IAB Committees & Councils: What's Happening

The IAB helps drive the industry forward through the efforts of eleven committees and nine councils in various industry segments. Comprised of some of the brightest minds in their space, these groups work together to develop solutions that improve the interactive advertising and marketing ecosystem.

Second Quarter 2013 Activities & Initiatives

Congratulations to the 2013 Committee & Council Co-Chairs!
View the complete list of Committee & Council leaders.

Committees

  • Working group on Digital Audio Tagging
  • Working group to establish Audio Impression definition
  • Update of Audio Ecosystem Overview
  • Audio Agency Day planning underway
  • Next meeting: Q3 meeting date TBD
  • Bob Felsenthal, VP/Publisher B2B Magazine-Crain and Michael Friedenberg, CEO, IDG Enterprise are the new committee's co-chairs
  • Meet guest speaker Brian Resnick, Global Brand & Communication Services Leader from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited and co-author of Designing B2B Brands--Lessons Learned from 195,000 Brand Managers, and learn about the IAB/Bizo primer, Building a B2B Brand Online for Dummies, at the committee's Q2 meeting, details below.
  • Next meeting: May 16, 2013 in NYC
  • 2nd Annual Digital Content NewFronts take place April 29-May 3, 2013
  • Digital Video Rising Stars released at ALM February 2013
  • In-image advertising discussions taking place
  • Video Suite education initiative is ongoing
  • Next meeting: May 17, 2013 in NYC

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  • Discussions underway to as committee realigns focus to changing the games space and explores new opportunities
  • Next meeting: Q3 meeting in July in LA

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  • Audience Reach Measurement Definitions are in final review phase
  • Next meeting: May 30, 2013 in NYC

  • Launched February 2013
  • March 25th kickoff meeting at the IAB confirmed mission and goals; 2013 agenda to be developed over the course of Q2
  • Next meeting: June 13, 2013 in Chicago

 

 

Councils

  • Collaborated with Research Council on Hispanic Consumers & Digital Media
  • African American Working Group working with Nielsen and comScore on research that seeks to improve measurement of AA households
  • Next meeting: October 3, 2013 in NYC
  • Sales Award working group meeting to determine 2012 Award recipients be announced at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting in February 2013
  • Working group formed to vet an Online Sales/Media Kit being developed with Fusebox
  • Town Hall forums taking place throughout the year
  • Next forum: September 9, 2013
  • Focused on three key initiatives in 2012: KPI & Metrics, Compensation and Accounts & Receivable
  • Compensation Subgroup launched Q4 2012
  • First 2013 meeting: May 8, 2013 in San Francisco

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