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Zach Rodgers, Executive Editor, AdExchanger

In this session, Scott Galloway will provide a No Mercy / No Malice perspective on the biggest trends, challenges and innovations impacting organizations and digital leaders today. From the dominance and behaviors of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to recurring revenue models and voice technology, Scott will discuss what’s developing in the market, why you need to care about it and how to think about potential threats.

Scott Galloway, Professor of Marketing at NYU Stern; Founder of L2 Inc, Red Envelope, and Prophet; Bestselling Author; Cohost Pivot Podcast

The way consumers move from consideration through to purchase is in flux, and product companies that rely on retail intermediaries must adapt. This panel will dig into how a group of global marketers are applying new data sources, media channels and shopper marketing strategies to grow their brands.

Details to come.

Martin Kihn, SVP Product Strategy, Salesforce Marketing Cloud

Presented by Salesforce

Facebook, Amazon, and Google will be over 70% ($100B) of total digital ad dollars spent in the US in 2019. These companies are under intense scrutiny by Federal and State regulators. Leading equity research analyst Laura Martin will project what happens in 2020, including implications for ad revenue mix shifts and a changing competitive landscape.

Laura Martin, CFA & CMT Managing Director, Needham & Company, LLC

In a fireside chat, Google gives guidance on how it's working with marketers and publishers in the coming year, how it's looking at privacy and solving for the decline of the cookie, and where AI is transforming campaign management.

Sissie Hsiao, VP of Display, Video, App Advertising, Google
Interviewer: Sarah Sluis, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

Details to come.

Mark Zagorski, CEO, Telaria

Presented by Telaria

Deep fakes represent a new wave of technology innovation, and one with disturbing implications. In this session, a pioneer in deep fakes will dive into both the technology's potential as a creative mechanism and the ethical considerations that need to be top of mind in order to use this technology responsibly.

Various academic studies have shown how a relatively large number of acquisitions fail, meaning they destroy shareholder value. However, there are many examples of how acquisitions have driven exceptional shareholder returns. Like any year, this won't change in 2020. LUMA's Brian Andersen will share how two of the most successful and important companies in digital marketing utilized M&A to completely transform their businesses, enabling them to achieve the market-leading positions they hold today.

Brian Andersen, Partner, LUMA

What defines Gen-Z? This special presentation will capture the emotional realities, unique perspectives and distinct contributions of the new wave of young adults.

Ziad Ahmed , Co-Founder/CEO, JÜV Consulting

Details to come.

Born out of AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner, Xandr sprung onto the scene in 2018 with an ambition to launch the TV ad platform of the future. In this fireside chat, AdExchanger Executive Editor Zach Rodgers catches up with Xandr CEO Brian Lesser about the progress the company has made in the past year, new competition on the horizon and where data-driven TV is headed in 2020.

Brian Lesser, CEO, Xandr
Interviewer: Zach Rodgers, Executive Editor, AdExchanger

The work of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Consumer Protection is increasingly occupied with digital marketing issues, including COPPA enforcement, influencer fraud settlements and a multibillion-dollar fine levied against Facebook over privacy violations. In this fireside chat, Director Andrew Smith will share what businesses need to know about the FTC’s priorities and enforcement agenda in the year to come.

Andrew Smith, Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, Federal Trade Commission
Interviewer: Allison Schiff, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

Snap, TikTok and Twitch are the young blood media channels. And while they've all proven their ability to connect with young audiences that are normally difficult to reach, their ability to monetize and drive results for advertisers isn't as certain. But 2020 will be a big year for each of these platforms, especially as marketers look to escape the triopoly.

Walker Jacobs, Chief Revenue Officer, Twitch

How will media companies reach consumers in the year to come? This session will examine the key considerations for publishers as they seek to reach existing audiences and build new ones in an ever more distributed media environment.

Digital tech is enabling marketers to unlock new experiences for customers and to reach them in innovative ways. We talk to a global CMO about how their business is being transformed.

It's been a year of major change at WPP. In this fireside chat, CEO Mark Read sits down with AdExchanger’s Alison Weissbrot to discuss his first year on the job, the future of the agency and how the world’s largest ad giant will get back to growth in 2020.

Mark Read, CEO, WPP
Interviewer: Alison Weissbrot, Reporter, AdExchanger

Join your fellow attendee for cocktails, refreshments and light fare at the official Industry Preview Welcome Party.
Complimentary admission for all Industry Preview ticket holders.

