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CMO at LiveRamp driving the industry's privacy-first data connectivity narrative, helping brands and agencies navigate identity resolution in a post-cookie world.

CEO and co-founder of Workable, a leading HR tech platform, who brings a practitioner's perspective to performance marketing, programmatic advertising, and data-driven audience acquisition at scale.

VP of Media at Basis Technologies and recognized AdTech thought leader, Noor Naseer shapes programmatic strategy and champions media automation and AI-driven advertising innovation.

Nora Crosthwaite serves as CEO of Comscore, the cross-platform measurement company that provides audience and advertising measurement data to publishers, agencies, and advertisers. Her leadership is central to Comscore's efforts to establish itself as a currency for TV and digital measurement.

Chief Revenue Officer at Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, where she leads revenue strategy across programmatic, CTV, and streaming monetization.

Serial entrepreneur who founded BlueKai (acquired by Oracle for ~$400M), pioneering the data management platform category that became foundational to modern programmatic advertising.

Orchid Richardson leads the Data Center of Excellence at IAB, focusing on data strategy, privacy policy, and the future of data-driven advertising in a privacy-first world. She is a prominent voice on topics including first-party data, data clean rooms, and the evolving regulatory landscape affecting digital advertising. Her work helps IAB members navigate complex data and privacy challenges.

Serial AdTech entrepreneur and co-founder of Placements.io, modernizing direct ad sales infrastructure for publishers — previously co-founded Extreme Reach.

Co-founder and CEO of AppsFlyer, the global leader in mobile attribution and marketing analytics, who built the de facto measurement standard for app marketers worldwide.

Columbia Business School professor whose research on advertising effectiveness, consumer privacy, and marketing analytics shapes how the AdTech industry thinks about measurement and data-driven decision-making.

CEO of GumGum, the contextual intelligence pioneer redefining cookieless advertising through computer vision and AI-powered targeting in a privacy-first world.

Industry standards-setter driving cross-platform measurement innovation as President of CIMM, with a career built on shaping self-regulation and transparency in digital advertising.

SVP of Advertising Platforms at NBCUniversal, architecting the AdTech infrastructure that bridges linear TV and streaming for one of the world's largest media companies.

Senior partnerships executive at PubMatic driving global publisher and demand relationships for one of AdTech's leading independent SSPs in the programmatic ecosystem.

CRO at Zeotap driving commercial growth for one of Europe's leading CDPs and the ID+ universal identity solution, helping brands activate audiences in a privacy-first, post-cookie world.

CEO of Kargo, the premium mobile advertising platform; a veteran AdTech operator who has shaped mobile-first publisher monetization strategies across major media brands.

Programmatic infrastructure veteran and Prebid.js contributor who now leads product at Audigent, bridging open-source AdTech innovation with data-driven audience solutions.

Co-founder and CSO of Raptive (formerly CafeMedia), Paul Bannister is one of AdTech's leading advocates for independent publishers, helping thousands of creators monetize at scale through programmatic innovation.

President of LoopMe driving mobile-first programmatic advertising with a focus on attention metrics and brand outcomes — a key figure in making attention measurement a mainstream AdTech currency.

VP of Programmatic at Advertiser Perceptions, Paul Gubbins is a leading AdTech research voice whose data-driven studies on programmatic advertising, identity, and privacy shape strategy for brands, agencies, and platforms alike.

CEO of Magnite, the world's largest independent SSP, steering the combined Rubicon Project and Telaria entity through a pivotal era of programmatic consolidation and CTV growth.

Veteran mobile marketing analyst, journalist, and founder of MobileGroove who has spent two decades decoding mobile advertising and app monetization for brands, agencies, and AdTech companies worldwide.

Penelope Townsend leads media sustainability initiatives at GroupM, focusing on reducing the carbon footprint of digital advertising supply chains. She is a prominent voice in the emerging ad industry sustainability movement, working with AdTech vendors on green media standards.

Veteran AdTech executive and VP at Amazon Advertising, best known for his decade-plus tenure as CEO of LinkedIn Marketing Solutions where he built one of the industry's most powerful B2B ad platforms.