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CEO of Hawthorne Advertising and a prominent voice in performance marketing, known for bridging traditional direct response TV with modern digital attribution and privacy-first measurement strategies.

Co-founder and President of Arkadium, Jessica Rovello pioneered casual gaming as a publisher monetization and audience engagement strategy, growing the platform to 45M+ monthly users across 400+ global publishers.

COO of VideoAmp driving the future of converged TV measurement, with deep operational roots at Disney and Fox that make her a rare bridge between legacy media and modern AdTech.

CEO of HUMAN Security, the cybersecurity company that has become the industry standard for bot fraud detection and prevention, protecting billions in ad spend and dismantling major botnet operations.

Senior Principal Analyst at Forrester Research covering the AdTech/MarTech convergence, programmatic advertising, and identity solutions — a go-to strategic voice for brands and vendors navigating the cookieless future.

Principal Analyst at Forrester Research and one of AdTech's most cited voices on marketing technology, programmatic advertising, and advertising effectiveness measurement.

Veteran digital media CEO and outspoken critic of programmatic advertising who transformed Forbes.com and now leads G/O Media's portfolio of iconic digital brands including Gizmodo and The Onion.

VP & GM of Buy-Side Advertising at Yahoo, leading the company's DSP strategy and programmatic advertising solutions for brands and agencies in a privacy-first era.

CMO of Xandr (Microsoft Advertising), driving B2B marketing strategy for one of the industry's most significant programmatic ad tech platforms post-Microsoft acquisition.

SVP of Global Partnerships at Index Exchange, Joanna Mastroianni is a supply-side programmatic leader driving publisher monetization strategy and global partnership innovation at one of the world's largest independent ad exchanges.

VP and Principal Analyst at Forrester Research, Joanna O'Connell is one of AdTech's most authoritative voices on programmatic advertising, supply chain transparency, and identity solutions, with rare credibility earned from senior roles at MediaMath, IAB, and AdExchanger.

Joanna Pericleous leads addressability and data strategy initiatives at Publicis Media, working on identity solutions and privacy-safe targeting approaches for agency clients. She is a frequent contributor to industry discussions on cookieless futures and data collaboration.

VP of Marketing at VideoAmp, driving brand and growth strategy for one of AdTech's leading alternative TV measurement and currency platforms during a pivotal shift in cross-screen advertising.

Jochen Schlosser is the CTO of Adform, a leading independent full-stack AdTech platform serving agencies and advertisers across Europe and globally. He leads the technical direction of Adform's DSP, DMP, and ad serving infrastructure, with a particular focus on privacy-preserving advertising and cookieless solutions. He is a frequent speaker on programmatic technology architecture and identity.

Chief Legal Officer at Cadent navigating the complex intersection of advanced TV advertising, privacy law, and data governance in the CTV era.

Global Head of Data & Identity at GroupM and former CEO of ADMA, Jodie Sangster is one of the most influential voices in responsible data use, privacy regulation, and identity solutions across the global advertising ecosystem.

Joe Marchese is a serial entrepreneur and investor focused on the attention economy and the future of advertising. He founded true[X], an engagement-based advertising company acquired by Fox, and later served as President of Advertising Revenue at Fox Networks Group. He is a prominent critic of the current programmatic advertising model and advocates for attention-based advertising metrics.

CPO at Permutive driving privacy-first audience targeting and cookieless ad tech solutions for publishers at the edge.

Pioneer of programmatic advertising who co-founded MediaMath and now leads Audigent in building privacy-first identity and data infrastructure for the cookieless era.

CEO of Epsilon, one of AdTech's largest marketing technology and identity resolution platforms, steering the company's privacy-first data strategy as part of Publicis Groupe.

President of Publicis Media overseeing billions in global media spend across Starcom, Zenith, and Spark Foundry, driving programmatic and data-driven transformation at one of the world's largest media buying organizations.

CEO of Flashtalking by Mediaocean, John Nardone is a veteran AdTech operator championing independent ad serving, creative personalization, and advertiser transparency as alternatives to walled garden dominance.

John Wren has led Omnicom Group as Chairman & CEO since 1997, building one of the world's largest marketing services empires and steering it through the digital and data-driven advertising revolution.

AdTech operator and industry mapper who leads advanced advertising solutions at Comcast Advertising and created ATDb, a comprehensive database cataloging the modern AdTech ecosystem.