2 to 5 November 2026
Ciao, affiliates. Rome is about to host one of the loudest moves in performance marketing this year, and AffNinja is tracking every minute of it from the floor.
Affiliate Grand Slam, known to most people as AGS, drops into Fiera Roma this November with 5,000 plus vetted affiliates, 250 plus exhibitors, and a ticket that opens three full events at once. AGS, SiGMA World, and AIBC, all sharing one venue and one badge. That is the headline, and it is a big one.
AffNinja is bringing the community floor coverage, speaker breakdowns, and a clean look at every ticket option, so nobody walks into Rome guessing.
Now to the part that matters. AGS returns under the SiGMA Group banner as a focused meeting point for modern performance marketing. It sits inside the wider SiGMA World Summit 2026, which means affiliates, media buyers, advertisers, and networks all land in the same city during the same week.
The summit around it is expected to pull 30,000 plus delegates. AGS ran in earlier years alongside SiGMA, and this Rome edition is the biggest version yet. For anyone selling traffic or buying it, this is rare density.
What Makes Affiliate Grand Slam 2026 Special
There are plenty of affiliate events on the calendar. AGS Rome stands apart for four clear reasons.
- One ticket, three events. A single AGS pass opens AGS, SiGMA World, and AIBC. SiGMA World runs the iGaming and digital business crowd. AIBC pulls in the blockchain and emerging tech players. Three audiences, three floors, one badge. The value here is hard to argue with.
- 5,000 plus vetted delegates. Every affiliate application is checked before approval. No tourists, no swag hunters, no filler. The room is built from real performance marketers who are ready to spend and scale. That verification is the whole point, and it is what separates AGS from the crowded halls most people are used to.
- The big platforms show up in person. Meta, Google, TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube, and Google AI all have a presence, alongside ClickBank, MGID, Outbrain, Digistore24, PlatformPay, and TerraLeads. Source reps in one place means real answers across the table, not another support ticket lost in a queue.
- Brand safe and built across many verticals. Gambling sits outside the agenda on purpose. The floor runs on ecommerce, nutra, finance, fintech, dating, lead generation, SaaS, apps, pay per call, search arbitrage, and AI automation. Mainstream offers, scalable budgets, clean conversations.
Put all four together and you get a floor where serious money actually changes hands.
Speakers Worth Showing Up For
AGS fills its stage with operators who actually run campaigns, not theorists reading slides. A few names stand out already.
Olga Maksimuk, Principal Affiliate Expert at Google. Olga works with affiliates every day across lead gen, ecommerce, health, and dating, and she handles policy and scaling across the CEE region. Few people read the Google side better than she does.
Niv Shaked, Sales Director at TikTok. Niv leads large revenue operations across affiliate ecosystems and performance agencies, with eight years inside affiliate marketing and lead generation. George Phu from TikTok joins her, running ecommerce and emerging industries for the platform, so the TikTok desk is well covered.
Maor Benaim, CEO at Wolf Marketing. Maor manages over 220 million dollars in yearly revenue as a full stack media buyer, and he shares the kind of tactics most operators keep locked in a private chat.
Van Oakes, Founder and CEO at Goat Media. Van scaled brands past nine figures, earned Snapchat Star of the Year, and remains one of the platform's top spenders. His sessions are pure direct response, start to finish.
More heavy hitters round out the list, including Iveta Makedonska of MakeItClick, Justin Clark from ClickBank, Marcin KumiΔga of Voluum, Mikhail Zhukov from Adsterra, Stefan Muehlbauer of Affpal, and Rostyslav Potapenko of LEGENDS.
Between them they cover paid social, native, email, affiliate management, and large scale team building, so there is something useful for every kind of operator. The roster keeps growing every week, so the final lineup will be deeper than this.
The AffNinja Angle
The AffNinja team has walked the floors of affiliate events across the globe, and the same pattern repeats. The best deals happen in rooms full of qualified people, not crowded halls packed with curious onlookers.
AGS earns its attention for two reasons. The verification keeps the quality high, so every handshake has a real chance of turning into revenue. And the three in one ticket removes the usual budget headache, because one trip and one pass now cover three separate industries. For a media buyer weighing flights, hotels, and time away from campaigns, that maths adds up fast.
