FutureWeek Forum is a full day conference exploring how artificial intelligence is reshaping advertising, commerce, and the wider media and marketing ecosystem, produced by FutureWeek, a AI-focused trade publication covering the media & marketing industry.
We’ll be featuring speakers from some of the industry’s most innovative and influential companies.
Qaiser Bachani
Consumer Experience Lead, Europe & Global Brands
Mondelēz International
Brian O'Kelley
CEO & Co-Founder
Scope3
Lidewij van den Ham
SVP Consumer Acquisition and Engagement
Mastercard Europe
Alexis Faulkner
Client Transformation Lead
WPP Media
James Galland
Head of Commerce Capabilities
VML
Lyndsay Weir
Chief Analytics and Insight
Barilla Group
Hazem El Taha
Senior VP, Group Marketing Technology
HSBC
Phil Jackson
Global Digital Marketing Effectiveness
Haleon
Matt Salmon
VP, Advertiser Solutions, EMEA
PubMatic
Matt Groshong
Business Development Director
NVIDIA
Miryem Salah
Director Digital Data & Transformation
VodafoneThree
Sharon Braude
Group Director Marketing Technology
Virgin Active
Antonia John
Global Account Director
CNN International Commercial
Shailley Singh
COO & EVP, Product
IAB Tech Lab
Ben Gott
President, Data & Technology
Dentsu
Dr. Alexandra Dobra-Kiel
Innovation & Strategy Director
Behave
Emily Winter
Commercial Operations Delivery Director
Global
Mohsen Ghasempour
Chief AI Officer
Kingfisher
Jonathan Whiteside
Global EVP of Technology
DEPT
Xanthe Pickford-Avery
Head of Search
the7stars
Cameron Armstrong
Addressable Director
VCCP
Matt Barash
Chief Commercial Officer
Nova Studio
Jill Lloyd
Director of Communications
TAU Marketing Solutions
Fabian Stephany
Assistant Professor in AI & Work, Oxford Internet Institute
Oxford University
Mimmo Palmieri
Founder
MIMMS
Brad Blackmon
Global Client Lead
Publicis Groupe
Jon Block
Founder
Syllepsis
Serena Haththotuwa
Senior Reporter
FutureWeek
Vincent Flood
Executive Editor
FutureWeek
Caitriona Gallagher
Strategy Partner
Digitas
Serena Haththotuwa
Senior Reporter
FutureWeek
Mimmo Palmieri
Founder
MIMMS
Agenda
8.15am
Breakfast & Networking
9.00am
Presentation
Welcome & Introduction
Vincent Flood, Executive Editor, Futureweek
9.10am
Presentation
AI & Ad Trading: In Conversation with Brian O'Kelley, CEO, Scope3
Brian O’Kelley, CEO & Co-Founder, Scope3 Vincent Flood, Executive Editor, FutureWeek
9.40am
Panel
The Data Foundations of AI Advertising: Training, Targeting and Trust
Sharon Braude, Group Director Marketing Technology, Virgin Active Miryem Salah, Director Digital Data & Transformation, VodafoneThree Phil Jackson, Global Digital Marketing Effectiveness, Haleon Serena Haththotuwa, Senior Reporter, FutureWeek (Moderator)
10.10am
Fireside Chat
In Conversation with Lyndsay Weir, Chief Analytics and Insight, Barilla Group
Brand Discovery in Chatbots: Search, Ads and the High-Intent Consumer
Lidewij van den Ham,SVP Consumer Acquisition and Engagement, Mastercard Europe Xanthe Pickford-Avery, Head of Search, the7stars Jill Lloyd, Director of Communications, TAU Marketing Solutions (Moderator)
11.00am
Coffee Break
11.20am
pANEL
Reimagining the Agency Value Proposition in the Age of AI
Ben Gott, President – Data & Technology, Dentsu Jonathan Whiteside, Global EVP of Technology, DEPT Alexis Faulkner, Client Transformation Lead, WPP Media Matt Salmon, VP, Advertiser Solutions, EMEA, PubMatic (Moderator)
11.50am
Presentation
Understanding the IAB Tech Lab's AI Protocols and their Impact
Shailley Singh, EVP, Product & COO, IAB Tech Lab
12.10pm
FIRESIDE CHAT
In Conversation with NVIDA: Matt Groshong on AI's Industry Impact
Matt Groshong, Business Development Director, NVIDIA
12.30pm
pANEL
Agentic Commerce: The Zero-Click Customer Journey
James Galland, Head of Commerce, VML Brad Blackmon, Global Client Lead, Publicis Groupe Mohsen Ghasempour, Chief AI Officer, Kingfisher Serena Haththotuwa, Senior Reporter, FutureWeek (Moderator)
1.00pm
Lunch
2.00pm
Presentation
The AI Skills Dividend: Higher Wages, Better Jobs, More Opportunities?
Fabian Stephany, Assistant Professor in AI & Work, Oxford Internet Institute, Oxford University
2.20pm
Panel
People, Pilots & Prompts: The Do's & Don'ts of Enterprise AI Initiatives
Qaiser Bachani, Consumer Experience Lead, Europe & Global Brands, Mondelēz International Emily Winter, Commercial Operations Delivery Director, Global Hazem El Taha, Senior VP, Group Marketing Technology, HSBC Jon Block, Founder, Syllepsis (Moderator)
2.50pm
Coffee Break
3.10pm
Presentation
Adoption vs Implementation: Why We’re All Still Getting AI Wrong
Dr Alexandra Dobra-Kiel, Innovation & Strategy Director, Behave
3.40pm
Panel
Is Social Media’s ‘Sloppification’ Premium Media’s Opportunity?
Antonia John, Global Account Director, CNN International Commercial Cameron Armstrong, Addressable Director, VCCP Matt Barash, Chief Commercial Officer, Nova Studio Mimmo Palmieri, Founder, MIMMS (Moderator)
4.10pm
Networking Drinks
Partners
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