Programmatic - IAB Europe

Programmatic Trends & Buzzword Predictions for 2023

Amy Mazzola — Tue, 06 Dec 2022 09:57:46 +0000

As we near the end of 2022, we asked IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading committee for their insights into what 2023 has in store for the programmatic industry. Will we be seeing similar developments from 2022? Will there be growth opportunities given the current economic current? And what buzzwords do industry folk think will hit the speaking circuits and industry publications? Take a look below at the insights shared from European leaders across the Programmatic ecosystem.

What will 2023 have in store for the programmatic industry?

Nick Welch, Head of Programmatic, EMEA at IAS and Chair of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee - As businesses look at their ad budgets with greater scrutiny in the midst of economic uncertainty, so will marketers look to extract the maximum value from their media spend in 2023. A concerning macroeconomic picture can hit budgets hard, so there will be an increased focus on solutions that maximise the balance between efficiency and outcomes whilst respecting the privacy of consumers. According to a Statista study in 2021, 46.6% of consumers ‘strongly disagreed’ with the statement that they consented to cookies. With the advancements in privacy compliant technology including contextual targeting, and an increasing interest in consumer attention, these areas will be more and more appealing for programmatic advertisers. Marketers who can understand and capitalise on the interplay between quality media, contextual and real ROI will navigate economic headwinds and even turn them into tailwinds.

Ben Geach, Consultancy Lead at Google - Through 2022, the industry has heard loud and clear that as consumers manage more & more of their life online, their expectations of privacy have also increased. The time for brands to demonstrate ‘trust’ is now & advertising must go beyond the basics and what’s legally required to exceed people’s expectations around data privacy. Into 2023, I see European brands recognising strong privacy practices build brand loyalty & make a real difference to engaging with their customer base - perhaps with the adoption of the ‘3M’ approach - meaningful (demonstrating what users get in return for sharing data), memorable (remind users what data is shared & when) & manageable (provide simple tools to manage your data).

Wayne Tassie, Group Director, Integrated Solutions, DoubleVerify - In 2023, we will see further diversification of revenue across programmatic. As budgets remain cautious due to economic uncertainty, brands and investment teams may continue to pull back from historic 'Big Tech' investment in favour of precision-based, performance enhancing, sustainable programmatic technologies and algorithms. As a result, there will be a greater focus on innovation across the industry. For instance, attention - offering insights into metrics like exposure and engagement, encompassing audibility, quartile completion, screen touches, screen real estate and more - will increasingly replace viewability. Having this intel will be crucial for brands to optimise ad campaigns moving forward. Attention metrics will make great strides next year as a mid-funnel solution that will fuel the halo effect feeding into lower-funnel programmatic attribution. Privacy regulations and the deprecation of cookies will undoubtedly accelerate the shift towards attention as the industry’s new currency. However, the shift isn’t only reactive but grows out of verification solutions. Advances in verification have improved transparency and measurement, in turn improving the baseline for media quality. Once quality has been established, measuring attention is the next step in understanding how campaigns will perform - helping to not only optimise, but protect media buys.

John Wittesaele, Global CEO at Xaxis - The advertising industry will see multichannel campaigns evolve as advertisers unlock true omnichannel capabilities. Whereas multichannel lets buyers reach consumers across screens, omnichannel strategies fill in the missing links between screens and platforms so that advertisers can purchase inventory, make in-flight optimisations, and measure performance in a unified way. This means advertisers can effectively frequency cap their campaigns across channels to reduce wastage and maximise their ad budgets, while also improving relevance for audiences. Omnichannel capabilities let advertisers fluidly adjust which channels they direct their budget towards in real time, boosting efficiency and supporting a test-and-learn mindset. Advertisers can then invest in the channel mix that best delivers against their objectives, ensuring all components of a campaign work together to exceed the sum of their parts.

