Media Forum

WFA Media Forum

WFA Media Forum brings together global media leads to share insight and drive actions on their priority issues.

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The global media market  has never been so complex. Planning, strategy and channel selection; routes-to-market; internal and external capability; media measurement, verification and evaluation; media auditing and consulting are all changing rapidly.

WFA Media Forum connects professionals from increasingly diverse roles to exchange, learn from each other and find practical solutions to their most pressing challenges. In addition to global media leads, it’s not uncommon to find programmatic and data specialists within this network, as well as those from the procurement side of the business. The connecting tissue is a common interest in paid media – offline and online. Value is delivered through critical research and reports, physical and remote forums and online tools and benchmarking services.

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Key resources

Halo

Advancing the advertising industry’s ‘North Star’ for cross-media measurement through a voluntary, adaptable and accountable open-source framework.
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Outlook

A WFA member only tool that takes an industry-wide view on how media advertising prices are forecast to evolve, globally, in the year ahead.
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Global Media Charter

Advertisers’ aligned vision for the media ecosystem.
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Appointing Media Agency Networks On A Global Or Multinational Basis

A guide to global media agency contracts. 
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Media Budgets 2026

Key insights into global advertiser media budget decisions and market sentiment.
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Delivering Data Driven Marketing Success

WFA research demonstrating that too few companies have yet taken the right actions to cope with the loss of cookies.
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Future Of Media Agency Models

WFA & MediaSense research showing that an overwhelming proportion of major multinational brands are looking to improve their agency model.
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Media's Got Talent?

WFA & MediaSense research revealing how 56% of brands felt that a skills shortage was holding the industry back.
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Upcoming Forum events

  1. External event: Retail Media Pioneers 2026

    London United Kingdom

    08 Sept 2026

    External event

    A leading conference for Europe's largest brands and retail media networks.

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  2. Media Forum: Driving Paid Media Effectiveness

    24 Sept 2026

    There are places available.

    Measuring media has never been more sophisticated, but that does not automatically improve decisions.

    More information Register for this meeting

  3. WFA Forum Connect

    New York United States

    29 Sept 2026

    There are places available.

    WFA Forum Connect is returning to New York, bringing together WFA’s marketing communities around the common goal of better marketing effectiveness.

    More information Register for this meeting

The Media Forum is chaired by Mathias Chaillou, Chief Media Officer, L'Oréal.

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Chairperson

  • Mathias Chaillou

    Mathias Chaillou

    Chief Media Officer, L’Oréal

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