Speakers

Ian Adler
CMO
PepsiCo Foods Canada
Ian Adler is Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for PepsiCo Foods Canada, a $2billion+ Canadian based division and a role he assumed in Spring 2018. He leads a team of world class marketers for the Frito Lay and Quaker portfolios inclusive of brands such as Lay’s, Tostitos, Doritos, Cheetos,...more
Speaking at: Behind the scenes of PepsiCo's CRM platform

Heba Amin
Advertising & Communications Manager
Cadillac Canada
Heba Amin is a marketer with 10 years of multicultural experience in the automotive industry. Prior to joining Cadillac Canada, Heba held marketing positions in General Motors Middle East, Dubai. Heba holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the American University in Dubai and a Master of Quality Management from...more
Speaking at: Experiential marketing in a virtual-everything world

Dhaval Bhatt
Partner and Creative Director
Rethink
Born and raised in Mumbai, India, Dhaval has spent the last 15 years working in Toronto as an award-winning Copywriter and Creative Director.
During this time, he’s helped some of Canada's top agencies land prized accounts, turned around brands with double-digit growth and created campaign platforms built from the ground up. Most...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Mo Bofill
Partner, Creative Director, Design
One Twenty Three West
Mo is the newest Partner and Creative Director, Design at 123w – one of Canada’s leading agencies. An independent idea and design collective based out of Vancouver and Toronto. In her new role, she will help expand their offering across Canada and continue to help build agency thought-leadership through the...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Luke Boone
Account Manager
Rogers Sports & Media
Luke is an accomplished sales and marketing professional with more than 15 years of experience working in the sports and entertainment industry, including his current position in integrated media sales with Sportsnet – Canada’s #1 Sports Media Brand. Throughout his career, Luke has collaborated with many brands across industry sectors...more
Speaking at: It takes two: elevating branded content through partnership (Content Partner)

Justin Dallaire
Associate Editor
Brunico Communications
Speaking at: Experiential marketing in a virtual-everything world

Deidra Dionne
Sr. Director, Talent Strategy & Business Relations
Rogers Sports & Media
Speaking at: It takes two: elevating branded content through partnership (Content Partner)

Jordan Doucette
Partner & President
No Fixed Address
You’re looking at a creative maverick. A master yarn-spinner. A powerhouse brand builder with communication wizardry as her not-so-secret weapon. And, yes, of course Jordan Doucette is award-winning: Cannes Lions, The One Show, The Clio Awards, etc, etc—if it's shiny and sets off a metal detector, she’s probably won it.
Jordan’s...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Scott Goodson
CEO and Founder
StrawberryFrog
Scott is a father, husband, author of and founder of StrawberryFrog, the world’s first Movement Marketing, Transformation, and Advertising company.
He started his career in Sweden in the 1990s, devising Purpose strategies for Scandinavian multinationals, working with some extraordinary leaders who wanted to drive positive change whilst radically growing their companies.
Through...more
Speaking at: Navigating the minefield of cancel culture with purpose

Rahaf Harfoush
Executive Director
Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture
Rahaf Harfoush is a Strategist, Digital Anthropologist, and New York Times Best-Selling Author who focuses on the intersections of emerging technology, innovation, and digital culture. Rahaf is the Executive Director of the Red Thread Institute of Digital Culture. Her clients include UNESCO, Facebook, Google, IBM, Ernst & Young, PwC, Airbus, Lenovo, Logitech, the OECD...more
Speaking at: Listen to the future of customer engagement

Jenn Harper
Founder and CEO
Cheekbone Beauty
An award-winning social entrepreneur, Jenn Harper is the founder and CEO of Cheekbone Beauty Cosmetics INC. Cheekbone Beauty is a digitally native direct to consumer brand that is helping Indigenous youth see themselves in a beauty brand while using the concept of a circular economy in the brands ethos and...more
Speaking at: Experiential marketing in a virtual-everything world

Amanda Horn
National Portfolio Manager, Wines and Craft Spirits
Breakthru Beverage Canada
Amanda is an experienced brand marketer, entrepreneur, and data-driven creative strategist with a record of building alcohol beverage brands. She is a creative leader relentlessly focused on designing and redefining customer and business experiences in the world of wine and spirits. She is the current National Brand Portfolio Manager with...more
Speaking at: Experiential marketing in a virtual-everything world

Alyssa Huggins
VP, Brand & Integrated Marketing
The Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Andrea Hunt
EVP, CMO
Arterra Wines Canada
Andrea Hunt is Executive Vice-President, CMO at Arterra Canada.
As EVP at Arterra Canada (previously Constellation Brands), Andrea is helping this industry leading firm entrench a consumer-centric strategy & put brand building & digital transformation at the heart of the growth agenda.
Over the last two decades, Andrea helped drive growth at...more
Speaking at: Hindsight is 2020: Never waste a crisis

Susan Irving
CMO
Kruger Products
Susan (Banbury) Irving was appointed Chief Marketing Officer of KPLP on March 1st, 2020. Ms. Irving is an accomplished, award-winning senior marketing executive with over two decades of experience leading many successful and well-known brands at Warner Lambert, Coca-Cola and PepsiCo. She has a strong passion for brands, a reputation...more
Speaking at: Multicultural marketing’s coming of age