Krzysztof Lis, Partnerships & Consultancy Expert, Yieldbird) - We expect further increase of demand for every non-standard ad formats, which exceed the standard, flat display ad formats. This trend is much stronger than in previous years and includes formats like "page takeover", intrusive display creatives and audio ads. In terms of transaction types, we expect that the demand for private auctions is going to decrease, and expect the campaigns to be moved to preferred and programmatic guaranteed deals, but also to the open exchange. In terms of the inventory availability, we see that more and more publishers start selling their impressions on the programmatic market and expect to generate additional revenue this way. However, due to the increased competition for the campaigns, simply being present there would not be enough, and the publishers must offer some unique, incremental value for advertisers, which is not available there.

Amanda Cohrs, Global Head of Programmatic Consultancy, ShowHeroes - With the growing diversity of formats and solutions in Connected TV, Audio, DooH, and InGame, it is expected that composite approaches are needed to meet audience’s cross channel. Together with this omnichannel approach, it’s fundamental that technical standards and clear guidelines must be established and implemented across the board. Reaching audiences in a privacy-safe way has already brought alternative identifier solutions front and center on the adtech side, while contextual solutions are now becoming more attractive and necessary pieces to the cookieless puzzle for buyers and sellers. And last but not least, sustainability is no longer a “nice to have”. Sustainable practices are becoming interwoven in every major component of advertising and how digital media companies are evolving their business.

Ionut Ciobotaru, Chief Product Officer (co-CEO), Verve Group - If 2022 pushed horizons on consolidation and efficiency, then 2023 will be focused more on performance and holistic measurement. We believe that publishers will be looking for more controls and ways to increase the value of their inventory through seller-defined audiences, cohorts and enhanced creative units. We're expecting privacy enabling tech to grow from the toddler stage to a child, with greater focus on what Privacy Sandbox, Interoperable Private Attribution and others have to offer, and that there will be clear winners (and losers) as it relates to efforts such as universal identifiers. Lastly, we see performance and measurement being a big opportunity for CTV to become more widely utilized. Proving its value be hooks for largest digital screen in the household to continue to gain traction.

Piper Heitzler, Head of Growth, EMEA, Amobee - Over the past 3-5 years it was easy to categorise industry players into 4 quadrants, with "Linear" and "Digital" on the X axis and "Demand" and "Supply" on the Y axis. The peak trends of 2022: SVOD --> AVOD, retail media network proliferation, seller-defined audience strategies, etc illustrate how in 2023 we will see ad tech offerings pull closer to the centrepoint of this matrix – giving buyers and sellers a one-stop shop, end-to-end ecosystem for programmatic buying. With that said, we should gear up for a major year of consolidation as large players look to buy rather than build their own end-to-end stacks focused on delivering self-serve tools to advertisers, agencies, publishers and media owners alike.

David Bauckmann, CTO, ImpressionMedia - With the growing share of CTV, DOOH and programmatic audio advertising, more and more emphasis will be placed on controlling and evaluating these channels from one place in a holistic manner. At the same time, we expect more and more pressure to optimize the supply chain and the associated increase in all forms of programmatic deals and SPO optimization practices. Closely related to the supply chain issue is the topic of sustainability, which is sure to be highly debated in 2023. But we expect to see concrete steps in optimization more for economic reasons.

Frederic Lutt, VP Client Success, MediaMath - The year 2023 will mark a shift in a few topics that emerged in previous years: CTV buying will become more mainstream than ever in Europe. Previous years have been about building the ecosystem and the proposition on the publisher side. The entry of Netflix & Disney+, and advances from the FAST services like Samsung TV Plus will accelerate the evolution of buying behaviours from linear to connected TV. Measurement will improve. The two buying models will co-exist in 2023 and CTV will need to prove its advantages to the advertising industry. Another important topic for our industry and for the world is sustainability. All players in the programmatic advertising supply chain will need to do more to collectively achieve net zero. “Collectively” is an important word here as we all need to play our part if we want to be successful as an industry. Attention is another topic, which can be linked to sustainability and will rightly gain traction in 2023. Advertisers and their agencies will continue to focus on identity and prepare for a cookieless future. We will continue to talk about the metaverse, but I feel that it will still be too early by the end of 2023 to have a strong offering to advertise in metaverses. In-gaming advertising will continue to evolve and pave the way for metaverse strategies.

