Duncan Stewart is the Director of Deloitte Canada Research in the areas of Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT). He is a member of Deloitte's national TMT executive team, is a co-author of Deloitte Research's annual Predictions report on trends in TMT, and is one of Canada's leading futu...
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Duncan Stewart is the Director of Deloitte Canada Research in the areas of Technology, Media & Telecommunications (TMT). He is a member of Deloitte's national TMT executive team, is a co-author of Deloitte Research's annual Predictions report on trends in TMT, and is one of Canada's leading futurists.

Duncan has two decades of experience in the TMT industry. As an analyst and portfolio manager, he has provided research or made investments in the entire Canadian technology and telecommunications sector. He has written research on names such as Nortel and Celestica, and been a venture capital investor in Research in Motion and OpenText, among others.

Duncan was a co-founder of Tera Capital, Canada's first high tech and biotech money manager, where he was responsible for managing both mutual funds and VC funds and was the Canadian Technology Fund Manager of the Year in 2003. In the mid 1990s, Duncan managed a $150 million small cap high tech/biotech fund at a large Canadian pension fund manager. In his years as an investor he has deployed a cumulative $2 billion of capital into the global TMT and Life Science markets.

Duncan has a high profile media presence and is frequently interviewed on technology, media and telecommunications issues. He has a brand new Technology column in the Globe and Mail online edition every two weeks.

He is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia. But he has geek credibility too: at Banff NextMedia in 2010 he participated (and won) the iPad App demo contest.

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Joe Casale, described by many as an entrepreneurial technophile, has been involved in the research and development of ground-breaking communication technology solutions for over 30 years. He has spearheaded an impressive list of industry firsts since entering the field of emerging computing technolo...
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Joe Casale, described by many as an entrepreneurial technophile, has been involved in the research and development of ground-breaking communication technology solutions for over 30 years. He has spearheaded an impressive list of industry firsts since entering the field of emerging computing technologies in the mid-late 70's.

A keen interest in microcomputer technology led him to explore network and electronic communication technologies, eventually expanding his focus in 1983 to embrace the early Internet. In a certain context, he was a measurable force in the start of the microcomputer revolution in Canada. The result of that interest led to developments in the online content delivery and management space via the first database driven e-commerce site on the web in 1993. This eventually culminated in the launch of the world's first real-time online ad delivery network, MediaNet®, in November of 2003.

Since its launch, Casale Media has grown to become one of the largest online reach vehicle in North America, owing much of its success to the decades of prior art and fundamental industry knowledge that lead to the technology backbone that powers the network today.

Mr. Casale attended the University of Toronto form 1970 to 1973 and is a 1974 graduate of the Devry Institute of Technology with an Engineering Technologist Degree. His hobbies include ham radio, electronics and alternative health.

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Jeff is the co-founder and CEO of The Mark, a producer of multimedia content featuring a largely Canadian community of 2,000 influencers worldwide. For every organization and every individual that now needs to be a publisher, The Mark is their editorial board, production studio, and distribution net...
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Jeff is the co-founder and CEO of The Mark, a producer of multimedia content featuring a largely Canadian community of 2,000 influencers worldwide. For every organization and every individual that now needs to be a publisher, The Mark is their editorial board, production studio, and distribution network. Prior to launching The Mark, Jeff helped start an analytics group within Hewlett Packard in India. He also worked at a private equity fund in China, and at management consultancy Oliver Wyman in his hometown, Montreal. Jeff completed a BComm at McGill, an MBA at MIT, and an MPA at Harvard.

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A 19-year media veteran, David U.K. is the founder and CEO of Cue Digital Media, a uniquely positioned digital entertainment company that helps brands engage consumers online. Brands leverage Cue's ability to deliver digital engagement to their consumers in two ways; taking advantage of its premium ...
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A 19-year media veteran, David U.K. is the founder and CEO of Cue Digital Media, a uniquely positioned digital entertainment company that helps brands engage consumers online. Brands leverage Cue's ability to deliver digital engagement to their consumers in two ways; taking advantage of its premium entertainment publisher partner model, and its award-winning Branded Entertainment production capabilities.
Cue's Premium Publisher Partnership's: Cue is a partnership of premium publishers - Cue exclusively represents a handful of select, established, premium online entertainment properties in Canada, each with audiences between 500,000 and 3 million unique viewers in Canada reaching 30% of the Canadian Online Population. This gives Canadian advertisers un-paralleled access to top international online properties and allows for fully customized and integrated campaigns not usually available in Canada. From traditional display campaigns to large integrated executions and promotions, advertisers benefit from massive yet targeted and elusive audiences that are very difficult to reach in traditional online media.

The Leader in Branded Entertainment: Cue develops, licenses, produces and syndicates exclusive award-winning digital branded entertainment content for advertisers, whose Branded Entertainment Team have been producing video content in Canada since 2003 with a proven track record of success. In a world where short-format video content dominates online user's time spent, no one is better equipped to help Canadian brands drive video content engagement, to tell their brand stories in a way digital consumers are more receptive to with proven brand lift, retention, purchase intent and ROI.

Prior to Cue, David was the Managing Director Worldwide of Heavy.com, where he oversaw International operations, including all revenue, ad sales, affiliate relations, content licensing and distribution. Since 2007 Heavy doubled its audience and tripled its revenue in Canada. David launched 3 Heavy TV shows on the Alliance Atlantis and established Heavy as a primary content partner with Virgin Mobile Canada.

