Time: Saturday 2nd May and Sunday 3rd May 2026.
Place: 5 Rue Hector Berlioz, Villeurbanne, France.
Commercial advertising plays a key role in shaping public perceptions of the world’s most destructive companies. Fossil fuel giants, airlines, fast fashion, junk food and Big Tech use marketing and PR strategies to normalize their harmful business models, greenwash their responsibility and flood public media spaces with half-truths, distractions and silence on key issues – as global inequality and climate breakdown accelerate.
This conference brings together people who refuse that silence.
The past year has seen momentous progress for our movement, such as Italy’s first fossil ad ban in Florence, the inclusion of information integrity on climate change on the COP30 agenda, steps taken towards a national fossil ad ban in Spain, a fast fashion ad ban in France, and further advertising restrictions in Stockholm, Portsmouth, and Amsterdam, among others. Let’s keep this momentum growing!
What to expect
Join campaigners, residents and activists who are working to reduce the impacts of corporate advertising on our environment, our wellbeing, and our mental health, for 2 days of workshops, talks, strategizing and information sharing. We will discuss topics such as building broader alliances, fossil fuel sponsorships, working with digital screens, involving youth, archiving fossil ads, mapping European ad legislation, reaching the press with your campaign and more.
This conference is open to anyone who wants to reduce the influence of advertising on our daily lives. Whether you’re a campaigner, researcher, activist or politician; whether you want to ban specific types of ads or ban advertising altogether, we would love to hear from you.
Expect to meet campaigners from all over Europe, from organizations including Résistance à l’agression publicitaire (FR), Fossil Free Advertising (NL), Adfree Cities (UK), Berlin Busters Social Club (DE), Cittadini Sostenibili (IT), Geneve Zero Pub (CH), Klimakultur (NO), ZERO (PRT), Badvertising (UK), Extinction Rebellion (NL), Sortir de la Pub (CH), Werbefrei (AT), Fossil Free Football (NL), Folk mot Fossilmakta (NO), Werkstatt für antifaschistische Aktionen (DE) Fossil Free Politics (EU) and more.
The conference will take place at the Escale Solidaire Wilson of Habitat et Humanisme. The program will start on Saturday at 10:00 and will wrap up on Sunday around 17:00. There will be simultaneous interpretation for English and French by ANTS Interpretation.
After the conference weekend, there will be an opportunity to take part in a public solidarity demonstration for four French activists who are on trial for taking a stand against damaging advertising. The trial will take place on May 4th, and it would be great if we can show them lots of support from the European anti-advertising movement!
While the deadline to register for hostel accommodation and travel support has passed, it is still possible to register for the conference if you can provide this for yourself. If you still want to attend the conference, please fill in the registration form.
We look forward to seeing you 🙂
