All the action from Tobacco Dock

Posted on Wednesday 19 January 2022 | by IAB UK

IAB UK live from Tobacco Dock. Find out what went on.

16:00/That's a Wrap

And we’re done! Join us for a drink on the lower ground floor (or head home early and pretend to work that it didn’t finish until six). The choice is yours – but we’d love to see you!

Nonference

 

16:00/Digital in the Dark

Jessie live from Room 2: Headphones? ON. Blindfolds? Check! Essential oils? Yep. Fans? Of course. Stink bombs? Er, OK. Sweets? Yes please. Starcom and Global take us on an epic multi-sensory journey through the world of the internet, complete with Baby Shark, brawling cats, classical music and Vardy-gate. The moral of the story? Think about your consumers' experience and think about the creative.

16:00/Wheel of Data Fortune

Jessie live from Room 6: Spin the Wheel! An interactive session from Blis considers the risks and rewards inherent in a plethora of different data types available today Ben Phillips from location data tech business Blis explores bespoke targeting to a mass audience – challenging teams to spin his ‘ data wheel of fortune’, and to think about the limitations and the possibilities inherent in the vast array of data sources today – whether wearable tech, location, social, search, sales or market research…

15:50/Jingle Bell Shop

Lucy live from Room 1: Shaken, not stirred. With Christmas almost open us, OpenX explores reaching holiday shoppers in the age of digital.Nonferencers are warned that, whilst new tech has shaken up advertising, the key for consumers is still relevance. To make the most of the impending festive season, marketers must ‘make it easy to buy’: “There is lots of choice but we need to get hold of it as an industry, and give it a shake.”

15:40/The Programmatic Olympics

Jessie live from Room 3: GumGum’s Peter Wallace promises to mess with our heads and confuse our eyes as we explore how the brain processes pictures and the significance of iconic sporting imagery. We get into the Olympic spirit with a quiz (there’s a bottle of champagne up for grabs so it’s the winning that counts) and hear how advertisers can instantly capture a specific sporting moment to create impact.

15:40/The Auction Arms

Jessie live from Room 7: Pints, programmatic and a pub quiz! The Auction Arms is buzzing as the teams battle it out and test their knowledge of universal IDs, 5G, viewability benchmarks and connected TV (with a few general knowledge brain teasers thrown in for good measure). Speaking of measures, time for a G&T?

15:30/The Quiet Riot: Video in a Sound-Off World

Jessie live from Room 4: The cocktails are flowing and the silent disco is in full swing! Unruly tells us how to optimise creative and improve video advertising for our sound-off world. But now to don some headphones and bust some moves.

15:00/Build-a-Bot

Jessie live from Room 6: Armed with their weirdest facts, the audience put their heads together and get down to some chatbot building with Rakuten Viber. Sir Alan Sugar, Bake-Off and Queen Bey all make it into bot form but who will be crowned the winner? Beyonce takes the top spot.

15:00/Asking for a Friend

Lucy live from Room 3: Digital advertising myths and truths are being uncovered each minute as part of Zenith’s fast-paced ad tech quiz… What are the most common voice commands used on voice assistants? What is the top searched ‘what is’ question on Google? What percentage of Kim Kardashian’s Instagram followers are fake? This – and more – is what Nonferencers are discovering in Zenith’s interactive session this afternoon at Tobacco Dock, a veritable whistle-stop tour of digital advertising.

14:55/Rage About the Machine

Jessie live from Room 1: Cheese, wine and a look at machine learning with Quantcast in room 1 (stay tuned, all will become clear). Modelling Scientist Sermetcan Baysal takes us through how humans make decisions and how we can teach machines to learn autonomously. And the wine and cheese? AI can perfectly pair the two – who knew!?

