Awin + ShareASale Past ThinkTank US
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The second-annual Awin + ShareASale ThinkTank US was a success, filled with packed meeting schedules, exceptional insights and ample networking. Occurring on June 3 -5, 2019, at the Renaissance Downtown Chicago Hotel, our 2019 event brought together 250+ top advertisers, agencies, publishers and bloggers across our networks for three jam-packed days of education, program guidance, ample networking… even a little fun! View our highlights below, or click to read the event recap blog.
Monday, June 3, 2019
Registration Open
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Welcome Happy Hour
Sponsored by Groupon
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Tuesday, June 4, 2019
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM
Keynote: The Future of Retail
9:30 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Session 1: Awin Report 2019 - Celebrating Digital Diversity
10:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Session 2: Awin Talks - Live
11:15 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:45 PM
Session 3: Innovations Panel
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Break
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
1:1 Partner Meetings
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Network Awards Dinner
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Wednesday, June 5, 2019
Breakfast
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Welcome Remarks
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM
Session 4: Industry Insights Panel
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM
Break
10:15 AM - 10:30 AM
Roundtables
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
1:1 Partner Meetings
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM
The ThinkTank Network Awards returned for the second year running, offering an evening of live music, drinks and dinner, compelling conversation, and most importantly, celebrations by all. This year's Network Awards ceremony recognized 12 partners across 10 categories, and introduced two new awards voted on live by attendees throughout the event - Advertiser Choice of Publisher and Publisher Choice of advertiser. To read more on our winners and nominees, click here.
Advertiser of the Year
Jane
Publisher of the Year
BuzzFeed
Agency Team of the Year
Acceleration Partners
Blogger of the Year
Urban Tastebud
Most Original Performance Marketing Campaign
decluttr + RevLifter
Campaign Strategy of the Year
allbirds + American Media, LLC
Global Campaign of the Year
Viator, A Trip Advisor Company
Industry Disruptor
Global Savings Group
Advertiser Choice of Publisher
RevLifter
Publisher Choice of Advertiser
HP
ThinkTank US 2019 was privileged to welcome 250+ top advertisers, agencies, publishers, bloggers and industry experts across Awin at ShareASale at our event. Please find some of those attendees below.
Advertisers + agencies
Bloggers + publishers
We are thrilled to showcase our esteemed collective of speakers for ThinkTank US 2019. Their main sessions provided attendees with knowledge that strengthens and grows the attendee’s affiliate channel activity by offering a look in to their individual thoughts, insights and expertise in the industry.
Adam Ross
Awin
Chris Johnson
Groupon
Gary Kibel
Davis & Gilbert, LLP
Jessica Seib
Buzzfeed
Kevin Edwards
Awin
Kim Westwood
Shopping Links
Maryellen Garasky
Jane.com
Matt Wool
Acceleration Partners
Mike van Geldorp
Monotote
Morgan Chemij
HP
Rachel Honoway
Performance Marketing Association
Rob Davinson
Awin
Sri Sharma
Increasingly
Tijs van Santen
Button
Toby Sharpe
Intelligent Interfaces
Our roundtables are the perfect chance for intimate discussions with industry experts and other attendees. With numerous topics to choose from, these small focus groups enabled attendees to contribute on shared concerns or questions and to generate actionable takeaways. ThinkTank US 2019 had 23 roundtables in total, which ranged across a wide breath of topics and target audiences.
Thank you to our ThinkTank US 2019 sponsors, who provided many of the fun attendee perks available throughout the conference.