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Leads product strategy for one of the largest independent DSPs. Previously held product leadership roles at Google and has been instrumental in developing programmatic solutions for CTV and data-driven advertising.

President & CEO of the 4A's, Marla Kaplowitz is one of advertising's most influential trade leaders, championing agency interests, brand safety, and industry accountability in the digital era.

Gartner SVP and Distinguished Analyst who is one of the industry's leading authorities on CDPs, martech/adtech convergence, and marketing technology strategy — and whose book 'House of Lies' became a Showtime series.

Founder of aimClear and pioneer of psychographic targeting in paid social, Marty Weintraub is one of AdTech's most influential voices on advanced audience research and social media advertising strategy.

CEO and co-founder of ID5, the programmatic ecosystem's leading shared identity infrastructure provider, pioneering privacy-compliant alternatives to third-party cookies at scale.

SVP of Global Strategy & Partnerships at AdColony (Digital Turbine), Matt Barash is a leading voice in mobile and in-app advertising with deep expertise in programmatic, mobile video, and strategic partnerships.

Leads Yahoo's advertising business including DSP and SSP operations. Previously held leadership roles at Verizon Media and AOL, overseeing major AdTech platform operations.

Founder and CEO of Prohaska Consulting, Matt Prohaska is one of AdTech's most connected strategic advisors, helping publishers, vendors, and holding companies navigate programmatic complexity and M&A.

EVP of Global Partnerships at LiveRamp, Matt Spiegel is a key architect of the post-cookie identity ecosystem, driving strategic alliances that underpin privacy-compliant data collaboration across the digital advertising industry.

CEO of Basis Technologies (formerly Centro), leading one of AdTech's largest independent platforms for agency advertising automation and programmatic media buying.

Principal author of PwC's Global Entertainment & Media Outlook, Megan Brownlow is one of the most cited analysts tracking advertising market evolution, digital media economics, and streaming transformation across global markets.

CEO of Criteo who transformed the company from a retargeting specialist into a commerce media powerhouse, navigating cookie deprecation and privacy regulation while building one of AdTech's most significant first-party data ecosystems.

Chief Data Officer at Omnicom Media Group, Megan Pagliuca is one of AdTech's leading voices on privacy-first data strategy, identity resolution, and the industry's transition to a cookieless future.

Co-founder and CEO of Permutive, the privacy-first DMP pioneering cookieless audience targeting through edge computing — a defining voice in the post-third-party-cookie advertising era.

VP of Roundel, Target's retail media network — one of the largest in the U.S. — driving the convergence of first-party shopper data, programmatic advertising, and brand partnerships at scale.

CMO at Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, where she leads brand and go-to-market strategy for the programmatic and CTV advertising ecosystem.

VP and Market Leader at Kargo driving premium mobile advertising strategy at the intersection of creative technology and programmatic, with deep expertise in publisher and advertiser partnerships.

CEO of The New York Times Company who has championed privacy-first advertising and subscription-led media economics, making her one of the most influential voices in premium publisher monetization.

CEO of Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, who architected the Rubicon Project-Telaria merger to create the dominant CTV monetization platform in programmatic advertising.

Chief Revenue Officer at Raptive (formerly AdThrive), one of AdTech's leading independent publisher monetization platforms, driving revenue strategy for thousands of content creators across billions of monthly ad impressions.

Senior Director of Product Management at Google Ad Manager, shaping product strategy for one of the world's most widely deployed publisher ad servers and programmatic platforms.

President of AppLovin, Michael Rubenstein is a key architect of one of mobile advertising's most powerful programmatic platforms, driving the company's transformation into a dominant force in app monetization and user acquisition.

Director of Market Insights at the ANA, Michael Sweeney drives influential research on ad fraud, media transparency, and programmatic accountability that shapes advertiser policy and industry standards.

Performance marketing leader at Spotify driving audio and emerging ad format strategy at the intersection of streaming and programmatic advertising.