Venue
Toronto Congress Centre
Toronto Congress Centre, 650 Dixon Rd, Etobicoke, ON M9W 1J1, Canada

What is Qwoted?

Qwoted is a free expert network: we help reporters connect with experts & we help those same experts build relationships with top reporters.

Event Date Wed Mar 1 EST - Thu Mar 2 EST (almost 2 years ago)
Location Toronto Congress Centre
650 Dixon Rd, Etobicoke, ON M9W 1J1, Canada
Region Americas
Details

This summit is packed with expert insights from leaders who shape the retail industry.
Hear from some of the most innovative retail professionals as well as tech experts who help retailers do what they do best.
This is The place to be for anyone in the retail space who wants to move up in their career and grow their company.

Experience for yourself! Uncover the most adroit concepts the technology has to offer at the exhibition. Virtually immerse yourself in the milieu of the most sophisticated skills to adapt and adjust accordingly from the industry specialists.

The consultants, mavens and professionals are ready to dedicate their effort and time to disseminate guidance and direction.
Discover how top marketers break through the noise! Hear from marketing leaders who know what it takes to build successful brands and run campaigns that do well. That's what every marketer is looking for, right?

Hear their stories, case studies, best tips, and take part in interactive panel discussions, so that you can bring home a new perspective and actions to take your marketing skills to the next level.

Plus: You'll even get to discover some of the latest innovations transforming the industry.

Speakers

2023 Speakers

Fili Wiese
SEO Expert, Search Brothers

Sachin Arora
Industry Expert

Helen Ashton
Vice President, People and Culture, Grand & Toy

Nicole Athanasopoulos
Founder and Director, Nulink Media

Alex Attumalil
Global Chief Information Security Officer, Under Armour

Asma Aziz
Director, Marketing America’s Territories, Intel

Estefania Bafunno
Director, Marketing, Freshii

Stephen Bailey
CMO, John Fluevog Shoes

Nuno Bamberg
SVP, Chief Content Officer, Publicis Canada

Michele Barbagli
Co-Founder, Sintra Consulting

Sebastien Bardoz
VP, Sales & Ops, North America, Wedia

Hani Batla
CIO and CTO, Adorama

Jay Baydala
CEO, More Good Incorporated

David Black
Senior Vice President Sales, P&G Canada

Megan Blackburn
Senior Director, Digital Marketing, Email, Media, and Loyalty, Staples

Josh Broun
Co-Founder, Impact Kitchen

Jeff Burlin
Director, Executive Engagement Programs, Twiilio

Alvina Patel Buxani
CSO, THE LNK

Drew Cashmore
Global Head of Marketing, Firework

Xenia Chen
Founder, Threads

Gimmy Chu
Co-Founder and CEO, Nanoleaf

JC Clarke
VP, Sales, Ogury

Jason Cottrell
CEO & Founder, Orium

Geoff Crain
Senior Director, Sales & Marketing, Kingstar Media

Jeremiah Curvers
Co Founder & CEO, Polysleep

Kaustubh Dabral
CIO, Dabur

Galen Davies
VP, Brand and Commercial Strategy, MLSE

Barbara De Laere
CEO, Saje

John DeFranco
CCO, Staples Canada

Paul Deegan
President and CEO, News Media Canada

Mohsen Dezyanian
President, Empathy Inc.

Pino Di Ioia
CEO, Beavertails

Matthew Diamond
CGO, BIG Digital

Axel Dumont
President Canada, Cossette Media

Timothy Dwyer
CRO, Flow Water

Mohamed EI Kandri
Director of Education, Lassonde Professional Development-York University

Ilona Fagyas
Director, Enterprise Sales, PayPal Canada

Rachel Ferdinando
President, Pepsi Co Foods Canada

Walter Flaat
Chief Data Officer, Dentsu Canada

Stuart Ford
President and Chief Operating Officer, Dropit

Theresa Forman
Chief Strategy Officer, Acart

Daniel Francavilla
Partner & Brand Strategist, King Street Media | Daniel Does | CreatorClub

Jatin Gera
Head of Enterprise Growth, MoEngage

Mike Gettis
Co-Founder & CEO, Kilne

Sonya Gill
Founder, THE LNK

Mani Gopalaratnam
CEO and CTO, Resulticks

Drew Green
CEO, Indochino

Giovanni Guardalben
CEO, Kipcast (Highstreet.io)

Torri Gunn
Industry Manager, Retail, Meta Canada

Nadine Hall
President, Retail Outwear, Hanes

Karim Hassam
Senior Principal, Data & Services, Mastercard

Basil Hatto
Head of Product, NP Digital

Tovi Heilbronn
Director – Digital Product & Experience, Harry Rosen

Mark Hubner
SVP, Commercial, Baffin

Susan Irving
Chief Marketing Officer, Kruger Products L.P.