14:55/Storytime... Live

Lucy live from Room 5: #Nonference 2019: How to grab attention online – and why stories became an overnight sensation.AdYouLike’s session points to the importance of interactive video when telling stories online. ‘The way we share content will be video,’ Nonferencers are told. ‘Stories and snackable video are the future’. Pointing to short attention spans and the creative considerations necessary when devising branded stories, this interactive session is focused on true engagement …

 

14:50/Wired for Sound

Jessie live from Room 7: They’ve teamed up, had their briefs and drafted audio scripts – now the proof is in the listening! All ears as the groups present back. Don’t forget, the #1 idea will actually be recorded so it’s all to play for.

14:40/Gen $: I Need A Dollar

Tom live from Room 2: Gen-Z are everywhere today at Tobacco Dock. LADbible Group bring us a team of young people to talk about how they make content and how they curate their lives. “If you followed a lot of influencers around you’d see their lives aren’t nearly as glamorous as they look”. We also all learn what a ‘hype-beast’ is: someone who follows all the latest trends in fashion to stay ahead of the curve. “They’re cooler than you basically”. Good to know, Gen-Z. Good to know!

14:20/Brexit: Beyond the Spin

Jessie live from Room 4: It’s all about the B-word in room 4. Audience members spin the wheel and look beyond the Brexit spin with the help of The Telegraph’s Front Bench Editor Daniel Capurro. What does an election mean for Brexit? Where do the DUP stand now? And what’s Labour’s view on our EU exit? We’re learning LOTS.

 

14:15/Spin It to Win It

Tom live from Room 2: We're spinning back to the 90s with Taptica as three of the team here get to play a programmatic game of Wheel of Fortune. Zoe, Dinesh and Stacey took it in turns to spin, pick a letter and try to guess the hot phrase from advertising and ad tech. Turns out "Addressability", "Demand Side Platform" and "General Data Protection Regulation" might not all spring to mind as easily as they do during a day in the office!

14:15/No Bullsh*t Leadership

Lucy live from Room 5: Nimbleness and agility are the result of a decision making culture, Havas Creative tells #Nonference after lunch. While it’s all very well talking vision and mission, understanding where you are today and where you’re trying to get to, leadership is about getting between those two points and making decisions, delegates are told. ‘Most organisations aren’t unique; they are just trying to do a common thing better than the competition’.

14:00/Move Over Millennials

Jessie live from Room 3: We all know about influencers, but what about kidfluencers? Mum of kidfluencers Kailem and Zizi joins CBBC presenter Nigel Clarke on Generation Media’s panel to discuss what makes Gen Alpha tick. And there’s an interactive audience quiz! Fun fact: Peppa Pig is the most popular kids show when it comes to content consumed online. By George! (one for the Peppa fans).

14:00/InstaDOOH

Lucy live from Room 7: It’s all in the context; Why audience, moment and message are critical when devising OOH campaigns. Out of Home is expanding, delegates at #Nonference learn, as QDOT and Talon Outdoor deliver an interactive session encouraging advertisers to think about different mindsets and moments when they brainstorm an OOH ad. Think about trigger data, to create really contextual and relevant ads. Think about the moment, and the mindset, we’re told...

13:50/The Box Bingo

Lucy live from Room 4: MobileFix’s Simon Andrews wakes us all up after lunch with a session exploring how television has been reinvented for advertisers, platforms and viewers. As viewers switch to Amazon Prime, Netflix and SnapDiscover, we need a different ad model. Fortunately brands are evolving their thinking when it comes to precision targeting of mass audiences. Whether its targeted ads on addressable platforms, product or AI supported contextual placement, the centre of gravity has moved from Hollywood to major data centres.

 

13:40/That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles

Jessie live from Room 1: “I know, I look like a right muppet” - The Guardian’s Dee Frew opens the first post-lunch session in full Cookie Monster garb. Why? We’re talking cookies, via the medium of children’s party games. Why were cookies created? How do we use them now? And what happens when the cookie crumbles? Lots of big questions being chewed over.

