After #CampDavid, AdBlock Plus Will Host Meetups in U.S.

AdBlock Plus is following up its two "Camp David" talks -- "listening sessions" to collect feedback on developing its Acceptable Ads Committee -- with discussions on that topic at assorted U.S. venues, according to a spokesperson.

The first one will likely come in Austin at SXSW, which takes place March 11-20 this year.

"Camp David Europe" was a one-day event held in London. There was a similar talk held in November in New York, and both aimed to form an independent committee to oversee the AdBlock Plus's Acceptable Ads initiative by late summer or early fall this year, a spokesperson for the company said.

Advertisers, ad-tech executives, publishers, consumers' rights groups, privacy and security advocates, technology companies and journalists were in attendance at the London meeting -- but no ad agencies. Several agencies were invited, the spokesperson said, but none were able to make it. Still, the spokesperson said, AdBlock Plus is in talks with several agencies through other channels.

Earlier this year at the Interactive Advertising Bureau's Leadership Summit, IAB CEO Randall Rothenberg said that when AdBlock Plus registered for the event online, the IAB cancelled the registration and reversed the company's credit card billing. See Rothenberg's full speech here.

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