Publisher Forum EU IX

see also: sponsorship — agenda

Publisher Forum EU IX will be held

Registration

Attendance is open to individuals employed by European online media publishing companies and advertising networks,
whose roles focus on online advertising operations and/or advertising technology.
If you are already an AdMonsters member, please visit your user profile to sign
up for the conference once registration is open. If you are not already a member of AdMonsters, please
complete the inquiry form on the right side of this page at any time.

Registration is limited to 40 attendees so if you are planning to join us, please register ASAP as seats will fill up quickly.

We had 50 publisher attendees from 39 companies and 12 countries at our last European conference, including

AdLINK Internet Media AG (DE), Agora, AOL Europe, AOL France, AOL Germany, AOL U.K., Aura Sports, AutoTrader.com, BBC Worldwide, Belgacom Skynet, BSkyB, Channel 4 Television, CNET Networks, Cofina Media – XL, De Telegraaf, Dennis Interactive, Financial Times, Future Publishing, GCap Media, Guardian Newspapers Ltd, Hearst Digital, httpool – internet advertising, Ilse Media, International Herald Tribune, lastminute.com, Lycos Europe, Metro International, Microsoft Deutschland GmbH, MSN EMEA, MTV Networks, MySpace, NewsInternational / Times Newspapers Ltd., Sanoma Uitgevers, Scout24 Media, Telegraph Media Group, Terra Networks, United Internet Media, Yahoo!

Attendee feedback

Some feedback from publisher delegates at past AdMonsters Europe events:

“Definitely the most productive conference I attend.”
“Really useful. Totally focused on the issues affecting
myself and my team. Great forum to develop adops teams.”
“The most interesting conference I have attended.
A great opportunity to share opinions and best practice issues with other
publishers.”
“I was extremely impressed… MUCH better than any other event I
have been to.”
“Much more beneficial than many of the other so called ‘sales’ conferences
I have attended.”
“Very enlightening“
“The open nature of the event means you get and give real insight into the big issues…”
“Very useful – open discussions – very high skill level of attendees”

More feedback here

Sponsorship

Many of our sponsorship opportunities are sold out for AdMonsters European Publishers Forum IX. However, we still have three Gold Sponsorships available. If you are interested in sponsoring this or other events in Europe or North American, details are available on
our sponsorship page. Alternatively, you can send us an email here

We typically sell out at all levels of sponsorship; sponsor selection is
therefore competitive, and it is usually the case that we do not have enough
sponsorship openings for the number of interested sponsors. We select sponsors
based primarily on best fit with our audience. The pricing outlined on our
web site is a guideline based on past events; we reserve the right to adjust
pricing based on competitive demand.

If you are interested in sponsorship of this event, please complete
a sponsorship inquiry.
Priority (but not guaranteed selection) will be given to those who make their firm interest known soonest.

Confirmed sponsors

Agenda

The conference format for Publisher Forum EU IX
will run two full days, beginning
with a Monday morning and ending with a dinner on Tuesday evening. The
majority of the agenda is comprised of member-led sessions and breakouts covering a wide variety
of relevant topics; some examples include ad serving technology, inventory
management, organizational structure, business process automation, ad operations
policies, rich/streaming media, and case studies. Further details will become
available as we approach the dates of the conference. Please see past conference
agendas for examples: AdMonsters Europe VIII AdMonsters Europe VII — AdMonsters Europe VI

Keynote Address

AdMonsters is very happy to be joined by James Bilefield, CEO of openads.org, who will lead the keynote session at AdMonsters Europe IX. James will be discussing the current state of the market and possible impacts of the recent spate of mergers and acquisitions in the ad operations space. We look forward to an excellent opening session.

About James
James is CEO of Openads, the developer of free, open source ad serving software used by more than 20,000 online publishers in 140 countries around the world. Under his leadership, Openads is disrupting the global online advertising industry by offering publishers a simple, independent and reliable way to make more money from online advertising.

Before joining Openads in July 2007, James was one of the early executive team members at Skype, the global internet communications company that allows people to make free, unlimited, superior quality voice calls. At Skype he served first as vice president of global business development, and was later appointed general manager of European operations, Skype’s largest region.

Prior to joining Skype in November 2004, James spent five years at Yahoo!, where he served as managing director of consumer and network services across Europe. In this role, he ran the regional communication, broadband, community and content businesses. He also co-led Yahoo!’s €475 million acquisition of Kelkoo, Europe’s leading online comparison shopping service, in March 2004.

Before joining Yahoo! in May 1999, James was CEO and co-founder of UpMyStreet.com, an online local information company, and vice president in the investment banking division of JP Morgan Chase.

Conference proceedings are open to members only (i.e. closed to sponsors) unless specifically noted.

Preliminary Agenda

All conference events will be held at the hotel.

Conference proceedings are open to members only (i.e. closed to sponsors)
unless specifically noted.

Location and Travel

• The three-letter code for London Heathrow airport is and travel time on Eurostar is 2:35 from Paris Gare de Nord.
• Please plan to arrive on site no later 9 AM on Monday morning, and to depart the conference Wednesday morning.