Upcoming events and webinars

 

Upcoming Events


GAME ON: Unlocking the Power of Gaming
Aug
3

GAME ON: Unlocking the Power of Gaming

This session will inspire you to start thinking about gaming within the channel mix, and showcase the scale of the opportunity, and the ways to engage with the audience.

You’ll hear about Global Gaming Trends, the evolution and diversity across Gaming audiences and Gaming and Creativity. 

Introduction:

Jane Ormsby I Managing Director, Scroll Media

Keynotes:

Vasudev Kittur I Group Manager Sales ANZ, inMobi

Yun Yip I Chief Commercial Officer, iion

Panel Host:

Lisa Ison I Head of Digital Revenue, MediaWorks

Panellists:

Jake Calder I Head of Performance and Technology, OMD & Dynamo

Jane Ormsby I Managing Director I Scroll Media

Louisa Rodani I Interactive Media/Gaming Industry Lead, New Zealand Trade and Enterprise

Vasudev Kittur I Group Manager, Sales ANZ I inMobi

Yun Yip I Chief Commercial Officer I iion

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Using Programmatic Across the Funnel: It’s not just a Performance Channel
Jun
29

Using Programmatic Across the Funnel: It’s not just a Performance Channel

StackAdapt will review 2023 ad trends and insights, break down programmatic channels, and discuss the benefits and key tactics to consider when building a cross-channel strategy.

Additionally, they will examine key Case Studies to learn how to build a full-funnel programmatic strategy as well as how to attribute and see the value that each touchpoint has on driving a conversion.

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Brand Investment for Long Term, Sustainable Growth Event Sponsored by Google
May
10

Brand Investment for Long Term, Sustainable Growth Event Sponsored by Google

Working at the crossroads of brand strategy, storytelling, creativity and entrepreneurialism, James Hurman coined the term, Future Demand.

This has quickly become a favoured mental model amongst brand builders and world-class agencies alike. Developed alongside the brand tracking dashboard, Tracksuit, James’ conversation will help you advocate for the importance of brand investment for long-term, sustainable growth.

In summary, you'll hear about:

  • Driving buying in of marketing and advertising to non-marketing stakeholders with Future Demand as a mental model

  • How to market marketing

  • Advertising during a recession

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2022 AWARDS SHOW
Nov
17

2022 AWARDS SHOW

Our industry is continually evolving and growing; the annual IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards ensures we recognise and celebrate the excellence and achievements of the absolute best companies and individuals in our industry.

For more information on how you can be considered for this year’s Awards and to purchase tickets to the Award’s show where we announce and celebrate our winners and finalists, please visit:

iabawards.co.nz

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Leading Economist Tony Alexander: Adapting to Change
Nov
9

Leading Economist Tony Alexander: Adapting to Change

Whilst the outlook for the New Zealand economy is uncertain, there are some unique economic drivers that will support growth.

The current global economic outlook is volatile, so do not miss this opportunity to hear first-hand why leading Economist Tony Alexander feels a recession in New Zealand is unlikely and what businesses need to manage in order to navigate the next 12 months.

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Unlocking Incremental Growth Through Future-Proof Measurement
Nov
1

Unlocking Incremental Growth Through Future-Proof Measurement

There has been no shortage of updates around the deprecation of cookies. The impact this has had on measurement has been profound and should not be underestimated.

Leading marketers are switching to advanced, and often combining multiple measurement strategies, to get a complete view of their return on investment and to identify areas of growth. 

In this session, we'll go through some of these changes and discuss how first-party data can be used to unlock growth, as well as explore some of the components of how to build a 360-degree measurement framework.

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The Evolution of Audio Event
Oct
26

The Evolution of Audio Event

New Zealand's audio space is rapidly evolving as digital continues to dramatically change our consumer behaviour.

Audio remains one of the most effective tools in the marketing strategy, however, these audiences have become more fragmented and harder to reach than ever before.

Join us for an event where we discuss the results of our second annual IAB New Zealand | Evolution of Audio Survey 2022.

Building on the results of last year's survey, we will examine any emerging trends and their implications for the development of digital audio and continued growth in this market. We will also review the progress of the New Zealand Podcast Ranker, a key measurement tool for podcasts, as it reaches its first year in the market.

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2022 Google Sandbox Event
Sep
21

2022 Google Sandbox Event

The industry shift to a privacy-safe digital ads ecosystem is creating a new landscape for businesses. During this event, we’ll explore what the new landscape means for your business.

We’ll take a look at some privacy-preserving solutions and technologies that both protect people's privacy online and give companies and developers tools to build thriving digital businesses.