María Ramiro, HUAWEI Ads Head of Business Development Europe - As a Technology Company with innovation as our heart, cutting- edge technologies will contribute to the development of AdTech as to expand into the whole value chain on programmatic advertising. Integrating hardware & software will continue bringing key opportunities for first party data strategies, automation, as well as a more integrated consumer personalized experiences. In an uncertain social & macroeconomic situation, Innovation & Diversification will be key for advertisers and publishers looking for cost- effective solutions.

Austin Scott, Head of Video Marketplace Development. Xandr - Exciting changes have been a staple of this year within the digital video world and I expect to see this continue through 2023. New entrants at local market level are driving the progress and digitalisation of the TV space, while disruption, led by media owners, is contributing to rapid transformations. As consumer expectations and habits constantly evolve, the phrase ‘content is King’ could not be truer; automation and programmatic technology will become invaluable to marketers’ success. The flexibility of digital and the number of platforms through which viewers can access content is increasing, meaning brands must work even harder to reach them. However, the big budgets of studios and the costs of high-quality content creation is competitive. In the current economic climate, creators and viewers alike are looking at ways to cut back on costs. As such, savvy media owners are looking to advertising as a way to generate revenue for new content and lower costs for their audience. We are seeing big players lean into new ad supported subscription models to meet consumer demand as an effective way to make their content more accessible for all. Next year, I anticipate the biggest shift coming through the programmatic buying of Connected TV as broadcasters and media owners lean further into this offering recognising its’ benefits of supporting effective ad targeting and frequency management across premium environments.

Augustin Decré, Managing Director - Southern Europe, Index Exchange - Evolving economic concerns have wide-ranging implications for the future of our industry, but the good news is that there are still bright spots and significant opportunities ahead. One of the largest opportunities still lies in consumer trust, and how we’ll come together as an industry to build mechanisms allowing consumers to be confident while navigating the web. In today’s increasingly digital world, there’s an ongoing movement to give consumers more transparency and control over their personal data. We’ve seen this play out over the last decade, with rapid developments to phase out the third-party cookie. Luckily, tech platforms can move with greater speed than governments and can have a more decisive impact in innovating to solve the root issues in privacy and advertising. 2023 will be the year of action, with media owners and marketers leaning into innovation to help perfect alternative solutions and ensure the ecosystem can continue to monetise and reach new audiences no matter the screen.

2023 buzzword prediction:

Nick Welch, Head of Programmatic, EMEA at IAS and Chair of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee - Attention-related

Ben Geach, Consultancy Lead at Google - Privacy By Design

Wayne Tassie, Group Director, Integrated Solutions, DoubleVerify - Technogenesis; relating to the maturity of the programmatic ecosystem and the evolution of its infrastructure to accommodate emerging buying/trading models.

John Wittesaele, Global CEO at Xaxis - Omnichannel, Fluidity, Flexibility

Krzysztof Lis, Partnerships & Consultancy Expert, Yieldbird) - CTV, DOOH, programmatic guaranteed, content to speech, vCPM, vCPV (viewable Cost-Per-View).

Amanda Cohrs, Global Head of Programmatic Consultancy, ShowHeroes - ○ Contextual targeting. Supply path transparency. CTV. Audibility. Netflix. Omnichannel. Sustainability. SaaS. OpenPath

Ionut Ciobotaru, Chief Product Officer (co-CEO), Verve Group - Zero-party cookies. "Sustainabull"--the idea that ad-tech companies are creating sustainable efforts that are either not measurable or merely headlines for press releases. "Ad-tech immersion"--going deep to know the utilization of one's ad-tech experiences.

