62 Bd de la Croisette | June 16-20, 2025
DOORDASH ADS
at CANNES 2025
Join us for four days of exclusive events, creativity, and conversation.
Your Brand, Owning the Moment
DoorDash Ads is here to fuel your growth in local commerce, connecting you to consumers in moments that matter.
Join us to learn more.
Discover our home at Cannes
Step into a private meeting room as our team helps you scale and gain momentum.
See DoorDash Ads come to life in hands-on demos and product spotlights.
Find us at 62 Croisette, just a 10-minute walk to the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
What's in session
RSVP to attendThe ‘oh sh*t’ opportunity: how real-time commerce turns chaos into conversion
From a last-minute Christmas gift for an unexpected guest to a botched recipe before the Thanksgiving potluck or forgotten Halloween bake-sale cookies, today’s consumers expect to get what they need now, even on the busiest days of the year. This panel explores how urgency and unpredictability have become powerful triggers for action, and how advertisers tapping into DoorDash’s closed-loop, culturally aligned environment create conversion.
Featuring
Toby Espinoza, DoorDash VP of Ads
Natalia Dávila, Head of US Strategy, Gut
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From scroll to sale: how culture-driven discovery sparks real-time commerce
TikTok and Instagram drive real-time behaviors, and what stops the scroll often starts need-it-now cravings. Viral recipes, nostalgic food moments, and trending sounds spark spontaneous needs, and DoorDash Ads turns needs into sales. This session explores how DoorDash Ads close the loop on culturally driven commerce and why it’s become a must-have media channel for marketers who want to move with the pace of culture.
Featuring
Kofi Amoo-Gottfried, DoorDash CMO
Jordan Howlett (aka "Jordan The Stallion"), Celebrity Content Creator
RSVPAI that sells: how smarter tools drive real results
AI isn’t about chasing hype, it’s about working smarter in a world where teams are leaner, timelines are tighter, and expectations keep climbing. This session explores how AI is quietly transforming performance media by streamlining setup, improving efficiency, and helping brands show up at the right time with the right message. Whether you're optimizing thousands of campaigns or launching your first, we’ll dig into how smart automation is becoming a true strategic partner to marketers, not a replacement.
Featuring
Jessica Lachs, Chief Analytics Officer, DoorDash
Vassili Samolis, DoorDash Senior Director of Ads Product
Susan Schiekofer, US Head of Investment, GroupM
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Meet our panelists at Cannes
Kofi Amoo-Gottfried
Kofi is the Chief Marketing Officer at DoorDash, responsible for driving growth and engagement across all three sides of the marketplace. Prior to DoorDash, Kofi was VP of Brand & Consumer Marketing at Meta (fka Facebook), having previously served as the company's Head of Consumer Marketing for internet.org. Before Meta, Kofi was Chief Strategy Officer at FCB New York.
Toby Espinoza
Toby is the Vice President of Ads at DoorDash. In this capacity, he leads DoorDash’s ads and promotions business unit responsible for building digital solutions to help advertisers reach all of DoorDash’s audiences. Prior to his current role, Toby was VP of Business Development at DoorDash and he was responsible for the company's largest partnerships across the restaurant, grocery, corporate, and retail categories.
Jessica Lachs
Jessica Lachs is the Chief Analytics Officer at DoorDash. As the head of DoorDash's global analytics and data science functions, she oversees a team using deep data to solve business problems. Jessica previously held the role of first General Manager at DoorDash, responsible for launching new markets combining marketing creativity, analytics, and hustle to operationalize each new city.
Vassili Samolis
Vassili is a Senior Director of Product at DoorDash, where he leads the Ads, Promotions, and Data Product teams, driving billions in revenue and sales for the marketplace. With a strong track record in building and scaling advertising products, Vassili previously led the ad product teams at Instagram and built from the ground up Pinterest's performance advertising business.
Let's Connect
Meet with our Cannes Team to discover how DoorDash Ads can deliver for your brand. Plus: grab some refreshment while we walk you through new products, event opportunities, and more.