In 2005 David launched Standard Interactive, a Premiere Online Entertainment Network for Canada's largest private broadcast company, Standard Broadcasting. David held the position of Vice President, Sales and Strategic Alliances. In 2008 Standard Broadcasting was acquired by Astral Media for 1.3 Billion.

David's professional activities include; Professional Speaker; Advisory Board - nextMEDIA: Monetizing Digital Media; Advisory Board - Interactive Ontario; Board Member IRC- Pro-Financial Asset Management Inc.
Internationally experienced, David worked with a number of prominent media companies, including: Promenade Magazine, New York (VP and Publisher); UGO Networks Inc., New York (Director of Sponsorships, Sales and E-commerce); Shift Multimedia (East Coast Advertising Manager); and Time Warner, Hong Kong (Senior Advertising Manager).
He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Amielle Lake is the CEO of Tagga Media, a published author, dedicated foodie, and an aspiring chin up champion. She is a co-founder of Tagga Media Inc (www.tagga.com), a company focused on delivering relevant and effective mobile marketing tools to professional marketers across North America. Tagga'...
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Amielle Lake is the CEO of Tagga Media, a published author, dedicated foodie, and an aspiring chin up champion. She is a co-founder of Tagga Media Inc (www.tagga.com), a company focused on delivering relevant and effective mobile marketing tools to professional marketers across North America. Tagga's Agency Platform enables advertising and marketing agencies of all sizes to create and deploy a range of mobile marketing campaigns without having to manage carriers, hire specialized staff, or invest in hefty upfront fees for carriers and staff.

Prior to founding Tagga, Amielle held a range of executive marketing and corporate development roles across the software, financial services and mining market sectors. Amielle also holds an MBA and B.A and is a published author. Her book, The Elephant Hunters, is about how social interactions determine outcomes in the financial world.
Aspiring cyclist, competitive swimmer, dedicated foodie, chin-up champion.

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David is responsible for the Association's day-to-day operating activities, including revenue and membership growth; expense, cost and margin control; and monthly, quarterly and annual financial goal management. He oversees CWTA's Industry Affairs and Communications activities and provides strategic...
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David is responsible for the Association's day-to-day operating activities, including revenue and membership growth; expense, cost and margin control; and monthly, quarterly and annual financial goal management. He oversees CWTA's Industry Affairs and Communications activities and provides strategic input into the various public policy and regulatory positions adopted by the Association.

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An interactive marketer with over a decade working in digital media, Jesse Albert has extensive experience creating innovative digital strategy and multi-platform or transmedia extensions on behalf of world leading artists, corporations and intellectual properties or media.

At ICM, Al...
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An interactive marketer with over a decade working in digital media, Jesse Albert has extensive experience creating innovative digital strategy and multi-platform or transmedia extensions on behalf of world leading artists, corporations and intellectual properties or media.

At ICM, Albert works as a talent agent with an expertise in new media and branded entertainment. His efforts are specific to representing clients or their work in new media, as well as developing digital strategy, and identifying or creating new revenue streams within the digital space.
His efforts touch a broad spectrum of the agency's core business practices, including online, video games, music, publishing, branded entertainment, television and venture capital.

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Suzanne comes to OCAD from SMARTlab in the UK where she was Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow in Technology Futures. She also works with the CFC Media Lab where she holds a Faculty post. She was formerly a member of Nokia's Insight & Foresight group, which studied emerging trends an...
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Suzanne comes to OCAD from SMARTlab in the UK where she was Deputy Director and Principal Research Fellow in Technology Futures. She also works with the CFC Media Lab where she holds a Faculty post. She was formerly a member of Nokia's Insight & Foresight group, which studied emerging trends and identified new business opportunities created by disruptive technological and market developments.
Previously at Sapient Corporation, a business and technology consultancy, Suzanne was the Discipline Lead for the Experience Modeling (XMod) group in London, where she created and managed this group of diverse social scientists. She was also a Director in the User Experience Group, overseeing Creative development and articulation as well as the Research offerings.

Prior to this, she was the Director of Insights and Director of Project Management at Xcorporation, a communications and design firm.

Suzanne is a PhD candidate at the London School of Economics and founder of the research company, Everyday Life. She was also the Canadian juror for the UN Task force, the World Summit Awards and has held Mentorship positions with the Interactive Project Lab and various advisory boards.

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Mary-Ellen leads the English and French product and editorial teams for Canada's No. 1 online portal MSN.ca.
As a member of the senior leadership team for the Consumer & Online division, Mary-Ellen is responsible for identifying and planning the strategic direction of MSN.ca online prope...
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Mary-Ellen leads the English and French product and editorial teams for Canada's No. 1 online portal MSN.ca.
As a member of the senior leadership team for the Consumer & Online division, Mary-Ellen is responsible for identifying and planning the strategic direction of MSN.ca online properties and ensuring alignment with other Microsoft groups including Windows (PC/Mobile), Windows Live (Hotmail, Messenger) Search (Bing) and E&D (Xbox, Zune). This involves identifying and executing initiatives to improve product quality and user experience, create social networks and develop innovative monetization opportunities either by creating original content or striking key partnerships.

