• Rising Stars Digital Video submissions under review by Technical Operations Board
• In-image advertising discussions taking place
• Video Suite education initiative is ongoing

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• "Games. Everybody Plays" video in development by working group
• IAB at SXSW. Co-Chairs Joy Taylor (EA) and Kym Nelson (IGN) will represent the IAB Games Committee
• Buyer's Guide Update working group accepting volunteers
• Speaker submissions for Games Agency Day, "Everybody Plays," being accepted in Q2
• Next meeting: February 13, 2013 @ AppNexxus Theater in NYC. Annual agenda to be set then

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• Download the Co-Op Advertising Whitepaper
• Local Search Whitepaper in development
• Mobile Co-Op Guide being developed
• Next meeting:  March 6, 2013 in NYC
  
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• Completed IAB Terms & Conditions 3.0
• Updating commitee documents such as Email Monetization Strategies
• 2013 agenda being developed

• IAB and MMA Release "Mobile Phone Creative Guidelines" for public comment
• New Mobile Phone Video Diaries
• New 2012 Mobile Shoppers Study
• Mobile Web Advertising Measurement Guidelines for public comment
• Responsive Design and Ad Creative: New IAB Report
• Moms Go Back-To-School with Mobile, IAB and Meredith’s Parents Network New Research
• IAB Creative Showcase: Secrets of the Mobile Superstars @ Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity in June.
• Business Insider names Anna Bager to top 20 most important women in mobile advertising
• IAB Mobile Rising Stars Ad Unit Specifications Open for Public Comment
• Global Mobile Advertising Market Valued at $5.3 Billion (€3.8 Billion) in 2011
• Smartphone Creative Showcase website highlights unique, inspiring smartphone ad executions
• Research on Mobile Shoppers: Ubiquitous Data Spawns Savvier Consumers
• Mobile Rich Media Ad Interface Definitions (MRAID 2.0)
• Prevailing Mobile In-App Ad Formats Version 2.0
• Research: Consumer Behavior, X-Platform Measurement in progress

• Audience Reach Measurement Definitions are in final review phase
• QAG 2.0 Taskforce is developing project plan for Guidelines update
• QAG Effectiveness survey is in market
• QAG Agency Day planned for January 2013

• IAB and JEGI Social Media Ecosystem Report released October 22, 2012
• Social Media Week Chicago took place in September 2012. IAB session titled, “What’s So Funny About Paid, Owned, Earned?” hosted by The Onion. Speakers included The Onion. Ladies & Gentleman, Bluefin Labs, Local Response, Miller/Coors and Havas. Was a Top 10 trending hashtag for the week
• POV on Paid, Owned and Earned Initiative - IAB invites you to share opinions, thoughts, questions and research regarding the relationship of Paid to Owned to Earned via the Twitter hashtag #IABPOEM. View Randall Rothenberg’s thoughts here
• Committees blog series: submit ideas for #IABPOEM to susan@iab.net
• Social Media Week NY: Social Media Author's Roundtable, February 19th, 4-5pm ET.  Sold out
• Social Media Agency Day NYC planned for April 3rd. Theme: "Planning for Real Time." Speaker submissions now being accepted
• Next meeting: In lieu of a formal meeting, the IAB will host a brunch on Sunday, March 10th in Austin, TX during SXSW.  Please let us know if your company will be there

• IAB Tablet Creative Showcase
• Tablet Buyer’s Guide

• IAB SafeFrame 1.0 Released for Public Comment
• eBiz: Workflow Best Practices and Electronic Invoicing
• In pilot testing for 3MS initiative
• Discrepancies and Consumer Protection TaskForces
• Updated version of the Impression Exchange Implementation Guidelines Version 2.0 now available.
• Addressing Impression Exchange Solution, eBusiness, and Ad Verification Guidelines. 
• Other active initiatives include ad load performance, discrepancy taskforce, creative guidelines/rich media guidelines, OBA Self Regulation and Mobile Ad-Ops.
• Formed an exploratory group of publishers to create a proposal for the Quality Assurance Program for Publishers (QAPP) 
• Updating Creative Specs database
• Next meeting: February 14, 2013 in NYC

• Data Standards (quality, & best practices)
• eBusiness (discrepancies, automation, etc.)
• OpenRTB & Exchange Infrastructure
• Consumer Experience
• 3MS/Viewable Impressions Implementation & Implications
• The Future of the Cookie (targeting and privacy in a post cookie world)

• Election 2012: Two New IAB Studies
• 2012 Small Publisher Fly-In Higlights
• Representing IAB member interests in Washington, D.C., on matters of digital advertising, online privacy, mobile and intellectual property
• Releasing creative specs for the "Advertising Icon," an essential piece of the Self-Regulatory Program for Online Behavioral Advertising
• Next meeting: February 5, 2013 in Washington DC

• Ecosystem Mapping
• New: Attribution Working Group
• New: Data Integrity and Quality Program
• Data Driven Advertising Website revealed at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting
• IAB study reveals 'Data Divide', showcases emerging approaches and identifies key challenges
• IAB Data Segments & Techniques Lexicon Released
• Addressing misinformation around data gathering and usage through marketer and agency education
• Defining and mapping the different kinds of data that can be collected through media buying
• Created a data lexicon: common definitions and terms for data segmentation and data sources
• Next meeting: February 14, 2013 in NYC

• Collaborated with Research Council on Hispanic Consumers & Digital Media
• African American Working Group working with Nielsen and comScore on research that seeks to improve measurement of AA households

• IAB Ad Effectiveness Study Resource Center, at iab.net/adfx
• Economic Value of the Advertising-Supported Internet Ecosystem - New IAB Study
• Webinar on Rising Stars Research
• Monthly Digital Usage Report
• IAB Insights Center
• White paper on defining "Ad Engagement" 
• IAB Q3 Ad Revenue Report
• HearWatchSay Holiday Movies Study discussed by Sherrill Mane in MediaPost
• Video & TV Ad Effectiveness and Share Shift Study in progress
• Social Media Research with the Ad Council in progress
• Mobile Rising Stars Research in progress
• Next meeting: March 20, 2013 in NYC

• Sales Award working group meeting to determine 2012 Award recipients be announced at the IAB Annual Leadership Meeting in February 2013
• Working group formed to vet an Online Sales/Media Kit being developed with Fusebox
• Town Hall forums taking place throughout the year

• Focusing on three key initiatives in 2012: KPI & Metrics, Compensation and Accounts & Receivable
• Working on creating a Compensation Subgroup for Q4 2012
• Collecting results of a Q2 2012 survey for the Accounts Receivable Subgroup

• Promoting education and adoption of Terms & Conditions 3.0