Reshma Iyer
Director, Product Marketing, Algolia

Ryan Jennings
Digital Marketing Expert, More Good Incorporated

Erin Kelly
CEO, Advanced Symbolics

Stephen Kiely
CEO, Dentsu Canada

Lindsay Knight
Director, Marketing Strategy and Communications, The Source

Natasha Koifman
President, NKPR

Robin Kovitz
President & CEO, Baskits Inc

Corinne Lalonde
Associate Director, eCommerce and Content Marketing, SAQ

Jess Lee
Director, Data & Services, Mastercard

Brandi Leifso
CEO & Founder, Evio Beauty Group

Melissa Li
Gen Z Strategist, and Head of Community & Managing Partner, Dorm Room Fund

Abraham Lieberman
CEO and Founder, Clicks Talent

Richard Mabely
Co- Founder and SVP, Business Development and Innovations, Transformer Table

Michael Maleszyk
Founder, Halo Growth Co.

Ronnie Malewski
Managing Director, NPD Canada

Kausambi Manjita
Founder, Head of Product, Mason

Rachael Marathakis
Associate Director, Business Development Teads

Vanessa Marko
Director, Ecommerce, Harry Rosen

Gautam Marwaha
Director, Digital Payments, Mastercard

Lisa Mazurkewich
Head of Marketing, Subway

Andrew McWiggan
Chief Innovation Officer, ACART

Stéphanie Mercier
Digital Strategist, Nventive

Lexi Miles Corrin
Founder & CEO, WAXON Laser + Waxbar

Scott Mitchell
Managing Director, Canada, Vistar Media

Sergei Moiseev-Liberman
Head, Digital & E-Commerce, Miele Limited

Jennifer Nickhorn
Director, Retail Partnerships, Criteo

Raven Opatovsky
Sr Director of Digital Marketing, Tim Hortons

Nikita Prokhorov
CEO & Founder, Reputation House

Sam Proulx
Accessibility Evangelist, Fable

Charumitra Pujari
VP, Engineering and Data Science, Loblaw Digital

Philippe Raymond
COO & Co-founder, Emma42

Andrei Rebrov
CTO & Co-Founder, Scentbird

Johnny Russo
Chief Digital Officer, Lamour

Marta Rzeszowska
VP Product, Moneris

Omid Sadeghi
Business Strategy, Lassonde Professional Development-York University

Sam Saif
Director, Retail Sales, Intel

Caroline Seidel
Strategy Consultant, Arvato Systems

Jennifer Seiler
SVP, Marketing, P&G Canada

Sajad Semsar
Director, Marketing Technology/Digital Strategy, Bell

Kushal Shah
Founder, Sonic Growth Inc.

Michelle Shemilt
Founder, NUMI

David Snyder
President, PONO Learning Inc.

Jody Steinhauer
Founder, President and CBO (Chief Bargain Officer), The Bargains Group

Tim Stocks
VP Marketing, Analytic Index

Daniel Stoppel
President and CEO, Jewlr and Lee Fiori

Gerrit Stuchtey
Director Customer Experience, Arvato Systems

Elizabeth Suni
Founder and President / Owner and Creative Director, Wooly Doodle Apparel Inc. / Suni Creative Co.

Joe Szala
VP, North America, Loyal Guru

Emma Schermer Tamir
Co-Founder and Chief Creative, Marketing by Emma

Nita Tandon
Founder and CEO, Dalcini Inc.

Leah Thelen
VP, Digital Shared Services & Makeup Division, SHISEIDO Canada

Sarah Thompson
President, Dentsu Media Canada

Rachel Tilghman
Solutions Consulting Leader, Braze

Mike Van
Co-Founder and CEO, Furnishr

Liz Volk
Chief Human Resources Officer, Longo's

Shelby Walsh
Managing Director, ThinkShop at The Garden

Larissa Wasyliw
VP Ecommerce & Marketing, Ren’s Pets

Robin Whalen
President and CEO, Church + State

Roshni Wijayasinha
Founder and CEO, Prosh Marketing

Tara Wilkinson
Director of Marketing, Best Buy Canada

Daelan Wood
Director, Technology, Poppy Barley

Jeff Woodland
Director, Industry Marketing, Five9

Paul Yang
Sr. Director, Sustainability & Packaging, Tim Hortons

Anat Yaniv
Founder, TAG Marketing Services

Cyrille Zimmer
CEO & Founder, CZ Conseil

Jessy Zita
VP, Data & Services, Mastercard

Sponsors & Partners

2023 Sponsors and Partners

PLATINUM SPONSOR:
• Dentsu

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Braze
• NP Digital
• Sintra Consulting
• TechBlocks
• Weglot

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Criteo
• Intel
• MoEngage
• Nventive Spotify
• Orium
• Resulticks
• Twilio
• Wedia

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Acart
• Algolia
• BIG Digital
• Crealytics
• Five9
• Mason
• Mastercard
• Meta
• Ogury
• PayPal
• Vistar Media

WORKSHOP PARTNERS:
• Analytic Index
• Arvato Systems
• Fable
• Highstreet.io

INNOVATION SPONSORS:
• Dropit
• Loyal Guru
• More Good Incorporated