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VP, Advertising Science (Amazon DSP); IAB Tech Lab board chair.

Co-Founder & CEO of the Brand Safety Institute, Neal Thurman is a leading voice in brand safety education and credentialing within the AdTech ecosystem.

Founder and CEO of Kevel, Neil Sweeney pioneered API-based ad serving infrastructure that powers the retail media revolution, enabling brands to build custom ad platforms independent of Google and Amazon.

Content marketing and brand storytelling leader at Channel Factory, known for translating complex AdTech concepts into compelling narratives around brand suitability and YouTube advertising.

Nick Bilton is a journalist, author, and special correspondent known for his sharp coverage of technology, Silicon Valley culture, and media — not a core AdTech practitioner but influential in shaping public narratives around tech industry ethics and disruption.

Senior Google executive who has shaped search and advertising products for over two decades, most recently leading Google Search as VP.

Nick Frizzell drives adoption of open programmatic standards at IAB Tech Lab, championing specs like ads.txt, sellers.json, and Privacy Sandbox frameworks across the AdTech ecosystem.

Co-founder and CEO of Loop, Nick Gallo is building next-generation retail media and commerce advertising solutions that connect brands with consumers at the point of purchase.

Co-Founder & CEO of Narrative, a data collaboration platform for privacy-compliant data commerce.

Nick Lawson is a veteran international media and advertising leader with 30+ years building and running agencies for the world's biggest brands. He is Chairman of i-media and Non-Executive Chair of Project5 Media (from 2026). He was previously Global CEO of EssenceMediacom (2020–2025) and spent 29 years at MediaCom, where he served as Worldwide COO, CEO EMEA and CEO UK.

Associate Professor at Melbourne Business School whose research exposes the hidden pitfalls of programmatic advertising, audience data quality, and digital measurement — making him one of academia's sharpest critics and guides for the AdTech industry.

Head of Meta's Global Business Group, Nicola Mendelsohn is one of the most powerful figures in digital advertising, overseeing Meta's advertiser and agency relationships worldwide and driving its AI-powered ad strategy.

CEO at Ogury

Nicolas Rieul is a co-founder of S4M (Software for Mobile), a drive-to-store advertising platform that bridges digital advertising with offline foot traffic measurement. He has helped build S4M into a significant European mobile AdTech company with operations across France, the UK, and international markets. His expertise spans mobile programmatic, geolocation-based attribution, and retail media measurement.

VP of Marketing at AdMonsters, the AdTech industry's premier community for ad operations professionals — known for building the brand that connects and educates the global ad ops ecosystem.

Nicole Perrin is EVP, Business Intelligence at Advertiser Perceptions, where she brings deep expertise in advertising and media industry analysis.

Senior AdTech executive driving CTV/OTT and online video strategy at PubMatic, with deep expertise in programmatic advertising and the rapidly evolving streaming landscape.

VP, Netflix Advertising (US & Canada); former Ampersand CEO.

Founder & Managing Director of Net Influencer and former Meta optimization lead, Nii Ahene bridges platform-side expertise and entrepreneurial leadership across performance marketing and the creator economy.

Meta's Head of Identity Solutions driving privacy-preserving ad tech and post-cookie measurement strategies at one of the world's largest digital advertising platforms.

AdTech and AI product leader at Microsoft AI, driving intelligent advertising solutions at the intersection of machine learning and digital media.