The sun is out and ideas are shining at App Growth Summit LA 2026! This full-day conference brings together app marketers, growth experts, and product leaders to turn strategies into real results. Hear from 35+ speakers across 12 sessions and 2 stages covering full-funnel strategy for 2026, including user acquisition, retention, engagement, and more—all in the effortless LA vibe.
Cap the day at our West Coast 808s After Party, where connections move to the rhythm of hip hop.
175+ industry pros are expected, so reserve your spot today!
Matthew Pahnke CustomerIOVP of Product MarketingCustomerIO
Jesse Paliotto FastSpringDirector of Demand GenerationFastSpring
Brad Shapiro Besitos EVP, RevenueBesitos
Full Agenda
Main Stage
8:00
DOORS OPEN!
Breakfast & Networking! ☕️
The doors are open! Let the networking at App Growth Summit begin! All-day coffee & beverage services courtesy of Adikteev and a hot catered breakfast courtesy of Tarrific will be waiting for you as we get ready to kick-off a full day of custom-curated content!
Let's start off in style! App Growth Summits are the way events should be done: Custom-curated sessions, original content, limited vendors, and engaged networking, all combined with some fun and good times!
Louis Tanguay
Founder & Managing Director, App Growth Summit
9:30
PRESENTATION
From Maxed-Out Cards to Multi-Million-Dollar Acquisition
Susan Ho once flew to an investor event with just $50 in her bank account and no idea how she’d pay for a hotel that night. Less than a week later, she walked away with a $250K check that saved her travel app, Journy. Soon after, she closed a $3M+ seed round in just two days. A few years later, Journy was acquired by Hopper. In this talk, Susan shares the unfiltered journey of building an app from spreadsheets and Google Docs to 7-figure revenue and acquisition. You’ll walk away with lessons on resilience, fundraising storytelling, and how to find leverage in the moments you feel stuck.
Susan Ho Hopper
VP, Product Operations, Hopper
9:55
PRESENTATION
Supply Is the New Growth Lever:
How UA Teams Find Performance After the Obvious Inventory Stops Working
As CPIs rise and familiar channels deliver diminishing returns, many UA teams conclude that growth has capped. In reality, opportunity has shifted. This session explores how supply—where and how ads appear—has become a critical lever for performance, and how practitioners can rethink inventory, context, and measurement to unlock new growth.
Ross Barasch Bidease
VP, Partnerships & Innovations, Bidease
10:20
CO-PRESENTATION
LTV Is a Product Problem, Not a Marketing Metric
As products become more agentic, they’re evolving from static interfaces into systems that learn, decide, and act on behalf of users. This shift has major implications for how engagement is designed and where LTV is truly created. Learn how agentic systems are influencing onboarding, personalization, and retention and what this means for product leadership as products become more autonomous.
Taking a break for some networking, personal break needs, or just to stretch out a little, we'll offer some light power snacks courtesy of Verve to keep your energy high, refill the coffee, and then get right back into the sessions!
Break courtesy of:
11:00
PANEL DISCUSSION
Monetizing Beyond the App Store:
Strategy, Risk, and Reward
Avoiding app store commissions sounds simple, but the reality is more complex. This panel dives into the practical challenges of off-app monetization, from getting users to leave the app to converting them on the web and returning them seamlessly. Hear how teams are balancing higher margins with conversion risk, and how to build flows that protect both revenue and user experience.
Jesse Paliotto FastSpring
Director of Demand Generation, FastSpring
Jeff Wang Hiatus
VP of Growth, Hiatus
Elizabeth Burr Activision
Sr Director of Mobile Marketing, Activision
11:35
PANEL DISCUSSION
Beyond the Ping:
Designing Engagement That Users Actually Want
In a world of infinite notifications and shrinking attention spans, retention isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing better. This panel explores how mobile marketers, product teams, and UX leaders can work together to create engagement strategies that feel timely, relevant, and genuinely useful. From adaptive messaging and behavior-driven journeys to leveraging user psychology, UX experimentation, and UA insights, our experts will unpack how smarter engagement design leads to stronger retention and more efficient growth.
Matthew Pahnke CustomerIO
VP of Product Marketing, CustomerIO
Modern User Acquisition Strategies in a Fragmented Mobile Ecosystem
User acquisition today is less about finding a single winning channel and more about orchestrating strategy across platforms, products, and signals. As privacy constraints tighten and competition intensifies, UA teams must balance scale, efficiency, and stability, often across multiple apps, audiences, and business goals at once. The conversation will focus on practical approaches to acquiring users efficiently while maintaining performance discipline in an increasingly complex mobile landscape.
Dan O’Connell InMobi
Director of North American Sales, InMobi
Kaylee Wilmovsky Underdog Fantasy
Director of Digital Performance Marketing, Underdog Fantasy
12:40
LUNCH BREAK
Networking Lunch 🍽️
Fully-Catered Lunch!
Let's take a big break for food at the half-way point of the day's content. We'll provide you with a tasty catered lunch, courtesy of RevX (dietary restrictions will be respected, please contact us with your specific requirements). Our friendly staff will also refill the coffee so you can fuel up, network more, and get ready for the second half of the day!