We will be joined by Erin Tavallai, AUNZ Ads Privacy for Google who will share her perspective on what it means to be “Privacy Ready”. Erin’s content will be anchored on insights from the latest research; “The Privacy Imperative in APAC - How marketers and publishers can earn trust and drive performance” which was conducted in partnership with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). BCG looked into the current state of readiness and preparation of business in 10 APAC markets, including Australia and New Zealand and surveyed 178 companies across various industries.

We will also be joined by Madeline Oldfield, who will provide an overview of how the industry can start to leverage the Privacy Sandbox to bring Privacy concepts to life as part of its implementation journey. Madeline will cover the key principles and drivers behind the Privacy Sandbox, and deep-dive into proposed privacy-preserving technologies such as Topics and FLEDGE. There will also be an overview of the major events and milestones that we should all be aware of to help with planning and prioritisation in 2022 and beyond.

Speaker Bios

Speaker One:

Erin Tavallai
Privacy Lead, Google Australia & New Zealand

Erin leads Google AUNZ Ads Privacy strategy - engaging with industry to collaborate on what the Privacy-first future could be and advising businesses on ways to prepare, Erin brings a deep understanding of the digital media landscape both from the advertiser and publisher perspective.

In Erin's 8 years at Google, she has been part of Google Australia’s sales team engaging with customers in the Government sector. She brings international experience having worked across APAC and Europe, specialising in the sports, rights management and eCommerce sectors. Before Google, Erin ran a Formula One YouTube Channel and the digital commercial program for the London 2012 Olympics. She also helped in setting up Wimbledon's first social media strategy.

 

Speaker Two:

Madeline Oldfield 
Head of Privacy Chrome & Web Partnerships, Google Australia & New Zealand

Madeline leads Privacy Chrome and Web Partnerships for Australia/New Zealand. She is focussed on helping partners and ecosystems thrive for a healthy web, and supporting the ecosystem via Privacy Sandbox. Before this role, Madeline worked as a senior delivery practitioner within Google Cloud Professional Services to re-imagine and disrupt industries through big data and cloud-based initiatives. 

Before Google, Madeline spent over 20 years as a trusted advisor, partner and coach leading large-scale enterprise transformations, civic reforms and ecosystem change as a consultant, and in-house, across the public sector, legal and regulatory, banking and finance, telecommunications, energy and digital industries.

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2022 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Entry Writing Workshop
Sep
2

2022 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Entry Writing Workshop

AWARD ENTRY WRITING SKILLS WORKSHOP
Sponsored by TVNZ

What separates a winning Award entry from an also-ran?

Join our two industry experts as they share their views on the pre-requisites for a successful Entry at this year’s 2022 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards. Coffee, light breakfast and morning tea will be provided.

You won't want to miss it!

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2022 Ecommerce Event
Aug
11
to 7 Dec

2022 Ecommerce Event

Join us for an in-depth discussion on the latest trends that will be key to your eCommerce business in 2023 - from adapting to a new set of customer expectations to opportunities created by new technologies - these key insights identify major trends across customer experience, logistics, selling and channel strategies.

HOST

Carolyn Luey 
Chief Digital and Publishing Officer | NZME

Carolyn joined NZME in August 2021 as Chief Digital and Publishing Officer responsible for Digital across NZME and leading the Publishing business. 

With extensive experience as a strategic business leader in large New Zealand telecommunications, technology and media companies, Carolyn brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding of how best NZME can deliver growing digital audience engagement for its commercial partners. 

Carolyn is passionate about media and digital transformation and how a focus on customer, data and digital can accelerate New Zealand businesses in the future.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Chris Wong 
GM Business Marketing | NZ Post

Chris is the GM of Business Marketing at NZ Post - his team are responsible for the parcel delivery and logistics products and services that enable many of New Zealand’s online retailers. The team are also responsible for NZ Post’s B2B Marketing and have developed resources like the Full Download and eCommerce Spotlight to help kiwi businesses better understand eCommerce in New Zealand and capture their share of the growing online shopping market.

NZ Post is proud to share a preview of their latest analysis of the state of online shopping in New Zealand - The Full Download, NZ eCommerce Review. Presented by Chris Wong, GM Business Marketing at NZ Post, this session will review what happened in 2021, the impact COVID-19 has had on New Zealand’s eCommerce landscape and take a deeper look into key trends and how the online shopping habits of kiwis have changed. 

PANELLISTS

Chris Wong 
GM Business Marketing | NZ Post

Dean Napier
Senior Marketing Manager | Platforms and Performance, Trade Me

Dean is a Senior Marketing Manager responsible for Media, Marketing Technology and Analytics for Trade Me, the biggest Marketplace for new and used goods in New Zealand. His team are responsible for utilising their data to deliver customer outcomes across Direct and Digital channels. Prior to Trade Me, Dean lived and worked in Melbourne for 6 years, experiencing both agency side at Oracle Responsys and client-side at Suncorp Group. 

