Programmatic Pioneers Summit 2024

22 - 23 May, 2024

The Hurlingham Club, London

Day 1 | 25th May 2023

7:45 am - 8:30 am Registration & Welcome Coffee

8:30 am - 8:40 am Welcome Remarks: Flora Pleguezuelos, Content Director, WBR

8:40 am - 8:50 am Chairperson’s Opening Address

Ian Hawkins - Presenter, Programmatic Pioneers Summit
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Ian Hawkins

Presenter
Programmatic Pioneers Summit

MAKING SMART INVESTMENTS

8:50 am - 9:20 am OPENING KEYNOTE: Leveraging new programmatic trends: How we are adapting our global media strategy to respond to new user-behaviour patterns and tap into new social media, CTV and mobile gaming tech developments

Sir Martin Sorrell - Founder & Executive Chairman, Media.Monks Tom Triscari - Programmatic Economist, Lemonade Projects
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Sir Martin Sorrell

Founder & Executive Chairman
Media.Monks

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Tom Triscari

Programmatic Economist
Lemonade Projects

9:20 am - 10:00 am ALL-STAR PANEL DISCUSSION: Building a more transparent ecosystem: What steps can we take as an industry to provide more visibility on programmatic spend to enable investments to be made more strategically and achieve the best ROI?

Hedwig Vollers - Global Senior Director Media & Digital Brand Experience, Mars Wrigley Ander Lopez Ochoa - Head of Digital & Media,EMEA, Johnson & Johnson Luke Blackburn - Senior Digital & Total Connections Planning Manager, Walkers UK, PepsiCo James Buckle - Chief Digital Officer, PHD Nick Welch - Head Of Programmatic Sales, IAS
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Hedwig Vollers

Global Senior Director Media & Digital Brand Experience
Mars Wrigley

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Ander Lopez Ochoa

Head of Digital & Media,EMEA
Johnson & Johnson

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Luke Blackburn

Senior Digital & Total Connections Planning Manager, Walkers UK
PepsiCo

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James Buckle

Chief Digital Officer
PHD

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Nick Welch

Head Of Programmatic Sales
IAS

10:00 am - 10:20 am FIRESIDE CHAT: Navigating media inflation: How can you make cost-effective advertising investments to gain incremental reach in a high inflation media environment?

Sascha Knoepfel - Global Head of Media and Digital, Corporate Director, Henkel Khaled Alfangary - Manager, Client Services, StackAdapt
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Sascha Knoepfel

Global Head of Media and Digital, Corporate Director
Henkel

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Khaled Alfangary

Manager, Client Services
StackAdapt

UNLOCKING THE POWER OF AI

10:20 am - 10:40 am FIRESIDE CHAT: Harnessing AI: How can you leverage AI in your performance marketing to optimize efficiency and drive better results in stressful economic times?

Neel Pandya - CEO EMEA & JAPAC, Pixis Miguel Martin - Head of Digital Marketing, JOE & THE JUICE Alessandro Cusmano - Head of Paid Media, HSBC

Learn how advanced data analysis and insights optimize targeting, creative and bidding strategies can help you gain a competitive edge in the current environment. 

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Neel Pandya

CEO EMEA & JAPAC
Pixis

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Miguel Martin

Head of Digital Marketing
JOE & THE JUICE

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Alessandro Cusmano

Head of Paid Media
HSBC

10:40 am - 11:20 am MORNING COFFEE BREAK

NAVIGATING NEW PRIVACY RULES REPLACING THIRD-PARTY DATA

11:20 am - 12:05 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Adapting to a post cookie environment: How can you activate your first-party data and leverage customer behavior and preferences insights to deliver more personalised campaigns?

