Featured Speakers

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Bruce Vincent

Bruce Vincent is a third generation logger from Libby, Montana. Bruce helped form and is currently serving as President of Communities For A Great Northwest, Executive Director of Provider Pals and is… (read more)

Baljit Lalli

Baljit Lalli is the Public Affairs and Communications Manager for Western Canada with Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada. In her role, Baljit supports Coca-Cola Canada’s sustainability platform through… (read more)

Bill Baker

For over twenty-two years, Bill has been helping brands—and the people and organizations behind them—work smarter. More specifically, Bill and his team work with clients all over the world to help them uncover… (read more)

Wally Smith

Wally Smith resides on Vancouver Island (BC) where he owns and operates a 75 cow dairy farm. In July 2011, he was elected President of Dairy Farmers of Canada… (read more)

Matt Dickson

Matt is the Program Manager for the B.C. Agriculture Council’s Renewable Agri-energy Initiative. With a background and keen interest in renewable energy, Matt implements, manages and… (read more)

Gale West

As an expert in social survey research methods and statistical analyses, she is mostly works on food production and consumption issues. She recently studied Canadian consumer perceptions of… (read more)

Marty Yaskowich

Marty Yaskowich leads Tribal DDB's team of 30-plus digital marketing and social media experts in the creation of award-winning integrated marketing programs for DDB Vancouver's entire client base… (read more)

Rob Newell

Rob is responsible for strategic planning across a number of DDB clients. Working across all disciplines Rob works on both the content and context of client communications with particular focus on… (read more)

Bill Grexton

Bill Grexton is a graduate of the University of Guelph in with a degree in Animal Science. He worked for Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food for nineteen years as a milk quality field-man, and… (read more)

Douglas Porter

Douglas Porter has analyzed and written about trends in the Canadian and global economies and financial markets for over twenty-five years. He helps formulate the firm’s macroeconomic, interest rate and… (read more)

Sam Thomas

Sam has worked for energy specialists, Prism Engineering, for two years and in the energy management field for five years. His background in energy management includes a broad spectrum of… (read more)