Digiday Media Buying Summit

March 4-6, 2024 || Nashville, TN

As we enter 2024, agencies are adapting to a set of new and changing industry challenges. But it’s also a time of tremendous opportunity. Social channels are teeming with life, humor and agency culture seems to be changing for the better. Commerce is taking center stage and Retail Media Networks are expanding. Meanwhile, Web3 is still finding its footing, while traditional channels like B2B marketing reestablish their importance in the marketing ecosystem.

Join us at Digiday’s Media Buying Summit as we discuss the trials and successes of navigating these turbulent but nutrient-rich waters.

Speakers

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    Hanny AliMEDIA.MONKSHEAD OF CONSULTING AND MARKETING TRANSFORMATION
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    Mike BagliebterMICROSOFT ADVERTISING DIRECTOR OF SALES
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    Bartosz BieleckiZEROPARK CMO
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    Romano BottiniTATARICLIENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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    Kenley BradstreetQUIZLETHEAD OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
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    Neill BurtonZEROPARK DIRECTOR OF KEY ACCOUNTS
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    Crystal FooteDigital Remedy Executive Director Sales and Head of Multicultural Solutions
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    Alvin GlayRESPONSE MEDIACHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
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    Jim GraceZEROPARK VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
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    Amit GroverQUIZLETHEAD OF DEMAND PARTNERSHIPS
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    Dave KerseyGSD&MCHIEF MEDIA OFFICER
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    Sean FaellaTATARI CLIENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
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    Ryan HermanMARCUS THOMASMEDIA DIRECTOR
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    Lindsey HollanderPMGPROGRAMMATIC LEAD
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    Maggie HudecLOOPMESENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE
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    Marie La FranceBILLION DOLLAR BOYVP OF GROWTH
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    Noam KorinOVERWOLF VP OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS
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    Andrea KwiatekGOODWAY GROUP DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS
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    Desiree Marchetti RussellTRADE SCHOOLDIRECTOR, INFLUENCER MARKETING PROGRAM STRATEGY
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    Dennis MaxwellZENNI OPTICALSENIOR DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE MARKETING
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    Ted McNultyADDAPTIVEVP, SALES
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    Amanda MooreiPROSPECTCHIEF GROWTH OFFICER
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    Dave MorganSIMULMEDIAEXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
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    James NordFOHRCEO
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    Sherine PatrickOPS SHOPMEDIA STRATEGY LEAD ADVISOR
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    Eric PerkoAPOLLO PARTNERSFOUNDER & CEO
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    Alexander PottsTOMBRASSVP, PROGRAMMATIC & MEDIA LEAD
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    Dave RaggioINTUITVP, INTUIT SMB MEDIALABS
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    Jonathon ReillyAKKIOCEO & CO-FOUNDER
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    Leah SallenVML COMMERCESVP, MEDIA
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    Brad SimmsGALE PARTNERSPRESIDENT & CEO
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    Shahar SorekOVERWOLFCHIEF MARKETING OFFICER
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    Meredith TehanCOGNITIVSVP, SALES
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    Albert ThompsonWALTON ISAACSONMANAGING DIRECTOR DIGITAL INNOVATION
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    Maria TullinHORIZONSVP, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUDIO & PODCAST STRATEGY
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    Kyle WaxmanSILVERPUSHEVP, NORTH AMERICA
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    Patrick WilliamsCHANNEL FACTORY DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST SALES
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    Graham WilkinsonKINESSOCHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER
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    Yin Woon RaniMILKPEPCEO
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Agenda

1:30 p.m. CST
Registration Opens
Great Room Foyer
2:00 p.m. CST
Opening Remarks & Key Trends
Great Room

Join us as we open the event and go over key trends.

2:10 p.m. CST
The Future of Identity in 2024

As the industry grapples with data deprecation, new privacy regulations and cookie alternatives, what does identity look like for marketing in 2024? We’ll delve into how agencies are navigating the new landscape, how identity intersects with various types of AI, and how marketers are addressing identity to accelerate their media decisioning. We’ll also address data strategies, contextual targeting, performance versus brand marketing, and what the death of cookies means for media buying.

