What are Official ad:tech tokyo Speakers?

ad:tech tokyo speakers are selected industry influencers/leaders who will discuss the topics chosen by the Advisory Board Members to as a representative of their industry both domestically and globally. The speakers are voluntary and this has been the tradition from all of the past ad:tech conferences held in 11 cities of 7 countries. The official speakers do not incur costs and will be able to join in the ad:tech tokyo conferences.

■Advantages of Becoming a Speaker

• ・Join all of the ad:tech tokyo conferences, networking parties, and the exhibitions halls with the Speakers’ pass (value of 100,000 yen).
• ・Network at the parties and Speaker’s lounge with other speakers who are also influential industry leaders.
• ・Connect with the other speakers in your session to further enrich your business opportunities.
• ・Promote yourself on official ad:tech tokyo website and SNS.
• ・Write in your profiles and SNS that you are an ad:tech tokyo official speaker. You may be called as speakers from other conferences and have a chance to further enrich your career.

■Two Possible Roles to Apply

• ①Moderator
  As a moderator you will lead your session to the actual performing day. You will discuss the theme with the other speakers to decide the takeaway for your session. You will decide on the summary of your session, organize the meetings, lead the discussions, and submit the compiled presentations of your session. Your hard work and leading role will be recognized.
• ②Speakers
  As speakers, you will follow the moderator’s lead to enrich the takeaway, contribute and prepare for your session.

■How the Speakers are Chosen

• 1. Advisory Board Members and the ad:tech show office decide the conference programs which the speakers will be called for.
• 2. Call for Speakers will start, and candidates apply online.

  For the First-time speakers
  Starting this year, we will be conducting a video screening.
  Please take a video of up to 2 minutes of the message you wish to convey during the session of your choice. The quality of your video will not be affected by the judging process, so a selfie taken with a smartphone is fine.
  Please upload your video to the following URL.
  https://www.dropbox.com/request/b9SBirfWxqaSaWux2yyx

• 3. From the pool of candidates, we will select considering the factors below from our selection manual.
  ・Relevancy to the theme of the session
  ・Activeness to your business
  ・Qualified to talk about the theme
  ・Contributing to the entire industry
  ・Overall balance In addition, if you have experience
  ・Promotion possibilities for your session and ad:tech tokyo
  ・Past performance at ad:tech tokyo
• 4. Selected speakers will be notified by email.