Jarrod Dicker is an entrepreneurial technology and media executive at the Washington Post. He is formerly the CEO of Po.et. Po.et is the platform for a new decentralized media economy on the blockchain. At its base, it is a shared, immutable, decentralized ledger for registering, licensing and attributing metadata about content creators’ portfolios of works. On top of this foundation, it is marketplaces and decentralized applications that use token-based reputation systems and the power of the network effect to crowdsource truth and attribution and reclaim value for content creators, publishers and advertisers alike.

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We don’t have to look much further than the brands that have been marketing during the Covid-19 crisis to realize that consumers need and crave more authenticity and connection from the companies that seek their loyalty. Businesses that are succeeding are going back to basics, honing in on brand purpose and reaching their customers in new and trusted ways. Join Randi Stipes, CMO of Watson Advertising & Weather; Developer Marketing, for a look at brands that are pivoting successfully during this time and how AI technologies can help your brand navigate the new normal.

Join Adweek and CreatorIQ for a panel discussion with Twitch, Loaded, and Xsolla about trends & best practices for monetizing influential gaming communities.

Attend this session to learn about:

1. Strategies & best practices
2. Future trends & predictions
3. Technologies & integrations
4. Monetization measurement

We don’t have to look much further than the brands that have been marketing during the Covid-19 crisis to realize that consumers need and crave more authenticity and connection from the companies that seek their loyalty. Businesses that are succeeding are going back to basics, honing in on brand purpose and reaching their customers in new and trusted ways. Join Randi Stipes, CMO of Watson Advertising & Weather; Developer Marketing, for a look at brands that are pivoting successfully during this time and how AI technologies can help your brand navigate the new normal.

Accounting for nearly 50 percent of the global games market, mobile gaming is becoming an increasingly important sector of the esports industry. Advancements in technology are not only making phones and tablets sufficient competitive gaming devices, they are also making competition more accessible than ever before, expanding the esports footprint in key regions where access to powerful PCs and high-speed internet is limited.

In this keynote, Matt “MobileMatt” Rutledge, Director of Mobile Gaming at Complexity Gaming, will explore the opportunities and innovations which make mobile esports the next frontier for competitive gaming. The conversation will touch on brand opportunities in mobile esports, the key strengths of mobile as a gaming platform, the impact of COVID-19 on this area of the industry, and what role mobile gaming will play in the future.

We don’t have to look much further than the brands that have been marketing during the Covid-19 crisis to realize that consumers need and crave more authenticity and connection from the companies that seek their loyalty. Businesses that are succeeding are going back to basics, honing in on brand purpose and reaching their customers in new and trusted ways. Join Randi Stipes, CMO of Watson Advertising & Weather; Developer Marketing, for a look at brands that are pivoting successfully during this time and how AI technologies can help your brand navigate the new normal.

Riot Games’ Cathy Saidiner joins Adweek’s Ryan Barwick to discuss how mobile helps keep a passionate player base connected to each other and to Riot. Mobile is an equalizer for how Riot reaches a global audience, and has become a cornerstone platform to its broader ecosystem. Learn how and why Riot developed a mobile strategy after 10 years of focusing on PCs.

We don’t have to look much further than the brands that have been marketing during the Covid-19 crisis to realize that consumers need and crave more authenticity and connection from the companies that seek their loyalty. Businesses that are succeeding are going back to basics, honing in on brand purpose and reaching their customers in new and trusted ways. Join Randi Stipes, CMO of Watson Advertising & Weather; Developer Marketing, for a look at brands that are pivoting successfully during this time and how AI technologies can help your brand navigate the new normal.

Join AdColony's Matt Barash to discuss the important facts around the latest hot channel in marketing: mobile games. Off the heels of massive growth during COVID lockdowns, many brands finally turned to the wide audience mobile games provide. Barash and Adweek editor [name] will discuss who's playing, what they're playing, and how brands can access these audiences more effectively than ever.

We don’t have to look much further than the brands that have been marketing during the Covid-19 crisis to realize that consumers need and crave more authenticity and connection from the companies that seek their loyalty. Businesses that are succeeding are going back to basics, honing in on brand purpose and reaching their customers in new and trusted ways. Join Randi Stipes, CMO of Watson Advertising & Weather; Developer Marketing, for a look at brands that are pivoting successfully during this time and how AI technologies can help your brand navigate the new normal.