Piper Heitzler, Head of Growth, EMEA, Amobee - Vertical integration: owning every step of the content creation, distribution and monetisation workflow.

David Bauckmann, CTO, ImpressionMedia - Supply chain / Supply path. Sustainability. CTV. Holistic

Frederic Lutt, VP Client Success, MediaMath - Metaverse. Sustainability & Attention. CTV

María Ramiro, HUAWEI Ads Head of Business Development Europe - On one side, some keywords that we have been hearing, will still be trending: “Quality Traffic & brand safety”, “Identity” (First Party Data, Contextual targeting, and others), “Omnichannel strategies”. On the other side, 5G, AI & Connected Devices development, that will generate new buzzwords such as “cross device advertising”, referring to the possibility to either use the data of the connected devices for a precise targeting strategy, or start delivering ads into new devices such as smartwatches, connected cars, etc. A completely new area that could be subject to pilot cases in the next.

Austin Scott, Head of Video Marketplace Development. Xandr - Carbon conscious media – sustainability is finally earning its place as top of mind, influencing the decision makers like never before. Consumers are looking to brands to make sustainability a part of their daily lives and are consequently spending more on brands that share their values. Since technology is one of the largest contributors to carbon emissions, it is even more critical that marketers evaluate their partners. Tech partners are going to be held accountable and an expectation for us all to be ‘carbon conscious’ will be more and more a part of our daily lives.

Augustin Decré, Managing Director - Southern Europe, Index Exchange - Privacy, CTV, Addressability.

Sum up 2022 in one or two words:

Nick Welch, Head of Programmatic, EMEA at IAS and Chair of IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee - Efficiencies and Outcomes

Ben Geach, Consultancy Lead at Google - Innovation through change.

Wayne Tassie, Group Director, Integrated Solutions, DoubleVerify - A mixed-bag.

John Wittesaele, Global CEO at Xaxis - You’re on Mute (Still).

Krzysztof Lis, Partnerships & Consultancy Expert, Yieldbird) - Unpredictability (the war in Ukraine caused a huge increase of impressions, but some advertisers wanted to exclude content related to the war, on the other hand, a lot of publishers wanted to cease cooperation with advertisers that support Russia, also some demand providers wanted to cease cooperation with publishers from Russia).

Amanda Cohrs, Global Head of Programmatic Consultancy, ShowHeroes - Gaining momentum.

Ionut Ciobotaru, Chief Product Officer (co-CEO), Verve Group - Privacy (Re) Redefined

Piper Heitzler, Head of Growth, EMEA, Amobee - "In-person". It's been great to get everyone out of their homes and back to the office, industry events and live meetings.

Frederic Lutt, VP Client Success, MediaMath - New Reality.

María Ramiro, HUAWEI Ads Head of Business Development Europe - Saturation & Diversification.

Austin Scott, Head of Video Marketplace Development. Xandr - “What a ride!” 2022 was a great year for programmatic as the kinetic energy that had been building up all through 2020/2021 came into the mainstream. Programmers and broadcasters launched private marketplaces, FAST apps and new digital offerings focused on automation. However, emerging from a pandemic and with current world events having such huge impacts on consumers' lives, from ongoing situations in Ukraine and Iran to the cost of living crisis, we need to adapt our focus to keep pace with what’s important for the end consumer. Amidst financial uncertainty, advertisers will need to consider more than just basic sales figures as measurement for success. For the first year ‘post-pandemic’ we had a lot to do, but really the changes have only just begun and I’m curious to see what innovation and long-standing transformation comes out of this as a result. One thing is certain though, the TV revolution will be televised.

Augustin Decré, Managing Director - Southern Europe, Index Exchange - Innovation - economic uncertainty, will drive new thinking and further developments in our industry

Xaxis and IAB Europe Programmatic Audio Advertising Report

Bjorn Bojen — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 23:00:00 +0000

The Xaxis (in association with IAB Europe) Programmatic Audio Advertising Report highlights that the future of programmatic audio advertising looks bright across Europe. Publisher/Media Owners expressed that they want to enhance their offer, improve user experience and increase advertising revenue.

