Western Canada's Largest Digital Marketing Conference

Hundreds of thousands of people watch Brittlestar’s videos every week. His comedic videos have been seen more than 600 MILLION times on various platforms. working with celebs and top tier brands and speaking at events across North America, Brittlestar is living the social media dream.

Sean has been working within the Marketing & Advertising industry for over 15 years, starting on the tech start-up side, moving to media agency management and has now since moved on to working at LinkedIn. He Brings a breadth of knowledge and experience across many media channels but has a hyper focus on performance, digital & social.

Joan Walters is the Senior AI Product Manager at Heyday by Hootsuite. She currently oversees the AI Roadmap that enables hundreds of shoppers to use Conversational AI chatbot to get their retail therapy online through social media and chat apps. She joined the nest in 2021 bringing industry-rich experiences from telecoms, courier services and software development.

Swish Goswami is the CEO of Surf, a tech company providing brands zero party data while compensating consumers directly for their data. Surf has raised over $5M from several high profile investors and has customers including Sony Music, Netflix, L'Oreal, Electronic Arts, etc. Beyond Surf, Swish is a three-time TEDx speaker, investor through his angel fund AGEX Capital and the author of The Young Entrepreneur.

Jake has more than twelve years of international marketing experience, both agency and client-side. During his career, he’s worked with clients like BP, Amazon, Gartner and Casio on developing and implementing data-driven and effective digital marketing strategies. Originally from London UK, he’s currently working to build Fountain’s operations in Canada and the US.

Beverley Theresa is your unconventional Social Media Consultant and Strategist. Her tell-it-like-it-is personality and vast experience in social media marketing has lead her to work with companies such as the United Nations Association in Canada, Rogers Communications and the Canadian Gift Association.

Lane Anderson built a marketing career in the poker world, working with the biggest names in the industry. He used that experience to start a one-stop marketing firm for small businesses called London Road Marketing, which was the Honourable Mention for Best Social Media Agency at the Hashtag Awards in 2019.

Santana Blanchette is the Brand & Growth manager ZGM Modern Marketing and is responsible for content and inbound strategies as well as new business development. She has worked in content strategy and creation since 2014 for a wide variety of industries.

I have been the social media lead at Ottawa Public Health since 2018, and our Twitter account is the most-followed local public health account in North America. I continuously work to find ways to engage people about their health & the health of the community. I am a father of three, and I am a ginger.

I've dedicated my life to two things: getting to know Canadians, and trying every type of cheese on earth. I call the former a career, and have worked both agency and client side to help brands big and small create better content.

With five years experience in the PR and communications industry, I have worked with several high-profile clients in the beauty, fashion, lifestyle, food and beverage spaces. Working closely with brands to achieve their overall objectives, I am highly skilled in media and influencer relations, experiential marketing and am currently running Canada’s first collective of nano-influencers with bicom’s b nation program.

In her 20-year public relations career, Jessica Conlin has seen some things. Jessica draws on experiences in government, corporate, and not-for-profit sectors to build the right balance when it comes to brand, reputation, and connection. Jessica specializes in media relations and crisis communications, on top of being a proficient generalist with a strategic sense.

I've worked in digital marketing for 20 years. I prefer brands that others would find dull. I think the future is always closer than you think.

Janelle is all about crisis communications, digital strategies, campaign management and content development. For the past 5 years she’s been with the Government of Alberta as digital strategist, with a large focus on COVID-19 health updates and communications. Her career spans communications in the non-profit, post secondary and public service sectors.

Darian Kovacs is the Indigenous founder of Vancouver based SEO company Jelly Digital Marketing & PR and digital marketing school, Jelly Academy. He is the host of the podcast Marketing News Canada and on the board of NPower Canada. Darian lives in Fort Langley, BC with his wife and four children and likes to mountain bike, watercolour and read in his free time.

Joel is CEO & co-founder of award winning SOS Web. AR which offers web-based augmented reality to help events and marketers enhance experiences by combining digital elements with the real world - effectively and simply. Joel has extensive experience in mobile technology, marketing, and finances. He is currently serving as Chair of ILEA Canada, and was President of the Calgary chapter in 2018/2019. Being involved and volunteering helps him to continue on his path as an evolving event professional.

Over fifteen years of agency and independent consulting, Matt has been advising medium-sized enterprise and Fortune 500 companies on how to generate value from their marketing dollars. Today he works with owner-operators and marketing leaders who need to start or scale their marketing function strategically.

Paula is the head of Worthington PR & Story, an agency that is passionate about delivering effective media relations, social media, PR and communications services to clients across a range of industries and sectors. She believes every brand has a compelling story to tell.

Kristyn is a creative marketing entrepreneur with over 12 years of experience in public relations and influencer marketing. After working with Tourism Calgary and Travel Alberta, Kristyn founded and now runs MODERNSPEAK co., a digital agency working in influencer management, public relations and influencer marketing where her team collaborates mentors and bridges opportunities between creatives, consumer brands and tourism destinations.