Shortlist of finalists announced for the IAB Europe Research Awards 2018
Brussels, 16 April 2018 – IAB Europe is delighted to announce the shortlist of finalists for the IAB Europe Research Awards 2018. Winners of the eight categories will be announced at IAB Europe’s Interact conference in Milan on 23rd May.
The IAB Europe Research Awards recognise and showcase great European digital research projects and the contribution they have made to the development of the digital advertising industry. Knowledge is a key part of our programme to help develop the digital advertising business across Europe and we have a wealth of work that we aim to promote and share. Winning projects will become part of the IAB Europe expanding libraries of proof points, including the Programmatic, Multi-device and Connected World and Ad Effectiveness libraries, for industry professionals to use in their strategies and daily work.
Paul Hardcastle, Research Director, Oath and Chair of the Jury said: “Now in their eighth year, the IAB Europe Research Awards celebrate and showcase excellence in digital advertising research from across Europe. Being shortlisted for a Research Award is an industry recognised achievement and I am impressed with the number and quality of entries received this year.”
The 2018 shortlisted entries are (in no particular order):
Category: Advertising Solutions
| Project | Organisation |
| Free Viewability | comScore |
| AGOF daily digital facts – a new Currency for Digital Reach in the German Market | AGOF e.V. |
| Chat to me! How the effective integration of outstream video paves the way for the future of chatbots |
Kantar Millward Brown & Teads |
Category: Audience Measurement
| Project | Organisation |
| CROSSroads™: crossmedia and crossdevice measurement, real time, of audio-visual contents and related behaviour | OMD, Omnicom Media Group, Annalect |
| Total Internet Audience in France | MEDIAMETRIE |
| The Volkswagen In-market Project | Annalect |
Category: Best Use of Research Budget
| Project | Organisation |
| Marketing Priorities 2017 |
NewBase |
Category: Brand Advertising Effectiveness
| Project | Organisation |
| From On-device to Out-of-home: Measuring the whole picture of campaign effectiveness for Google | On Device Research |
| Through the Eye and into the Brain: From Viewability to Visual Engagement | Inskin Media |
| CROSSroads™: crossmedia and crossdevice measurement, real time, of audio-visual contents and related behaviour | OMD, Omnicom Media Group, Annalect |
| Pioneering research proves that social media effectively drives long term brand impact | Kantar Millward Brown |
| AdReaction: The Art of Integration | Kantar Millward Brown |
| (In)famous by Association: Media Context Effects on Brand Perception | Inskin Media |
Category: Consumer Attitudes and Behaviour
| Project | Organisation |
| Retail Revolution: How Consumers Accept, Understand and Trust Artificial Intelligence | OMD EMEA |
| CROSSroads™: crossmedia and crossdevice measurement, real time, of audio-visual contents and related behaviour | OMD, Omnicom Media Group, Annalect |
| Sex, Lies and AI: How Humans Feel About Artificial Intelligence | SYZYGY |
| How Zoznam uses cross-promotion to keep their readers in a quality environment | Strossle & Zoznam |
| Context is king – the value of an engaging news context | JP/Politikens Hus |
| Exploration into how to build Brand Love – Brand Love Index in association with Kantar Consulting | Oath |
Category: Consumer Devices
| Project | Organisation |
| CROSSroads™: crossmedia and crossdevice measurement, real time, of audio-visual contents and related behaviour | OMD, Omnicom Media Group, Annalect |
| Total Internet Audience in France | MEDIAMETRIE |
| Understanding the connected TV advertising opportunity in Europe | SpotX |
Category: Digital Advertising Formats
| Project | Organisation |
| Retail Revolution: How Consumers Accept, Understand and Trust Artificial Intelligence | OMD EMEA |
| User Insights from Another Reality | Oath |
| Chat to me! How the effective integration of outstream video paves the way for the future of chatbots |
Kantar Millward Brown & Teads |
| The Awin Report 2017 | Awin |
| Understanding the connected TV advertising opportunity in Europe | SpotX |
| Tape à L’Oeil: Impact of CRM advertising on in-store sales |
Category: Research and Data Innovation
| Project | Organisation |
| SOE Toolkit | BBC Global News LImited |
| Video Vision Project: using the Google Video Intelligence API & Neuro Sciences to predict video viewtime & completion rate. | Mediabrands |
| Visual Content Insight – How to maximize the use of images in social content | Wavemaker |
| Influence Power Index | MediaCom Warszawa sp. z o.o. |
| CROSSroads™: crossmedia and crossdevice measurement, real time, of audio-visual contents and related behaviour | OMD, Omnicom Media Group, Annalect |
| Total Internet Audience in France | MEDIAMETRIE |
| Disney: Film MMM | |
| User Insights from Another Reality | Oath |
The Jury is Chaired by Paul Hardcastle, Research Director at Oath and joined by Geir Jangas, Director of Advertising, Schibsted, Stephanie Matthews, Commercial Audiences Manager, ITV, Tony Evans, EMEA Marketing Science Director, Facebook, Louise Twycross-Lewis, Senior Research and Social Insight Consulting Director, Wavemaker UK and Pawel Kolenda, Research Director at IAB Poland and Vice-Chair of the IAB Europe Research Committee.
More information about the jury members can be found online here.
At this year’s Interact conference, IAB Europe has brought together a unique mix of speakers to explore the future of digital under the theme: Disrupt. Adapt. Reinvent. Coming into force the day after the conference, GDPR will be a big focus. In addition, we will discuss the latest trends and issues in digital advertising including AI, Blockchain, Fake News, Brand Safety, Transparency, Viewability, Programmatic Video, and more. You can view the Preliminary Agenda here.
NB: please note that the number of shortlisted entries reflects the number of entries per category.
For more information, please contact:
Marie-Clare Puffett, IAB Europe (puffett@iabeurope.eu)
About IAB Europe
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