The study asked respondents about advertising in radio, podcast and streamed environments, drivers and barriers to programmatic audio investment, stakeholder knowledge of programmatic audio and the metrics used to evaluate programmatic audio campaigns.

John Wittesaele, EMEA President at Xaxis, says: “We’re buoyed by the confidence that buy-side stakeholders will very likely plan to increase programmatic audio spend in the near future, although there is work to be done to educate.”

IAB Europe’s Chief Economist, Daniel Knapp, agrees that “Programmatic audio is still at a nascent stage but growing quickly. Innovative European companies, both those with a history in radio and online streaming, are helping to drive growth.”

Download the full report below:

Event Recording: Virtual Programmatic Day H1 2019

Bjorn Bojen — Sun, 12 May 2019 23:00:00 +0000

On 9^th May 2019, IAB Europe hosted its industry famous, Virtual Programmatic Day (VPD).

The VPD brings together industry experts and thought-leaders to explore the latest trends, drivers and barriers impacting programmatic trading in Europe. It’s one of the largest virtual events in the programmatic world, with global leaders and experts dialling in to discuss and debate the hottest topics! All participating speakers sit on IAB Europe’s Programmatic Trading Committee, to help educate, shape and inform the industry on the latest programmatic news and developments.

Hosted at Verizon Media’s studios by Simon Halstead, Chair of the Programmatic Trading Committee, the H1 2019 VPD had a packed agenda covering the following topics: the Development of Programmatic Audio Advertising in Europe; using Programmatic to power Creative Advertising and IAB Europe’s Transparency and Consent Framework 2.0. Over 380 people ‘virtually’ attended, and we had active participation through panel polls to ascertain the audience’s viewpoints throughout the sessions.

If you missed the legendary VPD, or would like to listen again, you can watch the full recording here.

Get involved

If you are interested in joining IAB Europe’s Programmatic Committee or speaking at the next VPD, please email Marie-Clare, IAB Europe’s Business Programmes Manager.

Speakers

Lucia Mastromauro - VP Global Agency Development, Adform

Lucia Mastromauro joined Adform as Vice President of Global Agencies.

She arrived from her position as MD Advertising at video game developer King, prior to which she had extensive experience as Head of Sales, Account Management and Network Agencies at Google's DoubleClick, and was the Interactive Marketing Manager at eBay.

Thomas Adhumeau - Senior Associate General Counsel, Commercial & Privacy, AppNexus a Xandr Company

Thomas moved to London from Paris three years ago to become AppNexus’ first Europe based lawyer and has been supporting the company’s GDPR implementation efforts since then, as well as working with IAB Europe on the Transparency and Consent Framework.

David Goddard - Vice President, Global Programmatic Strategy, BBC Global News

David is the Vice President, Global Programmatic Strategy at BBC Global News and is responsible for the strategy and development of global programmatic advertising across the portfolio of BBC properties represented by Global News Limited

Prior to the BBC David was responsible for Programmatic Trading at Gumtree, Ebay inc, at the infancy of programmatic trading in the UK, setting up the Programmatic Direct offering in 2011.

David is also a Member for IAB Europe's Programmatic Trading Committee. IAB Europe's Programmatic Trading Committee aim to help Publishers, Agencies and Advertisers increase their understanding of the programmatic ecosystem and the impact it is having on digital advertising. The Committee will deliver a comprehensive pan-European programme of educational activities.

Lindsay Rowntree - Head of Content, ExchangeWire

Lindsay Rowntree is head of content at ExchangeWire, where her responsibilities include curating and developing content around emerging models and technology within programmatic, ad tech and martech, as well as growing the depth of content and reach of ExchangeWire’s global audience. Lindsay is also head of content for ExchangeWire’s sister publications; DTC Daily and TheGamingEconomy.

