2021 OBIE Awards Virtual Show today

The 2021 OAAA/Geopath OOH Media Conference will begin today with the 2021 OBIE Awards Virtual Show. The Jury for the 2021 OBIE Awards contest is headed by Tiffany Rolfe, Global Chief Creative Officer, R/GA, and the other Judges are Jim Wilson, CEO, Talon North America; Kevin Grady, EVP, Head of Design, FCB Chicago; Jonathan Mildenhall, Co-Founder and Chair, TwentyFirstCenturyBrand; Leslie Wingo, President & CEO, Sanders/Wingo; Susan Hoffman, Chairman, Wieden+Kennedy; and artist Shepheard Fairey.

The conference sessions will be conducted on May 25-26 on the virtual platform. Carla Hassan, Chief Marketing Officer, Citi will be delivering the keynote, after the Welcome Address by Anna Bager, President & CEO of the Out of Home Advertising Association of America (OAAA). The speakers include Molly Battin, Vice President, Global Brand Marketing, Delta Air Lines; Faizan Bhatty, Head of BD & Strategic Partnerships, Lyft Halo; Dan Brill, Global Group Creative Director, Spotify In-House; Eugenie Chen, Vice President of Data & Analytics, Vistar Media; Jim Clyburn, U.S. House of Representatives; Jeffrey Cole, Director and Chief Executive Officer, Center for the Digital Future at USC Annenberg; Ian Dallimore, Vice President of Digital Growth, Lamar Advertising Company; Dave Etherington, Chief Commercial Officer, Place Exchange; Kym Frank, President, Geopath; Zach Friedman, Senior Vice President, Client Development, Talon America; Tom Goddard, President, World Out of Home Organisation; Adam Green, SVP of Strategy, Broadsign; Jonathan Gudai, Chief Executive Officer, Adomni; Cheryl Gresham, Head of Marketing, USA, TikTok; Iván Markman, Chief Business Officer, Verizon Media; Christina Radigan, Chief Marketing Officer, OAAA; Sean Reilly, President and Chief Executive Officer, Lamar Advertising Company; Christian Schmalzl, Co-Chief Executive Officer, Ströer SE & Co. KGaA.