Join DEPT® at Cannes Lions 2026
The Secret Garden is back for 2026, offering a place to talk shop, share a meal, and have a moment of calm during a busy week.
The Secret Garden returns to Cannes
Last year, during a week that can feel full from morning to night, some people found a place where time moved a little differently.
It was just off the Croisette, under the trees. Close enough to drop by between meetings. Quiet enough to stay. People sat down, put their bags on the ground, and started talking. Not in soundbites, not in slides, just conversations about work as it really is. About tech and AI already changing daily routines. About teams trying new things, sometimes without knowing yet if they’d work.
Some conversations were planned. Many weren’t. A short visit often turned into a long one. By midweek, familiar faces began to reappear.
This June at Cannes Lions 2026, DEPT® opens The Secret Garden again.
What to expect in the Secret Garden
The Garden is a behind-the-scenes place in a very public week. A place to sit, share a meal, and spend time with people you don’t often get the chance to really talk with; across marketing, technology, creativity, and culture.
There will be small sessions, hands-on moments with new technology, and plenty of time in between. Space to listen, to ask questions, to think out loud. No rush. No pressure to perform.
Set just minutes from the Palais des Festivals, the Garden offers something simple and increasingly rare at Cannes: room to breathe.
The Secret Garden returns this June.
Space is kept limited, so it can stay that way.
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