A veteran of online media, Mary-Ellen comes to Microsoft from CTV.ca where she worked for more than six years managing the network's online staff. As Supervising Producer she was responsible for directing daily news coverage and major specials such as the War on Terror, Federal Elections, Canada in Afghanistan and the Olympics. Mary-Ellen also produced CTV's Entertainment specials (Juno Awards; Oscars, Degrassi: The Next Generation) and helped develop innovative features such as Enhanced TV and the CTV Broadband Network.

Mary-Ellen first jumped to online as one of the original team members for CBC.ca where she covered breaking news and produced the site's Millennium special in 2000. Before going digital, aside from a brief stint creating Interactive games, Mary-Ellen spent more than a decade working in television and radio producing current affairs, children and entertainment programs (CBC TV Midday, CTV eNow, YTV A2O, CBC Radio - Prime Time)

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Phil is a Partner in our Toronto office with an extensive background in media, entertainment and communications. He has also served on the nextmedia Advisory Board for 3 years.
He has developed an expertise in the area of emerging digital technologies and multi-platform content delivery. Al...
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Phil is a Partner in our Toronto office with an extensive background in media, entertainment and communications. He has also served on the nextmedia Advisory Board for 3 years.
He has developed an expertise in the area of emerging digital technologies and multi-platform content delivery. Along with his background in film, television and commercial production in both Canada and the US he brings a wealth of contacts and knowledge of the industry to Searchlight's clients.

Phil began his career working in theatre, and moved to CTV to help produce pilots, sports and specialty programs including the Canadian Country Music Awards, and the Juno Awards with Insight Productions and the CBC.

He spent 6 years working and living in Los Angeles, working in feature film development for a Universal Studios company. Moving back into the TV production world, he spent two seasons producing for Alliance Atlantis Communications.

Phil was also part of the prestigious Producer's Program at Canadian Film Centre, focusing on the Canadian film and television landscape and connecting with key people in broadcasting, distribution, funding agencies and independent producers.

Phil then brought his skills to the advertising and commercial production business working with top advertising agencies as Saatchi & Saatchi, Cossette and Leo Burnett.

Born in Montreal, he is fluently bilingual.

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Peter is passionate about providing clients with an integrated and effective approach to using Digital media. He began his media career in India in 1989 and in three years rose to the position of Media Manager by consistently providing keen insight and creative media solutions to a variety of clien...
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Peter is passionate about providing clients with an integrated and effective approach to using Digital media. He began his media career in India in 1989 and in three years rose to the position of Media Manager by consistently providing keen insight and creative media solutions to a variety of clients within the Financial, Consumer Electronics and Packaged Goods categories. Wanting to challenge his talents to the fullest, he joined M2 Universal in 1994 as a planner and research analyst focused on the traditional media business.

His curiosity of media lead him to the uncharted waters of the internet in 1995. By 1999, he was focused completely on digital media and in 2000 launched M2 Universal Digital - a division dedicated to digital advertising.

As Vice President, Director of M2 Universal Digital, he has successfully grown the business with a dedicated team working on blue chip accounts that include General Motors of Canada, RBC Financial Group, Microsoft Canada, SONY Canada, Dairy Farmers of Canada and Johnson & Johnson.

In the quest of continually challenging himself, he decided to do my MBA in 2007 and graduated from the Richard Ivey School of Business (University of Western Ontario) in Aug 2009.

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Consistently ranked highly by both
Starmine and the Brendan Wood International survey of institutional Investors,Scott has focused exclusively on Canadian media companies for over a decade. He joined TD's communications and media team in the Corporate and Investment Banking Group in 1992 wher...
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Consistently ranked highly by both
Starmine and the Brendan Wood International survey of institutional Investors,Scott has focused exclusively on Canadian media companies for over a decade. He joined TD's communications and media team in the Corporate and Investment Banking Group in 1992 where he worked on large syndicated media financings before moving to equity research in 1996. Scott has a Bachelor of Science degree from Trent University and an MBA in finance from The Schulich School of Business.

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Rob Bolton is a 15-year music and technology veteran who began his career as Music Director for CFRC-FM and as a Marketing rep for BMG Music Canada. Rob was later instrumental in the growth of two Canadian music industry pioneers: Iceberg Media, Canada's first and biggest Internet Radio company, and...
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Rob Bolton is a 15-year music and technology veteran who began his career as Music Director for CFRC-FM and as a Marketing rep for BMG Music Canada. Rob was later instrumental in the growth of two Canadian music industry pioneers: Iceberg Media, Canada's first and biggest Internet Radio company, and Virtue Broadcasting, the leading live concert webcast and streaming media service provider (now a division of Bell Canada).

Rob moved to London (UK) in 2002 where he was a streaming media consultant to BT (British Telecom). He then returned to Canada in 2005 to take on the role of National Content Director at Standard Interactive, where he was responsible for the content and development of Standard Radio's 51 radio station websites. In addition, he re-launched and managed the IcebergRadio.com service as well as built strategic content and licensing agreements with the Music Industry.

After the Astral Media takeover of Standard Broadcasting, Rob joined Warner Music Canada to head up the newly created Digital Marketing department, where he currently manages key aspects of Warner's digital initiatives, including online marketing campaigns, artist websites, D2C commerce, and new digital business development.

