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Danielle Barwick is a senior AdTech and media leader driving programmatic and digital advertising growth across the MENA region at Fuse MENA.

CEO of the News/Media Alliance, Danielle Coffey is a leading advocate for publishers' rights in the digital advertising ecosystem, spearheading legislative and legal battles against Big Tech on behalf of the news industry.

Danny Yeung is the CEO of IM8, a health and wellness brand, and co-founder of Prenetics, a genomics and diagnostics company that went public via SPAC — a serial entrepreneur bridging biotech, consumer health, and data-driven personalization.

Chief Marketing Officer known for transforming brand strategy at Autodesk and Peloton, bringing data-driven, human-centered marketing leadership to high-growth tech companies.

Darren Bailes is the Global Chief Creative Officer at VCCP, renowned for bold, culturally resonant campaigns and creative leadership across major global brands.

Darren Herman is Managing Partner at Bain Capital Ventures, where he focuses on investments in advertising technology, marketing technology, and the broader media ecosystem.

Veteran advertising executive who led McCann Worldgroup as Global CEO and later Global Chairman, overseeing one of the world's largest creative agency networks through a period of major industry consolidation.

Co-President & COO of Omnicom Group, one of the world's largest advertising holding companies, and a decades-long architect of Omnicom's media investment and operations strategy.

Senior leader at LinkedIn driving B2B advertising strategy and measurement innovation, known for shaping how marketers leverage professional data for targeting and ROI.

A senior AdTech and media industry leader known for bridging agency-side buying expertise with digital media strategy, with a long tenure at Horizon Media shaping large-scale advertiser relationships.

Serial AdTech founder who built Real Media, TACODA, and Simulmedia — three companies that defined ad serving, behavioral targeting, and data-driven TV advertising across three decades.

Co-founder and CTO of The Trade Desk, Dave Pickles is the engineering mastermind behind one of AdTech's most powerful independent DSPs, architecting systems that process trillions of bid requests in real time.

Dave Taylor is a senior AdTech executive at Alliant, known for driving data-driven audience solutions and identity-based targeting strategies in the programmatic ecosystem.

David Beckham is a globally recognized sports icon and brand ambassador whose commercial partnerships and media ventures intersect with the advertising and marketing ecosystem, though he is not a core AdTech industry figure.

Senior advertising executive at Bloomberg Media driving programmatic and direct ad sales strategy for one of the world's most influential financial media brands.

Senior revenue and operations leader at Magnite, one of the largest independent sell-side advertising platforms, with deep expertise in programmatic monetization and publisher strategy.