Traction 2018 | Traction Conf | 8 August 2018 | JW Marriott Parq Vancouver, 39 Smithe St, Vancouver, BC V6B 0R3, Canada

It brings you actionable strategies and tactics for supercharging your growth, straight from founders and leaders of some of the fastest growing companies like Google, Twentieth Century Fox, Reddit, Github, New Relic, Box, SendGrid, Grammarly, Bumble and more.

Plus you get to network with and get on a first-name basis with Fortune 500 leaders, high-growth startup founders, leading investors, and major media.

2018 Speakers:

Sridhar Vembu
Founder & CEO, Zoho

Dave Pickles
Founder & CTO, The Trade Desk

Chris Slowe
CTO, Reddit

Karen Peacock
COO, Intercom

Sameer Dholakia
CEO, SendGrid

Jeetu Patel
Chief Product Officer, Box

Leah Busque
Founder, TaskRabbit & Partner, Fuel Capital

Laura Behrens Wu
Founder & CEO, Shippo

Mike McDerment
CEO, FreshBooks

Christina Sass
Founder & President, Andela

Max Lytvyn
Founder, Grammarly

Robson Grieve
CMO, New Relic

Menaka Shroff
Global Head of Marketing, Devices and Mobility, Google Cloud - ‎Google

Matt Mickiewicz
Founder, Hired, 99Designs, SitePoint

Sarah Jones Simmer
COO, Bumble

Jason Warner
SVP Technology, GitHub (formerly Head of Engineering, Heroku)

David Mausolf
VP User Acquisition Marketing, Twentieth Century Fox (Previously at Lyft)

Jerry Chen
Partner, Greylock Partners

Jim Szafranski
COO, Prezi

Tiffany Apczynski
VP Social Impact, Zendesk

Devon McDonald
Partner, OpenView Venture Partners

Andy McLoughlin
Partner, Uncork Capital (fka SoftTech VC)

SC Moatti
Partner, Mighty Capital

Sumeet Jain
Partner, 7 Global Capital

Frederic Lardinois
Reporter, TechCrunch

Anna Khan
Investor, Bessemer Venture Partners

John Koetsier
Reporter, Forbes & VentureBeat

2018 Sponsors and Partners:

PRESENTED BY:
• LAUNCH ACADEMY
• BOAST.AI
• VICTORY SQUARE

GOLD SPONSORS:
• SendGrid
• Smythe CPA
• Segment
• aircall
• zendesk
• CTO.ai
• flock
• Prezi
• redstamp

SILVER SPONSORS:
• HEXONET
• ManagementEngine
• SaaSOPTICS
• espresso
• BLOOMBASE
• STORYTAP
• tradeable bits

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• Chargebee
• tugboat logic
• SHAPE IMMERSIVE

COMMUNITY PARTNERS:
• GROWTH MARKETING CONFERENCE
• BC TECH association
• VOLITION
• START UP CANADA
• NEW TECH
• Vulpine
• VANTEC
• STARTUP EDMONTON
• futurepreneur canada
• Stanley Park Ventures
• A THINKING APE
• BANFF
• VANCOUVER
• angelhack
• HIGHLINE BETA
• SocialMedia Examiner
• STARTUP CALGARY
• ACCELERATE OKANAGAN
• FOUNDER INSTITUTE
• techstars
• Ask a Techie
• A100
• L- SPARK
• VR/AR
• SPRING
• CVCA
• chic geek
• Silicon Valley Forum
• emily carr