As writer for a variety of publications, Rob covered music, broadcast and technology issues for over 10 years. Rob holds an honours degree in Economics from Queen's University, and a M.B.A. from the Schulich School of Business.

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Mark Thompson, Director, Mobile, Pelmorex Media Inc. is no stranger to Mobile product and service launches and leads the Mobile team at Pelmorex with a wealth of experience in strategy creation, execution, market forecasting and partner collaboration.

Thompson's leadership at The Weat...
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Mark Thompson, Director, Mobile, Pelmorex Media Inc. is no stranger to Mobile product and service launches and leads the Mobile team at Pelmorex with a wealth of experience in strategy creation, execution, market forecasting and partner collaboration.

Thompson's leadership at The Weather Network and MétéoMédia has helped grow both Mobile Applications and the Mobile websites to the most popular in Canada, creating one of the most sought after mobile advertising properties in the country.

An advisory board member at nextMEDIA and the IAB's emerging platforms council; Thompson is a frequent speaker and moderator at National industry conferences and events.

Prior to joining Pelmorex, Thompson served as Director, Wireless Operations for Amp'd Mobile in Los Angeles, and more recently as Director, Marketing for Amp'd Mobile's launch into the Canadian Marketplace. Thompson also spent 6 years with Bell Canada; working at Bell Mobility in acquisitions, youth marketing and wireless data.

His proven track record for launching industry firsts made him the perfect candidate to move to the Sympatico division of Bell and help launch the Sympatico MSN co-branded software and portal.

Thompson holds Bachelor's degree in Business Communications from Brock University, and spends his spare time with his wife Janet, daughter Ashlyn and Parson Russell Terrier, Derby.

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Presently, working at comScore Inc. as a Vice President, Bryan has a pulse on electronic media, the future of the Internet and its full spectrum. His love of statistics and Sociology at McGill University allow Bryan a broad knowledge base. His work in theatre as well as teaching in South Korea added...
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Presently, working at comScore Inc. as a Vice President, Bryan has a pulse on electronic media, the future of the Internet and its full spectrum. His love of statistics and Sociology at McGill University allow Bryan a broad knowledge base. His work in theatre as well as teaching in South Korea added to his rich global views and helped him to develop a creative mindset. Bryan's creativity, energy, and a pervasive work ethic have helped him to become enriched and knowledgeable in his industry. Bryan works with prestigious clients such as MSN, Bell Canada, Astral Media, Yellow Pages Group, Rogers Communications, Telus Corporation, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Google Canada, Quebecor, The Weather Network, and Canada Post, as well as many major Canadian agencies. In addition, Bryan is a dedicated member of the Internet Advertising Bureau Board of Directors, where he works actively to enhance digital media in Canada.

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Sara Diamond is the President of OCAD University, Canada's foremost university of art and design. She holds degrees from Canada and the United Kingdom in social history, communications, new media theory and practice. She is currently a member of the Ontario Ministry of Culture's Minister's Advisory ...
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Sara Diamond is the President of OCAD University, Canada's foremost university of art and design. She holds degrees from Canada and the United Kingdom in social history, communications, new media theory and practice. She is currently a member of the Ontario Ministry of Culture's Minister's Advisory Council on Arts & Culture, the Board of Directors of the Toronto Arts Council Foundation and of ORANO, Ontario's high speed network. She is a founding member of CONCERT and the Chair of the OMDC funded Mobile Experience Innovation Centre. She provides media consulting to Heritage Canada, SSHRC, CFI, Industry Canada, CHRC and DFAIT, as well as international governments, institutions and agencies as diverse as China, Mexico, the United Kingdom, Argentina, Finland, Australia, Brazil and the USA.

Prior to her presidency at OCAD Diamond was the Director of Research for the prestigious Banff Centre. She created the renowned Banff New Media Institute (BNMI) in 1995 and led it until coming to Toronto in 2005. Diamond developed international summits and business development workshops and accelerators that explored the near future of new media. She built alliances between artists, designers, architects, scientists, social scientists, and international and Canadian businesses. Diamond created and was Editor-in-Chief of www.horizonzero.ca, an on-line showcase for new media art and design, in collaboration with Heritage Canada. She is a visualization software researcher and developer www.codezebra.net.

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As Co-CEO of GlassBOX Raja helps drive the company's mandate to launch new channels and capture market share in the digitally-savvy 18-34 year-old demographic. While directly managing the forthcoming launch of GlassBOX's next channel Raja is also responsible for legal, finance (including third party...
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As Co-CEO of GlassBOX Raja helps drive the company's mandate to launch new channels and capture market share in the digitally-savvy 18-34 year-old demographic. While directly managing the forthcoming launch of GlassBOX's next channel Raja is also responsible for legal, finance (including third party financing), digital media and business development at the corporation.

Raja is also the Co-Founder of QuickPlay Media Inc., a global leader in mobile video delivery platforms. Raja helped guide QuickPlay through three rounds of venture funding (raising over $30 million), four product releases, growth to 80+ employees, and expansion into the US and EU, to its current position as a market leader in mobile video technologies. At QuickPlay Raja played a key role in introducing the first mobile video services to the North American market.

