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Dan Brain: What a 5 year-old’s party taught me about AI and luxury fashion

MAD//Fest co-founder and NDA columnist Dan Brain shares how a conversation at a kids party led him to think that AI is driving a race to the bottom in luxury marketing.

Digital Women of Dubai: Lyza Haddag, Global Senior Client Partner, TXT Media

Lyza is Global Senior Client Partner at TXT Media, where she builds strategic partnerships and helps brands and agencies unlock growth through innovative media solutions.

Digital Women, NDA MENA

Matt Barash: From services to systems: the shift that will break legacy adtech

More than ever, it feels like agencies and adtech are drifting apart. Not because either is failing, but because one is transforming faster than the other is recognising.

MAD//Fest co-founder Dan Brain: “Trust your gut’s magical powers”

Matt Barash: Social is no longer just a channel. It’s the R&D lab for modern marketing

Programmatic, US

Mario Lamaa, MD, Data & Revenue Operations, Immediate Media joins as NDA columnist

Erfan Djazmi: Beyond the pageview: Why the ‘Signal Web’ is adtech’s new $1 trillion reality

Feeley’s Final Thought: Hyrox and the end of entitled attention

Michael Feeley 30 January 2026

The storm before the calm: how to interpret a turbulent start to 2026

NDA Contributor 29 January 2026

Does ad spend follow attention – or just what feels safe?

NDA Contributor 21 January 2026

Dan Brain, Co-Founder, MAD//Fest: Why I’m backing humanity in 2026

Justin Pearse 20 January 2026

Editor-in-Chief’s View: The year AI transforms our industry and creativity for the better

Justin Pearse 12 January 2026

Freddie Turner: AI, Trust, and the Future of Programmatic

NDA Contributor 7 January 2026

Time to Rethink Programmatic’s First Principles in 2026

NDA Contributor 9 December 2025

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The EC’s proposed reform of EU Data Protection and Privacy Law: Advantage, Big Tech?

NDA Contributor 8 December 2025

Feeley's final thought

Feeley’s final thought: you’re driving me crAIzy!

Michael Feeley 28 November 2025

Stevie Antonioni: Agentic AI – getting to know your new teammate

NDA Contributor 20 November 2025

Nick Stringer: how the Digital Omnibus resets the EU’s Data & Privacy rules

NDA Contributor 19 November 2025

Algorithms & ambivalence : how AI is shaking up the mid-funnel

NDA Contributor 17 November 2025