Dedicated Practitioner-Led Stage at Lisbon Event to Deliver Practical Strategies for Modern Affiliate Businesses
The Affiliate Leaders Summit 2026 has unveiled the agenda for its dedicated ‘Conversion Conf’ stage, designed to provide a practical playbook for modern affiliate businesses tackling everyday operational and strategic challenges. Curated in partnership with global performance marketing event organizer Conversion Conf, the specialized stage will run from September 29 to October 1 at the Feira Internacional de Lisboa (FIL) and MEO Arena, bringing together affiliate founders, media buyers, marketers, and technology specialists.
The comprehensive program is structured around three core daily pillars: Scale on Tuesday, September 29; Growth on Wednesday, September 30; and AI on Thursday, October 1. The initiative aims to address the rapid pace of change felt across the affiliate sector, bridging the gap between operators, platforms, and players with actionable insights rather than speculative long-term trends.
Core Tracks: Scale, Growth, and Artificial Intelligence
The Scale track opens the event by focusing on internal structures, systems, and processes required for sustainable business growth. Sessions will examine operational streamlining, the evolution of affiliate partnerships beyond traditional lead generation, and effective sales functions. Key scheduled panels include From Small Team to Scalable Company: Building Systems That Work, Beyond Leads: Building a Scalable B2B Marketing Strategy for 2026, and Scaling in 2026: What Every Founder Needs to Know.
The Growth track shifts attention to audience acquisition and emerging traffic sources within a competitive digital environment. Discussions will explore scaling campaigns across platforms like TikTok and Telegram, executing influencer marketing strategies, and refining internal media buying systems. Featured sessions comprise Influencer Marketing Strategy at Scale: In-house vs External Partnerships, Unlocking High-Profit iGaming Traffic: How Affiliates Discover & Scale the Best Markets, and From Meme to Millions: How Gen Z Is Rewriting the Rules of iGaming.
Concluding the event, the AI track addresses how affiliates can leverage artificial intelligence to enhance efficiency and performance while preserving creative human expertise. Sessions will investigate AI’s impact on SEO, team structuring, and creative production, alongside the operational limits of automated tools. Highlighted sessions feature Creative Strategy in 2026: Professional Production vs AI-Generated Creatives, Building a Brand That Affiliates Trust, and Can We Trust AI 100%? Top 5 Things AI Still Can’t Do for Your Business.
Executive and Industry Perspectives
Rasmus Sojmark, CEO and Founder of SBC, commented on the collaboration:
“As the bridge between operators, platforms and players, affiliates are often among the first to feel the impact of change, and the speed of this change is increasing. That is why our partnership with Conversion Conf is so important. They understand the challenges affiliate businesses are dealing with every day, and together we’ve built a programme that gets to the heart of how to solve them.”
Lana Rossi, CEO of Conversion Conf, added:
“Affiliate businesses don’t need more conversations about what might matter in two or three years; they need practical answers to the problems they are dealing with today. That’s what this stage is all about, allowing attendees to leave with strategies and approaches they can put into practice straight away.”
The three-day summit is expected to draw 10,000 industry professionals. The stage features a prominent speaker lineup including Aleksandr Flint (Flint Group), Dmitriy Belianin (Blask), Nikolay Nice (Sinners Media Buying), Mike Waizman (NGM GAME), Angelina Miko (Miko TikTok Traffic), Manish Chhabra (Tinder), Ashley Wright (Social Tale), and Nefeli Papadopoulou (Google EMEA). Attendance at the Conversion Conf stage requires an Affiliate Leaders Summit VIP Pass, with complimentary passes available for eligible affiliates.
