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Camille Dagorn is an award-winning creator and influencer marketing expert with more than a decade of experience building high-impact campaigns for global brands including L’Oréal, Unilever, Pernod Ricard, GoPro, and Mastercard. As the VP, Creator Partnerships for McCann New York, she is known for scaling social-first programs, designing creator-led brand initiatives, and driving measurable growth...

Alex Athanasiou is Managing Director at COLLINS, the transformation consultancy honored as “Firm of the Year” 6 times in the last 7 years by AdAge and the D&AD. Alex created the consultancy’s new Cultural Capital practice, developing cultural strategies, stages and products for brands. He also directs productions and PR across the COLLINS portfolio, launching over 50 projects in the last three...

GIPHY/Censuswide Group Chat study for a deeper dive into the numbers. Alix McAlpine is a creative and strategy leader with experience at the intersection of media, technology, and advertising. She has built and led high-performing teams, launched new products, spearheaded hundreds of impactful branded content campaigns, and developed systems that enable revenue-generating creative organizations to...

Fahad Khawaja is your favorite community builder’s favorite community builder. Marketing and innovation leader turned creator, social entrepreneur, podcast host, author, & speaker, he is the CEO and Chief Content Officer of Hue. Award-winning thought leader, panelist at major conferences, industry awards judge, lecturer at universities, & frequent guest on podcasts, he deeply believes in t...

With over 10 years of experience in the consumer space, Lauren Roth has helped brands grow their community through building out and running their influencer marketing, community engagement, UGC and brand partnerships programs. Brands include Otherland, United Sodas, Candy Crush, Daiya, Cricut, Lululemon and more.

This is a conversation about augmenting, not automating, creativity. Leslie Walsh is the Head of Strategy at RYA , the AI SaaS provider that’s creating innovative campaigns for name brands. Leslie’s experience as an advertising veteran includes leading brand and digital strategy for some of the world’s biggest brands like MINI Cooper, Nestle, Oscar Mayer and AT&T. Leslie is a graduate of the U...

Forbes has called Brian Solis “one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time.” ZDNet heralded him as “one of the 21st century business world’s leading thinkers,” and Entrepreneur Magazine described him as "a world's top superforecaster." Check out his latest bestseller, ⁠ Mindshift: Transform Leadership, Drive Innovation and Reshape The Future ⁠ Brian is a world-r...

Sari Zeidler is the vice president of audience development for NBCUniversal Local. In this role, Zeidler leads audience strategy for the division’s extensive digital portfolio, which includes desktop and mobile sites, mobile and connected apps, social media and OTT platforms for 50 media properties, including NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations and the NBC Sports Regional Networks. Overall, Zeidler...

As a thought leader on all things social media, Maren Hamilton has consistently driven community engagement for brands like The North Face, Starbucks and most recently Popfly. She holds a master’s degree in Digital Media from the University of Washington and is a public speaker on social media strategy, creator marketing, and digital trends. When she’s not on TikTok, you can find her on the trail...

Destiny K. Chambers is a seasoned marketing executive with a strategic approach to driving brand awareness and market leadership. With over 13 years of experience, she has a proven record of not just steering marketing initiatives, but igniting brand growth and achieving measurable business outcomes. Most recently, as Vice President and Head of Marketing at /prompt., she leveraged this expertise t...

Oksana Matviichuk partners with executive teams to adapt business models to the AI age, ensuring they remain relevant, resilient, and sustainable. She is the Founder & CEO of WBENC-certified OM Strategic Forecasting, a Forbes Agency Council member, and a three-time “Top Women Leaders of New York” honoree by Women We Admire. Oksana designs AI-native business models, operating standards, and dec...

Marissa Rosen is the Founder, Owner, and Principal Consultant of Climate Social, a boutique communications agency she launched in 2015 to help impact-driven organizations and leaders share their stories and drive meaningful change. Her work spans public relations, social media, branding, copywriting, and creative campaigns that strengthen community engagement and inspire action. In addition to adv...

