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Co-founder of Sharethrough, one of the earliest native advertising exchanges, and a leading voice in sustainable AdTech and carbon-conscious programmatic advertising.

Architect of Facebook's $100B+ advertising empire and former Google AdWords builder, Sheryl Sandberg is one of the most consequential figures in the history of digital advertising.

Chief Product Officer at Viant Technology driving identity-based programmatic advertising strategy at one of the largest independent DSPs in the market.

Founder of U of Digital, the AdTech industry's go-to education platform that has trained thousands of professionals on programmatic advertising, DSPs, SSPs, and the broader digital advertising ecosystem.

Pioneer of social media marketing and digital brand strategy, Shiv Singh has shaped how global brands like PepsiCo and Visa engage consumers in the digital age — and literally wrote the book on social media marketing.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Tal Hayek founded Upwave (formerly Survata), which provides brand lift measurement and analytics for digital advertising. His company addresses the critical need for measuring brand impact beyond last-click attribution. Upwave has become a key measurement partner for major brands and agencies.

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.

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.

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.

VP of Marketing at Criteo driving the company's evolution from retargeting pioneer to full-stack commerce media platform, with deep expertise in retail media networks and first-party data strategies.

Web3 and blockchain strategist bridging emerging tech and advertising, serving as Chief Strategy Officer at Ogilvy while co-founding Spectrum Labs and advising global brands on decentralized digital futures.

Former CEO of OpenX who championed independent ad exchange infrastructure and publisher-first programmatic solutions; now leading GoFundMe as CEO since 2020.

VP of Inventory Partnerships at The Trade Desk, Tim Sims is one of programmatic advertising's leading architects of supply path optimization, shaping how DSPs structure relationships with publishers and SSPs at scale.

Co-founder and CEO of Viant Technology, Tim Vanderhook has built one of AdTech's leading people-based DSPs and taken it public on Nasdaq, pioneering cookieless identity solutions for programmatic advertising.

Chief Addressability Officer at Kargo driving cookieless identity strategy and privacy-preserving ad tech solutions in a post-cookie world.

CTO of Criteo driving the company's transformation from retargeting pioneer to full-stack commerce media platform, with deep expertise in privacy-first identity solutions and retail media technology.