# AI, Advertising & The Attention Economy

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**Date:** March 17, 2026 · 10:30 PM  
**Location:** Fairmont / Next Stage (Manchester Ballroom)  
**Format:** Fireside Chat  
**Track:** Brand & Marketing  
**Reviews:** 0

## Speakers

- **Paul Woolmington** — CEO
- **Shourya Agarwal** — Founder & CEO

The average person sees 10,000+ ads daily but remembers almost none. Advertising has an attention crisis and AI is both the cause and the cure. This panel brings together technologists and brand strategists who are rebuilding the advertising stack from first principles: replacing passive impressions with interactive, AI-native content that earn genuine human engagement. We'll unpack what "attention" actually means in an era of generative content, why the next ad format won't look like a video, and what brands must do now before the attention window closes entirely.

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