Barcelona 2026 Speakers

Jason Akatiff is extremely passionate about being an Angel Investor, Entrepreneur & Advisor in businesses involving online marketing, lead generation, advertising, ecommerce and education.With 25+ years of experience at the heads of companies he’s mastered building, inspiring and leading teams of top performers. He believes A level people create A level companies and A level cultures of growth and acceleration. Most important to Jason is that the products and services he creates truly builds value in the users minds and turns them into HUGE fans of the brand after using the product.

Tim Burd is the founder of the largest digital marketing community in the world and is the CEO of three privately held companies. Forbes calls him the “Godfather of Facebook Ads.” Burd founded and manages an enterprise-level advertising agency, Agency Y, which specializes in advertising for Meta, Google, Native Ads and more. He also travels the world, speaking at conventions and consulting Fortune 500 companies, small business owners, startups, and governments on specialty digital marketing and business expansion. Burd has a strong passion for helping others succeed. Burd also runs a legal services company called Mass Tort Strategies with over 50 employees in the Southern California office that helps find people who qualify for multi billion dollar medical class action lawsuits and helps connect them with the right law firm. Mr. Burd resides in Southern California.

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Topher Grant is an internet marketer, entrepreneur, and recognized thought leader in the performance marketing space. As Co-Founder of GiddyUp, he and his team have helped generate billions in revenue for direct-to-consumer brands by pioneering innovative strategies in affiliate marketing. GiddyUp has been instrumental in shaping the “white-hat e-commerce” movement—prioritizing integrity and long-term value in a space often dominated by short-term tactics. With a proven track record of spotting emerging trends and scaling them into opportunities, Topher is committed to pushing the industry forward through ethical growth, creative execution, and strong partnerships.

Alex Micol, Founder of Affiliate Takeover, is a defining figure in performance marketing. He’s driven growth for global brands including Mindvalley, Gundry MD, and Dr. Marty — generating over $95 million in affiliate commissions. Through Affiliate Takeover, he’s setting a new standard for affiliates, built on integrity and scale.

Van is an International Expert in the Performance Marketing Space. Van has built multiple 6-8 figure businesses and exited 2 of them. Most Notably Van Helped scale Diesel Power Gear, featured on Discovery channels hit TV show “Diesel Brothers”, from $4M to $30M in Revenue in 2020.Van is an international speaker at marketing events all over the world since 2018, where he trains thousands on cutting edge advertising techniques moving forward. In 2019 Van was awarded the “snapchat star of the year” award for his work on their platform.Currently Van is involved in multiple direct to consumer brands. He is the founder and CEO of both Tuff Ring and GOAT Media, and sits on numerous boards for his expertise in online marketing.

Adrian Aidid is the Founder & CEO of LDX Digital, a growth agency managing over $11M/month in ad spend and scaling DTC brands through Google and YouTube. His team has helped multiple brands surpass $100M+ in revenue by building high-performance funnels, creative strategy, and conversion-driven growth engines.

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Hen Kinan is a former affiliate marketing entrepreneur and creator of SHINEz, which he scaled and exited after reaching multi-million dollar revenues. Today, he focuses on AI-driven content and distribution, building scalable social media engines that generate millions of views monthly. A global speaker, Hen shares practical insights on where AI and media are heading next.

Giuseppe is a digital marketing veteran with 10+ years in affiliate marketing and a decade-long focus on native ads, making him one of the earliest pioneers of this traffic format. As head of media buying at Maverick Media, he has built and led one of the world’s top-performing native ads teams, delivering industry-leading conversion volumes.

Andrei Lunev, PhDBIO: Andrei Lunev, PhD, is a co-founder of Tegra, an AI-powered growth partner for DTC brands, launching thousands of creatives per day. With a PhD in mathematics, he brings scientific precision to cost-controlled media buying and scaling campaigns to $100K+/day with consistent CAC. He learned directly from Meta’s Bidding Development Team and understands their algorithm from the inside out.By replacing a 40-person team with AI agents, he and his partner produce 3,000+ creatives a day - proving that math and AI beat guesswork and headcount.

Vipul Taneja is a performance marketing entrepreneur, business strategist, and AI-first growth leader with over 12 years of experience building scalable digital businesses across global markets. As the founder of Adsparkx, he has built and led high-performing teams across finance, insurance, healthcare, lead generation, and affiliate ecosystems, with expertise spanning Google, Meta, TikTok, and performance-driven customer acquisition. Known for his strong leadership, operational excellence, and data-driven execution, Vipul focuses on building sustainable growth systems, empowering teams, and creating performance-oriented organizations that scale efficiently. Alongside scaling Adsparkx into a high-performance marketing company, he is also building Vibelets.ai, an AI-powered automation platform designed to transform the future of media buying through intelligent campaign automation, AI-driven decision-making, and scalable operational systems.

Jordan Deskoski is the co-founder of MarketX, a performance marketing company focused on scaling direct response brands through paid media and creative systems. Over the past year, he and his business partner scaled VSL funnels on Facebook and native ads to more than $200,000 per day in revenue — operating without a traditional team. Their results made Jordan the top affiliate on Clickbank by volume.

Roshan is a serial entrepreneur who built and sold multiple pest control and solar companies before turning his operator experience into software. He co-founded Sequifi, a commission and payroll automation platform for field sales organizations, and scaled it to a $35M valuation in under two years, growing 10x by solving the exact compensation and performance problems he faced while running his own sales teams. His work sits at the intersection of field sales operations, revenue intelligence, and go-to-market infrastructure, giving him a ground-level perspective on what actually drives close rates and unit economics at scale.