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Amanda Moore

CHIEF GROWTH OFFICER

iPROSPECT

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Moderator
Marty Swant
2:30 p.m. CST
Mastering SPO in the Digital Advertising Maze

Supply Path Optimization (SPO) turns complexity into efficiency and transparency in the advertising supply chain. We’ll explore strategies for selecting the right SSPs, maximizing ROI, and fostering strong partnerships, ensuring that every advertising dollar is spent wisely. This session promises insights into maintaining a competitive edge with SPO, setting the stage for a more efficient, transparent future in advertising. Join us to navigate the future of digital advertising with clarity and confidence.

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Mike Bagliebter

DIRECTOR OF SALES

MICROSOFT ADVERTISING

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Andrea Kwiatek

DIRECTOR, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS

GOODWAY GROUP

2:40 p.m. CST
Corporate In-Housing vs Agency Resourcing

Three years ago, brands took a huge risk in beginning to bring a lot of advertising solutions in-house, but what happened? As we continue to navigate this new world of consumers, brands have had to steer a course that encompasses these challenges on top of digital’s quickly shifting landscape. When brands need to turn back to agency partners, is this the end of in-housing?

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Hanny Ali

HEAD OF CONSULTING AND MARKETING TRANSFORMATION

MEDIA.MONKS

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Dennis Maxwell

SENIOR DIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE MARKETING

ZENNI OPTICAL

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Moderator
Michael Bürgi
3:00 p.m. CST
TV Convergence: from Fragmentation to Fusion

Simulmedia Executive Chairman Dave Morgan urges industry leaders to embrace converged TV, highlighting its seamless integration from the consumer’s perspective. He addresses critical challenges: fragmentation, fit, and fluency, emphasizing over-frequency and audience targeting issues. Morgan offers a playbook approach, encouraging collaborative solutions. Attendees leave prepared to navigate converged TV’s evolving landscape, eager for innovative strategies that transcend cross-channel and cross-walled-garden.

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Dave Morgan

EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN

SIMULMEDIA

3:15 p.m. CST
What’s Driving the Rise of Influencer Agencies

Hear from a panel of agencies in the influencer marketing space. As social media channels continue to grow, influencer agencies often find themselves facing metric challenges, greater competition and a variety of platforms. Some of these agencies have recently expanded their U.S. operations as they scale to more global clients. How do they plan to keep growing?

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Marie La France

VP OF GROWTH

BILLION DOLLAR BOY

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Desiree Marchetti Russell

DIRECTOR, INFLUENCER MARKETING PROGRAM STRATEGY

TRADE SCHOOL

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James Nord

CEO

FOHR

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Moderator
Antoinette Siu
3:35 p.m. CST
Exploring the Soft Rebundle

We explore the ways in which media and creative are coming back together in this conversation. For agencies, newer areas of focus, from attention metrics to retail media networks, are forcing them to think about both sides of advertising. A great ad that isn’t seen by the right people is just as useless as a fantastic media placement that showcases terrible advertising.

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Dave Kersey

CHIEF MEDIA OFFICER

GSD&M

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Moderator
Antoinette Siu
4:00 p.m. CST
Town Hall and Challenge Board
Strategy Room

Agencies only.

Join this open and honest discussion to delve into the challenges and opportunities in the industry. This discussion will be conducted under Chatham House Rules and will begin with Digiday’s exclusive research and its’ infamous Challenge Board.

 

Sandboxes:

4:35: Cognitiv – Breaking the Mold: AI’s Role in Enabling Business Outcomes

4:45: Channel Factory: Providing Modern Media Solutions for Modern Media Challenges

4:55: Addaptive Intelligence: Leverage offline data for more accurate, scalable, and transparent campaigns

5:05: Quizlet: Foster Brand Love with the Next Generation

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Meredith Tehan

SVP, SALES

COGNITIV

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Ted McNulty

VP, SALES

ADDAPTIVE

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Kenley Bradstreet

HEAD OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS

QUIZLET

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Amit Grover

HEAD OF DEMAND PARTNERSHIPS

QUIZLET

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Patrick Williams

DIRECTOR OF SOUTHEAST SALES

CHANNEL FACTORY

5:15 p.m. CST
VIP Welcome Reception

By invitation only.

