Victoria Harres

Director, Audience Development · PR Newswire

Duchess of Twitterville! An organization's online voice is a key to building brand awareness, authenticity, and audience engagement

Social Media Content Marketing Pr & Communications Strategies Social Media for Business Digital Media Strategies

Andrea Phillips

Transmedia Writer & Game Designer

A Creator's Guide to Transmedia Storytelling. Expert transmedia designer Andrea Phillips shows you the future of digital marketing

Transmedia Storytelling Experience Design Interactive Design Game Design Digital Culture

Shawn Thompson

Professor · Thompson Rivers University

Journalist, university professor and book author who explores our moral obligations in the crisis of extinction facing orangutans

The Intimate Ape: Orangutans and the Secret Life If A Vanishing Species

Gary Vaynerchuk

Co-Founder and Owner · VaynerMedia

Find your social media voice and build your digital brands with New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author

Social Media Brand Management Customer Engagement & Retention Word of Mouth Marketing Ecommerce

Srinivas Rao

Social Media Producer (freelance) · BlogcastFM

Blogger, Author, Social Media Speaker, Content Strategist and Audience Development Specialist

Audience Development Digital Storytelling Podcasting Blogging Content Strategy

Scott Bass

Managing Director · Ampisound

Parkour & Freerunning Filmmaker and Photographer

Photography Video Production Film Parkour Freerunning

Veronica Stecker

Media Manager · Gordmans, Inc.

Grounded in new media and marketing strategies, Veronica can successfully guide both social media and traditional advertising campaigns

Retail Marketing Digital Advertising Social Media Marketing Mobile Advertising Email Marketing

Kevin Newman

Digital News Evangelist & Anchor: CTV 'Question Period' · CTV News / Bell Media

Award-winning International Journalist, Producer & Digital 'Evangelist'

Digital Media Technologies Journalism Digital Technologies and Journalism

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez

Director, Content & Digital Product Development · Media Source Inc.

Shakespeare this! Poet, author, publisher and journalist creates beautiful ear candy by slamming together the past, present & future

Integrated Marketing Strategy Content Strategy and Development Event Planning Audience Development Publishing

Avi Savar

Founding Partner · Big Fuel

Founder and Chairman of Big Fuel. Inaugural Cannes Lions Branded Content Jury President. Sought-after industry spokesperson and author.

Branded Content Original Programming for Broadcast & Web Brand Strategy Marketing and Content Creation Social Media & Branding

Priya Rehal

MA in Communication and Culture, Fan Studies Researcher · Independent

Montreal and Toronto based researcher and educator

Race Race Culture and Ethnicity Race Gender and Class in Organization Processes Race Gender and Sexuality Sexual and Gender Identity

Rebecca Stephenson

Clinical Associate Professor & Director for Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership for Social Justice · Loyola Marymount University

Department of Educational Leadership and Administration

Academic writing and editing Open Access Publishing Qualitative Research Digital Media and Learning Critical pedagogy

Charles Howard

Lecturer of Production · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Efrem "Van" Partible

Lecturer, Animation · Loyola Marymount University

School of Film and Television

Frank Waddell

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Frank Waddell's research interests are at the intersection of new technology and online storytelling.

Artificial Intelligence Media Violence Media Effects Online News Fake News

Mia Moody-Ramirez, Ph.D.

Professor · Baylor University

Dr. Moody-Ramirez is a nationally known expert on mass media representations of minorities, women and other underrepresented groups

Race, Class, and Culture Pop Culture New Media Writing for Media Markets Historical Stereotypes in Social Media

Jon Smith

Professor of Communication · Southern Utah University

Specializing in public land issues, television news, and documentary film production

Communication Professional Communication in Mass Media Digital Photojournalism Documentary Film Making Television News

Brett Miller

Associate Vice President of Marketing · AdGent Digital

Technology Entrepreneur, Marketing Guru and Product Consultant

Video Production New Media Marketing Web Design

Robin Cox

Research Director and Professor · ResilienceByDesign Research Lab and Royal Roads University

Robin Cox's expertise includes the psychosocial dimensions of disasters, disaster resilience, and traumatic stress and coping.

Resilience Higher Education Community Resilience Disaster Psychosocial Response Stress and Coping

Jieun Shin

Assistant Professor · University of Florida

Jieun Shin teaches and researches social media dynamics with a focus on the spread of misinformation and fact-checking.

Social Media International Journalism Disinformation Audience Analytics Misinformation