First-Party Data Strategies Seminar: Speaker Biographies.

Driving first-party data is a top priority for media companies, particularly crucial in the next year as revenue-enabling third-party cookies are disappearing in 2023.

Di5rupt, in association with World Newsmedia Network, will host a First-Party Data Strategies seminar on Tuesday, 7 June, at the Congress Campus, in Cascais, Portugal. The seminar includes the launch of FIPP‘s first in-depth white paper on the topic.

• Congress delegates can attend the seminar at no extra cost: Sign up here for free
• Not registered for Congress? Sign up here for both events (the rate gives you full access to both)

See the schedule for FPD Strategies here.

About your speakers

Valeria Kuepper, Vice President of Data Strategy & Partnerships, RTL, Germany

Valeria is responsible for the company-wide data strategy and driving value out of data and new technologies to enable the digital transformation of RTL. During her career and various stations at RTL, she led several departments for data product development (e.g., AI-based products) and co-founded the netID. Before RTL, she worked as a strategy consultant at BCG. She studied business engineering, focusing on applied computer science and financial mathematics at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, EM Lyon and the University of Cambridge.

Simen Breen, Senior Manager, Privacy, Norway

In this presentation, Schibsted will share insight into how users’ privacy can be ensured, while still unlocking the value of data across brands. Schibsted’s first party data strategy is built on mandatory building blocks for brands designed to protect users’ privacy and enable data sharing. An approach to the privacy component of a first party data strategy will be explored in this talk.

Danny Spears, COO, The Ozone Project, UK

At The Ozone Project, Danny is focused on helping publishers around the world create and retain value in their ecosystems through publisher-centric technology provision and strategy consulting. Prior to joining The Ozone Project, Danny led global ad tech and data strategy at The Guardian.

James Hewes, President and CEO, FIPP, UK

Having held various positions in his 12-year stint at the BBC, James Hewes was part of the team that sold the business to private equity in November 2011. He was then Publishing Director for Top Gear, Good Food, Easy Cook and Lonely Planet Magaz