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Senior Reporter at Adweek covering the collision of AdTech, privacy regulation, and platform policy — one of the sharpest translators of complex privacy changes for the digital advertising industry.

Shri Nandan is the co-founder and CEO of Audigent, a leading data activation and identity platform focused on cookieless audience solutions. He has been instrumental in building first-party data infrastructure and curation tools for publishers and advertisers in a privacy-first environment.

Sina Matagi leads policy strategy at DoubleVerify, focusing on brand safety, ad fraud, and regulatory compliance in digital advertising. He has been instrumental in shaping industry standards around ad verification and measurement integrity. His work bridges the gap between policy, technology, and advertiser trust.

Slavi Samardzija is the Global CEO of Annalect, Omnicom Media Group's data and technology platform, where he oversees the development of data science, analytics, and AdTech capabilities for one of the world's largest media agency networks. He has been a driving force behind Omni, Omnicom's open operating system for data and decisioning. His leadership bridges agency, data, and technology in a way that makes him a significant figure in the programmatic and data-driven advertising space.

Mozilla VP driving privacy-preserving alternatives to third-party cookies, shaping the future of browser-based identity and advertising standards.

VP of Research & Analytics at Digital Content Next, Soo Jin Oh is a leading voice on publisher monetization trends and the economic impact of platform policies on premium digital media.

Sophie Chesters oversees global media strategy and investment at Unilever, one of the world's largest advertisers. She plays a critical role in shaping how a major brand engages with programmatic advertising, brand safety, and media transparency initiatives.

Former Google SVP who built one of the world's largest ad systems, now leading Neeva's ad-free search revolution — a rare insider turned industry disruptor.

Srishti Gupta serves as Chief Product Officer at Mediaocean, a leading omnichannel advertising platform used by agencies and brands to manage media buying workflows across linear TV, digital, and programmatic channels. She drives product strategy for a platform that processes hundreds of billions of dollars in annual media spend. Her work is central to the convergence of traditional and digital advertising operations.

Chief Data Officer at Lotame driving privacy-first data strategy and identity resolution in the cookieless era, with deep expertise in data ethics and independent data management platforms.

VP of Advertising Product at NBCUniversal, Stephanie Gutnik is a leading force in CTV and streaming ad innovation, shaping programmatic strategy across Peacock and NBCU's One Platform.

A leading publisher-side voice in AdTech, Stephanie Layser shapes the future of privacy-preserving advertising and identity standards as VP of Programmatic Strategy at News Corp.

Forrester analyst shaping how brands and agencies navigate identity resolution, cookie deprecation, and the future of audience targeting.

Chief Customer Officer at Cognitiv driving AI-powered programmatic adoption, with deep expertise spanning both agency and AdTech platform sides of the industry.

One of the most influential privacy and advertising law attorneys in the U.S., Stu Ingis has shaped digital advertising regulation and industry self-regulatory frameworks for over two decades as a Partner at Venable LLP.

Chief Revenue Officer at The Trade Desk, one of AdTech's most powerful independent DSPs, driving global revenue strategy across programmatic, CTV, and retail media.

Co-Founder and CTO of Innovid, the publicly-traded CTV ad serving and measurement platform — a pioneer in connected TV advertising infrastructure and interactive video technology.

Co-founder & CEO of Upwave, pioneering brand lift measurement and analytics that help advertisers prove the real impact of digital campaigns beyond last-click attribution.

CEO of Inuvo (NYSE: INUV) pioneering privacy-first, AI-driven advertising through the IntentKey platform — a cookieless targeting solution built for the post-third-party-cookie era.

Tania Yuki founded Shareablee, a social media analytics and measurement company that helps brands and agencies measure audience engagement and content performance across social platforms. She is a recognized thought leader in social media measurement and audience analytics.

Google's longtime YouTube and video advertising executive, Tara Walpert Levy has spent 15+ years shaping how brands and agencies leverage Google's ad platforms, making her one of the most influential operators in digital video advertising.

Teg Grenager co-founded Proximic, a contextual intelligence company that was acquired by Comscore, and has been a technical pioneer in semantic content analysis applied to digital advertising. His work on natural language processing and machine learning for contextual targeting helped establish the scientific foundation for modern contextual advertising. He has contributed to the industry's understanding of how to achieve effective targeting without user-level data.

VP of Product at LiveRamp driving identity resolution and privacy-centric data connectivity solutions at the forefront of the post-cookie advertising era.

Founder of LUMA Partners and creator of the iconic LUMAscapes, Terence Kawaja is the AdTech industry's most influential dealmaker and ecosystem cartographer, shaping how the world understands digital advertising M&A.