Dale Fisher-Brown - Head of Global Display and Social Growth Marketing, Superbet Sophie Strong - Managing Partner, Head of Media Experience, PHD Alex Mills - Client Partnerships Director, Quantcast Thomas Lue Lytzen - Director of Ad Sales & Tech, Ekstra Bladet Peter Mason - Co-Founder, Illuma
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Dale Fisher-Brown

Head of Global Display and Social Growth Marketing
Superbet

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Sophie Strong

Managing Partner, Head of Media Experience
PHD

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Alex Mills

Client Partnerships Director
Quantcast

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Thomas Lue Lytzen

Director of Ad Sales & Tech
Ekstra Bladet

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Peter Mason

Co-Founder
Illuma

12:05 pm - 12:25 pm INTERVIEW: Raising your customer relationship bar: How we enforced a first-party data approach to improve the targeting, measurement and performance of our advertising to drive sales and boost brand loyalty

Patrick Zinga - Digital Media, Data & Martech Lead, Heineken Hayley Pettitt - Senior Solution Engineer, OneTrust
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Patrick Zinga

Digital Media, Data & Martech Lead
Heineken

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Hayley Pettitt

Senior Solution Engineer
OneTrust

LEVERAGING CONTEXTUAL ADVERTISING

12:25 pm - 1:10 pm INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSION: Breaking through the noise: What are the proven contextual advertising approaches to better capture the attention of your audience and engage them in your campaigns without relying on third-party cookies?

Hamza Ayub - Chief Marketing Officer, Dunkin Donuts Cornelia Villa - Chief Marketing Officer, Medwing Nadim Kabir - Display and Programmatic Lead, TUI Hannah O’Neill - VP Programmatic Demand, Nano Interactive Gregor Smith - Global Advertising Sales Director, SmartFrame Elia Niboldi - Associate Director of Customer Data, EMEA, Media.Monks
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Hamza Ayub

Chief Marketing Officer
Dunkin Donuts

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Cornelia Villa

Chief Marketing Officer
Medwing

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Nadim Kabir

Display and Programmatic Lead
TUI

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Hannah O’Neill

VP Programmatic Demand
Nano Interactive

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Gregor Smith

Global Advertising Sales Director
SmartFrame

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Elia Niboldi

Associate Director of Customer Data, EMEA
Media.Monks

1:10 pm - 1:30 pm CASE STUDY: Our contextual targeting success story: How to implement contextual advertising to improve your reach with new audiences across multiple channels

Dale Fisher-Brown - Head of Global Display and Social Growth Marketing, Superbet
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Dale Fisher-Brown

Head of Global Display and Social Growth Marketing
Superbet

1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Networking Lunch

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Arielle Vieira

Partnerships Manager, Global Media Activation
EA

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Clare O'Brien

Head of Media, Performance & Effectiveness
ISBA

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Martyn Bentley

Commercial Director, UK
AudienceProject

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Amelia Waddington

SVP Product
Captify

TRACK A

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm CASE STUDY: Predicting the future: How accurate attribution can optimise, inform and improve the performance of your marketing campaigns
Andy Houstoun - Chief Commercial Officer, Crimtan

The biggest problem for every marketer is knowing where to allocate budget to achieve the best results and ROI. And as marketing gets ever more complex, with even more choices of channel, this problem only gets bigger. 

In this session, Andy Houstoun, Chief Commercial Officer at Crimtan, explains the role of accurate attribution in planning and optimising your marketing campaigns. Through measuring campaign performance to understanding the market with real-time insights and integrating macroeconomic and behavioural data into your analysis and planning. 

Learn how achieving full visibility of your entire lifecycle, from the moment your ads are viewed right through to conversion, can enable you to accurately attribute sales at every stage, helping you achieve best performance and predict future campaign outcomes.

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Andy Houstoun

Chief Commercial Officer
Crimtan

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Carlotta Meneghini

Digital Communication & Performance Marketing Manager
Nestlé Nespresso

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Aoife O’Toole

Global Head of Marketing, Paid Social and Display
Skyscanner

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Charel Schmit

Programmatic Manager Europe, Pet Nutrition
Mars

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Theofano Kontogeorgi

Global AdTech Lead & Digital Media
Henkel

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Ed Lyon

Snr. Director of Global Solutions Consulting
Smartly

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Aoife O’Toole

Global Head of Marketing, Paid Social and Display
Skyscanner

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Ritesh Gohil

Head of Digital, Partner
Mindshare

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Aimee Fanton

Digital & Media Lead
Diageo

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Bill Swanson

SVP, EMEA
Connatix

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Tom Jenen

Chief Revenue Officer
Onetag

TRACK B

3:10 pm - 3:30 pm CASE STUDY: How to optimise your DOOH channel to capitalise on this less intrusive way of reaching your audience at the right location at the right time
Diederick Ubels - CEO, Sage+Archer
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Diederick Ubels

