BWG + OTR Signature Event
Tech & Media Conference: Strategic Perspectives and 2025 Trends
Live in New York City
October 8, 2024
Join us for full-day conference in NYC on October 8, 2024, to engage with the industry's leading experts on investable & actionable technology topics and insights via moderated panel discussions, live networking sessions, as well as roundtable workshops.
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EXPERT PANELISTS
Alan Schulman
Co-Founder & Chief Experience Officer
UpperRight
Christopher Bacey
Strategy & Planning Communications Lead, Global Risk & Cybersecurity
MunichRe
Jay Gopalakrishnan
Founder & CEO
Knowi
Jason Demarco
Senior Director Programmatic
Sinclair Broadcast Group
Jill Sacco
Managing Director – Microsoft Client Group Leader for US Product
Accenture
Jim McGregor
Founder
Tirias Research
Tom Rocharz
Director of Contact Centers
Cape Air
Jim Ambrosini
Cybersecurity Advisory & Compliance Services Leader
Compass MSP
Frank Vivino
Global Partner Alliances & Strategy – Healthcare & Life Sciences
Capgemini
James Ferguson
VP, Digital Integration Lead
Active International
Gabe Cole
CEO & Founder
RTE Group, Inc.
Calvin Nichols
Head of Paid Search
WPromote
David Simon
General Manager
Moloco
Nadine Manjaro
Senior Director, Client Partner
Virtusa
Ashwin Daine
Enterprise Data Architect
Inst. Electrical & Electronics Engineers, Inc.
Gary Salman
CEO
Black Talon Security
Raymond Johansen
Director, Client Advisory
Optiv
Darren D'Altorio
VP of Social Media
WPromote
Michael Lamp
Chief Digital Officer
Hunter
Sanjay Bhansali
Head of AI Frameworks
RBC Capital Markets
Gabriel Paunescu
CEO
NaoLogic (AI Low Code Platform)
Cong Yu
VP of Engineering (AI & Knowledge)
Celonis (ex-Principal Scientist at Google AI)
Michael Coble
Director, Digital & CRM
Eileen Fisher
Jamyn Edis
Fmr Head of Corporate Data (Analytics & Data Science)
Pearson
Pritam Dodeja
AI/ML Practice Lead
Intuitive Cloud
Chris Osborn
Chief Technology Officer
Voxy
John Rood
Director of Artificial Intelligence
Decision Resources, Inc.
Tim Harris
Chief Strategy Officer
Jim Wilson
President
Madhive
Mohammed Iqbal
Founder & CEO
SweatWorks
Christopher Paganelli
Strategy Director
EssenceMediacom
Kumar Latchman
Director of Marketing Science
Critical Mass
Bijit Ghosh
CTO – Cloud Product, Engineering, AI/ML
Deutsche Bank
MAINSTAGE & ROUNDTABLE SESSIONS
Main Level
Time
Terrace Level
Registration & Opening Comments
8:30 – 9:00 AM
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CIO / CTO: 2025 Investment Priorities
9:00 – 9:45 AM
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State of Digital Media Advertising
10:00 – 10:45 AM
AI Platforms: OpenAI, Google, AWS
Networking with Industry Anchors
10:45 – 11:15 AM
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Scoping Microsoft's Leadership
11:15 – 12:00 PM
Workshop 1: Joe Viviano: AI Hardware, VMware Disruption and Datacenters
Lunch
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Lunch
Cloud Growth Outlook: Azure, Amazon, Google Cloud
1:00 – 1:45 PM
Workshop 2: Gabe Cole: Data Center Market
Enterprise Data: Databricks, Snowflake, MongoDB, Elastic
2:00 – 2:45 PM
2025 Security Trends
AI Compute Hardware Ecosystem
3:00 – 3:45 PM
Disrupting the Media Mix: Generative AI & CTV
.Happy Hour & Networking - Terrace Level
4:00 – 6:00 PM
Happy Hour & Networking
PANEL DISCUSSION HOSTS & MODERATORS
Greg Irwin
BWG Co-Founder & Head of Information Technology Research
Robbie Scott
Head of Global Media, Channel Research
Justin Ruiss
Head of Media, Forum Research
Jay Deahna
Head of AI/Tech Hardware Research
Brad Lyons
Chief Research Strategist
Martha Degrasse
Senior Research Lead, Technology
Cody Erbacher
Senior Research Lead, Technology
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