Rakuten Optimism conference registration is $1,250 per person however we are offering a discount early bird rate of $1100 for attendees that register before Friday, March 15, 2025. Passes include access to the entire event. On-site registration will be subject to a $1,250 fee.

Complimentary Pass Guidelines:

  • Advertiser: Rakuten advertisers/retailers receive unlimited complimentary passes. 
  • Agency: Rakuten Advertising preferred agency clients have the opportunity to redeem 1 complimentary pass per company for Preferred Agency Partners and 2 passes per company for Platinum Agency Partners. Agencies that do not currently work with the Rakuten Advertising Network may purchase tickets and send up to 5 representatives to the event. Current Agency Partners may purchase and send more than 5 representatives to the event if they have more than 5 Advertiser’s live on our network.
  • Preferred Partner: Rakuten Advertising preferred partners have the opportunity to redeem 1 complimentary pass per company.

These special passes apply to the Optimism 2025 conference only. Passes are non-transferable. Contact your Rakuten Representative or email events@rakuten.com with your MID/SID for guidelines about redeeming complimentary passes.

Badge Pickup Requirements

Please be prepared to show a photo ID and business card to pick up your conference name badge at all Rakuten events (identification will be verified). Rakuten reserves the right to deny admittance to anyone who has registered under false pretenses (i.e. Companies or Attendee names which do not exist) and to retain the conference registration fee for these registrations. Conference attendees will be required to wear conference name badges at all times.


Cancellation Policy

Cancellations for Rakuten Optimism must be submitted in writing prior to Friday, May 2nd, 2025. Refunds are not available after this date, nor are name substitutions. If you cannot attend, we recommend you transfer your pass to a co-worker prior to the May 2nd deadline. If a person registers using a complimentary pass, but does not check in onsite, transfer, or cancel the registration, the person will be charged a $500 no-show fee to help off-set costs incurred by Rakuten. No refunds will be applied. All cancellation or name change requests must be submitted via email to events@rakuten.com.


Marketing Release

By submitting your registration information, you grant Rakuten the right to (a) record your likeness in any manner, including still photography, film or videotape (recorded material); edit at its discretion such recorded material; and use such recorded material for any purpose, commercial or otherwise; and (b) make your job title and company name provided to Rakuten upon registration available to certain key sponsors of Rakuten Optimism.

*Rakuten reserves the right to revoke tickets obtained by publishers that have been terminated from the network.  Any amounts paid will be refunded to the publisher.  Sponsorships are limited to partner and network participants in good standing.