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Columbia AdTech Conference

The Columbia AdTech Conference

Sponsored by the Columbia Business School Media & Technology Program and Digital Future Initiative

April 11, 2024
12 – 6:30pm

David Geffen Hall
Columbia Business School

The Columbia AdTech Conference is an annual half-day conference on recent developments in advertising technology, focusing on the sector itself and the broader ecosystem as well as the impact and implications of public policy.  Industry executives, investors, academics, policy makers, regulators and students are all encouraged to attend. 

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Kravis Hall on Columbia Business School's Manhattanville campus

The Columbia AdTech Conference

Sponsored by the Columbia Business School Media & Technology Program

April 11, 2024
12 – 6:30pm

David Geffen Hall, Columbia Business School 

The Columbia AdTech Conference is an annual half-day conference on recent developments in advertising technology, focusing on the sector itself and the broader ecosystem as well as the impact and implications of public policy.  Industry executives, investors, academics, policy makers, regulators and students are all encouraged to attend. 

Register Now! 

Featured Speakers

dan-ackerman

Dan Ackerman

Vice President of Client Development
The Trade Desk
adam-gerhart

Adam Gerhart

Global CEO
Mindshare
khajuria

Shweta Khajuria

Managing Director
Internet Equity Research, Evercore ISI
leibowitz

Jon Leibowitz

Former Chair
Federal Trade Commission
mcgogney

Connor McGogney

EVP Corporate Development
Criteo
paparo

Ari Paparo

CEO
Marketecture Media
reed

Mike Reed

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Gannett
rothenberg

Randall Rothenberg

CEO Emeritus
Interactive Advertising Bureau
zhang

Kaifu Zhang

Head of AI Initiative
Alibaba International

Hosts and Moderators

Kinshuk Jerath

Kinshuk Jerath

Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise; Chair of the Marketing Division
Marketing Division
Jonathan Knee

Jonathan Knee

Michael T. Fries Professor of Professional Practice of Media and Technology; Co-Director
Media and Technology Program
Miklos Sarvary

Miklos Sarvary

Carson Family Professor of Business
Marketing Division
Co-Faculty Director
Media and Technology Program
Vice Dean, Executive Education
Executive Education
Photo of Prof. Olivier Toubia

Olivier Toubia

Glaubinger Professor of Business
Marketing Division

Program Overview

TimeAgenda
12:00–1:00pm

Arrival and check-in, Geffen Lobby

Light lunch will be provided

1:00–2:15pm

Panel One:  Will AdTech Save Retail?

Panelists:
Adam Gerhart, Global CEO, Mindshare
Shweta Khajuria, Managing Director, Internet Equity Research, Evercore
Connor McGogney, EVP Corporate Development, Criteo

Moderator:  
Kinshuk Jerath, Arthur F. Burns Professor of Free and Competitive Enterprise

2:15–3:30pm

Panel Two: Regulating AdTech:  Privacy versus Competition

Panelists:
Jon Leibowitz, Former Chair, Federal Trade Commission
Mike Reed, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Gannett
Randall Rothenberg, CEO Emeritus, Interactive Advertising Bureau

Moderator:  
Jonathan Knee, Michael T. Fries Professor of Professional Practice of Media and Technology

3:30-4:00pmBreak
4:00–5:15pm

Panel Three: AdTech and Artificial Intelligence

Panelists:
Dan Ackerman, Vice President of Client Development, The Trade Desk
Ari Paparo, CEO, Marketecture Media
Kaifu Zhang, Head of AI Initiative, Alibaba International

Moderator:  
Olivier Toubia, Glaubinger Professor of Business

5:15–6:30pmReception, Alumni Suite, Geffen 232

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