A curated conversation series for founders, marketers, and technologists asking the hard questions about data, attention, and the future of advertising. Hosted on luxury yachts across five markets.
The concept
We believe the best conversations happen when you're surrounded by water, away from your screens, with nowhere to hide. Each Ethics in Advertising dinner brings together 12–20 curated guests — brand leaders, agency founders, technologists, and creatives — for an evening of radical honesty about where advertising is going and whether we're okay with that.
No panels, no decks. One provocative question per dinner. Facilitated discussion. Real talk from people who shape how the world receives information.
What's said on the boat stays on the boat. No recording, no attribution. This is what makes the conversation real.
Luxury yacht, sunset cruise, chef-prepared dinner, open bar. The setting is the message — we're building something worth preserving.
Special sessions on what it means when consumers own their data, how blockchain changes advertising consent, and what ethics looks like in a decentralized world.
Five conversations we need to have
How algorithms are engineered for addiction, what brands are complicit in, and whether ethical advertising is an oxymoron in the attention economy.
A deep dive into data brokers, surveillance capitalism, and the emerging Web3 tools that let you reclaim — and monetize — your own information.
Cookie banners nobody reads, terms nobody understands, and what genuine informed consent could look like if we actually tried to build it.
Token-gated experiences, NFT loyalty programs, decentralized identity — advertising in a world without cookies, without platforms, without middlemen.
If you had a blank canvas, knowing everything we know about psychology, data, and human behavior — what would ethical advertising actually look like?
Upcoming dinners
Biscayne Bay sunset cruise. 16 guests. Chef-catered. Full bar. One question: who owns your attention and what do they owe you for it?
Chesapeake Bay evening sail. Web3 special session with founders and technologists building the decentralized advertising stack.
Potomac River dinner. Policy makers, brand leaders, and technologists in the same room asking: what should government actually do about this?
For brands & partners
Sponsor a conversation worth having
Associate your brand with the most important conversation in advertising right now.
Named event sponsor. Logo on all materials. 2 seats at the dinner. Post-event recap rights.
1 branded seat. Social mention. Inclusion in the guest communication.
All five cities. Presenting sponsor for the full 2026 series. Custom partnership package.
Dinners are limited to 20 guests. Tell us a bit about yourself and we'll be in touch.