Posted by Interactive Minds
Starts
24 October, 2018
Ends
24 October, 2018
Location
Sydney
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Your Programmatic Journey

In October we have partnered up with Digital Gurus who will be co-hosting our AdTech Deep-dive: Your Programmatic Journey event.

Programmatic has hit the Australian market hard the last few years but does anyone know what it really means and how it could affect you?

With two-thirds (63%) of Australia’s digital advertising inventory across all devices now being bought through programmatic and data collected from over 2,000 websites (desktop, mobile, tablet) visited by Australians; automated and cost saving targeting has never been more prevalent.

At this event, we’re exploring what programmatic truly means and understanding the different journey’s businesses have faced in on-boarding and developing programmatic strategies within their framework and what exactly the journey looks like for them moving forward. Whether this is a client-side brand who are looking to bring programmatic execution in house, a tech company that are looking to consistently innovate new tech products to keep up with programmatic developments or how publishers are handling the advancement of automated buying; we will explore all directions and viewpoints.

This event will provide you with an opportunity to ask the most pressing questions around how programmatic works and its current and future impact on the holistic media and marketing market here in Australia.

Get your ticket now.

Inclusions:

  • The opportunity to network with attendees (8:00 – 8:30am)
  • Tea, coffee and a light snack will be served during the networking time
  • The audience will sit (theatre style) to listen to the presentations
  • We will have 3 speakers each presenting for 15-20 minutes
  • Question and answer time will be held at the end
  • All attendees will automatically enter our business card draw on the day to have a chance to win great prizes!

Speakers

Sam Smith – Adobe Advertising, Adobe

Sam joined Adobe as part of the TubeMogul acquisition having run the adtech business for 3 years as Managing Director. Prior to this, Smith worked for News Corp Australia’s NewsLifeMedia unit, as Head of Commercial Integration. Smith was also the Senior Vice President of Adconion Media Group Australia and held leadership roles at Ninemsn and Yahoo!7. Sam also sits on the board of the AANA.

Sam will be speaking about “True Programmatic – What is it?”

Steve Wood – General Manager, Xaxis

Steve is the General Manager at Xaxis Australia, a GroupM company, responsible for the daily operation of the business. Having spent over a decade in the GroupM family across a range of roles and agencies, Steve is passionate about all things digital and media.

Steve will be taking us through In-house or out-source? A review of the opportunities and risks advertisers need to consider when looking at where their programmatic media is managed to drive the best outcomes.

Willem Paling – Director, Customer & Growth Analytics, IAG

Willem is Director of Customer & Growth Analytics at IAG, and up until recently was Director of Media & Technology in IAG’s marketing team. Willem established the in-house search and programmatic team at IAG, having previously been an integral part of the team that did the same at Foxtel.

Willem will draw on these two cases to take us through the lessons learnt in building an in-house programmatic team. He will explore the realities of owning your programmatic buying: the benefits of owning your own technology, publisher relationships and data; the increase in in-house media knowledge leading to clearer goals and reduced wastage; and the risks of staff turnover, with knowledge concentration, relative isolation, and brand safety being managed by a small team.