 

13:45/You Need to Calm Down

And breathe! The audience are tasked with each picking a calming song as Patrick Melville immerses us in a stress-busting, interactive workshop. We are more productive and make better decisions when we remain calm (not to mention the health benefits of staving off stress). We hear how our companies can help support this mindset

12:15/Lunch

Lunch time! If you’re here, join us on the Lower Ground Floor for food and some polite mingling. Afternoon sessions start at 1.20pm. ps. Don’t miss Tailify’s waffle stand, guaranteed to warm you up.

12:05/The Good, the Bad and the Podly

Jessie live from Room 5: The audience put their questions to Acast and Luke Moore, host of The Football Ramble podcast. Looking ahead to 2020, Luke says that there will be a new show for the new year “different to anything we’ve done before” and he’d like to get out of the studio to create more narrative-led content.

12:05/Getting Innovative with Native - Outside Social

Lucy live from Room 4: Native advertising myths, busted...The innovation stream at Tobacco Dock today sees Verizon Media bust myths around native advertising, sharing details of research which shows that native formats deliver more than just good click through and conversion rates, thanks to respectful ads which blend in to quality editorial content.

12:00/No Waze!

Jessie live from Room 3: “You say Mayor’s Transport Strategy and you get people dozing off, but this about saving and improving lives”. TFL joins Waze on stage to give us an insight into how they’re teaming up with tech partners to keep London moving every day. Up next, we meet a volunteer Waze map editor to hear why he makes updates – “it’s interesting and it’s social”.

12:00/A Carnival of Creativity

Lucy live from Room 6: With sonic branding having taken off in 2019, voice experience specialists Rabbit & Pork lead a collaborative workshop at Nonference today. What’s that noise? With a variety of musical instruments on the tables, Nonferencers design their own jingles and bring to life the power of sonic branding.

11:55/Going for Gold Standard

Jessie live from Room 2: We’ve put our Gold Standard knowledge to the test (gold star, obvs) now bring on the cash grabber! The audience are limbering up to go for gold as the notes start to fly. Aim of the game - grab as many gold notes as possible to be in with a chance of winning.

11:40/Ask the Creators

Jessie live from Room 1: Inside the minds of influencers in room 1 with Tribe as content creators Emma Green, Bushra Sidd & Florence Sevensma give us an insight on how they have built their Instagram followings – from fitness to fashion. Big emphasis on having a clear message and being yourself to create trust with followers.

11:40/A Festival of FYRE and ICE

Jessie live from Room 7: Wristbands on, freebies galore and swimming in celebs with IAB UK's Influencer Group… sort of. Ja Rule, Kendall Jenner and meme maestro Andy King are joined by FYRE festival organiser Billy McFarland* to explore the dos and don’ts of influencer marketing. *Disclaimer: those are masks guys, not the real deal.

11:10/The Future is Fake

Lucy live from Room 6: Future on demand… Mindshare tasks those at Nonference to brainstorm the future, today. Nonferencers aren't just looking into a crystal ball. They are tasked with drawing the future, considering how shopping habits will change, as well as entertainment and leisure habits, school and work, how we make friendships, develop relationships, communicate and share news and information.

11:10/Stop, Look, Listen... to Your Brand

Jessie live from Room 4: It’s all about the power of personalisation in A Million Ads’ session as they get the help of audience members to create personalised audio ads in real time. To prep for this session, the team created 23,664,860 variations of an audio ad, tailored to each person at Nonference today. Check yours out here (via a chrome browser): amillionads.com/nonference

11:00/Born Online

Jessie live from Room 3: They’re the new kids on the block, but how are Direct to Consumer brands changing the retail rules? Steph Douglas, Founder of Don’t Buy Her Flowers and Kate Huang, CMO of Callaly tell us how they’re using digital channels to build their brands and loyal followings. Check out our DTC report for more: iabuk.com/bornonline

10:55/TikTok with TikTok

Jessie live from Room 1: Standing room only as TikTok give us an intro on how to us the app. Following a look at some of the most popular # challenges on the app and a great live demo, the audience gets stuck in to creating their own TikToks. Top tip for new starters: be authentic.