Having joined ExchangeWire in January 2016, she previously held the role of director of search, UK at Starcom MediaVest Group, where she spent six years, providing her with extensive experience in digital advertising, performance marketing, data, technology, client servicing and media planning/buying.

Julie Selman - Senior Director and Head of Demand Strategy, FreeWheel, a Comcast company

With more than 15 years experience in digital media and technology sales, Julie is well positioned to provide detailed insight to continue FreeWheel Markets’ efforts in empowering all segments of the new TV ecosystem. Her extensive career and ability to speak multiple European languages have enhanced Julie’s expertise to coordinate strategic alignment within the company, identify strategies to drive growth and deliver strong results for clients.

Prior to FreeWheel’s acquisition of the company in 2017, Julie served as Vice President EMEA Demand Sales, at StickyADS.tv. She has also worked as Head of Sales Italy for Vibrant Media and Country Manager UK for Qualifio and spearheaded demand sales at Taboola when it first opened offices in the UK. She has a BSc from the University of Amsterdam, an MSc from the London School of Economics, and an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan.

Townsend Feehan - CEO, IAB Europe

Townsend Feehan is CEO of IAB Europe. Prior to joining IAB Europe, Townsend worked for Microsoft Legal & Corporate Affairs in Brussels and ran EU industry associations in the ICT, consumer electronics and biotechnology sectors. She previously represented Microsoft on IAB Europe’s Board. Townsend has an M. Phil. in European policy from the University of Edinburgh.

Clementina Piaza - Programmatic Director EMEA, Integral Ad Science

Clementina Piazza is Programmatic Director for EMEA at Integral Ad Science. Her focus is to support and develop IAS programmatic offering for the region. Clementina comes to IAS having previously worked on the DSP side, the latest being Amazon Advertising Platform, working both across the UK and EMEA.

Liam Brennan - Global Director of Innovation, MediaCom

In his role at MediaCom, he is helping develop business & digital transformation agendas with some of MediaCom’s largest clients through the use data, technology and start-ups.

More recently, Liam has been developing and co-leading the global growth of the MediaCom BLINK offering – a new strategic initiative designed to help clients harness the marketing innovation opportunity technology offers. Over the past two years, the BLINK team has showcased over 200 tech companies and start-ups to MediaCom clients and worked on over 50 live projects.

Liam has previously led the digital strategy for brands such as The Coca-Cola Company, Adidas Group, ASOS, Red Bull and Airbnb.

Danielle Darko - Global Programmatic Associate Director, MediaCom

Danielle Darko is the Global Programmatic Associate Director for Shell at MediaCom. Prior to this, she was the Programmatic lead for GSK. In previous roles, Danielle has worked across PPC, social and programmatic – building strategies and executions to streamline globally in order to meet client expectations and beyond. She is proficient in a wide range of digital sectors and products. She is committed to improving transparency concerns in the industry and making programmatic easily accessible to marketers to better understand the value in the channel and the overarching digital landscape.

Stefan Hanloser - Vice-President, Data Protection Law, ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE.

Dr Stefan Hanloser is Vice-President, Data Protection Law at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE. Operating out of the company’s headquarter in Munich, Stefan oversees ProSiebenSat.1’s group-wide privacy legal program. Prior to joining ProSiebenSat.1, Stefan worked as Global Corporate Privacy Officer at Allianz Asset Management AG, the financial services holding of Allianz Group. Stefan has a background as an information technology lawyer with two international law firms in Munich, New York, and Washington, D.C.

Lisa Kalyuzhny - Senior Director, Advertising Solutions, PubMatic

Lisa is a business development and digital sales professional with international experience in ad tech and media. At PubMatic, she is responsible for driving the company’s key relationships with buy-side businesses, particularly agencies, trading desks, Demand Side Platforms and direct brands. Originally working for PubMatic in New York, she relocated to London two years ago to develop demand partnerships in the UK.

Prior to PubMatic she worked at IPG Mediabrands, managing digital media partnerships as well as agency relationships with the buying and planning teams nationally. She also spent over five years at Triton Media managing media clients domestically and internationally.