Previously, Raja founded Snap Media Corp., a leading interactive digital media company producing global award-winning social networking technologies, websites and interactive content. Raja sits on the Board of Directors for Sears Canada Inc, QuickPlay Media and the National Screen Institute as well as various advisory boards in the media, education and technology industries in Canada and the US and is a sought after and regular speaker at events dealing with digital media across the globe.

Raja holds a degree in law from Osgoode Hall Law School and Genetics and Philosophy Bachelors from the University of Toronto. Raja lives in Toronto with his wife and two kids and Lovely Louis, his favourite guitar.

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Marina Mann and is a digital marketer and senior strategist focusing on the confluence of content, community and commerce. Marina is a passionate and creative individual with 12 years experience planning and executing branded, user focused, high-tech experiences online.

Prior to movin...
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Marina Mann and is a digital marketer and senior strategist focusing on the confluence of content, community and commerce. Marina is a passionate and creative individual with 12 years experience planning and executing branded, user focused, high-tech experiences online.

Prior to moving into consulting, Marina served as director of Web marketing at Virgin Mobile Canada, responsible for strategy & operations and the launch of Virgin's mobile content (VAS) portal.
Previously, Marina led Apple Inc.'s e-Commerce localization of the Quebec online store and in 2006 ran Corus Entertainment's digital strategy for seven kid & adult specialty TV websites.
At Organic Inc., Marina was the steward of award winning, creative & technical teams in the launch of eCommerce and community portals for Symantec (business, home & enterprise), Bell GobeMeida, Alliance Atlantis, GamesMania, TSN, SonyStyle, Sprint Canada the launch of Ontario Lotteries consumer, business and corporate websites.

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Mike's extensive involvement with the global interactive media space include board positions with the IAB, NEXTMedia, and the Microsoft Research Design Expo, where he volunteers as Co-Chair and Creative Director. Prior to Trapeze, Mike ran the Script Development program of the Harold Greenberg Fund,...
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Mike's extensive involvement with the global interactive media space include board positions with the IAB, NEXTMedia, and the Microsoft Research Design Expo, where he volunteers as Co-Chair and Creative Director. Prior to Trapeze, Mike ran the Script Development program of the Harold Greenberg Fund, Canada's largest private script development organization. He was also the New Technologies lead for the Ontario Direct Marketing Centre and freelanced as a story editor and script consultant, working with Alliance Films, Odeon Films, The Canadian Film Centre and The Movie Network. Mike has worked as a film editor, has feature film scripts under option, and is a graduate of The University of Western Ontario (B.A.), the Ryerson Film Studies Program (with honors) and the h@bitat new media program at the Canadian Film Centre.

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Gary has a proven track record in taking top media companies wireless. Working with clients in entertainment, sports and finance , Gary has built wireless programs and opened distribution channels for companies including; Warner Brothers/TMZ, Bell/Sympatico, Virgin Mobile Canada, Nokia, Admob, Quatt...
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Gary has a proven track record in taking top media companies wireless. Working with clients in entertainment, sports and finance , Gary has built wireless programs and opened distribution channels for companies including; Warner Brothers/TMZ, Bell/Sympatico, Virgin Mobile Canada, Nokia, Admob, Quattro and most recently SVP of Business Development at Moderati. With over fifteen years of experience in media, entertainment and technology, Gary ensures that each brand's wireless experience is unique, fun and exciting while respecting the its' core values. Currently Gary is working on the monetization of media and entertainment brands via mobile applications and virtual goods for Apple, Android, RIM and OVI storefronts. Gary can be reached at gary@ciphermedia.com

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Stitch Media partner Evan Jones, is a two-time Emmy Award® winner whose innovative work on interactive content for primetime television, radio, web, mobile and games have established him as a pioneer in new genres of Alternate Reality Games, Locative Media and Interactive Documentary.
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Stitch Media partner Evan Jones, is a two-time Emmy Award® winner whose innovative work on interactive content for primetime television, radio, web, mobile and games have established him as a pioneer in new genres of Alternate Reality Games, Locative Media and Interactive Documentary.

His work was recognized as one of the 'Top 10 New Media Groundbreakers' according to the Bell Broadcast & New Media Fund. Evan's international clients include Microsoft, Disney, FOX, CBC, Bell, Discovery and The Movie Network.

He has taught 'Rich Media Production', 'Transmedia Storytelling' and 'Extending TV Drama Experiences' around the world at the Canadian Film Centre, the Australian Film, Television & Radio School and the University of Southern California with Dr. Henry Jenkins.

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Chris Harris, Head of Online Content at Shaw Media, is responsible for all aspects of strategy, programming and digital products related to Shaw Media's robust collection of conventional and specialty channels.
Chris is an established digital leader with more than a decade experience at major...
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Chris Harris, Head of Online Content at Shaw Media, is responsible for all aspects of strategy, programming and digital products related to Shaw Media's robust collection of conventional and specialty channels.
Chris is an established digital leader with more than a decade experience at major Canadian broadcasters.

Prior to joining Shaw Media, Canwest and Alliance Atlantis, Chris held a handful of posts at CBC.ca in Sports, News and Kids.

Among those roles was Sr. Editor of CBC.ca's 2006 Torino Olympic website - a site that captured a Canadian New Media Award for Excellence in News & Information, broke traffic records for CBC.ca and earned Chris a CBC.ca Award of Excellence.

