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DMEXCO, Europe’s leading digital marketing & tech event, and DIGITAL X, Europe’s leading digitalization initiative organized by Deutsche Telekom, are joining forces and bringing not only digital topics from all business areas closer together, but relevant target groups as well.

Even though the current volatile situation may still put pressure on spending, media agencies are seeing the most dynamic growth in the digital advertising market. The media experts surveyed by DMEXCO attest to the category’s “growth” and “great potential,” saying it offers “great opportunities for retailers” and looks forward to a “bright future.”

This year, digital creativity has become an integral part of our living and working environment: in just the past few weeks, over one billion people have read texts and viewed images that have been created using artificial intelligence programs. Until now, they only analyzed existing data statistically, while these new programs are now implicitly creative and generate impressive results – something that, without human input, hardly seemed possible before: stories, descriptions, images, movies, physical products – and that’s just the start. On September 20 and 21 in Cologne, under the motto “Empowering Digital Creativity”, DMEXCO will discuss just what impact digital creativity has on the digital economy, which is also creative.

Artificial intelligence (AI) will mainly be used by communicators in the future to handle routine tasks and help reduce costs. Around one in ten of those surveyed in the areas of marketing, communication, and media may already be testing AI in terms of content production and search engine optimization, but most communicators are still cautious or even skeptical about actually using AI in their companies. Those are the initial results of a representative online survey conducted by Civey on behalf of DMEXCO from January 26 to February 20, 2023.

58% of the marketers surveyed are clear on one thing: the consumption of energy and resources by advertising is becoming increasingly important in 2023. However, just 38% of companies will pay greater attention to the CO2 emissions of different marketing measures when planning future budgets. On the other hand, the answer to the question of who should bear the costs of climate-neutral campaigns is unanimous: the advertisers. These are the initial findings from a representative online survey conducted by Civey on behalf of DMEXCO in December 2022, which involved 501 employees in the communication, PR, media, and marketing sectors.

Cologne, September 22, 2022 — Following a three-year break due to the pandemic, DMEXCO celebrated its strong comeback at the Koelnmesse exhibition center. This year, around 40,000 visitors from 91 countries and 560 partner companies took part, live and in person, in Europe’s most important expo and conference for digital marketing & tech. Under the motto “We progress together”, a total of over 770 speakers discussed what social advancement in the digital age could look like. DMEXCO 2023 will take place again at the Koelnmesse exhibition center on September 20 and 21, 2023, again under the sponsorship of the German Association for the Digital Economy e.V. (BVDW).

The world of work is being recharged: a new, representative online survey conducted by Civey on behalf of DMEXCO, Europe’s leading digital marketing and tech event, found that 61 percent of companies from a wide range of industries now offer the option to work from home or remotely. A fifth of the approximately 1,000 HR managers surveyed said that their company even allows a four-day week.

The DMEXCO 2022 Conference will set new benchmarks when 15 themed summits intensively explore the current challenges and trends in digital marketing. Renowned media brands such as the Handelsblatt Media Group and brand eins will also be holding their own events live in Cologne. For the very first time, DMEXCO will host a DOOH Summit, where the most important players in the market will come together to discuss future developments in this booming sector.

Maurine Alma (Just Eat takeaway.com), Sir Martin Sorrell (S4Capital), Dr. Karsten Wildberger (MediaMarktSaturn Retail Group), and Dr. Sven Hasselmann (Deutsche Bahn AG) are the first of around 600 speakers to be confirmed for DMEXCO 2022, already promising a program full of superlatives. A total of 12 themed summits offering keynotes and panels plus an exclusive Web3 area await those attending the expo and conference in Cologne on September 21 and 22.

Non-fungible tokens (NFTs), crypto communities, blockchain, and the metaverse. The inaugural “w3.vision” event at DMEXCO on September 21 and 22 in Cologne will take a deep dive into these important future topics. This exclusive “event within an event” is being organized by DMEXCO in collaboration with w3.fund. A dedicated experience, networking, and conference area at Europe’s leading digital marketing & tech event in Cologne will bring together top Web3 experts with the industry’s biggest brands.