CEO
Sage+Archer

TRACK B

3:30 pm - 3:50 pm CASE STUDY: How to create interactive ads experience on in-gaming channels to monetise this new source of programmatic inventory and build brand loyalty
Ulrich Gilot - Head of Media, Betsson Group
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Ulrich Gilot

Head of Media
Betsson Group

TRACK B

3:50 pm - 4:10 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE: How can you utilize gamified creatives to enhance your brand recall by up to 50% when compared to conventional mobile advertising formats
Bharat Sharma - COO, mCanvas
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Bharat Sharma

COO
mCanvas

TRACK C - Workshops

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm WORKSHOP: Getting creative to combat ad blindness: how to capture all-important attention in a user-first, ethical way
Amy Pearce - Head of Advertising, Wunderkind
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Amy Pearce

Head of Advertising
Wunderkind

TRACK C - Workshops

3:30 pm - 4:10 pm WORKSHOP: How can you plan your overall media mix to exploit the growing full-funnel CTV opportunity at scale?
Jayesh Rajdev - Controller of Advanced Advertising, ITV Alex Hodge - Head of Digital Ad Sales & Innovation, Warner Bros. Discovery Justin Pearse - Partner, Bluestripe Media Services

TV’s ability to drive both short and long term sales is widely known. With the rapid growth of streaming, addressable ad solutions, smarter measurement, and a growing plethora of test/learn opportunities, how can digital marketers best exploit these to drive growth? 

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Jayesh Rajdev

Controller of Advanced Advertising
ITV

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Alex Hodge

Head of Digital Ad Sales & Innovation
Warner Bros. Discovery

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Justin Pearse

Partner
Bluestripe Media Services

4:10 pm - 4:40 pm Afternoon Networking Break

RETHINKING YOUR D&I STRATEGY

4:40 pm - 5:00 pm CASE STUDY INTERACTIVE: Equality Boost: How programmatic can help your business to attract diverse talent that deliver a tangible impact on our client’s DE&I strategy

Brantley Graham - Head of Programmatic, Totaljobs
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Brantley Graham

Head of Programmatic
Totaljobs

5:00 pm - 5:40 pm PANEL DISCUSSION: Progressing D&I: What steps can our industry take to encourage the introduction and growth of diversity and inclusion initiatives across the programmatic ecosystem to drive greater results with underrepresented employees, suppliers and audiences?

Ritesh Gohil - Head of Digital, Partner, Mindshare Sharmeen Lalani-Fade - Global Marketing Services Procurement – Online Media & Data, Bayer Azad Ali - Head of Performance Insight, Spark Foundry Nathalie Lam - Head of Global Sponsorship Lead Inclusion & Diversity Brand Transformation, Philips Jayesh Rajdev - Controller of Advanced Advertising, ITV
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Ritesh Gohil

Head of Digital, Partner
Mindshare

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Sharmeen Lalani-Fade

Global Marketing Services Procurement – Online Media & Data
Bayer

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Azad Ali

Head of Performance Insight
Spark Foundry

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Nathalie Lam

Head of Global Sponsorship Lead Inclusion & Diversity Brand Transformation
Philips

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Jayesh Rajdev

Controller of Advanced Advertising
ITV

A LOOK INTO THE CONTREVERSIAL FUTURE

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Tom Triscari

Programmatic Economist
Lemonade Projects

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Richard Kramer

Managing Director
Arete Research

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Chris Liversidge

Founder & CEO
Corvidae

6:00 pm - 6:05 pm Chairperson’s Closing Remarks

Ian Hawkins - Presenter, Programmatic Pioneers Summit
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Ian Hawkins

Presenter
Programmatic Pioneers Summit

6:05 pm - 7:05 pm Networking Drinks Reception: CASINO & COCKTAIL NIGHT

Wind down after the event with your peers and be transported to the bright lights of Las Vegas to complete your Programmatic Pioneers

experience! Sip on a Martini (or your cocktail of choice!) while you try your luck at one of our casino games and network with other attendees at the conference.