Advertising Week 2016 to Ring The Nasdaq Stock Market Closing Bell

ADVISORY, Sept. 23, 2016 --

What: 

Advertising Week – the world’s largest gathering of industry leaders across advertising, technology, business, entertainment, marketing, media and social good – kicks off its 2016 conference in New York this week and will visit the Nasdaq MarketSite in Times Square.

Hosted in New York from September 26th to 30th, the 18^th global edition of the event will bring together the brightest business and creative leaders to share their visions, passions, and practices at Advertising Week. 

In honor of the occasion, Lance Pillersdorf, President and COO of Advertising Week, will ring the Closing Bell. 

As part of Advertising Week tradition, brand mascots will take the stage for the Closing Bell, including: Charlie the Tuna, Woodsy Owl, Little Caesar, Vince and Larry Crash Test Dummies, Cleatus the FOX Sports Robot, The Laughing Cow, Sugar Bear, Chester Cheetah, The Nesquik Bunny, Horatio Magellan Crunch, Kool-Aid Man, Vlasic Stork, Pillsbury Doughboy, Mr. Peanut, Serta Counting Sheep, Travelocity Roaming Gnome, ICEE Bear, Slush Puppie, Rooty the Great Root Bear, and more.

The mascots are celebrating Advertising Week’s 13^th annual Madison Avenue Walk of Fame - the ad industry's version of the Hollywood Walk of Fame - and will be inducting this year's most iconic mascots and slogans.

Where:
Nasdaq MarketSite – 4 Times Square – 43^rd & Broadway – Broadcast Studio

When:
Monday, September 26, 2016 – 3:45 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. ET          

Advertising Week Contact:
Lauren Roberts
212-691-2800
[email protected]

Nasdaq MarketSite:
Emily Pan
(646) 441-5120
[email protected]

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About Advertising Week 

Since its creation in 2004, Advertising Week has drawn more than 2.5 million participants from around the world to New York City, London and Tokyo for a weeklong hybrid of thought leadership seminars and unique evening events. 2016 marks the 13^th edition of Advertising Week in New York City. In 2013, Advertising Week global organizer Stillwell Partners launched Advertising Week Europe and earlier this year, Advertising Week Asia in Tokyo. Later this year, Stillwell will launch in Havana marking the first major American-led business to business event in Cuba since 1959. Beyond education, engagement, enlightenment and entertainment, the global mission of The Week is to inspire young people to join the craft, to focus on the social impacts of advertising, assemble the world’s best and brightest to foster dialogue on the most pressing and interesting issues facing the industry, and to shine a light on the business and economic influence of the advertising, media and marketing industries.

About Nasdaq

Nasdaq (Nasdaq:NDAQ) is a leading provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services across six continents. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today's global capital markets. As the creator of the world's first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 70 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world's securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to more than 3,700 listed companies with a market value of approximately $9.3 trillion and nearly 18,000 corporate clients. To learn more, visit: nasdaq.com/ambition or business.nasdaq.com.

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