Mio Babic founded iStreamPlanet in 2000 and has brought the company to the forefront of the industry, leading his team in architecting, designing and implementing video workflow solutions to meet the needs of iStreamPlanet’s premium media customers.

Babic is recognized as a pioneer in digital media and speaks frequently at industry events such as the National Association of Broadcasters Show, IBC, Streaming Media, OASIS: The Montgomery Summit and more.

Babic has driven many firsts for the industry including the first implementations of digital rights management, the first live, multi-camera webcast, and the first delivery of over-the-top 60 Hz content. Babic was recently awarded Technology Entrepreneur of the Year by the Technology Business Alliance of Nevada, and has been nominated for a Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding New Approaches to Sports Programming in 2009, 2010, and 2011, and in 2012 for the first live streaming of the SuperBowl.

Babic is a named inventor on two patents and holds degrees in finance and economics from Montana State University.

As EVP of Industry Initiatives at IAB, Anna Bager spearheads the strategic oversight of the digital media and marketing industries’ most vital and fastest growing platforms which include mobile, digital video, audio, measurement, and data. Under her leadership, she brings together and drives growth for three of the organizations’ paramount centers of excellence: The IAB Mobile Center, representing the mobile marketing, advertising, and media marketplace; The Digital Video Center, encompassing Advanced TV, OTT, and The Digital Content NewFronts, and The Data Center, developing consumer identifiers, data quality, industry benchmarks, and tools for data activation and automation. She is a driving force in building a one-stop shop for producing thought leadership, innovation, research, and best practices for these thriving industries.

Prior to joining the IAB, Bager was heading business intelligence at Ericsson Multimedia and head of research at Ericsson’s Business Consulting unit. Earlier, she was Research and Consulting Manager for IDC EMEA. Anna has received numerous accolades throughout her career, including being named “Most Important Women in Mobile Advertising” for Business Insider, and one of the “Top Women in Media” by Folio Mag for the past consecutive five years.

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At IAB, Susan runs the Mobile Marketing Center of Excellence and all mobile-dominant initiatives including Local, Native/Content/Social, B2B and Games. She works with hundreds of digital publisher/technology providers to set guidelines and industry thought leadership. Susan was named as one of “15 People in NYC that are Changing Advertising That You Need to Know About” by Alley Watch, a “Top 50 Content Marketing Influencer at CM World 2016” by TopRank, and a “Top 50 Marketing Leaders Over 50” by Brand Watch for two years running. She is on the jury for the Native Advertising Institute Awards, The Content Marketing Institute Awards and the Shorty Awards and is a frequent speaker at SXSW, iMedia Connect, Business Insider Ignition, Social Media Week and more.

Dustin is currently the Managing Partner of Digital at integrated production company and creative studio Tool. He co-leads the day-to-day management of the company and is responsible for leading the growth of the company and establishing the VR, Experiential and Digital practices at Tool, with a focus on producing meaningful, innovation-led advertising that creates cultural impact. Signature projects include “Clouds Over Cuba,” an Emmy award winning interactive documentary produced with the JFK Library in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis; “Return to Le Mans”, an innovative VR Film project for GearVR, Google Cardboard and Ford; “Take This Lollipop,” a haunting Facebook connect experience that is currently the fastest growing Facebook app of all time and Daytime Emmy award winner; and “8 Phases of Enlightenment”, a mixed reality installation that was showcased at the Palais De Tokyo in Paris.

Before joining Tool, Dustin was Co-Owner & Managing Partner at digital agency Spacedog, with offices in L.A. and New York. In 2008, Dustin helped to negotiate Spacedog’s acquisition by Hakuhodo, the second largest advertising holding company in Asia. Working with clients such as Airbnb, Facebook, Netflix, Google, Under Armour, Land Rover, Intel, Starbucks, Nike and others, Dustin has overseen projects across all digital platforms. His projects have been recognized with numerous awards, including at the Emmy’s, Cannes Lions Innovation Festival, The Webby Awards, AICP Next, Clio Awards, One Show, SXSW, Ciclope, FWA, Awwwards, MTV VMAs, AICP, OMMA and Davey Awards.

Dustin maintains an active presence in the interactive advertising and marketing industry serving as a judge for the Emmys, Webby’s, Davey Awards, FWA Mobile Site of The Day, .net Awards and AICP Next Awards; speaking at conferences such as the AICP Conference, SXSW Interactive Conference (2011, 2012, 2014), Ciclope, TV of Tomorrow, F5 Fest, Cannes Advertising Festival, NAB Conference, Seattle Interactive Conference and Digital Hollywood; and holding membership in the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. He is currently on the Loyola Marymount University’s M-School Board of Advisors. He most recently spoke at the 2016 DMEXCO conference in Cologne, Germany.

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Alexa Christon has worked on brands such as Pepsi, Yahoo! and Time Warner Cable during her 10+ career in advertising and marketing. Currently at GE, as the head of global media innovations, Alexa focuses on discovering new and innovative media territories for the brand to live. Most recently with GE’s chart-topping fictional podcast, The Message, partnership with The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, Fallonventions and Focus Forward Films program.