The audience mix helps too. Affiliates, advertisers, networks, agencies, publishers, traffic networks, and tool providers all show up under one roof, which is exactly the spread you want when you are hunting partners.Β
Rome is easy to reach from across Europe and beyond, and Fiera Roma gives the event room to breathe. AffNinja rates this one as a genuine calendar priority for 2026, not a maybe.
Beyond The Main Floor
The official agenda is packed, but the week around AGS is where a lot of the business actually gets done.
Because SiGMA World and AIBC run alongside AGS, the city fills with iGaming, fintech, and blockchain crowds at the same time. That overlap creates side meetings, dinners, and meetups you simply cannot plan for in advance. Bring extra business cards.
The AGS Awards evening recognises the networks, media buyers, affiliates, and tools raising the standard across the industry. Categories run across nutra, dating, lead gen, ecommerce, payments, software, and plenty more. It is a strong night for visibility if your brand is in the running.
AGS also runs its Road to Rome meetups in the months before the main event, plus a startup pitch on the floor for younger companies. Platinum holders get access to Michelin grade VIP lounges and curated networking drinks, which is where a lot of the senior conversations land.
Fiera Roma itself is worth a mention, spanning 390,000 square metres across ten pavilions, so there is space to move and meet without fighting a wall of people.
The Real Deal On Tickets
Here is the part most affiliates miss. The affiliate ticket is free. Affiliates, media buyers, publishers, and webmasters can apply, get verified, and receive a free Standard Pass that opens the exhibition and the events listed for that ticket. No code needed, just a clean application and a short review.
Paid tiers add the extras. AffNinja readers chasing a discount on the upgraded passes can drop the code below at checkout.
Ticket Options And Pricing
| Ticket | Sale Price | Door Price | What You Get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliate | Free | Free | Application and verification required. Basic access plus a free Standard Pass. |
| Standard | β¬305 | β¬419 | Welcome Reception and full exhibition access, plus Match App basic access. |
| Platinum | β¬855 | β¬1099 | Everything in Standard plus all conferences, Awards Ceremony, networking drinks, Michelin VIP lounges, AGS Startup Pitch, and the AGS Varsity Jacket. |
Standard saves you 114 euros against the door price. Platinum saves you 244 euros. Prices rise as the event gets closer, so early movers always win this one.
Event Details Snapshot
| Detail | Information |
|---|---|
| Dates | 2 to 5 November 2026 |
| Venue | Fiera Roma, Hall 2, Rome, Italy |
| Delegates | 5,000 plus vetted affiliates |
| Exhibitors | 250 plus companies |
| Key Speakers | Olga Maksimuk, Niv Shaked, Maor Benaim, Van Oakes, George Phu |
| Key Verticals | Ecommerce, Nutra, Finance, Dating, Lead Gen, SaaS, Apps, AI, Pay Per Call |
| One Ticket Covers | AGS, SiGMA World, AIBC |
| @affiliate.grand.slam | |
| TikTok | @affiliate.grand.slam |
| Affiliate Grand Slam | |
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π Andiamo, See You In Rome
So that is the full picture. Three events, one ticket, 5,000 plus verified affiliates, and the biggest platforms in the game all sharing a roof at Fiera Roma. AGS Rome is shaping up as one of the standout affiliate marketing conferences of the year, and the free affiliate pass makes the decision an easy one.
Sort your application, lock your dates for 2 to 5 November, and start lining up the meetings that actually move your numbers. The AffNinja crew will be on the ground tracking it all and sharing the wins as they happen.
Rome is calling, affiliates. Ci vediamo a Roma. Arrivederci.
π₯ Exclusive AFFNinja Discount For AGS Rome 2026
As an official media partner, we have secured our community 10% off paid Affiliate Grand Slam tickets.
Working affiliates, media buyers, publishers, and webmasters can also apply for a free Affiliate Pass. No code is needed for that route, only proof of your activity and a short review by the team.
Prices climb as the event gets closer, so early movers keep the biggest saving.
Affiliate Disclosure: This post may contain some affiliate links, which means we may receive a commission if you purchase something that we recommend at no additional cost for you (none whatsoever!)
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