| Susan Salib
Software Client Lead
IBM AI is changing the way marketers interact with end consumers. IBM's Susan Salib will be touching on everything from Visual Recognition to Chat Bots. Consumers are demanding more from their everyday digital experiences, and AI is meeting marketers halfway with innovative ways to captivate and maintain attention. |
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| Ari Himmel
Founder and CEO
Faimdata Join Ari Himmel, founder of Faimdata, to hear how Reitmans leveraged existing in store legacy infrastructure to uncover insights, learning and optimization to build a better brand. Find out how old tech, layered with artificial intelligence and algorithms, can tell a different brand story. |
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| Rishad Tobaccowala
Chief Growth Officer
Publicis Groupe As AI, IOT and new ways to connect through voice and AR/VR are poised to take over, it’s time to transform our businesses, reinvent ourselves, and face our fear of the future of tech. Dubbed one of BusinessWeek’s top business leaders for his pioneering innovation, Rishad Tobaccowala delivers how we can set ourselves up for success in this new marketing era. |
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| Erica Schmidt
CEO
Cadreon The advertising industry has never been more data-driven, with campaigns and advisory services built and developed through rigorous research and best-in-class advertising technology capabilities. In her fireside chat, Erica Schmidt, Global CEO at Cadreon will discuss how clients can best catalyze and leverage their proprietary data and technology assets. |
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| Tom Webster
Senior Vice President
Edison Research The adoption of smart speakers in the home is driving an increase in use of voice assistants – and that means consumers are talking to brands – and those brands might not be ready to talk back. Join Edison Research's SVP, Tom Webster, as he explores the latest Canadian and U.S. studies on smart speakers and examines how brands must respond to a very rapidly changing set of consumer behaviors. |
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| Kris Hansen
CTO
Portag3 Ventures and Koho Why should marketers care about the tech behind cryptocurrencies? Because blockchain may solve problems plaguing the industry while adding transparency to the equation. Kris Hansen, CTO of both Portag3 Ventures and Koho, has long been at the forefront of fintech and has established real world use cases for blockchain. His insider POV can help brands take advantage of the tech’s impact by diving into what’s possible, what's happening and what may come. |
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