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Director of france•tv access and longtime Data/AI lead at France Télévisions.

Founder and CEO of ALFI, Inc., pioneering AI-driven programmatic advertising on rideshare and out-of-home screens with a focus on ethical, consent-based targeting.

Chief Partnerships Officer at Initiative (IPG Mediabrands), Maureen Bosetti is one of adtech's most influential dealmakers, shaping how major agencies negotiate and structure relationships with platforms like Google, Meta, and streaming giants.

Principal Analyst at EMARKETER covering social media and the creator economy; formerly a leading trade journalist at Digiday known for rigorous reporting on programmatic advertising, publisher strategy, and ad tech market dynamics.

Principal of Housten Consulting and a leading Australian media/entertainment strategist; non-executive director of Screen Australia and the Media Federation of Australia; former PwC Australia TMT Partner.

Senior Advisor and former CEO (2019–2025) of Criteo.

Head of Publisher Development at Prebid.org, driving open-source header bidding adoption and shaping programmatic supply chain standards across the publisher ecosystem.

Chief Data Officer at Omnicom Media Group, Megan Pagliuca is one of AdTech's leading voices on privacy-first data strategy, identity resolution, and the industry's transition to a cookieless future.

Country Manager, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong & Taiwan at Integral Ad Science

Co-founder and CEO of Permutive, the privacy-first DMP pioneering cookieless audience targeting through edge computing — a defining voice in the post-third-party-cookie advertising era.

Mel Robbins is a globally recognized motivational speaker, CNN legal analyst turned media personality, and bestselling author best known for the '5 Second Rule' — not a figure in the AdTech industry.

Native advertising pioneer and branded content strategist who built the playbooks for content monetization at Time Inc. and HuffPost, and now trains the industry through StoryFuel.

A leading AdTech operator and evangelist at LiveRamp, Melanie Hoptman is known for championing first-party data strategies and privacy-safe identity solutions across the Australian and Asia-Pacific markets.

Retail media executive leading Criteo's global retail media strategy, previously built Macy's Media Network from the ground up as VP and Head of the network.

Founder & CEO of Twenty-First Digital, Melissa Chowning brings deep martech and enterprise software expertise from senior roles at Adobe to help modern brands navigate digital marketing strategy.

SVP & GM at Salesforce leading the Global Private Equity & Venture Capital Practice, Meredith Flynn Ripley brings deep AdTech and digital media expertise to enterprise-scale partnership strategy.

CEO of The New York Times Company who has championed privacy-first advertising and subscription-led media economics, making her one of the most influential voices in premium publisher monetization.