April 7, 2025
New York, NY

MediaPost's Outfront Forum

For over a decade and in advance of the Upfront, MediaPost’s OutFront Forum gathers the biggest media buyers on the planet to explore their near term and long term plans. Over breakfast and two morning panels senior agency executives share their plans and expectations for allocation in 2025 and their five year outlook. How are the people behind big media spends planning to manage the TV revolution on every available screen?

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Agenda

Monday, 04/07

8:15 AM ET
8:15 AM ET
Registration & Check-In
8:30 AM ET
8:30 AM ET
Continental Breakfast & Networking
9:15 AM ET
9:15 AM ET
Opening Remarks
MC
Joe Mandese, Editor-in-Chief, MediaPost 
9:30 AM ET
9:30 AM ET
Upfront 2025-2026
TV's upfront advertising market period tries another tune this season -- one where a chorus of new currencies, increased flexibilities, and innovative cross-platform business outcome guarantees have become pressing mantras. What really will make it to the bottomline as media agencies and TV networks search for common ground? Legacy TV-media measures could hold back the size and scope of these transitions. We look for answers.
Moderator
Wayne Friedman, West Coast Editor, MediaPost 
PanelistS
Tim Hill, Chief Partnerships Officer, U.S., Initiative 
David Sederbaum, Chief Investment Officer, iProspect 
10:15 AM ET
10:15 AM ET
Sponsor Spotlight & Coffee Break
10:45 AM ET
10:45 AM ET
Upfront 2029-2030
What will the “post-currency” era of upfront marketplaces look like? Tune into a conversation top media buyers and chief investment officers to learn how the not-to-distant future of a converged linear/non-linear TV/video marketplace will evolved based on Big Data, consumer privacy, clean rooms, "certification," and a new frontier of identity resolution methods that will have emerged to replace the upfront’s long-standing “GRP” gold standard and how that will affect the supply-and-demand dynamics of upfront negotiations.
Moderator
Joe Mandese, Editor-in-Chief, MediaPost 
PanelistS
Cara Lewis, Chief Investment and Activation Officer, dentsu Media US 
Larene Mantel, VP, Strategic Investment, MAGNA 
12:00 PM ET
12:00 PM ET
Coffee & Networking

Featured Speakers

Tim Hill

Initiative
Chief Partnerships Officer, U.S.

Cara Lewis

dentsu Media US
Chief Investment and Activation Officer

Larene Mantel

MAGNA
VP, Strategic Investment

David Sederbaum

iProspect
Chief Investment Officer

Wayne Friedman

MediaPost
West Coast Editor

Joe Mandese

MediaPost
Editor-in-Chief

Venue

The Yale Club
50 Vanderbilt Avenue
Grand Ballroom
New York, New York, 10017

The Yale Club is located on the corner at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue between 44th and 45th Streets, across from the western entrance to Grand Central Station.

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Sponsorships

For questions regarding sponsorship of this event please contact Seth Oilman, SVP, Chief Revenue Officer at seth@mediapost.com.

Press

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General

For general summit inquiries please contact Seth Oilman, SVP, Chief Revenue Officer at seth@mediapost.com.

VIP Program

For questions about or to apply to the VIP Program please contact Kevin Massa, Manager of Brand & Agency Relations at massa@mediapost.com.

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MediaPost strives for excellence in its coverage of media, marketing and advertising. Our mission is to critically engage key questions for brand marketers, media buyers, sellers and emerging platforms. We choose speakers exclusively for their ability to bring perspective and insight to our stage. All conferences are programmed by proven, expert, unbiased journalists. MediaPost has never and will never engage in "pay to play" conferencing.