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Trevor has been at the intersection of media and technology for 20 years. He has investigated and developed large-scale implementations of streaming video and Internet TV for government and industry. His graduate research into flexible e-content and content repurposing has lead to a multi-million d...
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Trevor has been at the intersection of media and technology for 20 years. He has investigated and developed large-scale implementations of streaming video and Internet TV for government and industry. His graduate research into flexible e-content and content repurposing has lead to a multi-million dollar research project, a chapter in the 2002 'Handbook on Information Technologies for Education and Training', and the founding of MoboVivo. Trevor produced one of the first snowboarding films in 1989 and was the executive producer of the science television series, SciQ: Science Revealed. Trevor received Digital Alberta's Entrepreneur of the year, was named one of Alberta's Most Influential People and was featured in New York Time business article in 2010.

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Currently, as the Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at MediaCom Canada, Matt brings to this newly created role, his passion for innovation & entrepreneurship and over 16 years of agency experience in communications & marketing. In this role, he oversees the Research & Insights, Bu...
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Currently, as the Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer at MediaCom Canada, Matt brings to this newly created role, his passion for innovation & entrepreneurship and over 16 years of agency experience in communications & marketing. In this role, he oversees the Research & Insights, Business Sciences, Strategic Planning, and Digital & Emerging Media teams and is actively ensuring digital is at the core of the company's vision.

He began his career in P.R. & event marketing before making the switch to interactive in 1998 as director of emarketing at Devlin Applied Design working on MAC Cosmetics, MSN & CIBC. Following Devlin, Matt led the VISA business at Leo Burnett, as well as driving integrated campaigns for AOL & Wrigley.



From 2002-2007, Matt went to Tribal DDB to help re-build their Toronto office. Over 5 years, Matt led national accounts and award-winning integrated work for clients such as BMO InvestorLine, Canadian Tourism Commission, and Gatorade. During his tenure, the Toronto office grew 200%, and won Digital Agency of the year in 2005.



Following Tribal, Matt went to Proximity Canada as SVP Managing Director with a proven track record in integration and innovation. From 2007 to 2011, Proximity grew from 40 people to over 200 and secured digital & CRM AOR relationships with global blue chip clients like Gillette, HP, RIM and Monster.com plus Canadian-specific clients like Mars, Campbell's, Pepsi-QTG, Frito-Lay, & RBC amongst others. 2008-11 were also years of creative recognition with 3 Cannes Lions, Best in Shows at the CMAs and FAB awards and wins at the Digital Marketing Awards, DMA Echos, Bessies, Applied Arts, Caples, Communications Arts, AdWeek's Buzz Awards, Webbies, & One Show.



Matt also sits on the Advisory Board for nextMedia, AOL Canada, the Google Agency Council, Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and is actively involved in the North American digital community. He has presented on the topic of branded entertainment at nextMedia in Toronto and Banff for the past 3 years and at SXSW 2011.

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Ray Philipose, Vice President Integrated Solutions and Digital for Reader's Digest Canada, joined the corporation in 2011, bringing over twelve years of experience in digital product development and advertising sales strategy. His nomination is perfectly aligned with the organization's strategy of g...
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Ray Philipose, Vice President Integrated Solutions and Digital for Reader's Digest Canada, joined the corporation in 2011, bringing over twelve years of experience in digital product development and advertising sales strategy. His nomination is perfectly aligned with the organization's strategy of growth for its multi-brand, multi-platform advertising sales and digital businesses.

Ray has been certified as a Project Management Professional (PMP) and holds a degree in Computer Engineering from Queen's University. He was most recently at Canwest Digital as Vice President, Strategy and Product Development. Prior to that, he was Director of Media Operations at Sympatico / MSN.

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Adam Froman is an award-winning entrepreneur and one of the pioneers in the interactive industry in Canada. As C.E.O. of Delvinia, a Toronto-based digital strategy and customer experience design firm, Adam and his team deliver effective solutions to clients in the financial, government, media, educa...
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Adam Froman is an award-winning entrepreneur and one of the pioneers in the interactive industry in Canada. As C.E.O. of Delvinia, a Toronto-based digital strategy and customer experience design firm, Adam and his team deliver effective solutions to clients in the financial, government, media, education and cultural sectors.
Spearheading Delvinia's unique blend of research and interactive expertise, Adam has worked with clients like RBC Royal Bank, Microsoft and Rogers to help them understand and improve the ways customers experience and use online, mobile and other new digital technologies.

Adam continues to invest in Delvinia's growth and innovation through profitable new businesses and service lines. As a means to gain customer insight capabilities, he created the AskingCanadians^TM online consumer research panel of 160,000 Canadians, which Delvinia uses to acquire customer intelligence to fuel its innovative strategy and design teams.

Adam is a member of the Canadian Marketing Association (CMA) and the Market Research and Intelligence Association (MRIA). He is Director of the Research Agency Council for the MRIA, is founder and chair of the Canadian Digital Media Awards, is a member of the Advisory Board for NextMedia and sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Opera Company.

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As eBay Canada's country manager, Andrea Stairs supports the continued growth of the world's largest online marketplace in this country. In this role, Andrea is responsible for cultivating eBay's community of Canadian users and overseeing marketing, advertising sales, and public and government relat...
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As eBay Canada's country manager, Andrea Stairs supports the continued growth of the world's largest online marketplace in this country. In this role, Andrea is responsible for cultivating eBay's community of Canadian users and overseeing marketing, advertising sales, and public and government relations. She also plays an integral role in the overall operations of eBay Canada.