Lunch courtesy of:
2:00
PRESENTATION
From 0 to 8M Weekly Views:
Lessons from Scaling Fig’s Creator Program
Going viral once feels like winning the lottery! Consistent virality requires far more than luck. This session breaks down how Tyler Scheviak scaled Fig’s creator program from ZERO to a consistent 8 million+ weekly views, and the stages required to get there. From early hands-on experimentation, to the systems and automations that now support adding ~50 creators per week, attendees will learn the key decisions and levers that matter most when scaling creator-led growth.
Tyler Scheviak Fig
CMO, Fig
2:25
PANEL DISCUSSION
Rewarded Growth:
Rethinking UA, Monetization, and Retention
Rewarded platforms have evolved from an alternative UA channel into a core growth driver, especially in mobile gaming and increasingly across app categories. This session explores how rewarded strategies can power efficient user acquisition, unlock incremental monetization, and improve retention when integrated directly into existing apps. Panelists will share hands-on experience optimizing rewarded UA at scale, designing effective incentive mechanics, and avoiding common performance pitfalls.
Antella Yu Stillfront
User Acquisition Team lead, Stillfront
3:00
PRESENTATION
AI’s Impact on ASO:
From Automation to Personalization
AI is rapidly reshaping App Store Optimization, changing how apps are discovered, evaluated, and converted. This session explores how AI transforms keyword research and creative testing, and how predictive analytics can improve rankings and conversion rates. We’ll break down how ChatGPT and Google AI scrape and interpret App Store and Google Play listings, including the impact of Apple’s new web-based App Store and Google AI Overviews. The session also introduces clear frameworks for integrating AI into your ASO workflows, from research to experimentation. Ideal for mobile marketers looking to future-proof their ASO strategy in an AI-driven discovery landscape.
Su Nijhawan Adobe
Senior ASO Manager Lightroom, Adobe
3:20
NETWORKING BREAK
Afternoon Networking Break 🤝🏻
Taking another break will allow you to power up on some snacks courtesy of Appier and get more networking in ahead of our final sessions of the day!
Break courtesy of:
3:40
PRESENTATION
David vs Goliath:
How Color Switch Defended its IP Against a $100,000,000 Lawsuit from his Former Publisher in the Middle East
David will take the audience behind the scenes of his international lawsuit he faced from 2018-2024, what OGH's (his legal team) strategy was, and how this precedent setting case made it's way up the entire Dubai court system to the Court of Cassation.
David Reichelt Color Switch
CEO, Color Switch
4:05
PANEL DISCUSSION
The UA Playbook:
Choosing the Right Channels, Partners, and Tech to Drive Performance
UA success today is defined by sharper decisions, not bigger budgets. This panel cuts through the noise to focus on how UA teams evaluate ad partners, leverage software and AI, and optimize results across display and performance-driven channels. Attendees will gain practical insights on prioritizing channels, measuring success, and scaling UA efficiently.
Boaz Cohen Edge 226
CRO, Edge226
Melissa Lertsmitivanta Dave
Director, User Acquisition, Dave®️
Vicki Goldman Formerly Paramount
Director of Marketing, Audience Acquisition, Formerly Paramount
Killian Aubert Crunchyroll
Sr Director Growth, Crunchyroll
4:40
AGS GAME SHOW
App Growth Challenge
Get ready to test your knowledge for the glory of public recognition and prizes! Jump up on the stage for your chance to play and win great prizes...and have fun doing it! 🤩
Julia Niedźwiecka App Growth Summit
Marketing Director, App Growth Summit
Louis Tanguay
Founder & Managing Director, App Growth Summit
5:00
NETWORKING PARTY
West Coast 808s After Party 🌇🎶
As we drive 2026 app growth to new heights, we’ll amplify the energy with sunset vibes, an open bar, flying appetizers, and a live hip hop DJ. The West Coast 808s After Party will deliver beats, good times, and best-in-class networking!
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Experience the Globally Leading App Growth Event in LA
Often imitated, never replicated, App Growth Summit isn’t like other industry conferences. Invite-only, limited-vendor, and highly curated, it delivers an experience that’s informative, actionable, and fun—finally, an event for experts, by experts!
Drive 2026 App Growth With Never-Before-Seen Content
From Retention, Product, User Acquisition, and more, Content at App Growth Summit covers everything app experts, app business owners, brands and companies need to know to get ahead.
250+ Experts Come to Connect at App Growth Summit LA
From Apptrepreneurs, App pioneers, Product and Marketing Experts , App Growth Summit LA will have 100’s of brands in attendance. Our Events are very community-driven, so whether you’re joining for the first time or returning, you’re guaranteed to make incredible connections!
Turn Up the Volume at the Official AGS LA 2026 After Party
As we continue driving 2026 app growth, the energy stays alive with a sunset-soaked celebration. With an open bar, flying appetizers, and a live hip hop DJ, the West Coast 808s After Party will bring the beats, the vibes, and best-in-class networking powered by adjoe, APPHARBR by GeoEdge, Jampp, and Mintegral.
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