# Belonging is Built: How Brands Earn Their Place is Culture

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**Date:** March 15, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Austin Marriott Downtown / Waterloo Ballroom 1  
**Format:** Panel  
**Track:** Brand & Marketing track  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Dana Droppo** — Chief Brand Officer
- **Kathleen Dunlop** — Chief Marketing Officer Beauty & Wellbeing
- **Hernán Tantardini** — Chief Marketing Officer
- **Brad Ross** — Head Of Global Partnerships And Social Media Marketing

Sponsorship no longer guarantees relevance. Today, brands must earn their place inside the communities they hope to reach. This panel explores how leaders across categories build cultural credibility by embedding themselves in real ecosystems from sports and creator communities to street-level rituals.  These executives will share how participation, proximity, and purpose-driven partnerships transform brands from observers into contributors and why belonging is more powerful than visibility.

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