Dr. Johnny Ryan
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Dr. Johnny Ryan is Head of Ecosystem for PageFair, currently focusing on GDPR, the ePrivacy Regulation, and media sustainability. His expert commentary on adblocking, privacy, and digital has appeared in publications all over the world. He has a background in policy think tanks, academia, and media. He started his career as a designer, and returned to design thinking later as Executive Director of The Innovation Academy at University College Dublin. He was an associate on the emerging digital environment at the Judge Business School of the University of Cambridge, and occasionally lectures at the Business School of University College Dublin. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

Jacob Lachmann
CEO, AudienceProject

JACOB LACHMANN BIO: Jacob Lachmann has been a pioneer in the online ad space and digital marketing since 1996. Currently, he is the CEO of AudienceProject, a unique, award-winning MarTech company delivering transparency and optimising advertiser outcomes for brands, publishers and agencies in the digital ad industry, a company which he joined in August 2015. Prior to AudienceProject, Jacob acted as VP of Sales at AOL Platforms International out of London. He joined AOL January 2011, following the acquisition of GoViral, the branded content distribution company he joined as a shareholder in early 2009. During his time as Managing Director Nordics at GoViral, he set up offices in Sweden and Norway and doubled the business every year for four years. Understanding the mechanisms of driving digital audiences on a global scale as well as experience in growing strong organisations are the cornerstones of Jacob’s work. Before GoViral/AOL Jacob spent seven years at German stock listed company ad pepper, which he joined prior to the IPO. Jacob acts as an industrial advisor for corporate finance houses, holds board positions and is a frequent speaker at conferences around Europe.

Erling Hjorthaug
Head of Product Development, CAPA

Andreas Sierts
Director Strategic Operations and Business Intelligence, ADFORM

Nigel Gilbert
Chief Market Strategist EMEA, AppNexus

Nigel Gilbert, VP of Strategic Development, EMEA Nigel has been with AppNexus since 2011, holding the position of VP of Sales, EMEA before being appointed the VP of Strategic Development for the entire region. Prior to joining AppNexus, Nigel served as Head of Orange Ad Market (UK & FR) for France Telecom. He was responsible for all commercial operations at Orange Ad Market, the real-time bidding (RTB) exchange. Previously, Nigel was a co-founder of Unanimis, the first and largest digital publisher network in the UK. As Commercial Director for Unanimis, he established and managed sales operations for eBay, BBC, Channel 5, and the London Stock Exchange, among others. At the time Unanimis was acquired by the Orange France Telecom Group in 2009, it was one of the largest digital buying points in the UK.

Vicent O`Brien
, OBICO

Vincent has been a marketing and communications consultant for longer than he cares to remember and his company, OBICO, has worked recently with IKEA worldwide, with Delsey in France, with TV Norge in Norway, with KVD in Sweden, with H P Therkelsen, Steensgaard and Morsø in Denmark, with Nederman in the USA and with the Oras Group across Europe. He also consults with Omnicom and ZenithOptimedia on media issues and has been involved in moves to develop future TV advertising systems.

Thomas Wrobel
Global Head of Performance Marketing, Trivago

Thomas Wrobel works since 2012 at trivago. He established various digital marketing channels at trivago and administers them. Before that, he worked at a well-known network media agency and a full service eCommerce solution. After ten years of experience in dynamic and digital marketing and eCommerce, he is now focussing on marketing technologies.

Håvard Kvernaas Bakken
Fagdirektør, ANFO

Håvard er fagdirektør i ANFO. Tidligere har han vært direktør for analyse og innsikt i Omnicom Media Group, strategisk rådgiver i reklamebyrået BBDO og markedsanalytiker i Egmont.