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Chief Growth Officer for North America at Stagwell, the challenger network reshaping modern marketing through data-driven strategy and digital-first agency brands.

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

Chairman and CEO of Palo Alto Networks, Nikesh Arora is a transformative technology executive who scaled Google's global advertising business and now leads the cybersecurity industry's platformization revolution.

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

Publisher Development Director at Opti Digital, leading the company's expansion into the DACH region and driving publisher growth in programmatic advertising.

Futurist, author and AI architect (founder of Lyrical); adtech veteran of Rocket Fuel and Sizmek.

CEO and co-founder of Workable, a leading HR tech platform, who brings a practitioner's perspective to performance marketing, programmatic advertising, and data-driven audience acquisition at scale.

Senior marketing and media executive at Mastercard driving data-driven advertising and consumer engagement strategies at the intersection of payments and media.

Nils Lind is the Founder and CEO of Assertive Yield B.V. Founded in 2019, Assertive Yield is a publisher-side intelligence solution built for yield management, optimization, and traffic shaping.

AdTech and cloud contact center professional at Five9, bringing expertise in AI-driven customer engagement and digital transformation solutions.

Veteran restaurant industry executive and former CEO of Panera Bread, now serving as an Independent Director on the Kohl's board.

CEO of YouAppi, a mobile retargeting and user acquisition platform serving app marketers globally.

Nita Song is President of IW Group, a leading multicultural marketing agency specializing in Asian American audiences, bridging cultural intelligence with data-driven advertising strategies.

Noam Shazeer is a machine-learning researcher and co-author of 'Attention Is All You Need', the paper that introduced the Transformer. He co-founded Character.AI, returned to Google as a VP of Engineering and co-lead of Gemini, and in June 2026 left Google to join OpenAI.

Senior creative leader at Publicis London known for blending brand strategy with data-driven advertising to deliver culturally resonant campaigns for major global clients.

VP of Media at Basis Technologies and recognized AdTech thought leader, Noor Naseer shapes programmatic strategy and champions media automation and AI-driven advertising innovation.