Schedule: RMN Europe Ascendant Boot Camp

May 21, 2025
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	Registration
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM	Community Lunch + Networking [hosted by Topsort]
12:30 PM - 12:45 PM	Opening Comments Susan MacDermid, Founder + CEO, Ascendant Network Paul Dahill, Managing Director, Sales, EMEA, Koddi Sam Knights, CEO, SMG
12:45 PM - 1:15 PM	First Look Research: How to Unlock the Retail Media Opportunity Henry Leon, Managing Director & Partner, BCG Daniel Gospodinov, Partner, Boston Consulting Group
1:15 PM - 1:45 PM	Inflection Point: Onsite, Programmatic + SSPs [in partnership with Koddi] Alex Prouhet, Director, Offsite Digital Media & Trading, Nectar360 Elliott Nix, GM, Global Client Development, The Trade Desk Harsh Jiandani, Founder & CEO, Koddi
1:55 PM - 2:35 PM	Roundtable 1A: Solving Internal Silos Tom Priestman, Director, Client Services,, Nectar360 Daniel Gospodinov, Partner, Boston Consulting Group	Roundtable 1B: Measurement Challenges: The Shift Away from Short-Term Thinking Bianca Hall, Senior Insight Director, smg Donia Baddou, Global VP, Partnerships, Lumen Research Ltd.	Roundtable 1C: Commerce Media Best Practices Paul Dahill, Managing Director, Sales, EMEA, Koddi Ash White, Managing Partner, Dentsu
2:35 PM - 3:05 PM	Networking Break
3:05 PM - 3:35 PM	Brand Think Tank sarah oxley, Lead Shopper Marketing Sr Specialist, Arla Foods Diane de la Baronniere, Global eCommerce Media Director, Haleon Susan MacDermid, Founder + CEO, Ascendant Network
3:35 PM - 4:05 PM	The End of the Old Funnel? How AI, Relevance + Checkout Real Estate Change the Game for Advertisers [in partnership with Rokt] Stacy Gratz, Sales & Marketing Director, Tesco Media Alex Knapman, Retail Media Lead, Halfords Marc Allsop, Head, EMEA, Rokt
4:05 PM - 4:35 PM	GM Think Tank 1 Stephanie Kalkoene, Director, Advertising Strategy & Business Development, Bol Anousha Jeffries, Commercial Transformation Manager, John Lewis Partnership Nick Ashley, Client Development Director, Tesco Media & Insight Platform Paul Stafford, Head, Very Media Group, Superdrug
4:35 PM - 5:05 PM	Ascendant Interview Maurits Priem, VP Monetization Europe & Indonesia (former), Ahold Delhaize Susan MacDermid, Founder + CEO, Ascendant Network
5:05 PM - 5:35 PM	Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	RMN Europe Ascendant Community Dinner Gaucho City Of London, 1 Bell Inn Yard, City of London, London EC3V 0BL, UK
May 22, 2025
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM	Registration + Networking Breakfast
9:00 AM - 9:10 AM	Opening Comments Susan MacDermid, Founder + CEO, Ascendant Network
9:10 AM - 9:40 AM	First Look Research: UK + Germany + France RMN Trends Bill Fisher, Principal Analyst, eMarketer
9:40 AM - 10:10 AM	GM Think Tank 2 Charina Lumley, Managing Director, Douglas Marketing Solutions Carlos Paulo, Managing Director, Endless Retail Media Solutions, MC Sonae Elton Ollerhead, Director, ASOS Media Group Colin Lewis, Director, Retail Media Works
10:10 AM - 10:40 AM	Agency Think Tank Yara El Saadani, Senior Commerce Strategy Director - EU & UK, GroupM Nexus Sam Knights, CEO, SMG Steve Ricketts, Chief Commerce Officer, Publicis Groupe Claire Leon, Founder, Acorn-I Fiona Davis, Global GM & EVP, Overline (formerly CvE)
10:40 AM - 11:10 AM	Integrating Retail Media: Technology + Culture [in partnership with Epsilon] Amo Aujla-Tse, Retail Media Strategy Lead, Publicis Media Jack Johnson, Head, Retail Media, Ocado Retail Leila Sheridan, Director, Epsilon Retail Media
11:10 AM - 11:30 AM	Networking Break
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM	What You Don’t Measure Can Hurt You: The Case for Retail Media Transparency [in partnership with AppsFlyer] Catalina Salazar, Global Sr. Director, Advertising, Wolt Tami Harrigan, VP, Global Business Development, AppsFlyer
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Community Lunch [hosted by Topsort]
1:00 PM - 1:40 PM	Roundtable 2A: Performance, Personalization, Privacy: Smarter Targeting, On + Offsite [in partnership with MetaRouter + Moloco] Tom Goulden, Customer Commercial Director, The Very Group Nikhil Raj, CEO, MetaRouter Kim Ludlow, Head, EMEA, Moloco	Roundtable 2B: AI's Impact on Retail Media [in partnership with SMG] Claire Trbovic, Group Business Director, Incubation Hub, SMG Oliver Shayer, Sr Director, Global Strategy & Innovation, SMG	Roundtable 2C: In-Store Best Practices Jay Friedman, Co-Founder, Goodway Group Reilly Moore, International Lead, Caper by Instacart
1:50 PM - 2:20 PM	Managing the Frankenstack: Fixing Fragmentation in Retail Media [in partnership with Vantage] Katrina Smart, VP, Digital Commerce, Europe, Mars United Commerce Drew Cashmore, Chief Strategy Officer, Vantage
2:20 PM - 2:50 PM	Scaling Smart: The Art + Science of Retail Media Platform Transformation Alexandra van Cruysen, Associate Director, Deloitte UK Jessica Cooke, Director of Retail Media, Stonegate Group Kaitlin Craig, Partner, Retail Media Proposition Strategy & Development Manager, John Lewis Partnership
2:50 PM - 3:20 PM	Networking Break
3:20 PM - 3:50 PM	How Unexpected Partnerships Lead to Growth [in partnership with Instacart] Schuyler Blyth, Sr. Director, Merchandising Marketing, Thrive Market Alice Luong, Sr. Director of Strategy, Instacart Ads, Instacart Alice Anson, Director, Digital Media, Nectar360
3:50 PM - 4:30 PM	Closing Keynote: What's Ahead for Commerce Media? Amir Rasekh, Managing Director, Nectar360, Sainsbury Jason Wescott, Global Head, Commerce Solutions, WPP Media Matthew Corbs Corbin, Global Growth Officer, Accenture Song Paul Wright, Head, EMEA (former), Uber Advertising, UK
4:30 PM - 4:45 PM	Closing Comments Susan MacDermid, Founder + CEO, Ascendant Network Paul Dahill, Managing Director, Sales, EMEA, Koddi Sam Knights, CEO, SMG
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Private RMN Europe Ascendant Council Meeting The Moniker, 25 Fenchurch Ave, City of London, London EC3M 5AD, UK

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