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Schedule 2024

Use the filters to find the speakers and sessions that present solutions to your greatest analytics and data science challenges and plan your personal MADS Conference experience.

Note that rooms do fill up and seating is first come, first serve, so arrive early to sessions that you would like to attend.

Oct 21 Monday | 7:30 am

Registration Opens

Location: Hall G

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Registration

Oct 21 Monday | 9:00 am

AI & Machine Learning Workshop

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access

Session Type: Workshop

Track: AI & Machine Learning

Data & Culture Workshop

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access

Session Type: Workshop

Track: Data & Culture

Oct 21 Monday | 10:45 am

Driving Growth Workshop: The Right Way to Select Marketing Technology

Speaker: Tony Byrne  (Real Story Group)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Driving Growth

Measurement & Modeling Workshop: Unlocking the Power of Time Series Data: Techniques for Measuring Marketing Effectiveness Where Traditional Methods Fail

Speaker: Kyle Clark  (Strava)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access

Theme: Data Science

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Oct 21 Monday | 12:15 pm

Lunch – On Your Own

Pass Type: All Access

Session Type: Networking

Oct 21 Monday | 1:15 pm

Welcome to MADS 2024!

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Oct 21 Monday | 1:20 pm

Keynote

Location: MADS Keynote Stage

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Oct 21 Monday | 1:25 pm

How Generative AI is Helping Improve Empathy and Outcomes

Speaker: John Callery-Coyne  (ReflexAI)

Location: Room 31AB

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Oct 21 Monday | 2:25 pm

Adopting GenAI into Your Enterprise - a Roadmap

Speaker: Jim Sterne  (Target Marketing of Santa Barbara)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Data Science

Session Type: Session

Track: AI & Machine Learning

E=mc²: The Universal Law of Data-Driven Organizations

Speaker: Michael Bagalman  (Starz)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Data Science

Session Type: Session

Track: Data & Culture

Oct 21 Monday | 3:15 pm

Lessons From The Trenches: Navigating Data Diversity & Cultivating Trust in FAST Streaming Media

Speaker: Chad O'Brien  (Revry)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Data Science

Session Type: Session

Track: Data & Culture

Oct 21 Monday | 4:00 pm

MADS Welcome Reception

Location: Sails Pavillion

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 6:00 am

Running Club

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 7:30 am

Breakfast

Location: Hall F

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Registration Opens

Location: Hall G

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Registration

Oct 22 Tuesday | 8:25 am

How to give your GA4 campaign data to AI for turbo insights

Speaker: Andy Crestodina  (Orbit Media Studios, Inc.)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Oct 22 Tuesday | 9:15 am

Opening the black box: how to validate your media mix model

Speaker: Michael Kaminsky  (Recast)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

The role of data exchange in privacy-centric marketing

Speaker: Pardis Noorzad  (General Folders)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Data & Culture

Oct 22 Tuesday | 9:55 am

Coffee & Networking on the Expo Floor

Location: Expo Hall

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 10:40 am

AI & Marketing: Measurement and Analytics, in a privacy-first world.

Speaker: Suraj Rajdev  (Google)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Data Detox: Cleansing Your Way to Clearer Insights

Speaker: James Hunt  (Vivanti)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Data & Culture

Oct 22 Tuesday | 11:30 am

How to build a state of the art Marketing Attribution model that is completely automated and connected into advertising platforms

Speakers: Martijn Hosten  (TUI), Halewijn Schoonjans  (TUI)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Oct 22 Tuesday | 12:50 pm

Lunch

Location: Hall F

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 1:50 pm

Dessert & Networking on the Expo Floor

Location: Expo Hall

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 2:45 pm

Location, Location, Location! Challenges and Opportunities in Geo Experimentation.

Speakers: Paul Scheetz  (Etsy), Vishwa Bhuta  (Etsy)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Oct 22 Tuesday | 3:35 pm

Transforming Marketing Measurements into Business Forecasts: A Guide to Causal Planning

Speaker: Brian Champion  (WW Grainger)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling

Oct 22 Tuesday | 4:25 pm

Keynote

Location: MADS + CMWorld Keynote Stage

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Oct 22 Tuesday | 5:00 pm

Expo Hall Reception

Location: Expo Hall

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 22 Tuesday | 7:00 pm

CMI Celebration

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 23 Wednesday | 6:00 am

Running Club

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 23 Wednesday | 7:30 am

Breakfast

Location: Hall F

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Registration Opens

Location: Hall G

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Registration

Oct 23 Wednesday | 8:20 am

Keynote

Location: MADS + CMWorld Keynote Stage

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Oct 23 Wednesday | 9:25 am

Coffee & Networking on the Expo Floor

Location: Expo Hall

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 23 Wednesday | 10:10 am

Fast-Track to Launch: Harnessing AI for Messaging Campaign Validation at Scale

Speakers: Sunny Hunt  (Convince & Convert), Jenna Rutschman  (University of Arizona)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: AI & Machine Learning

Oct 23 Wednesday | 11:00 am

How to Measure the Effectiveness and Impact of Your Communications

Speaker: Brian Piper  (University of Rochester)

Location: Room 32B

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Driving Growth

Integrating AI & ML across Marketing

Speaker: Marina Printz  (New York Life)

Location: Room 32A

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Data Science

Session Type: Session

Track: AI & Machine Learning

Oct 23 Wednesday | 12:30 pm

Lunch

Location: Hall F

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 23 Wednesday | 1:30 pm

Dessert & Networking on the Expo Floor

Location: Expo Hall

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference

Session Type: Networking

Oct 23 Wednesday | 4:00 pm

Headliner

Speaker: Issa Rae  (CEO of Hoorae)

Location: MADS + CMWorld Keynote Stage

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Session Type: Keynote

Unscheduled

Marketing Mix Modeling at Scale & Speed: Revolutionizing Local Market Approaches with MMM

Speakers: Andrew Grosso  (Pickaxe Foundry), Robert Zibell  (Lee Enterprises)

Pass Type: All Access, Main Conference, Digital

Theme: Marketing Analytics

Session Type: Session

Track: Measurement & Modeling