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Zach Rodgers, Executive Editor, AdExchanger

As President Trump begins his fourth year in the White House, our democracy appears to be at an inflection point. In this discussion, political leaders and thinkers Valerie Jarrett and Kelly Ayotte discuss the Democratic primary contest along with the key debates roiling the nation's discourse.

Kelly Ayotte, Former Senator of New Hampshire (2011-2017) and former member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committees
Valerie Jarrett, Author and Senior advisor to the Obama Foundation

Details to come.

Presented by Nielsen

While the US is the world's leader in AI research, China is the leader in AI implementation. In the AI era, access to atomic user data (for example, from smartphones) and monetizing it is the key to winning in the coming decade. Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Business at NYU's Stern School of Business, will describe use cases from his experience with Chinese companies that are seeding the tech ecosystem of the future, break down the areas where Chinese AI matches or surpass their American counterparts, and connect these advantages to China's powerful mobile economy.

Anindya Ghose, Heinz Riehl Chair Professor of Technology and Marketing, NYU Stern School of Business

Details to come.

At Wayfair, marketing is one of the company’s most strategic advantages. Wayfair's 100% in-house marketing team has built its own ad tech platforms and attribution systems, has an in-house agency that oversees everything from creative to media buying, and employs a dedicated team of engineers and data scientists. In this session, Chief Marketing and Product Officer Ed Macri will discuss how marketing informs the C-suite, and how Wayfair has built an in-house marketing team that is regarded as a profit center and growth driver for the business.

Ed Macri, Chief Product & Marketing Officer, Wayfair
Interviewer: James Hercher, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

There’s never a dull moment at Facebook. But behind the headlines and the turmoil, the big blue app, Instagram and Facebook’s messaging services are unstoppable generators of ad revenue. In this fireside chat, Facebook shares what’s in store for the year ahead and what marketers need to know about Facebook’s priorities in 2020.

Mark D'Arcy, VP Global Business Marketing & Chief Creative Officer, Facebook
Interviewer: Allison Schiff, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

In a special live edition of our weekly roundtable podcast, AdExchanger’s editorial team digs into the biggest news impacting the ad industry. You’ll get sharp insights on the latest developments, a fresh perspective on major events shaking up this dynamic industry and a little bit of behind-the-scenes into how AdExchanger finds and reports the news.

James Hercher, Senior Editor, AdExchanger
Ryan Joe, Managing Editor, AdExchanger
Allison Schiff, Senior Editor, AdExchanger
Sarah Sluis, Senior Editor, AdExchanger
Alison Weissbrot, Reporter, AdExchanger

Details to come.

Verizon Media Group's revenue from advertising and ad platforms will surpass $7 billion this year. CEO Guru Gowrappan discusses the shifting media ecosystem and his strategic focus for the next 12 months.

Guru Gowrappan, CEO, Verizon Media Group
Interviewer: Sarah Sluis, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

Publishing in the era of platforms, targeted advertising and fake news requires new business models for for media, from revenue diversification to subscriptions to striking partnership with these platforms. Three media leaders talk about how they're seeking profitable growth in the post-platform age.

Customer data is at the heart of recent innovations in marketing technology. Oracle's Rob Tarkoff, EVP and GM of CX Cloud, discusses the company's priorities as it builds on billions worth of acquisitions in data enablement and automation.

Rob Tarkoff, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Oracle CX Cloud
Interviewer: James Hercher, Senior Editor, AdExchanger

Amazon's footprint keeps growing across commerce, search, video and, of course, advertising. VP of performance advertising Colleen Aubrey discusses the product and data-science mindset that informs the company's powerful ad platform.

Colleen Aubrey, Global Media Officer, Amazon
Interviewer: Ryan Joe, Managing Editor, AdExchanger

Which ideas are getting funded in 2020? Two key early-stage investors talk about where they see opportunity in today's landscape, and how they work with portfolio companies.

Tom Chavez, Co-Founder, super{set}
Lisa Gersh, Executive Partner, Attention Capital

In this fireside discussion, Dentsu Americas CEO Nick Brien and a brand marketer discuss changes to the brand-agency relationship, and how marketers are building connections with a new generation of young people.

Nick Brien, CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network Americas