Publicis’ Linsey Loy: AI Without Identity Creates ‘Hallway of Locked Rooms’

ORLANDO — Brands averaging 12 agencies with separate systems and priorities create organizational chaos that artificial intelligence accelerates rather than solves.  What’s needed, according to Publicis Groupe’s Linsey Loy, is proper integration through unified identity frameworks and shared operating models. “If you think of yourself or your company like a house, if everyone has their […]

 
 

Epsilon’s Adam Skinner: Connected Identity Prevents Post-Purchase Ad Bombardment

LAS VEGAS — The “too-late target” is a perennial problem of the programmatic age. And it’s particularly cringeworthy when an ad tech professional experiences a targeted ad after they have already purchased the item they’re subsequently seeing on their digital screen.  “If I go into an electronic store to buy a new laptop or a […]

 
 

LiveRamp’s Frederick Stanichev: Privacy Is a Competitive Advantage for Brands

CANNES – Given all the tension surrounding consumers’ and brands’ expectations about customer experience and personalization, LiveRamp is betting that privacy-first approaches will separate winners from losers, particularly in the data collaboration space. “We see brand making privacy a competitive advantage because when the data is actually collected in a trustful manner, it will then […]

 
 

Lou Paskalis: When it Comes to Ad Targeting, It’s Time to Rebuild

Digital ad targeting isn’t just going through change. It may be ceasing to exist as the we’ve has long known it. That, to Lou Paskalis CEO and Founder of AJL Advisory, is a a good thing, For too long, privacy and targeting have been at odds. In fact, according to Paskalis, the work targeting is […]