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Chairman and CEO of Havas Group, Yannick Bolloré is one of the most powerful figures in global advertising, steering a major holding company through the digital and programmatic transformation of media.

VP Global Client Solutions at Pinterest; former CCO at IAS and VP Emerging Businesses at Twitter.

Yaron Galai co-founded Outbrain and led it as CEO. After Outbrain’s merger with Teads in February 2025 (the combined company is now Teads), he became Chairman of the Board of Teads. In 2025 he also co-founded YOMU as CEO.

CEO of Mobupps, a global mobile performance marketing and app growth platform connecting advertisers with publishers across programmatic and direct channels.

AdTech leader at Doceree driving programmatic innovation in healthcare marketing, bridging the gap between pharma brands and physician-targeted digital advertising.

Co-CEO of Skydance, overseeing day-to-day operations and integration, and former Mattel CEO who repositioned the toy maker as an IP-driven entertainment company behind the blockbuster Barbie film.

Former Facebook/Meta publisher product lead with expertise in digital advertising and publisher monetization.

Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Reindeer AI; co-founded ConvertMedia, acquired by Taboola in 2016.

Co-Founder & CEO of Rep; serial ad-tech entrepreneur.

Principal Analyst at Insider Intelligence/eMarketer specializing in mobile advertising and location-based marketing, widely cited for forecasts and research shaping how brands and agencies navigate the digital ad ecosystem.

AdTech operator and gaming advertising advocate at iion, known for driving programmatic innovation and championing in-game advertising as a mainstream media channel.

Former CEO of Emplifi (née Socialbakers) who orchestrated a landmark MarTech merger and is now General Partner at Evolution Equity Partners, bringing a rare cybersecurity-meets-AdTech perspective to growth investing.

Zach Apter is a streaming and connected TV advertising executive leading Playlist, focused on bringing advanced programmatic capabilities to audio and video streaming environments.

Pioneering adtech operator turned venture investor; founded Triggit, one of the earliest DSPs and real-time bidding platforms, and now backs early-stage startups through Coelius Capital.

Zach Kitschke is the Chief Marketing Officer of Canva, an online design and publishing tool.

Senior editor at AdExchanger with 15+ years covering programmatic advertising, privacy, and the AdTech ecosystem — one of the industry's most widely-read journalists.

Founder of Gray Swan, an agentic AI platform for ad tech data and connected TV ad operations; ACR pioneer who founded Cognitive Networks, which Vizio bought and renamed Inscape.

Zhang Yiming is the founder and former CEO of ByteDance, the company behind the news aggregator Toutiao and the video-sharing platform TikTok (known as Douyin in China).