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Season 2 Episode 5 | Diversity, Inclusion and Equality

Season 2, Ep. 5

“In diversity there is beauty and there is strength”, said Maya Angelou. Building a strong, sustainable and – frankly – beautiful digital advertising industry is a priority for the IAB, and in this episode we focus on Diversity, Equality and Inclusion. James is joined by Sarah Barnes, People & Culture Director at Bauer, and Rak Patel, Head of Sales at Spotify for the roundtable, while the IAB’s Jane McNeill and Sophia Amin give an update on the work that the IAB specifically is doing on ID&E. 

 

Simplifying the tricky topic of Universal User IDs in just two minutes is Index Exchange’s Head of Marketplace Development, EMEA, Richard Nicolson.

 

And finally, enjoy a game of spot-the-difference, as James shakes things up on how say Dara Nasr’s name. Twitter’s Dara NAS-A (ahem) joins us for a thorough grilling in 60 seconds with…Enjoy!

 

Check out the IAB’s Diversity Hub

 

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