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Ivan Zacharias is a director at Smuggler, the acclaimed production company, known for crafting visually distinctive commercial and branded content work for major advertisers.

President & Global CEO of FleishmanHillard, one of the world's largest PR and communications networks under Omnicom, leading integrated communications strategy at the intersection of brand, media, and data.

A seasoned media and advertising executive, Jacki Kelley is a senior leader at Omnicom Group driving client strategy and business growth at the intersection of media, data, and technology.

Co-founder of The Morning Toast and podcast personality turned media entrepreneur, Jackie Oshry leverages her massive social following and co-ownership of Dear Media to shape influencer-driven podcast advertising.

Jackie Stevenson is a senior sports and entertainment marketing executive at IMG, known for bridging brand partnerships, media rights, and commercial strategy in the sports media ecosystem.

Founder and CEO of Kevel, James Avery is a leading voice in ad tech infrastructure, empowering companies to build custom ad servers and retail media networks as an alternative to Big Tech ad platforms.

CEO of Omnicom's U.S. Advertising Collective, James Fenton leads the holding company's conflict-management and localized account unit, bridging major creative networks like BBDO, McCann, and TBWA.

Senior Reporter at AdExchanger who has become one of adtech's most-read journalists, known for breaking news on programmatic advertising, privacy regulation, and identity solutions.

Son of Rupert Murdoch and former 21st Century Fox CEO, James Murdoch now leads Lupa Systems, investing in media, technology, and sustainability ventures with a focus on long-term value creation.

Charles Manning is the CEO of Kochava, one of the most influential mobile measurement and attribution platforms in AdTech, known for championing privacy-first data solutions and deterministic attribution.

James Prudhomme is a leading voice in programmatic identity and data ethics, shaping how the open web navigates the post-cookie era as SVP of Addressability & Data Ethics at Index Exchange.

CEO and co-founder of ThredUp, the world's largest online resale platform, pioneering sustainable commerce and the circular economy in retail.

President of Comcast Advertising, James Rooke is one of the most influential executives shaping the convergence of TV and digital advertising at scale.

Co-founder & CEO of Movement for an Open Web, James Rosewell is the AdTech industry's most prominent challenger to Google's Privacy Sandbox, having driven formal regulatory complaints that reshaped CMA oversight of the cookieless transition.

Publisher-side programmatic veteran and founder of Lioness Strategies, known for shaping yield strategy and first-party data monetization at Business Insider before launching her own advisory practice.

Janelle Monae is a Grammy-nominated musician, actress, and entrepreneur — not an AdTech industry figure.

CEO & Co-Founder of Acadia and Ad Age's 2025 Agency Executive of the Year, Jared Belsky is a seasoned agency leader known for building performance-driven digital marketing organizations and championing transparent, results-oriented client partnerships.

Serial AdTech entrepreneur who founded Adzerk (now Kevel) and currently leads Aditude, building publisher-first monetization infrastructure that gives media companies greater control over their ad stack.