Evan Hanlon
Evan Hanlon
AI Leader, Generative Media AI
Evan Hanlon is the GenMedia AI GTM Leader for North America at Google Cloud, where he is focused on driving the growth of advanced multimodal efforts across all image, video, and audio models. He and his team of GenMedia specialists act as a strategic bridge between deep research concepts and application to the enterprise market, translating innovation into successful, market-ready offerings for sectors such as agencies, studios, gaming, and consumer apps.   Before joining Google, Evan spent 15 years at WPP in various senior client and product leadership roles within the data, analytics, and programmatic space. Most recently, he served as the CEO of Choreograph, WPP’s global data products and technology company, and Chief Architect of WPP Media leading AI platform development for both internal tools and client engagements   A recidivist Long Islander, Evan lives near the beach with his wife, Sara, and their two sons, Sidney and Ellis. He spends his throwing dirt in the garden or clay on the wheel at home when the family is not heading for the hills to go for a hike.
Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Catching the Agentic Wave
2:00 PM - 2:40 PM

Join us for "Catching the Agentic Wave," where we explore how modern marketers can overcome rising personalization demands, fragmented data, and complex customer journeys by leveraging the power of AI. Learn how the buying landscape is rapidly shifting from traditional clicks to autonomous AI agents that discover, decide, and transact for users. We will dive into the evolution of AI—from predictive and generative tools to agentic systems—and show how 2026 marks the turning point for executing AI-native workflows at scale.

Discover the core pillars of marketer AI transformation across data, models, and agents. You will see how generative media is revolutionizing creative production across text, image, video, and audio modalities, allowing teams to deliver personalized brand experiences and streamline their marketing tech stack. Gain actionable insights on building composable workflows, deploying multi-agent systems, and connecting AI execution directly to measurable business growth.

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Workflows are the New Bottleneck
9:00 AM - 9:15 AM