Adwanted: The Future of Media
The UK's leading conference and community for media leaders, planners, buyers and strategists, bringing together over 1000 of the brightest minds from across the industry to discuss best practice and excellence in media leadership, buying, selling, planning and business.
- Dates
- Nov 3 – Nov 4, 2026
- Location
- London, UK
- Industry
- Media & Marketing
- Typical attendees
- ~1,000From our records
Event Sponsors
79 sponsors on record
Sponsors· 37
Advertising Association
Adwanted Connected
adwantedevents.com
Bauer Media
bauermedia.co.uk
BLACQ Space
blacqspace.com
Bloom
bloomnetwork.uk
Brixton Finishing School
brixtonfinishingschool.com
Channel 4
channel4.com
Citymapper
Conscious Advertising Network
GingerMay
teamgingermay.com
Human Made
ImNotOk
Infosum
infosum.com
ISBA
Join Our Table
Lumen
lumenresearch.com
Mail Metro Media
mailmetromedia.co.uk
MEFA
mediaforall.org.uk
New Digital Age
newdigitalage.co.uk
News UK
news.co.uk
Newsworks
newsworks.org.uk
On Device
ondeviceresearch.com
RAAS LAB
Salesforce
salesforce.com
Samsung Ads
samsung.com
Seedtag
Talon
talon.one
Tesco Media
TGI
Thezoo
thezoo.london
Thinkbox
thinkbox.tv
Trainline
Tubi
UCAS
UN//SCENE
Verve Captify
WARC Media
2025 Sponsors and partners· 41
Active International
activeinternational.com
Adwanted Audio
adwanted.com
AOP
ukaop.org.uk
Brim
C-Screens
c-screens.tv
Comcast Advertising
comcastadvertising.com
COOL Media
DCM
dcm.co.uk
DigiLearning
digilearning.org
Guideline
guidelineinc.com
GumGum
gumgum.com
Havas Media Network
havasmedia.com
Hearts & Science
heartsandscience.com
IAB Europe
iabeurope.eu
IAB UK
Index Exchange
indexexchange.com
It Takes A Village Collective
ITV
itv.com
JCDecaux
jcdecaux.com
Media Trust
mediatrust.org
Mint Square
MiQ
wearemiq.com
Mobsta
mobsta.com
NABS
Octave
octaveaudio.co.uk
OMG
omguk.com
PPA Magnetic
magnetic.media
Publicis Media
publicismedia.com
Radiocentre
radiocentre.org
Sky Media
skymedia.co.uk
Spotify
spotify.com
Talon Outdoor
talonoutdoor.com
The Guardian
theguardian.com
the7stars
the7stars.co.uk
Times Media
newstimes.co.uk
UM
umww.com
Verve
verve.com
Warc
warc.com
WeTransfer Advertising
wetransfer.com
WPP Media
wppmedia.com
Zee TV
zeetv.com
Sponsors· 1
Bauer Media Group
bauermedia.co.uk
Sponsor figures are recorded as published, not independently guaranteed.
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Speakers
59 speakers on record
speaker· 58
Alex Brownsell
Head of Content, WARC Media
Andria Vidler
President, Advertising Association
Annette Male
CEO Northern Europe, dentsu
Aubrey Allegretti
Chief Political Correspondent, The Times
Bee Pearson
Founding Partner, Piqniq
Camilla Tominey
Associate Editor, The Telegraph
Caroline Ayling
Marketing Director, JAA Media
Caroline Manning
Chief Design Officer, Initiative
Charlie Ebdy
Chief Strategy Officer, Omnicom Media UK
Clare Arndell
Director of Media Planning, Join the Dots (Salocin)
Clive Dickens
Managing Partner, Meliora
Colin Horan
Strategic Partner - FMCG, Bauer Media Outdoor
Dan Clays
CEO EMEA, Omnicom Media
David Meikle
Founder, The How to Buy a Gorilla Company
David Wilding
EVP Strategy, WPP Media
Ed Sanderson
Senior Director, Head of Media, Planning & Investment, PepsiCo
Genevieve Tompkins
CEO, Goodstuff
Heather Dansie
Research & Insight Director, Newsworks
Jack Benjamin
Senior Reporter, The Media Leader
James Longhurst
Content Director, The Media Leader
Jen Jones
Founder, Craft Media London
Jon Block
Founder, Syllepsis
Josh Krichefski
CEO, GroupM EMEA; President, IPA, GroupM EMEA
Julian Harcourt
Marketing Director, Cosmos
Lauren McGuire
VP, Media and Communications, Salesforce
Leila Seith Hassan
Chief Data Officer, Digitas UK
Lin-Sze Teh
Chief Planning Officer, Starcom
Lisa Boyles
Head of Go To Market and Media, giffgaff
Max Toulliou
EMEA Head of InfoSum, WPP Media
Michael Karg
CEO EMEA, WPP Media
Millie Tipple
Client Strategy Director, Talon
Natasha Wallace
Chief Solutions Officer - AI, Strategy & Media, Jellyfish
Neil Bornman
CEO, Publicis Connected Media UK
Nick Fishbourne
Head of Account Management, YouGov
Niel Bornman
CEO, Publicis Connected Media UK
Paul Gayfer
Chief Strategy Officer, Goodstuff
Peter Mears
Global CEO, Havas Media Network & Chairman, Havas North America, Havas Media Network
Rachel Forde
Founder, TheZoo.London
Ria Stark
Head of Social Media, Creator Marketing & Branded Content, giffgaff
Richard Broughton
Executive Director and Co-founder, Ampere Analysis
Richard Temple
CEO & co-author, JAA Media & The Underdog Advantage
Ryan Gardiner
Head of Media & Social, Just Eat
Sam Drake
Chief Planning Officer, Project5 Media
Sam Eads
Head of Ad Sales and Operations, Trainline
Sam Tidmarsh
Head of Event Content & Marketing, Adwanted Events
Sarah Prentice
Head of Media Strategy & Planning, Heineken UK
Sarah Robson
Global Head of Advertising Effectiveness, On Device
Sophia King
Head of Brand & Marketing, Honest Mobile
Steve Edwards
Head of Agency, Tesco Media
Susie Milburn
Head of Consultancy, eatbigfish
Thomas Biedermann
Global Head of Media & Advertising, Star Global
Toby Brown
Strategy Director & Head of Research and Insight, eatbigfish
Tom Ives
Co-founder, RAAS LAB
Tom Kelleher
Director of Emerging Technology & AI, The Telegraph
Venya Wijegoonewardene
Chief Strategy Officer, Spark Foundry UK
Vicky Fox
Chief Planning Officer, Omnicom Media
Vicky Marshall
Head of Client, Talon
Will Akhurst
Chief Data Strategy Officer, Brainlabs
host· 1
Steven Scaffardi
Global CEO, Adwanted Content
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