10:50/The answer to life, the universe, and everything

Lucy live from Room 5: Are you asking the right questions? MiQ leads a workshop to help Nonferencers reimagine digital advertising by challenging assumptions and focusing on outcomes. How do you measure success? This is the question on everyone’s lips at MiQ’s interactive workshop, where #Nonference delegates are challenged to refocus their energies into asking the right questions.

10:45/Brand Date

Jessie live from Room 7: Here we go… Blind Date is back with an affiliate marketing twist! The audience are tasked with picking the right partner for their campaign brief from a choice of three lovely publishers looking for the perfect match. All together now… what’s your name and where do you come from?

10:40/Wheel of Brand Fortune

Lucy live from Room 2: Prizes up for grabs! Oracle Data Cloud gets two teams together to test their knowledge on brand safety, contextual intelligence and advertising at large. With prizes on offer this game-show inspired session tests #Nonference delegates’ knowledge of media optimisation and brand suitability. Can you prove the value of your media? Spin the wheel, keep it real…

10.10/Vamp Up Your Validation

Lucy live from Room 2: Patrick Verdon, Technical Director at IAB Europe, shows how its new CMP compliance programme helps the ad tech industry comply with EU law. With the Transparency & Consent Framework (TCF) having been designed to help the advertising ecosystem comply with GDPR, Verdon showed off the IAB Europe’s response. Offering a live demo of its new CMP Validator, Verdon explains how the chrome browser extension works, offering optimal flexibility and automatic checks on any site.

10:08/Know It All? Think Again

Jessie live from Room 7: It’s all about empathy in room seven as Microsoft Advertising get the audience to pick what their favourite playground game was as a kid and then consider how it can be made more inclusive. Empathy = new ways of working and truly inclusive marketing for clients.

10.05/Demystifying the Bid

Jessie live from Room 5: Crunch time as Index Exchange’s Family Feud quiz enters its final stages, challenging the audience to test their programmatic knowledge. How to identify opportunities in the programmatic process, improve monetisation and drive revenue… plus just what are London’s busiest tube stations?

10:00/Super Human Stories

Jessie live from Room 3: Inspiring Q&A from Social Chain Media with Kate Farley, the first-ever boxer with cerebral palsy, and Josh Llewellyn-Jones, a world-record breaking athlete with cystic fibrosis. Challenging what’s possible, defying the odds and how they’re documenting their journeys via social media being discussed. “Sharing my story on social media has opened so many doors” says Kate.

9:55/Blockchain: The Missing Link?

Lucy live from Room 4: Myth-busting through interactivity: the7stars, offers delegates at #Nonference a demo to illustrate what Blockchain actually is. "Blockchain is an incorruptible digital ledger of economic transactions that can be programmed to record not just financial transactions but virtually everything of value". The aim? To demonstrate entirely new ways of transferring information, that are possible today thanks to digital tech.

9:45/Be a Stories Pro

Jessie live from Room 1: Phones out and we’re learning how to be great storytellers with Instagram in Room 1. Did you know that 500 million of us use Instagram stories every single day!? From how to post a story for the beginners among us through to advanced skills for the Insta veterans, we’re covering it all.

9.30/Kick off

Three, two, one… Nonference! The first of our 40 sessions are starting right now. Take your pick and get stuck in. We’ll be posting from sessions throughout the day, bringing you all the best bits from Tobacco Dock and racking up plenty of steps on our FitBits.

8.30/Here we go

The doors are open, the Gold Standard cash grabber is primed for action and the Wheels of Fortune are in spin… Nonference is underway! We’ll be live posting all day so stay tuned for the latest from Tobacco Dock

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