WHERE ADVERTISING, DISTRIBUTION AND CONTENT CONNECT.
Advertising, distribution and content used to run as separate conversations. Now they move together. A sports rights deal reshapes the ad inventory. A merger changes who controls the pipes. A new format, from creators to micro-dramas, pulls audiences away from established networks, and ad budgets follow.
Over two days, CTV World 2027 brings together 500+ senior advertisers, distributors and programmers, the people behind those decisions, in one room with one goal: master the new TV economy. Follow the money, the pipes and the programming. Then connect them.
Why Attend: This is the only room where the full TV economy — programmers, platforms, and ad buyers — sits together at the executive level. Curated to 500+ senior leaders, not a mass-market crowd.
Who should attend: Streaming and CTV buyers, brand marketers, network and platform executives, publishers, and anyone with budget authority over the future of TV advertising. Last year's attendee snapshot:
PICK YOUR PASS TYPE
BUYER PASS
Who qualifies: Consumer brands, ad agencies, networks/streamers, publishers, consultants, and educators.
Includes full access to all conference sessions and guaranteed entry to all main stage programming across both days, plus networking breaks and receptions.
Price starts at $795
TECH & SOLUTIONS PASS
Who qualifies: Solutions providers, measurement companies, investment firms, DSP/SSPs, Trade Desks, and platforms.
Includes full access to all conference sessions and networking opportunities across both days. If the main stage reaches capacity, sessions will be live streamed in the breakout room and sell-side pass holders will be invited to watch from there.
Prices start at $995
2027 SEASON PASS
Your Year in Ad Tech, Mapped Out.
In 2027, AdExchanger is bringing the people who build, buy, and sell modern advertising together across three defining events — CTV World, AdExchanger Connect (previously Programmatic AI), and AdExchanger Next (previously Programmatic I/O). From the boardroom conversations shaping where TV is headed, to the hands-on workshops turning AI and agentic strategy into a workflow you can run immediately, to the senior-leader debates setting next year's agenda — this is where the entire ecosystem shows up, three times a year, to do business.
Register for one event or stack your pass across all three and save. The more you're in the room, the more deals, relationships, and insight you walk away with. A 2027 Season pass includes 1 pass to each event:
CTV World | March 30-31, 2027 | NYC
AdExchanger Connect | May 18-19, Park MGM, Las Vegas
Previously Programmatic AI.
The Here and Now. Where ad tech's practitioners stop theorizing and start operating. Connect is the hands-on event for agentic buying, campaign automation, and AI-managed workflows — built so you leave with something you can actually run, not just a new set of ideas.
Who should attend: Operators, media planners and buyers, agency leads, creator-media operators, AI strategists, measurement architects, and publisher teams — practitioner up through CMO/VP level. A locked 60/40 buy/sell ratio keeps the room operator-heavy.
Why Attend: Everyone else makes you pick a lane — AI, creator media, or measurement. Connect puts all three in the same buy-side/sell-side room, with tech demos and workshops built for immediate execution.
Programmatic I/O | September 27-28, Marriott Marquis NYC
The Next and Coming. Madison Ave meets ad tech. Next is where senior leaders pressure-test strategy against their peers before they bet next year's budget — skipping the futurism for what's actually working right now, straight from brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms.
Who should attend: C-suite and senior leadership (CMO, CTO, CDO, Chief AI Officer), media planners and buyers, finance and investment decision-makers, brand/agency/publisher leads, and emerging-tech and vertical specialists (healthcare, auto, sports).
The differentiator: This is the flagship, big-picture event of the three — less workflow, more point of view. You leave knowing where the industry's headed, not just what to do on Monday.
Bundle Pricing Starts at $1,995