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Christian leads the digital production teams at GTB (f.k.a Team Detroit). With over 15+ years of production experience, spanning both coasts & the Midwest, Christian has helped guide award-winning campaigns across multiple mediums for some of the biggest brands in the world – Sony Music, Microsoft, Clorox, Intel, Godiva, Diageo, eBay and now Ford. He is one of the architects of GTB's Content Studio – an always-on newsroom of sorts that reacts to real-time data and social conversation for the brand. Christian is also the co-founder of FordVR – a new platform that brings fans and enthusiasts immersive experiences celebrating Ford Motor Company.

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Kevin Darst is the digital and media manager at New Belgium Brewing. He leads the team responsible for web and app development, social media content and community management while managing media buys and activation for New Belgium, the fourth-largest craft brewer in the USA. Darst spent a decade in journalism as a reporter and editor before moving into marketing and communications in healthcare and CPG. An avid mountain biker and a member of New Belgium’s expert taste panel, he begins most days by riding bikes and evaluating beer.

Mark Howard is Chief Revenue Officer at Forbes Media. In this role, he is responsible for the U.S. and European digital and print sales organization, marketing and advertising solutions. Previously, he was SVP of Digital Advertising Strategy.

Mr. Howard also held the position of SVP and VP of Digital Advertising Sales for Forbes Media, overseeing the global sales team in its online sales efforts as well leading the Western Region team in its integrated sales efforts. He was also charged with developing the corporate digital sales strategy, which included new product development, the creation and development of audience segmentation programs and strategic planning.

Mr. Howard joined Forbes Media as a Regional Sales Manager in 2002. During his time at Forbes, he has also served as West Coast Digital Sales Director and Western Region Director of Integrated Sales.

Prior to joining Forbes Media, Mr. Howard held sales positions at Inc. and Fast Company magazines, as well as E-Trade Financial. He began his career as a media planner at Anderson & Lembke. He is a graduate of the University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Marketing. He resides in New York City.

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Chris has led the product marketing efforts for Advertising Products globally at Salesforce for past 3.5 years based in New York. He has founded and been a part of technology companies for many years across the globe of which 3 have successfully exited. This includes a first small exit as a founder at 23 in 2005 and as a key team member to Adobe in 2011. He has presented at events like SxSW, SMSS, LinkedIn Summit & Dreamforce, covered in publications like Forbes, The Guardian and AdExchanger and been a guest lecturer at the University of Maryland. Beyond the office he is a passionate advocate for US Immigration founding the “Live & Work in America” portal and authoring the book “How to Live, Study and Work in America” in 2012. He currently resides in New York with his wife and his loves beyond technology, are travel, all cuisines, theatre, fine wines and liquors, audiobooks, politics, history and football of the Australian and round ball varieties.

Seth Ladetsky is senior vice president of Turner Digital Sports Ad Sales, managing sales efforts for Turner’s digital sports destinations, with a specific concentration on NBA, NCAA, Golf and NASCAR digital sales. He is based in New York and reports to Greg D’Alba, president of CNN Networks and Turner Digital Ad Sales.

In this role, Seth is responsible for managing Turner’s relationships and sales with key partners across the NBA, NCAA, PGA and NASCAR. With oversight for national sales in Atlanta, Detroit and New York, Ladetsky is charged with leading a team that sells integrated marketing solutions for advertisers online, within video-on-demand and mobile products while also engineering innovative licensing, marketing and promotional partnerships with advertisers. In 2013, Ladetsky played an integral role in launching the first execution of Turner’s sales and content agreement with Twitter to promote real-time highlights from live events and continues to monetize mobile inventory through the partnership with activations around NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament and NBA Playoffs, to date.

A Turner veteran of 17 years, Seth began his career at Turner in CNN Ad Sales. In 2001, he transferred to the digital side of the business as an account executive and then sales manager for the Turner Sports Digital division. He held ascending positions until he was promoted to senior vice president in 2011, managing national sales for the NCAA digital business, including live streaming of the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball tournament, March Madness Live. He had oversight of Turner’s digital sales teams based in New York responsible for selling all Turner Digital properties across sports, news and entertainment, including CNN.com, Funny Or Die, TBS.com, adultswim.com and others.

Seth’s extensive digital background provides unique insight to the evolution of the digital landscape and marketplace over the years, and he is an expert in the space.

Seth earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he pursued a double major in International Relations and Communications. A native of Valley Stream, N.Y, Ladetsky now calls Milburn, N.J. home with his wife and three children.

Turner Broadcasting System, Inc., a Time Warner company, creates and programs branded news, entertainment, animation and young adult media environments on television and other platforms for consumers around the world.

Marta is the Chief Revenue Officer at Intersection, where she is responsible for the company’s new and existing media revenue streams, sales strategy, and global go-to-market planning, management, and execution. Drawing on over 15 years of leadership in digital advertising and media, Marta leverages her expertise to drive growth across the organization as it scales its portfolio including LinkNYC, LinkUK, and MTA On the Go, to new solutions, products, and markets globally.