5:30 p.m. CST
8 Minute Meetings
Great Room

Round 1!
The 8-Minute Meetings are designed to help connect participants with innovative technology platforms and build valuable business relationships.

6:30 p.m. CST
Cocktail Reception
Terrace

Join us for a cocktail to wrap day one of the summit. Open to all.

7:30 p.m. CST
Dinner with Strangers
Carne Mare inside the W

Don’t have dinner plans? Join other event attendees for a lively dinner + drinks. Digiday has made a reservation for the group. Please note that costs are at your own discretion.

9:00 p.m. CST
After Hours Hangout
8:30 a.m. CST
Breakfast & Registration Open
Floor 2, Strategy Room
9:00 a.m. CST
Welcome Back
Floor 2, Great Room
9:05 a.m. CST
Eliminating Bias in Media Buying

While our industry has placed greater emphasis around investing in and supporting minority-owned, operated and targeted media companies, our advertising ecosystem is in need of a sustainable infrastructure chain – one that removes legacy barriers to equitable financial opportunity and fair representation of underserved and ethnically diverse suppliers. Brands who have the right tools, information, partners and technology to understand how best to align marketer values with the audiences they need to serve will win. In this session, hear a leading agency executive explore implicit bias that lives within the programmatic ecosystem and provide some best practices to ensure all stakeholders are accountable to ensuring the right media vendors are considered and not eliminated.

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Alvin Glay

CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER

RESPONSE MEDIA

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Sherine Patrick

MEDIA STRATEGY LEAD ADVISOR

OPS SHOP

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Albert Thompson

MANAGING DIRECTOR DIGITAL INNOVATION

WALTON ISAACSON

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Moderator
Michael Bürgi
9:35 a.m. CST
LoopMe & Marcus Thomas Unpack Data, AI and Improved Customer Experience

Data and AI are at the forefront of every brand marketers’ mind. This fireside chat with leading AI technology company LoopMe and its agency client Marcus Thomas will unpack how AI is being applied to advertising to synthesize data more effectively, bring efficiency to the advertising ecosystem and ultimately improve customer experience.

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Maggie Hudec

SENIOR ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE

LOOPME

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Ryan Herman

MEDIA DIRECTOR

MARCUS THOMAS

9:50 a.m. CST
Clear Budgets for Blurred Lines

We’ll talk about developing strategies for testing and expanding ad spends across new formats across audio, mixed reality, gaming, generative search and new video formats. We’ll also talk about identifying new audiences and deepening existing one through contextual campaigns and new forms of addressable media across a fragmented ecosystem.

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Maria Tullin

SVP, MANAGING DIRECTOR, AUDIO & PODCAST STRATEGY

HORIZON

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Moderator
Marty Swant
10:10 a.m. CST
How Brands are Owning Gamers’ Memorable Moments

Once seen as a niche vertical to reach young male-focused audiences, gaming is now bigger than the music and film industries combined, spanning every age, gender, income, and occupation you could think of. In this session, Overwolf uncovers the work they do with brands like Dr. Pepper, P&G, Monster Energy and KFC to reach diverse audiences inside the world’s biggest games in a simple, cost-effective, and impactful way.

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Noam Korin

VP OF BRAND PARTNERSHIPS

OVERWOLF

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Shahar Sorek

CHIEF MARKETING OFFICER

OVERWOLF

10:25 a.m. CST
Smart Investment Moves: Making the Most of Retail Media

While the world was waking up to the power of retail media, Intuit, the global financial technology company that makes QuickBooks and Mailchimp, launched SMB MediaLabs. A new retail media network that focuses exclusively on the often overlooked small business community. Join Dave Raggio, Vice President, Intuit SMB MediaLabs, and CEO and Founder of Apollo Partners, Eric Perko, to unpack why integrating small businesses into the retail media ecosystem can drive results and reach specific and hard to reach audiences.

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Eric Perko

FOUNDER & CEO

APOLLO PARTNERS

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Dave Raggio

VP, INTUIT SMB MEDIALABS

INTUIT

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Moderator
Michael Bürgi
10:45 a.m. CST
Prompting New Products

How are agencies navigating the pace of technological change? We’ll talk strategies for building, testing and pitching internal products related to AI, cookie alternatives and other types of tech.