As the Vice President, Global Head of Growth at Amazon's Audible, Bolong Li spearheads cross-functional teams dedicated to fostering sustained growth and enhancing customer experiences across diverse platforms. Before his tenure at Audible, Bolong accrued two years of experience at Apple, where he concentrated on Business Development and Retail Management. His career trajectory began in the fi...

Lauren Danis brings nearly three decades of experience to Eventbrite, where she serves as the Chief Brand & Communications Officer, overseeing the global integrated brand and communications team which includes brand marketing, creative, social media, community, brand content and global internal and external communications. Prior to Eventbrite, Lauren was the VP of Communications at Ancestry wh...

Sherilyn is the Founder & Global CEO of The Marketing Academy – a unique non-profit organisation dedicated to developing leadership talent in Marketing, Media&Advertising.  The Marketing Academy opened in 2010, bringing together some of the world’s best known & popular brands to provide world-class learning for all levels of talent from emerging leaders to CMOs. Their highly respected...

Dr. Karen Sutherland is a multi-award winning educator and author from the University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia. As a Certified AI Consultant and Director of Dharana Digital Marketing Agency, Dr. Sutherland specializes in using AI for strategic marketing and communication. In addition to designing and delivering training and workshops globally for over a decade, her research spans AI in s...

Anthony Delconte has 15 years of experience working across traditional and creator media ecosystems. He started his career at a video news startup during what he'll claim was the second pivot-to-video era (c. 2011), helping the company transform from a video hub to a syndication service and ultimately a white-label distribution tool. From there, he went to CNBC, where he joined a team responsi...

With more than 15 years of experience in the purpose and impact space, Whitney Dailey is a thought leader at the intersection of purpose and communications.  At Allison, Whitney serves as Managing Director, Purpose and leads the agency’s Purpose Center of Excellence – a dedicated team specializing in Purpose brand strategy and impact leadership, backed by Allison’s global network of more than 1,00...

Traci DeForge, founder of Produce Your Podcast , an award-winning full-service production and audience growth marketing agency, is recognized as an international podcast expert, sought-after speaker, and media contributor. The creator of the Podcast Management Academy , the industry’s only certified podcast manager training program, PodHive , and Co-Founder of the Podcast Professionals Association...

This is way more than just our first annual predictions episode. Victoria Bachan is the SVP, Creators at Wasserman. Wasserman operates at the epicenter of sports, music, entertainment and culture, serving talent, brands and properties on a global scale. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Wasserman’s presence spans 28 countries and more than 70 cities, including New York, London, Nashville, Chicago, Abu...

Enoma is a seasoned expert in social media and influencer marketing with a proventrack record of creating internationally recognized, award-winning campaigns. As the Head of Social at SEK, Enoma leads the social media and influencer marketing unit at SEK, where she social 1st creativity, spearheads business development, new business and directs a dedicated team. She has collaborated with some of F...

Evan Horowitz is the co-founder and CEO of Movers+Shakers, a creative agency with numerous industry accolades and awards from Ad Age, Adweek, Fast Company, Digiday, Cannes Lions, among others. Movers+Shakers revolutionizes social media marketing, specializing in connecting brands with culture and generating unprecedented brand love among Gen Z and Millennials. With over 250 billion views, their ca...

Brooks Miller is Executive Vice President of Creator Marketing at Edelman and United Entertainment Group. Prior, Brooks spent nearly 8 years at Twitter, where she helped build their creator marketing discipline from the ground up, partnering with creators and brands across every platform and every vertical. She started her career as an account manager agency-side at 72andSunny and Barrett Hofherr...

Maeher Bawa is a 3x Shorty Award–winning Social Media & Partnerships Consultant who helps early-stage lifestyle, beauty, and parenting brands build full-rounded partnership programs that drive awareness and growth. She specializes in developing and scaling influencer strategies, with an emphasis on product exchange collaborations that deliver real impact for startups working with lean budgets.

Kim Chackal is the Co-Owner and VP of Sales and Marketing at Equifruit. Over the past decade she has  established Equifruit as the North American market leader for Fairtrade-certified bananas and her sights  are set on Global Fairtrade Banana Domination. Her fearless and bold approach is making waves in the  produce industry. In 2021, Kim was recognized as “Produce Person of the Year” by the Ontar...