Anna Bager, a seasoned media industry veteran, is the president & CEO of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA), the national trade association that represents the out of home (OOH) advertising industry. Bager is spearheading the OOH industry’s transformation into one of the most exciting media platforms for brands today, with a focus on tech innovation, ease of buying and integration with other mediums.

Prior to joining OAAA, Bager was executive vice president of industry initiatives at IAB, leading all digital, mobile, video, audio, and data industry initiatives as well as all thought leadership which included the Digital Content NewFronts. She has been named one of the 30 most powerful women in mobile advertising by Business Insider and one of the top women in media by Folio magazine and Cynopsis Media.

Eric Dennis is a Creative Director at Dentsu Creative, shaping the brands of today and tomorrow with creatively driven, innovative ideas that push culture forward.

Before joining Dentsu Creative, Eric’s career spanned agencies including Mother, 72andSunny, Droga5, Wieden & Kennedy and Barton F. Graf. His work has been recognized by every major advertising award show, featured in the New York Times and entered into the permanent collection of the MoMa. He’s a proud father and avid hobbyist who enjoys imagining, collaborating, and making new things every chance he gets.

Jim Wilson has spent 20-plus years at the forefront of transforming media and technology businesses. Prior to becoming CEO of Talon America, Jim founded Premion, TEGNA and Gray Television’s first-in-market streaming TV advertising services and technology platform. Jim has also served as the CEO of Atari and COO of digital music company TouchTunes. Prior to TouchTunes, Jim launched the games business at Universal Studios that delivered numerous worldwide hit games before being named Global Head of Development for Vivendi Universal Games, post-merger. Earlier on, he held management roles at Universal, Sony, and Disney. Jim's extensive board work includes Atari, SA (France), Game One Television (Europe), Premion LLC, AMI Entertainment, Inc., G-DII, Inc., Forestdale Foster Care, The Allen-Stevenson School, and The Gateway School.

Stephanie Gutnik is the Global Head of DOOH at Yahoo, responsible for defining overall strategy, product features and go-to-market plans for the channel. She previously held roles as Vice President, Digital Strategy and Programmatic Sales at OUTFRONT Media and Vice President, Business Development at Broadsign. She also ran Marketing for Broadsign and worked in ad sales at News Corp.

Stephanie is a frequent public speaker, discussing programmatic DOOH, cross-media synergies and business strategy at international events. Sitting on the Board of Directors of the Digital Signage Federation and Canadian Association of New York, she is also the Co-Chair of the OAAA Innovations Committee, on the DSE Advisory Board and is involved with the DPAA. Stephanie graduated with a BA from McGill University, a MBA from Edinburgh Business School and is currently pursuing a doctorate studying the advertising effects of CTV and DOOH.

David has over 20 years experience in the media industry, predominantly concentrated in the Out of Home sector.

In 1997 he was part of the start-up team that launched Outdoor Connection, one of the UK’s most successful OoH buying brands.

Prior to launching Mediabridge in 2017, he spent 10 years at WPP’s Kinetic and held a number of senior leadership positions both within the UK and internationally, including 5 years as CEO EMEA and a 4-year stint in New York as CEO Americas.

David left Kinetic to open Mediabridge, an independent OoH planning and buying practice, offering brands an unconstrained view across the fast moving OoH sector.  In 2020 it merged into Bitposter, the UK’s leading Out of Home Media technology business. Today, Mediabridge Global offers a fully managed OoH service which leverages best in class technology stack to deliver outstanding results for its agency partners and clients. 

David is an MBA graduate from Henley Business School, lives near London with his two daughters and is a long suffering supporter of Reading Football Club.

Meg has worked in OOH for 10 years, on both - specialist and media owner side. Meg says, "It's the most exciting channel with endless creative opportunities - I am delighted to be part of this year's judging panel and am looking forward to seeing what the entries have to offer!"

Ged is Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) of Alight Media, the fastest-growing out-of-home media owner in the UK. Alight Media is digital-first, helping advertisers achieve truly national reach across the UK by bringing previously overlooked areas to light.

Ged’s career in UK advertising and media sales started in the late 90s and he has held senior sales positions in radio, press and Out of home in that time.

He has worked for a number of well-known media companies including Chrysalis Radio (now Global), the Reader’s Digest and JCDecaux.

Prior to becoming Alight Media’s CRO, Ged spent over right years as the Commercial Director of the Advertising Association, the professional body that promotes the role, rights and responsibilities of UK advertising.