Prior to Intersection, Marta served as Senior Vice President of AOL Advertising, where she led a top performing sales team to simplify marketing for AOL’s clients and bring together programmatic advertising and premium video-first content experiences. She was also Global Head of Video Sales before her dual role, where she oversaw all sales and strategy for AOL’s video offerings. Additionally, Marta has previously served in dual roles as SVP of Business Development & Operations and CMO of the industry-leading programmatic marketing company MediaMath, where she led business development, marketing and strategic partnership initiatives, representing Fortune 500 brands and more than 900 advertising and media agencies globally. Prior to MediaMath, she served as SVP, Global Corporate Development at Havas Digital.

Martinez holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern School of Business and an M.S. in Business Administration from ESADE in Barcelona.

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Lisa Schoder currently manages Ford’s U.S. Integrated Marketing and Media. In her current role, she is the leader of U.S. digital marketing efforts and total media strategy. Lisa previously led Ford’s US Mobile & Digital Content Marketing, focused on engagement with the Ford brand through content creation across mobile, digital and social platforms. Lisa’s responsibilities cover work across all vehicle nameplates as well as Ford corporate storytelling through Ford’s innovative Marketing and PR jointly-led Content Hub. Prior to her time in Ford’s US Marketing Communications, she held various roles across the organization in Product Marketing, Brand Management and Sales. Lisa has been with Ford since 1999, joining the company as an engineer. After 11 years in Product Development, she transferred to Ford’s Marketing organization. Lisa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical Engineering from Michigan State University, a Master’s Degree in Automotive Engineering from the University of Michigan and an MBA from the University of Michigan.

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Warren Zenna is the EVP, Managing Director of North American Operations for Mobext, Havas Media’s Global Mobile Marketing unit. With over 20 years of experience in digital marketing, and vast knowledge of the North American market, Warren is in charge of developing innovative mobile experiences for brands and building value for the Havas Media organization as it advances deeper into the mobile marketing ecosystem.

Warren leads Mobext US from the New York office and oversees the entity’s service groups including mobile strategy, mobile experience and product development, as well as mobile media trading and audience planning. He leads a team of mobile experts across Havas’ US offices – New York, Boston and Chicago – including media strategists, creatives, developers and programmatic traders to create meaningful mobile connections between customers and brands. Mobext currently develops mobile marketing solutions for clients such as Sears, McDonald’s, Louis Vuitton, Fidelity and Dish Network.

Since his arrival in early 2014, Warren turned Mobext from a 4-person internal cost-center advisory unit into a 30 person media buying and planning operation on track to generate over $50 million in billings in just 2 years.

Warren’s digital marketing career started in pre-Google 1995, when the internet was still in its infancy and digital marketing was considered a pioneering innovation. Since that time, Warren has logged over 20 years of Digital Brand Marketing and Business Development experience, having worked primarily in the marketing services /agency side of the business with firms both large and small including BrandGames, IMC2, Zeta Interactive, iCrossing and Publicis Groupe (Phonevalley/Digitas).

From 2011-2015 Warren established his own marketing consulting firm, Zenna Consulting Group (ZCG) focused mainly on Digital Marketing Strategy and Brand Development. ZCG advocates a user-centric, device agnostic approach to digital and works with large to medium sized brands eager to develop a clearly defined digital marketing strategy for their enterprise and consumer marketing efforts. ZCG’s client portfolio includes DJI, Ninthdecimal, Freckle IoT, AdParlor, Pantone, Duracell, Ricoh, United States Golf Association, QuantiaMD, HTC and Digitas Health. Warren’s experience has afforded him an impressive roster of top clients including Citibank, Microsoft, Pantone, Nestle, P&G, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Logitech, Amex, Mack Trucks, Eaton Corp, Duracell Powermat and Sony. Currently, Warren consults the USGA on Gamification and Consumer Learning strategies.

Prior to running his own firm, Warren was the US Strategic Lead for Phonevalley, Publicis Groupe’s global mobile arm. His career in digital marketing dates back to the late 90’s, and includes work for brands across a wide variety of verticals: financial services, consumer electronics, CPG, Healthcare/Pharma, B2B, automotive, luxury, apparel, entertainment, media, retail, etc.

Warren is a frequent speaker at digital marketing conferences, (AppNation, EmMeCon, Mobile Insider Summit, CDX, Modern Marketing Summit, Mobile World Congress, AdTech, Mobile Leaders Alliance, is a featured writer for Examiner’s Tech News section and has been featured in industry publications including Ad: Tech’s Connect blog, Adweek, Ad Age and Forbes.com. Warren has built a reputation as business builder and sales juggernaut having closed over half a billion dollars of deals in his long career.

Warren has lived and worked in NYC since 1987 and is an accomplished artist and performer. He has an amazing wife and three stepchildren.