The 4A’s is innovating its approach to conferences, focusing on events that address urgent issues with tangible actions, drilling-down on industry challenges to better meet the realities and needs of its members in real time. To mark the shift towards action-oriented events, the 4A’s will forgo hosting its industry-wide spring conference in 2019, and will instead host an inaugural Decisions 20/20 forum, on March 25-26, 2019 in Washington D.C.  In addition, due to its popularity, the 4A’s will expand its annual Management Practitioners’ Forum (MPF) to become a standalone event, taking place on April 29-30, 2019 at the W Downtown in Chicago.

Gabe Bevilacqua, SVP Product Management, Advanced Advertising, Viacom Michael Bologna, President, one2one Media Adam Gerber, Senior Vice President, Investment, North America, Essence Raghu Kodige, Chief Product Officer, Alphonso Kavita Vazirani, EVP, Insights and Measurement, NBC Universal Moderator: Jane Clarke, CEO, Managing Director, Coalition for Innovative Media Measurement

Are we ready for a cross media world? The march toward cross media quantification will be complex and rewarding. As consumers adopt new behaviors and migrate to new technologies, the industry’s ability to follow these consumers and quantify the impact of their choices will be critical. In this session we will tackle cross media context from both a targeting and a measurement perspective. Come see the bets that are being made on following consumers across devices.

The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is set to take effect in May of 2018. These regulations impact how organizations collect store and use personal information on any EU customer. This session will discuss the implications on GDPR – what organizations need to know now and how this wil limpact the industry.

Josh Chasin, Chief Research Officer, comScore Adam Gerber, Senior Vice President, Investment, North America, Essence George Ivie, CEO and Executive Director, Media Rating Council, Inc. Bill Kee, Group Product Manager, Google Howard Shimmel, Chief Research Officer, Turner Daniel Slotwiner, Director, Advertising Research, Facebook

Everywhere you look, AI is powering visions of how everything we do and touch in the world will change. Is it hype? Is it close or far away? How will it impact me? How will it impact the advertising industry? Hear the experts on AI in their fields and their prognostications about what the future really looks like.

The world of programmatic is evolving. Different models and different dependencies are driving new views of not only how to execute programmatic in the future, but also how to drive the most value against client communication priorities.

Find out how data is dissected by different agency models in order to provide strategic and meaningful insights and strategies for connecting with consumers.

More than 250 marketing professionals gathered at the 4A’s 5th annual Data Summit, a one-day event that brought together leaders from brands, agencies, media outlets and data firms. In this report, we highlight topics covered at the event — including unconventional uses of data, preparing for the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, cross-device measurement and targeting, and upcoming industry standards.

The one-day summit brings together leaders from brands, agencies, media outlets and data firms like Bank of America, Air Canada, GroupM, Cadreon, Google, Facebook, Viacom, Domo and Deep Root Analytics to discuss everything from smart data and programmatic to cross-device implications and opportunities afforded by AI.

Closing keynote from Ari Schwartz, Former Assistant to the President and Senior Director of Cybersecurity at The White House, Venable.

Cross Channel ROI and Attribution: The Road Ahead moderated by Jane Clarke