine, revenue-driven operators rather than casual attendees.
That means the floor is full of people who want to do business. These are affiliate networks looking to recruit, advertisers scaling acquisition, agencies chasing new clients, publishers looking to monetise traffic, and service providers meeting potential buyers.
Alongside them, 250+ exhibitors will be on-site. Some of the biggest names include Meta, Google, TikTok, and Snapchat. Exhibitors span affiliate networks, ad platforms, SaaS providers, fintech and payment solutions, and AI-powered tools, bringing buyers and sellers of traffic, offers, and partnerships together in the same room.
More than 50 speakers will take the stage. These speakers are carefully selected for their expertise in what’s working today and their insights into where the industry is headed, including Maor Benaim, Sergei Glaukus, Stefan “Affpal” Muehlbauer, and Van Oakes. Sessions will include media buying, ad creatives, AI in marketing, ecommerce, search engine optimisation, native ads, and more. Delegates leave with practical takeaways they can apply immediately. In an industry as fast-moving as performance marketing, hearing directly from the people running campaigns and platforms today has greater impact than any keynote built on theory alone.
Whether you are an affiliate looking for new offers and traffic sources, an advertiser scaling customer acquisition, an agency seeking new clients, or a platform looking to reach performance marketers directly, AGS gives you access to more of the ecosystem than a single-vertical event can offer.
Get your ticket today at the newly launched Affiliate Grand Slam, bringing 250+ exhibitors and 50+ expert speakers to Rome, 02–05 November 2026.
