📅 Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2026
🕓 Time: 8:00 AM - 11:00 AM
📍 Location: Embassy Suites by Hilton Akron Canton Airport
7883 Freedom Ave NW, North Canton, OH 44720

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2026 isn’t the year AI becomes new; it’s the year it becomes normal. And when technology shifts from novelty to infrastructure, everything about how we connect, market, and build trust changes.

Eric Hultgren, National Director of Content, Advance Local, unpacks the hidden forces reshaping marketing right now from the collapse of traditional search to the rise of answer engines, from the battle for human attention to the new currency of trust. He’ll show why flooding the zone with content no longer works, and what signals actually cut through the noise in an AI-saturated world.

This is not another “future of AI” talk. It’s a playbook for clarity, community, and creativity in a time when being human is your greatest advantage.

Event Timeline:

• 8:00 AM - 8:30 AM | Registration & Networking
• 8:30 AM - 9:00 AM | Breakfast
• 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM | Presentation
  
  This event is FREE for Visit Canton partners and guests to attend. Have a question about the day? Reach out to Visit Canton Senior Manager, Community & Partner Relations, Allison Gromofsky, [email protected].