Having consulted with our members, we have reinvigorated our previous Forum format to bring you our new AOP Crunch Series which will take place on the first Thursday of every month from March-May and September-December. The AOP Crunch Series is about learning from industry leaders, discussing challenges, and peer networking; all of this with a purpose, to build a better future for Premium Publishers. Whether you have a specific problem to solve or you want cutting edge learning or you want to guide future outcomes, you need to be there!

Upcoming CRUNCH events

6 Dec

CRUNCH 06: How will the industry support you for a better 2019?

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG

Has 2018 been your year? Or should it be better? What do you want to achieve in 2019? And what do you want from this industry? With Christmas approaching, join us for an event that is all about you and your potential in 2019.

Our research with AOP Members tells us that managers and individuals alike want to explore:

• Open and inclusive career pathways and working practices
• Positive and supportive approaches to well being
• Expert approaches to develop a person to their best potential
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Past CRUNCH events

1 Mar

CRUNCH 01: Programmatic: Rewired

Royal College of Nursing, 20 Cavendish Square London,  W1G 0RN 

“Programmatic” will change radically in 2018 and premium publishers can shape the outcome.

To achieve its potential, programmatic must deliver higher value transactions, greater transparency, a fraud free platform, a brand safe environment, secure pathways for data and a closer connection between buyer and seller.

To do so the ecosystem will transform; 2018 will see a radical thinning out of the programmatic ecosystem. The many lower value, undifferentiated services will fall by the wayside

5 Apr

CRUNCH 02: The Reader Revenue Revolution

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG

The Guardian is predicting it will break even next year, The Independent is in profit and many thematic publishers are driving significant growth. Whilst these aren’t the new halcyon days for publishers, new and more valuable relationships with users suggest a future where premium publishers can thrive. But how to exchange value?

3 May

CRUNCH 03: GDPR and Beyond

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG

Since May last year the AOP GDPR Working Group, comprising the leading GDPR experts at each of our Publisher Members, helmed by Nick Stringer and with the guidance of Lewis Silkin, has been creating a definitive, practical and unique GDPR resource for premium publishers.

6 Sep

CRUNCH 04: Buy and Sell Side - Partnership Equals Progress

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG

The online ad industry is struggling with some major issues, including the following:

- Ad quality in the forms of brand safety, ad fraud and viewability
- Transparency in the programmatic world
- The power of the big platforms
- Co-operation over data under GDPR
- How advertising benefits all the way through to the person on the street

4 Oct

CRUNCH 05: Creativity for the Attention Economy

Prince Philip House, 3 Carlton House Terrace, St. James's, London SW1Y 5DG