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Graham Wilkinson

CHIEF INNOVATION OFFICER

KINESSO

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Moderator
Marty Swant
11:00 a.m. CST
Making More Effective Use of Media Dollars

This session brings agency- and client-side insights into how best to leverage working media dollars in a changed media environment. How are modern brands using media budgets to create experiences and entertainment, rather than just push boring ads no one cares about?

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Yin Woon Rani

CEO

MILKPEP

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Brad Simms

PRESIDENT & CEO

GALE PARTNERS

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Moderator
Michael Bürgi
11:20 a.m. CST
Coffee & Networking Break
11:35 a.m. CST
Town Hall

Agencies only.
Join this open and honest discussion to delve into the challenges and opportunities in the industry. This discussion will be conducted under Chatham House Rules and will begin with Digiday’s exclusive research and its’ infamous Challenge Board.

We’ll come up with solutions to some of the key challenges discussed on Day 1.

Sandboxes:
12:05: Silverpush: 5 Things agencies need to know about how AI impacts video targeting

12:15: Akkio -How to Pull Ahead in the AI Data Arms Race

12:25: Digital Remedy – Connecting Linear and CTV: A Converged TV Love Story

12:35: Tatari: The Future is Convergent TV: Maximizing Impact with Tatari

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Romano Bottini

CLIENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

TATARI

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Sean Faella

CLIENT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER

TATARI

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Crystal Foote

Executive Director Sales and Head of Multicultural Solutions

Digital Remedy

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Jonathon Reilly

CEO & CO-FOUNDER

AKKIO

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Kyle Waxman

EVP, NORTH AMERICA

SILVERPUSH

12:45 p.m. CST
Lunch
Floor 2, Strategy Room
12:45 p.m. CST
360 Workshop with Zeropark: How commerce media redefines the advertising industry in 2024
Studio 1

Invite only

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Bartosz Bielecki

CMO

ZEROPARK

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Neill Burton

DIRECTOR OF KEY ACCOUNTS

ZEROPARK

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Jim Grace

VP OF BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

ZEROPARK

1:15 p.m. CST
Afternoon Activities

Use this time to get some fresh air, catch up on emails or take a quick nap. We’ll see you back at the conference at 6pm.

5:30 p.m. CST
8 Minute Meetings
Great Room

Round 2!
The 8-Minute Meetings are designed to help connect participants with innovative technology platforms and build valuable business relationships.

6:30 p.m. CST
Cocktail Reception
Terrace

Cocktails provided by Emerald. 

Join us for a cocktail to wrap day two of the summit. Open to all.

7:30 p.m. CST
Dinner with Friends
The Restaurant W Nashville

Don’t have dinner plans? Join other event attendees for a lively dinner + drinks. Digiday has made a reservation for the group. Please note that costs are at your own discretion.

9:00 p.m. CST
After Hours Hangout
8:30 a.m. CST
Breakfast
Floor 2, Strategy Room

Breakfast will be served courtesy of Digdiay.

9:00 a.m. CST
Welcome Back
Floor 2, Great Room Foyer
9:05 a.m. CST
Programmatic Panel

In this session we’ll dive into all things programmatic, especially the death of the 3p cookie.

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Lindsey Hollander

PROGRAMMATIC LEAD

PMG

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Alexander Potts

SVP, PROGRAMMATIC & MEDIA LEAD

TOMBRAS

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Moderator
Marty Swant
9:35 a.m. CST
Creativity is the Key to Unlocking Exponential Retail Media Growth

The explosion of retail media networks has upended what’s possible in media, from new tools, touch points and ad formats. Attracting more brand dollars, we’re seeing drastic shifts in spend as marketers seek to find consumers where they are. Easily overlooked is the need to bring creativity and intelligence together to properly leverage retail media opportunities, both online and in-store. This conversation will showcase how all those elements come together to drive results for clients looking for performative payoff while also lifting up brand awareness.

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Leah Sallen

SVP, MEDIA

VML COMMERCE

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Moderator
Michael Bürgi
10:00 a.m. CST
Closing Remarks & Key Takeaways

Hear a summary and key takeaways from 3 days of content.

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W Nashville

300 12th Avenue South Nashville
TN 37203

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  • • Networking functions including meals, cocktail receptions, attendee activities and more
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