Andrea was most recently head of marketing for eBay Canada, managing the brand's marketing strategy and execution. She was also instrumental in launching eBay's French-Canadian website and in leading the eBay Motors team in Canada.

For close to a decade Andrea has developed marketing and financial strategies for major telecom and retail companies, including Gap Inc. and Indigo Books & Music Inc.

After receiving a BA from McGill University, Andrea obtained LLB and MBA degrees from the University of Toronto.

Andrea sits on the boards of directors of the Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) and the Hope for Children Foundation. She is also on the advisory board for Canada's leading digital media events, nextMEDIA.

A native of Montreal, Andrea now lives in Toronto with her husband.

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Jordan's practical approach to digital strategy helps clients build transformational customer experiences that deliver on present business objectives and lay sustainable foundations for future opportunities.
More than 10 years of professional services experience with focus in brand, product a...
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Jordan's practical approach to digital strategy helps clients build transformational customer experiences that deliver on present business objectives and lay sustainable foundations for future opportunities.
More than 10 years of professional services experience with focus in brand, product and digital media strategy; innovation process, product development, change management; and integrated marketing implementation.

Jordan currently works as a Strategy Director for Blast Radius out of its EMEA headquarters in Amsterdam where he leads global planning engagements for leading technology and FMCG brands.
He is a professional member of the World Future Society, is trained in Voice of the Customer methodology, has studied design methods at the Illinois Institute of Technology and is certified in DeBono lateral thinking and facilitation techniques.

He has a cultural studies degree in Western European Civilization from the University of Western Ontario and a Professional Certificate in Integrated Branding from the Canadian Marketing Association.

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James is a seasoned executive with more than 15 years' experience in the digital media eco system. He describes himself as a creative, resourceful, innovator. He has an unparalleled hands-on experience with ad networks and real-time ad-exchanges coupled with an appreciation for how data is changing ...
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James is a seasoned executive with more than 15 years' experience in the digital media eco system. He describes himself as a creative, resourceful, innovator. He has an unparalleled hands-on experience with ad networks and real-time ad-exchanges coupled with an appreciation for how data is changing the industry.

Before joining Recoset, James held a variety of increasingly senior positions in the digital media industry, including stints at Yahoo / Hot Jobs, AOL, Sympatico / MSN and as the General Manager of Advertising.com Canada. After leaving Ad.com, and before taking the plunge in to a start up, James consulted to many of Canada's leading digital publishers including Yellow Pages Group, Rogers Digital Media and The Globe and Mail where he helped the sr executives at these companies understand and leverage the opportunities in today's data-driven, real time advertising eco system.


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Susan Nation is founder and president of Hop To It Productions Inc., a pioneer in cross-platform production. Susan has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, project management, and content creation.

Susan started her career marketingand advertising brands for Unilever, Camp...
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Susan Nation is founder and president of Hop To It Productions Inc., a pioneer in cross-platform production. Susan has over 20 years of experience in sales, marketing, project management, and content creation.

Susan started her career marketingand advertising brands for Unilever, Campbell's, 7UP and Gillette around the world. She then worked in marketing and management consulting with clients like The Economist Group,Fantom Technologies and D G Medios, one of the largest music promoters in Latin America.

Working in marketing and development with Lenz Entertainment in Canada allowed her to hone her producing skills on innovative content and events, and inspired her to found Hop To It Productions with Nina Beveridge and Paul Hart of Beevision Productions.
With Hop To It, Susan has co-created and co-produced several notable cross-media projects including the award- winning multi-platform Cupid's Caféwww.cupidscafe.ca (including various games and technology), the Gemini nominated Pop It! Kids dance-along TV series,songs, live shows, games and www.popittv.com for TVO, SCN, ACCESS, Knowledge and Nickelodeon Australia/N Z, the multi-award winning documentary Suck It Up Princess for OMNI and Hip Hop in the T-Dot half-hour TV series, Dance Breaks, web series and www.hip-hoptv.comfor Rogers. She is currently a producer on Season2 of award winning Ruby Skye P.I. and has several exciting projects in development.

Susan has prodigious pitching skills. Susan won 'Deal Makers Live' at the Banff 2011Festival. Her pitch for Create-A-Date, a video game concept for women, was a finalist in Telefilm Great Canadian Video Game Contest, Fusion Forum and Banff 07 iPitch.

Susan is on the Advisory Board of nextMEDIA. She also serves on the OMDC Digital Finance Committee.Susan has a BA from Sydney University and speaks fluent Spanish as well as rusty French and Portuguese. She serves on several volunteer boards.

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Tapp is a proven leader in the media and entertainment sector with over 25 years of experience building and operating subscriber and advertiser based entertainment businesses. This includes many pioneering initiatives in television, radio and online media management including production, acquisition...
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Tapp is a proven leader in the media and entertainment sector with over 25 years of experience building and operating subscriber and advertiser based entertainment businesses. This includes many pioneering initiatives in television, radio and online media management including production, acquisition, sales distribution and brand building. Tapp his been involved in 4 startups that required new licensing and new technology launches on multiple 'first in Canada' platforms. He has experience operating both public and private companies. Under Hercules Media Group, a company he founded in 2007, he has been retained by leading production and distribution companies such as Cineflix and digital media companies such as GlassBoxTV, to provide CEO and advisory roles. His past credits include startup and launch roles as President and COO XM Satellite Radio Canada, Executive VP Chum Television/Citytv, VP/GM ChumCity International, Executive VP/GM Viewer's Choice Canada PPV and Program Manager TSN. He sits on several advisory boards in the media and advertising sectors.

