Predictions 2020: Industry experts have their say
6 January 2020
Damien Bidmead
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It has been a year of ‘will we, won’t we’ with a nervous waiting game on whether we leave the EU. This has had a knock on effect on business confidence and trading, including ad trading in the digital advertising industry has been affected. We have seen a year of relative stagnation in terms of ad spend as marketers have held back budgets in light of a nervous economy. The good news has been that innovation has not remained static. We have seen strong product launches, new start ups bringing fresh ideas to the market and we have finally seen the industry unite together on one common goal: to put the consumer at the heart of the conversation. It is now time to look forward to next year and to hear from leading experts from all sides of the industry to give their thoughts on what to expect from 2020:
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As a WIPO ALERT member, we are delighted to support this initiative to help defund online piracy,” says Peter Szyszko, Founder and CEO, White Bullet. “WIPO plays an important role by providing a policy forum to shape international IP rules for a changing world, as well as technical infrastructure to connect IP systems and share knowledge, to enable all countries to use IP for economic, social and cultural development.
Crime pays, but it does so with money that, in the proper hands, could have done a lot of good. We might never entirely stop it, but we can all stop supporting it, and some of us will keep on doing our best to fight it.
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