Lisa is also an active member of IAB Europe's Programmatic Trading Committee.

Valérie Latronche - Managing Director of France and Belgium, Rubicon Project

Based in Paris, Valérie Latronche is Managing Director of France and Belgium, spearheading the commercial strategy across these two key markets and working with buyers and sellers to increase adoption of Rubicon Project’s industry-leading technology platform. She reports directly to James Brown, Managing Director for EMEA.

Valérie brings more than 14 years of experience in the European digital advertising space, mostly spent on advising and helping premium Publishers with their digital monetisation strategies.

Prior to that, she was Publisher Development Director at La Place Media (now Audience Square), the first and largest Publisher Alliance, where she successfully managed relationships and drove revenue for the alliance’s growing portfolio of publishers and technology partners.

Her past roles also include Account Director at Rubicon Project and Sales Specialist on Performance and Targeting solutions at Microsoft Advertising.

Liv Eckhoff - Head of Ad Products, Schibsted Norway

Liv is head of Ad Products at Schibsted Norway. Her team is responsible for the company’s digital advertising portfolio and prices. This includes display, video and native advertising, as well as data targeting products, in both direct and programmatic sales channels.

She has been with Schibsted for four years. She came in as a Business Developer in the advertising department in Aftenposten, one of the largest publishers in Schibsted Norway’s portfolio, before she moved on to Schibsted Marketing Services, the central unit that develops and operates the digital ad portfolio. Among her responsibilities before she became head of the team, was native advertising and data targeting products.

Prior to joining Schibsted, Liv worked as a Management Consultant in EY for five years.

Edward Wale - Managing Director, UK and Spain, SpotX

Edward Wale is Managing Director, UK and Spain at SpotX, the leading video advertising platform unifying TV and digital video globally. In his current role, Wale manages a number of multinational teams responsible for working with SpotX’s demand partners and supply-side customers in the UK, Spain and emerging markets including Central and Eastern Europe. He joined SpotX in 2016 as Director of Platform Services and was promoted to Managing Director in September 2018.

Wale has eight years of digital advertising experience from companies including Videology and BrightRoll – which was acquired by Yahoo! in October 2014. He joined Videology in 2014 where he managed and developed publishers’ advertising strategy and prior to that, he worked with agencies, trading desks and independent platform clients at BrightRoll.

Andrew Buckman - COO, Global, Sublime

Andrew joined the leading solution for high-impact non-intrusive digital advertising, Sublime in May 2017 with 20 years’ experience in international internet environments and expertise in ad tech, search, start-up creations, and turnaround management in e-commerce and digital advertising.

He joined Sublime as the EMEA Managing Director and became Global Chief Operations Officer in April 2019, adding APAC and the Americas to his remit. In his role as COO

at Sublime, Andrew is instrumental in meeting growing global demand, forming strategic partnerships and promoting the adoption of new high-impact and nonintrusive ad solutions and technologies. One of his main missions is to drive future developments in key European markets such as Spain, Italy, Germany as well as in APAC and the Americas.

Amy China Wire - Head of Teads Studio UK, Teads

I joined Teads as part of the 2016 acquisition of Brainient.

I currently head up the UK Teads Studio operation and lead a talented team of creative strategists & designers.

As a studio, we are tasked with providing our clients with a range of creative solutions to ensure the best possible performance across a Teads media buy.

Hilary Umeh - Director of Business Development, The Trade Desk

Hilary is currently Director of Business Development at The Trade Desk, where he works collectively with client services and trading teams to cultivate accounts, build relationships with senior leadership teams client-side, and identify strategic upselling opportunities. Hilary also oversees the laydown of client roadmaps based on individual client needs, working closely with product, marketing and revenue teams to constantly optimise efforts in line with company goals.

