Don't miss Ad Age Next: CMO on Dec. 7, a one-day in-person conference that digs into the topics weighing on the minds of chief marketing officers as we head into 2023.

On-stage conversations will explore:

• Managing media budgets and other priorities amid inflation and warnings of a recession
• How to hire—and build—better agency relationships
• What the influx of retail media networks means for brands
• How to handle sensitive cultural issues and even backlash
• New measurement challenges and opportunities
• What talent want from brand partnerships today
• Reaching generations Z and Alpha

Plus college football legend Tim Tebow and Nissan U.S. CMO Allyson Witherspoon will talk NFTs and NIL, and former NFL marketer Julie Haddon will discuss taking the National Women's Soccer League in a new marketing direction as its first-ever CMO.

The brand marketers, consultants and agency leaders taking the stage include:

Melanie Zimmermann, VP, Macy's Media Network
Jeremy Zimmer, CEO and co-founding partner, United Talent Agency
Allyson Witherspoon, VP and chief marketing officer, Nissan U.S.
Victoria Vaynberg, chief marketing officer, Zola
Tim Tebow, former Heisman Trophy winner and co-founder, Campus Legends
Jonathan Stringfield, VP of business research and marketing, Activision Blizzard Media
Clifford Stevens, VP and managing director, Copper Giants at Liberty Mutual Insurance
Cynthia Soledad, co-lead of global diversity, equity and inclusion practice, Egon Zehnder
Lindsey Slaby, founder, Sunday Dinner
Richard Sanderson, consultant and marketing officers practice leader, Spencer Stuart
Marci Raible, VP of integrated marketing, Campbell Soup Co.
Kristin Patrick, executive VP and chief marketing officer, Claire's
Lisa Mann, managing director and chief marketing officer, Raines International
Christine Maguire, VP and general manager of global media, Tripadvisor Inc.
John F. MacDonald, chief marketing officer, FreshDirect
Victor Lee, president of Advantage Unified Commerce, Advantage Solutions
Carey Collins Krug, senior VP of marketing, Abercrombie & Fitch
Penny Kozakos, executive VP and head of issues and crisis U.S., Zeno Group
Michael E. Kassan, CEO, MediaLink
Julie Haddon, chief marketing officer, National Women's Soccer League
Robert Gibbs, senior counsel, Bully Pulpit Interactive
Joe Doran, chief product officer, Epsilon
Erick Dickens, co-founder and CEO, Kadenwood Inc.
Joanne Davis, president, Joanne Davis Consulting
Chris Contreras, senior VP of customer success, MNTN
Tal Chalozin, chief technology officer and co-founder, Innovid
Claudia Calderon, chief marketing officer, Los Angeles Clippers
Michelle Baker, executive VP and managing director of corporate strategic initiatives and public health, Ketchum
Kristi Argyilan, senior VP of retail media, Albertsons
J. Azania Andrews, CEO, 1440 Foods