AI vs HUMANITY
Embrace AI copywriting tools or dive deep into hands-on creative workshops. This special online CopyCon is all about the balance between creativity, humanity, and AI – presented as a mix of breakout sessions and keynote talks.
Choose your route…
Whether you want to focus on fostering your creative energy, or harnessing tech to raise your game, the CopyCon schedule has options for you. You’ll also see a few gaps in the schedule – these will be filled based on feedback from our delegates.
09:00 – 09:20
Registration
09:20 – 09:30
Welcome and introduction
Your host welcomes you to CopyCon 2026 – and introduces our first keynote speaker…
09:55 – 10:25
The Staying Power of Human Creativity
Kristy Martino kicks off CopyCon…
10:30 – 10:55
Q&A / Themes and Goals
Our panel reflects on the opening keynote and identifies challenges to pursue during the day…
10:45-11:00
Morning Mingle – grab a snack or join one of our matchmaking groups.
11:00 – 11:45
Breakout Sessions | Round 1 – choose one of the following sessions:
11:00 – 11:45
AI-Assisted Copywriting: Mindset and Tactics
Shifting your mindset and selecting your tactics to excel as a copywriter empowered by AI, presented by Harriet Meyer.
11:00 – 11:45
B2B Copywriting
Explore the winning tactics and strategies for B2B marketing — and how to convince your boss to use them.
11:00 – 11:45
Content Strategy
Session details TBC
11:00 – 11:45
Delegate-directed session
This is your chance to influence the CopyCon programme – simply tell us what you want to see when you book your ticket – the most popular requests will occupy this space.
11:50 – 12:35
Breakout Sessions | Round 2 – choose one of the following sessions:
11:50 – 12:35
AI for Scaling Content
Discover new techniques for using AI to level up your content operations
11:50 – 12:35
Storybreaking: Why You Need to Think like a TV Writer
Charlie Stewart on what we can take from screen writers…
11:50 – 12:35
Case Study Show & Tell
Copywriters share a case study and then join a conversation around what it takes to create effective copy
11:50 – 12:35
Delegate-directed session
This is your chance to influence the CopyCon programme – simply tell us what you want to see when you book your ticket – the most popular requests will occupy this space.
12:50 – 13:35
Lunch and sponsor networking
13:35 – 14:20
Breakout Sessions | Round 3 – choose one of the following sessions:
13:35 – 14:20
Copywriting Workshop
Session details TBC
13:35 – 14:20
CRM & Email Marketing
Session details TBC
13:35 – 14:20
AI Ethics, Policy and Governance | Discussion
A discussion on how to enable AI within creative teams in a responsible and sustainable way
13:35 – 14:20
Delegate-directed session
This is your chance to influence the CopyCon programme – simply tell us what you want to see when you book your ticket – the most popular requests will occupy this space.
14:30 – 15:15
Breakout Sessions | Round 4 – choose one of the following sessions:
14:30 – 15:15
The Future of Copywriting?
Our panel discusses the outlook for our profession…
14:30 – 15:15
Freelance Copywriters’ Business Development
Join a group of freelance copywriters to discuss the secrets to success in 2026.
14:30 – 15:15
Copywriting Career Mentoring
Join a panel of recruiters, HR professionals and hiring managers as we explore the best strategies for accelerating your career journey
14:30 – 15:15
Audience Takeover
Present your own micro-talk or pop along to support new voices
15:30 – 15:45
Afternoon Break
Closing keynotes
15:35-16:05
AI as a Creative Enabler
Harendra Kapur on using AI in unexpected ways.
16:10-16:35
Words that Break the Internet
David Levin explores some of the writing that gets attention.
16:35-16:45
Action pledges
You and our speakers, hosts and trainers are invited to share ‘next steps’ — the actions you’re planning to take following CopyCon 2026.
16:45 – 17:00
Wrap Up
Your host concludes the conference
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AI-Assisted Copywriting: Mindset and Tactics
In this fast, practical session, Harriet Meyer shows how to use AI as a sharp assistant at every stage of the job: briefs, research, angles, drafting, and editing.
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Storybreaking: Why You Need to Think Like a TV Writer
This session explores storybreaking – a technique borrowed from TV writers’ rooms – and how it can help you move beyond copy production and into creative strategy.
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Freelancer Business Development
How can you grow your freelance business in a way that's sustainable, effective – and future-proof?
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Career Clinic
Join a panel of recruiters, hiring managers and senior copywriters to learn what it takes to get hired in 2026.
Full DetailsWords that Break the Internet
A love letter to some of the finest social and digital writing in cyberspace, and a look at various methods that will help writers in the audience break the internet themselves.
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The Future of Copywriting?
We're inviting a variety of copywriters to divine our future. How might copywriting evolve in the AI age?
Full DetailsYou’re in good company
Attended by copywriters, brand writers, agency writers, content designers, UX writers, account managers and creatives, as well as in-house marketers, communicators and strategists from companies including…