Simon Halstead - Sr Director, Exchanges and Supply EMEA, Oath Ad Platforms, EMEA, Verizon Media. Chair of the Programmatic Trading Committee, IAB Europe

Simon is Chair of IAB Europe's Programmatic Trading Committee, and has been involved in the programmatic industry since 2011. In his role as Head of

Open Demand for Verizon Media, Simon leads sales efforts to Advertisers, Agencies and Independent buyers and technology partners working with Oath Programmatic Exchanges, working with teams in regional and in major EMEA markets.

Prior to Verizon Media, Simon worked at Microsoft and a number of Media buying agencies and Sales Houses.

Artur Semionov - Head of Client Solutions, EMEA, Xaxis

Artur joined Xaxis UK in 2015 to lead a team responsible for brand activations. His team ran one of the first few programmatic audio campaigns for Xaxis which set a foundation for further product development. After moving to Xaxis EMEA, Client Solution department in 2017, he took a responsibility for driving and testing new innovative solutions with local markets. For the last couple of years Artur has been heavily involved in programmatic audio roll-out in EMEA region.

IAB Europe Report: Attitudes to Digital Video Advertising

Bjorn Bojen — Tue, 16 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +0000

Now in its third year, the 2018 Attitudes to Digital Video Advertising report highlights that digital video is now an integral part of marketers’ advertising plans. Indeed, digital video is a key driver of the digital advertising market which is now worth €48bn in Europe.

The Attitudes to Digital Video Advertising survey was first developed by IAB Europe’s Video Task Force and Research Committee in 2016. The study asks advertisers, agencies and publishers from across Europe about their investment and revenue levels by device and format, their objectives and measurement needs, the trends they are seeing in inventory supply and cross-screen planning, and how they see their investment levels evolving in the future.

Xaxis and IAB Europe Programmatic Audio Survey - Take part for the opportunity to win an Interact pass and Amazon voucher

Bjorn Bojen — Mon, 15 Apr 2019 23:00:00 +0000

IAB Europe is collaborating with Xaxis to understand the adoption and development of Programmatic Audio Advertising in Europe. The deadline to take part in this survey is Friday 10 May.

We would like to invite European-based traditional radio planners, digital media planners, brands, agencies and publishers and media owners to take part.

All respondents have the opportunity to be entered into a prize draw to win 1 of 10 €100 Amazon vouchers. Respondents that complete the survey by Tuesday 23 April will have an additional opportunity to win a free pass to our Interact conference (4-5 June in Warsaw).

In this survey, we aim to understand the drivers, barriers and adoption of programmatic audio advertising as an option in a changing audio landscape across Europe.

The survey asks about advertising in radio, podcast and streamed environments including the following areas:

Drivers and barriers to programmatic audio investment
Stakeholder knowledge of programmatic audio
Metrics used to evaluate programmatic audio campaigns

Please pass on the survey to any relevant colleagues. Your response will be treated in the strictest confidence.

The results of this survey will be presented and discussed at Interact on 4-5 June. Interact is a must-attend conference for the digital advertising industry. For over 12 years, leading European advertisers, industry experts, agencies & media owners get inspired, meet, and share best practices. This year’s Interact will take place on 4-5 June in Warsaw, Poland and over 700 digital advertising leaders are expected.

IAB Europe Virtual Programmatic Day H1 2019 – Thursday 9 May 2019

Bjorn Bojen — Wed, 06 Mar 2019 00:00:00 +0000

IAB Europe Virtual Programmatic Day Agenda H1 2019The Virtual Programmatic Day brings together industry experts and thought-leaders to explore the latest trends, drivers and barriers impacting programmatic trading in Europe. It’s one of the largest virtual events in the programmatic world, with global leaders and experts dialling in to discuss and debate the hottest topics!

Key topics to be discussed include; the Development of Programmatic Audio Advertising in Europe; using Programmatic to power Creative Advertising and IAB Europe's Transparency and Consent Framework 2.0.

Register for the Virtual Programmatic Day here and download the agenda h ere.

Check out the recordings of previous versions here.