WOO to shine a light on four main themes for its 2026 Annual Congress in London

WOO to shine a light on four main themes for its 2026 Annual Congress in London

WOO to shine a light on four main themes for its 2026 Annual Congress in London

The World Out of Home Organization's 2026 Annual Congress in London is shaping up to be the most important gathering in WOO's recent history - the first return to London since 1990 but also an opportunity to highlight the importance of creativity, sustainability and the AdNetZero carbon calculator, the increasing importance of data and measurement , as well as the global challenge of regulation creep.

WOO is fortunate and grateful to have been able to appoint from its Board of Directors, four leading industry figures, who have the experience and skillsets, to champion these key strategic pillars going forward.

Tim Bleakley, Chairman of Ocean Outdoor will head up the Creativity workstream, Katrin Robertson, CEO at blowUP media leads on Sustainability, Charles Parry-Okenden of Australia’s OMA will focus on Data and Measurement whilst Kai-Marcus Thaesler of B|A|M the German OOH Association will lead WOO’s monitoring and action plan on Regulation.

Key initiatives in these areas will be announced at the London Congress.

Creativity

Creativity has always been core strength of OOH. WOO will be building and curating a global showcase of the world’s best OOH work, updated continuously and amplified across every WOO platform, working to elevate the WOO’s Global Creative Awards into the medium’s definitive international benchmark and demonstrating how better creative work translates into better business outcomes.

Tim

Sustainability

This will see the continued development of WOO Sustainability Knowledge Hub, with carbon calculators, best-practice case studies drawn from markets around the world, procurement templates, an innovation directory and a community forum. London will also see the launch of the AdNetZero GSMF (D)OOH carbon calculator-developed in partnership with AdNetZero.

Katrin

Data and Measurement

We will be further enhancing and launching WOO’s latest Global OOH Expenditure Survey, a standardised model that merges aggregated data from over 80 territories worldwide. This will cover spend by country giving us a comprehensive global overview. Furthermore, the updated Audience Measurement Guidelines - version 2.0 will be launched covering best practice from 28 rather than the existing 11 territories.

Charles

Regulation

WOO is developing a coordinated global policy response to growing regulatory pressure across the world, with an early-warning policy radar, tracking legislation before it escalates, working closely with the country OOH Associations to share experience and best practice across the world’s OOH community.

Kai

WOO President Tom Goddard says: “We are delighted to be developing an active and lasting contribution to the growth and health of the OOH industry through these initiatives. I’d like to sincerely thank these four Board Members for so enthusiastically stepping up to the task, on a voluntary basis, on top of their day jobs. Our London Congress will mark an important step in this process as OOH successfully navigates its way through a rapidly changing media landscape. As such, I predict that London could well be WOO’s most important and far-reaching Congress to date.”

EVENT SPONSORS

    • Wildstone

      Event Platinum Sponsor

    • Outdoorlink

      Event Gold Sponsor

    • GDS Solutions

      Event Silver Sponsor

    • Purl Applications Limited

      Event Silver Sponsor

    • Altemark

      Event Sponsor

    • Politis Group

      Event Sponsor

    • The Neuron

      Event Sponsor

    • Perion

      Event Platinum Exhibitor

    • MediaKeys

      Event Gold Exhibitor

    • Cuende Spain

      Event Silver Exhibitor

    • DoohClick

      Event Silver Exhibitor

    • Esprit Digital Ltd.

      Event Silver Exhibitor

    • The Siroky Group

      Event Silver Exhibitor

    • Falcon Tech Robotics

      Event Silver Exhibitor





WOO GLOBAL SPONSORS

    • AiOO

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • billups

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • Broadsign

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • Daktronics

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • DynaScan

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • Media Resources

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • MMG

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • Vistar Media

      Platinum Annual Sponsor

    • AllUnite

      Gold Annual Sponsor

    • BoE

      Gold Annual Sponsor

    • Moving Walls

      Silver Annual Sponsor

    • Ipsos

      Silver Annual Sponsor

    • Trueform

      Silver Annual Sponsor

    • Unilumin Group

      Silver Annual Sponsor

    • VIOOH

      Silver Annual Sponsor

    • Absen

      Event Sponsor