We need to move past the broken notion that you must choose between a legacy storage-based CDP and a modern, composable platform that only one vendor understands, says Zack Wenthe, Director of Product Marketing & Customer Data Evangelist at Tealium.
The biggest breakdown is that personalisation is still treated as a tactic rather than an operating system. Many brands understand the value of personalising the ad experience, but execution still happens across fragmented workflows, says Christiana Marouchos, VP of Marketing at StackAdapt.
Peggy Anne Salz shared how leading brands rethink data, ad quality, and AI-driven marketing to drive sustainable growth, stronger retention, and better customer experiences in a monetisation-first era.
Industry leaders from automotive, retail, and enterprise technology explored how AI can unlock faster, more personalised CXs, but only when supported by the right skills, connected data, and a clear business purpose.
AI adoption is accelerating, but without strong data, processes, and strategy, it falls short. Marketers must prioritise fundamentals to unlock meaningful value from AI investments and integrations.
Onur Alp Soner talks about why data ownership is a strategic growth advantage, how marketing and product roles are converging, and why real-time analytics and AI-powered personalisation will shape adaptive digital experiences.
Joe Stapleton talks about how privacy regulations are reshaping digital marketing, why first-party data is the future, and how organisations can enforce data governance across complex systems.
Group Aftersales Director at Audi Volkswagen Middle East, Egemen Adiyaman, discusses predictive aftersales, and how it influences customer experience “Brands should constantly deploy tests to build and enhance predictive models. This allows businesses to apply insights into several campaigns, ranging from relevant offers that impact sales to simple customer messages from the respective brand or […]
Ahead of her session at VMF ZA, Sadika Fakir talks about data-centric strategies and how CX needs to run through conversion and into the space of retention and advocacy. “Ultimately, all roads at the back end should have a single view of the consumer where you’re starting to get to know the consumer and serving […]
Find out what Vlad Stesin, co-founder of Optable, has to say about next-gen ad products and frictionless data collaborations “The exciting next generation of ad products is not about formats — it’s about using audience data in a compliant, privacy-preserving manner. Ultimately, any personalised online experience, including advertising and ecommerce, will create better outcomes when […]