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Mel D'Souza currently oversees SILO Entertainment Inc., a content development and rights holding company based in Vancouver, Canada. SILO primarily focuses on identifying and developing film & TV properties, targeted for a global viewing audience.

Before SILO, D'Souza was the E...
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Mel D'Souza currently oversees SILO Entertainment Inc., a content development and rights holding company based in Vancouver, Canada. SILO primarily focuses on identifying and developing film & TV properties, targeted for a global viewing audience.

Before SILO, D'Souza was the Executive Producer for the Indian feature film BOOM. He has held the position of Director, Business Development South Asia, with Channel [V] India - part of News Corp's, Star TV Network in Asia. And before Ch [V], he held the position of VP, International Business Development with IN Media International, the Hinduja Group's Media & Technology development company, with offices in NYC, London and Bombay.
D'Souza was born in Bombay, India and was raised in Vancouver. Before his experience internationally, D'Souza owned a full-service production company in Canada, specializing in corporate, industrial and educational video productions. He first entered Asia as VP, Asian Operations with Nomad Pictures Pvt. Ltd. - the overseas operations for Los Angles based, Filmopolis Pictures Ltd.

With over 18 years in the media & entertainment industry, and both North American and international experience, D'Souza is a graduate from the award winning, Asia Pacific Management Program - a post-graduate business program at the McRae Institute of International Management, Capilano University, Canada.

D'Souza is a noted documentary producer, with four documentary credits to his name and an accomplished photojournalist with published photo-essays in numerous dailies and periodicals throughout North America and Asia. He currently sits on DOXA's Advisory Board, BC Film's Asian Advisory Board, nextMedia's Advisory Board and The Asia Factual Forum's Advisory Board, to provide vital insights and information in regard to creating ties and relationships with countries in Asia. He is also a special advisor to The Weinstein Company for all acquisitions and co-productions in India. He has been an invited speaker at numerous conferences and events around the world ,for his insights and expertise on international co-productions, specifically covering India and SE Asia.

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Eli Singer is an independent consultant specializing in social media, branding, community building and disruptive innovation. His current clients include the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Ontario Chamber of Commerce and through Social Media Group, Ford Motor Company and TVO. Recently Eli was publish...
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Eli Singer is an independent consultant specializing in social media, branding, community building and disruptive innovation. His current clients include the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Ontario Chamber of Commerce and through Social Media Group, Ford Motor Company and TVO. Recently Eli was published in the Harvard Business Review featuring a case-study on how social media can create a culture of collaboration, transforming civic institutions and reinvigorate their relationships with stakeholders. Prior to beginning his independent career, Eli worked at Segal Communications, the exclusive Canadian representatives for Facebook, with the specific mandate of developing sustainable brand communities for TD Bank and Playstation inside the social network. In 2006 Eli created of Social POV, one of Canada's first social media practice areas in a fully integrated advertising agency, where he worked with the CIBC Run for the Cure, World Wildlife Fund Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canadian Opera Company, Stratford Festival, Moosehead Breweries, Toronto International Film Festival and the Royal Ontario Museum. Eli is the creator of CaseCamp, Canada's social media unconference, and maintains his blog at Singer.to. Eli holds an honors degree from The Richard Ivey School of Business, has studied internationally, and enjoys a good game of pinball. He currently lives in Toronto.

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Ruth Vanderwey, the Managing Partner of Krysalis Solutions is a highly experienced expert in the development of strategies on how to scale global digital media professional services organizations and in leading the execution of those strategies. Since 2003, Ruth has been a leader at IBM in developin...
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Ruth Vanderwey, the Managing Partner of Krysalis Solutions is a highly experienced expert in the development of strategies on how to scale global digital media professional services organizations and in leading the execution of those strategies. Since 2003, Ruth has been a leader at IBM in developing their Global Business and Technology Services standards and techniques. At IBM, she provided direction and support to over 900 project managers and producers. As the National Leader, Ruth set and implemented the corporate national strategy and oversaw the implementation of programs. Ruth then went to Blast Radius (acquired by WPP). As Vice President of Project Services, she led the creation and implementation of global delivery standards and best practices frameworks at one of North America's largest interactive agencies. Through Krysalis Ruth continues to work in the digital media space providing leadership support to companies such as BBDO/Proximity, ThinkWrap Solutions, The Newland Group and G4 Apps. She is an expert in delivering successful transformation strategies with emphasis on adopting proven techniques from large corporate implementations and applying them to the unique interactive agency environment. While delivering strategies and implementing solutions with her clients, Ruth also teaches Organizational Change Management and Leadership courses through Bay3000. With many Leadership awards behind her and advisory board experience, she brings a wealth of knowledge to every undertaking. Working with business leaders over the past 20 years Ruth's experience includes fortune 500 executives in the marketing and advertising, retail, telecom, utility, mining, transportation, financial, manufacturing, and government sectors.

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