2026 AGENDA

CENTERSTAGE | 5TH FLOOR
EXCHANGE 1 & 2 | 4TH FLOOR

MORNING

  • Check in at registration and enjoy breakfast while networking.

  • Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

    Conor McKenna
    Partner, LUMA

  • Marta Martinez
    Managing Director, Google

    Pooja Midha
    EIR, LUMA

  • Benji Shomair
    Head of Monetization, OpenAI

    Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

  • Bruce Buchanan
    CEO & Co-Founder Rokt

    Conor McKenna
    Partner, LUMA

  • Nicolle Pangis
    VP, Advertising, Netflix

    Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

  • Connect and Collaborate.

  • AI is disrupting advertising across creative, content, media, and analytics.
    At this inflection point, what does it take to innovate at scale?

    Shourya Agarwal
    CEO & Founder, Flam

    John Hoctor
    CEO & Co-Founder, Newton Research

    Hari Valiyath
    CBO & Co-Founder, Pixis

    Ramsey McGrory (Moderator)
    Advisor, Gallatin Labs

  • CTV Ad Tech has never been more strategic. From performance and ad serving to formats and measurement, the rules are being rewritten. Who stands to win?

    Philip Inghelbrecht
    CEO & Co-Founder, Tatari

    Serge Matta
    President, Global Ad Sales, LG Ad Solutions

    Vinny Rinaldi
    VP, Client Strategy & Growth, The Trade Desk

    Pooja Midha (Moderator)
    EIR, LUMA

  • As marketers focus on decisioning and outcomes, knowing what actually works becomes paramount. Can advances in attribution, incrementality, and measurement finally deliver the answers?

    Armen Adjemian
    CEO & Co-Founder, DISQO

    Alvin Bowles
    Chief Client Officer, Kantar

    Henry Innis
    CEO & Co-Founder, Mutinex

    Shiv Gupta (Moderator)
    CEO & Founder, U of Digital

  • The rise of supply-side decisioning coincides with AI’s growing ability to optimize inventory and signals at scale. As intelligence moves closer to the impression, how will the balance of power between buyers and sellers shift?

    Andy Batkin
    CEO & Founder, Duration Media

    Josh Metzger
    Interim CEO, OpenX

    Jim Payne
    CEO, CloudX

    Ari Paparo (Moderator)
    CEO & Contributor, Marketecture

AFTERNOON

  • As consumers shift from searching and navigating to consuming, reading, and executing on AI-generated platforms, the rules for brand discovery, consumer experience, and publisher monetization are being rewritten.

    Kirthiga Ready
    CEO & Co-Founder, OptimizeGEO

    Alex Sherman
    CEO & Co-Founder, Bluefish

    Brian Stempeck
    CEO & Co-Founder, Evertune AI

    Lou Paskalis (Moderator)
    CEO & Founder, AJL Advisory

  • AI’s greatest impact on advertising may be its ability to improve decisioning and predict outcomes. How will this newfound level of intelligence change the marketing and advertising technology stack and the dynamics across technology partners?

    Ido Wiesenberg
    CEO & Co-Founder, Voyantis

    Ana Milicevic (Moderator)
    Principal & Co-Founder, Sparrow Advisers

  • As creators become an increasingly powerful force in media and commerce, the lines between content, influence and advertising are blurring. How will technology, AI and new monetization models reshape the creator economy and bring true scalability?

    Michael Jaconi
    CEO & Founder, Button

    Jonathan Meyers
    CTO & Co-Founder, Agentio

    Moderator: Jamie Gutfreund
    CEO & Founder, Creator Vision

  • Commerce media continues to transform advertising by connecting consumer intent, transaction data and media activation. Now, with true fragmentation across 100s of new advertising destination and further expansion offsite, who will capture the value across the commerce ecosystem?

    Don Patrick
    CEO, Fluent

    Craig Galvin
    CRO, Rokt

  • Refresh and Network.

  • Andrew Casale
    CEO & President, Index Exchange

    Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

  • Mahi de Silva
    CSO & Co-Founder, Higgsfield

    Conor McKenna
    Partner, LUMA

  • Neil Vogel
    CEO, People Inc.

    Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

  • Carolyn Everson
    Senior Advisor, Disney

    Terry Kawaja
    CEO & Founder, LUMA

  • Cocktails, Connections, and Expanded Conversations.