Mark Wolfenden
Director of Digital & Loyalty | Countdown

Mark is currently Director of Digital & Loyalty at Countdown, New Zealand's largest eCommerce retailer. Previously Mark held senior roles across the UK and NZ in eCommerce, digital and strategy consulting including helping global retailers develop multi-channel and eCommerce strategies. In the UK he launched an eCommerce channel for Sainsbury's clothing before moving to New Zealand to work at The Warehouse and My Food Bag driving profitable revenue growth. At Countdown he is working across the loyalty, digital and eCommerce portfolio within a newly revised agile operating model to empower teams to unlock more value using customer insights, data and an increased focus on growing capability to ensure continued digital leadership in the grocery sector.

Tina Ashworth
Marketing Technology Consultant

Tina is a Marketing Technology Consultant and Account Director responsible for both MarTech and AdTech solutions at Salesforce helping leading New Zealand brands engage with their customers in the moments that matter. 

Returning to New Zealand in 2021 following 13 years working in Sydney, Tina has spent over 6 years with Salesforce empowering customers predominantly across Retail, Hospitality and Travel and Insurance, to unlock customer value with data and build trusted relationships at scale, moment by moment.

Tomas Tappin
Co-Founder | Two Dudes

Tomas is a Co-Founder of Kiwi start-up, Two Dudes. Their brand makes natural bathroom products for men and has been built on a foundation of direct-to-consumer eCommerce. Prior to launching Two Dudes Tomas was a B2B eCommerce Lead at HEINEKEN Asia Pacific, rolling out digital sales platforms across Singapore and New Zealand.

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2021 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Show
Feb
24

2021 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Show

We have received enormous interest in this year's IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards. We have a fabulous night planned for you and with that in mind, we want to be sure we can operate at full capacity.

Due to the current Covid-19 Alert Levels in Auckland, we have decided to move the date of the Awards event, where we will announce the winners, to the new year.

In the meantime, finalists will be announced on Thursday 18 November 2021, following the completion of judging.

The new date for this year's IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards 2021 will now be held: 

Thursday 24 February 2022
Auckland War Memorial Museum

The Awards provide entrants with the opportunity to showcase their work, recognised at a nationwide level, and benchmark it against other industry professionals.

If you have already purchased tickets, they will be transferred to the new date.

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IAB New Zealand and Magnite: CTV Breakfast Event
Jun
17

IAB New Zealand and Magnite: CTV Breakfast Event

New Zealand is fast becoming an advanced Connected TV market. Broadcasters are investing heavily in both programming and technology to deliver a strong digital viewing experience to a growing audience consuming TV content live and on-demand.

But how do marketers capitalise on this opportunity? How can Connected TV help them to reach and engage their audience with more precision and impact?

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to understand more!

In this Breakfast session, Yael Milbank, Managing Director, New Zealand at Magnite, will deep dive into the nuances of the Connected TV opportunity for media buyers in the market, which will be followed by a panel of industry leaders to discuss how buyers can successfully incorporate Connected TV into their digital advertising strategy.

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Professor Byron Sharp Webinar
Oct
28

Professor Byron Sharp Webinar

Byron Sharp is a Professor of Marketing Science and Director of the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute - the world’s largest centre for research into marketing.

Delivered for the first time to New Zealand audiences, Professor Byron Sharp, Director of the world-famous Ehrenberg-Bass Institute and author of international bestseller 'How Brands Grow' will show you how old marketing theory can harm productivity, and can even destroy brands. He will present the evidence (decades of evidence) that reveals why growth depends on penetration, and demonstrate why improving mental and physical availability for the masses leads to brand growth.

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2020 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Entry Writing Workshop
Sep
10

2020 IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards | Award Entry Writing Workshop

Write a winning entry for the IAB New Zealand Digital Advertising Awards! This entry writing panel discussion on Thursday 10 September will be facilitated by James Butcher; GM Digital at FCB New Zealand and features expert panelists:

  • David McCallen – Chief Strategy Officer, OMD New Zealand

  • Qassem Naim – Head of Data and Tech, FCB New Zealand

  • Sebastian Graham – Head of Native, Verizon Media​ ANZ

  • Simon Bird – Group Strategy Director, PHD

The entry writing panel discussion will give you tips and tricks on how to craft a great entry that stands out from the crowd! The panel discussion will be followed by an audience Q+A.

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Webinar: Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards - ‘Privacy Act 2020 - What it Means for You’
Jul
15

Webinar: Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards - ‘Privacy Act 2020 - What it Means for You’

Join the Privacy Commissioner, John Edwards for an address on the new Privacy Act, which will come into effect on 1 December 2020. The Act introduces a number of new privacy protections and obligations, including mandatory privacy breach notifications, access directions, and compliance notices. The Commissioner will explain these changes and outline what they will mean for businesses and organisations in practice.

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