Christine Jakovcic
VP, Marketing
Kellogg Canada
Christine joined Kellogg Canada as the Vice President, Marketing & Nutrition in April 2018 and assumed leadership for brand, innovation, insights, marketing operations and nutrition teams, responsible for developing portfolio strategies that deliver sustainable profitable growth for our brands and categories.
Before joining Kellogg Canada, Christine spent 6 1/2 years...more
Speaking at: Hindsight is 2020: Never waste a crisis

Mitch Joel
Founder
Six Pixels Group
When brands like Google, Starbucks, Shopify and GE want to leverage technology to better connect with their consumers, they call Mitch Joel. He has been called “one of North America’s leading visionaries” by strategy. Mitch Joel is Founder of Six Pixels Group - an advisory, investing and content producing company...more
Speaking at: Listen to the future of customer engagement

Savior Joseph
President
Breathing Green Solutions
Savior Joseph is a corporate and community leader who has served organizations across multiple industry sectors. He is currently President and a Member of the Board of Directors for Breathing Green Solutions (BGS) Inc., one of Canada’s top craft cannabis licensed producers. BGS has successfully launched the SKOSHA brand of...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Karli Kirkpatrick
Director of Marketing
Movember Canada
Karli Kirkpatrick is the Director of Marketing for Movember Canada, the leading global men’s health charity best known for its mission to change the face of men’s health across mental health and suicide prevention, prostate cancer, and testicular cancer. She is a considered and compassionate leader with extensive experience across...more
Speaking at: It takes two: elevating branded content through partnership (Content Partner)

Josh Kolm
Digital Editor, strategy
Brunico Communications
Speaking at: Hindsight is 2020: Never waste a crisis

Brent Nelsen
Chief Strategy Officer
Leo Burnett Company
Brent in his own words is powered by “culture, caffeine and creativity in all its forms.” Under his strategic leadership, love for instigation and inspiration, his efforts have been recognized globally and nationally, winning at virtually every strategy and creative awards show.
His contributions have received numerous recognitions: IPA’s, Effie’s, Ogilvy’s,...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Jeremy Oxley
VP, Marketing, Strategy & Insights
Danone Canada
Jeremy currently serves as Vice President Marketing, Strategy and Insights at Danone and has 15 years of experience in the CPG industry in various Marketing and Sales positions. Prior to joining Danone, Jeremy was the Head of Retail at Tim Hortons where he was responsible for leading the CPG business...more
Speaking at: Hindsight is 2020: Never waste a crisis

Jennifer Polk
VP, Chief of Research, Marketing & Communications Practice
Gartner
Jennifer Polk is a Research Vice President and Chief of Research for the Marketing & Communications Practice at Gartner, Inc., a research and advisory firm. Ms. Polk is part of a team of experts that deliver research insights and advice to help Chief Marketing Officers, Chief Communication Officers and senior...more
Speaking at: The future of marketing: Omnichannel and hybrid experiences

Robert Rose
Founder and CSO
The Content Advisory
Robert Rose is a sought-after consultant, best-selling author, keynote speaker, and one of the world’s most recognized experts in digital content strategy and marketing. Robert is the author of three best-selling books including Killing Marketing (McGraw Hill, 2017), Experiences: The 7th Era of Marketing (CMI, 2015), and Managing Content Marketing (CMI, 2011).
For...more
Speaking at: What’s next in content marketing?

Bobby Sahni
Partner & Co-Founder
Ethnicity Matters
Bobby Sahni is a veteran thought leader in the multicultural marketing and advertising industry. Bobby was the Head of Multicultural Marketing at Rogers Communications and has been a pioneer in developing, executing and managing diversity and multicultural marketing initiatives for a number of best-in-class organizations. He is Co-Founder and Partner...more
Speaking at: Multicultural marketing’s coming of age

Eva Salem
VP, Strategic Marketing, CTR
Canadian Tire Corporation
An innovative and entrepreneurial marketing executive with a proven track record for delivering award-winning creative and strong results, Eva Salem is the vice president of marketing for Canadian Tire Retail. Eva oversees the Canadian Tire marketing team, where she is responsible for brand building, creative ideation, and marketing initiatives for...more
Speaking at: Inside the jury room

Trinh Tham
CMO, SVP Marketing & E-Commerce
Harry Rosen
Trinh is the Chief Marketing Officer for Harry Rosen, Canada’s most iconic luxury menswear retailer, where she oversees marketing and e-Commerce for a portfolio of banners including Harry Rosen, Ermenegildo Zegna and The Outlet by Harry Rosen. She is responsible for reinventing how Harry Rosen connects with clients and drives...more
Speaking at: Hindsight is 2020: Never waste a crisis

Rishad Tobaccowala
Futurist, Advisor and Author
Rishad Tobaccowala is a Senior Advisor to the Publicis Groupe, where he has spent his entire 37-year career, most recently serving as the Chief Growth Officer and Chief Strategist of the Groupe.
Tobaccowala was named by Business Week as one of the top business leaders for his pioneering...more
Speaking at: Winning with soul