Speakers | Ad Blocking Action Day
Ad Blocking Action Day
Confirmed Speakers
Vice President Product Management, WeltN24 GmbH
Head of Product Development FAZ.net, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Germany
Nico Wilfer heads product development for the digital products of Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, one of Germany´s largest nationwide newspapers. This include the news portal faz.net as well as several mobile products. Prior to joining F.A.Z., Nico worked five years in digital product management positions at Süddeutsche Zeitung. Before that he was founder of myBlog, Germany´s once biggest weblog platform, which at the time hosted up to more than 50 % of German blogs.
Editorial Product Manager, Aftonbladet
Lena Widman is a journalist who has held a number of positions on Aftonbladet editorial staff, as Managing Editor, News Editor and Lifestyle Editor.
She has been a vital part of the exciting journey when Aftonbladet.se expanded to've become Sweden's leading news source. In recent years, she has had a central role in product development, including leading the team that created Aftonbladet 'highly successful mobile app. She is now Product Manager, and is responsible for editorial product development.
Director, Global Advisory - WAN-IFRA, Germany
Ben is a leading expert on digital media, and at WAN-IFRA he has the task of providing independent advice on digital strategy and organisational change. He will also lead the various WAN-IFRA initiatives to support the media industry in its transformation.
Previously, he was Shaw Media's Chief Digital Officer, and focused in driving digital revenue and audience for their digital products in the United States. Shaw was also the company’s CTO and previously IT Director. He oversaw the alignment of all technologies to Shaw’s audience and revenue growth strategies. He was also actively involved in optimizing Shaw Media's over 100 print and digital publication products and workflows. He is a licensed Apple iOS Developer and an Apple Certified Help Desk Specialist.
Executive Director of Europe and Africa, WAN-IFRA, Germany
As Director of Europe and Africa for the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA), Ralf is responsible for the organisation's numerous activities in the region. He has over a decade of experience in digital media working in varied roles. After completing a journalistic apprenticeship at a regional newspaper, Ralf began his career as an editor and editorial team leader for T-Online in Germany. He went on to hold leadership positions at Coop Press, ETH Zurich, Information Architects and Denon Allmedia in Switzerland. Ralf has a Masters Degree in Political Science and Rhetoric from the University of Tübingen.
Head of Ecosystem at PageFair, Ireland
Founder & CEO, Think Privacy, Poland
Alexander Hanff is a globally respected privacy expert and advocate with a background in computer science, pyschology, sociology and law. For over twenty years Alexander has worked in the field of technology, specifically online technologies and has had a diverse career from technical management roles to training and teaching. In 2005 Alexander decided to investigate the impact of technology on society and returned to University to study these issues as a sociologist, then in 2008 moved into privacy advocacy full time.
In April 2009, Alexander joined Privacy International to manage their online privacy portfolio. During his time at Privacy International, he spoke at dozens of conferences around the world on issues of privacy, identity and the impact of technology on human rights – giving speeches from Brazil to Beijing. Furthermore, Alexander filed complaints with regulators on issues regarding online privacy and engaged in stakeholder consultations with a number of public sector bodies including the FTC, European Commission, UK Home Office and various other public and private sector organisations on issues ranging from Online Behavioural Advertising, ePrivacy, Surveillance and Identity.
Alexander has given hundreds of press and media interviews on privacy issues and is regularly quoted in mainstream media. He left Privacy International in January 2012 after nearly three years to pursue his interests in privacy enhancing solutions and technologies and currently advises organisations focused on these issues across the globe.
