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Daniel Burka, Digg.com, Silver Orange |
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 Daniel is the creative director at Digg, a co-founder of Pownce, and a co-founder of silverorange.
At silverorange, Daniel worked with a wide range of clients including Mozilla, Ning, Revision3, and Sloan. He's since been lured to San Francisco after Kevin Rose dangled the prospect of In 'N Out burgers and the opportunity to develop the user experience for the social news website Digg.
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Molly E. Holzschlag, Web Evangelist, Developer Relations, Opera Software |
 Molly E. Holzschlag is a well-known Web standards advocate, instructor, and author. She is currently a Web Evangelist for Opera Software, and a member of the W3C CSS Working Group. Among her thirty-plus books is the The Zen of CSS Design, co-authored with Dave Shea. The book artfully showcases the most progressive csszengarden.com designs. A popular and colorful individual, Molly has a particular passion for people, blogs, and the use of technology for social progress.
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Eric Pierni: Senior Marketing Manager at Kijiji |
 Eric Pierni is the senior marketing manager for Kijiji Canada and responsible for overseeing the company's advertising sales. As a member of the original team that launched Kijiji Canada Classifieds in 2005, Pierni played an integral role in developing and driving the website’s original online marketing strategy, including all of Kijiji’s
Internet and offline marketing campaigns. He has also been involved in Kijiji’s community building and product development activities.
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Saul Colt, Zoocasa.com - Head of Magic |
 Saul Colt is an accomplished word of mouth marketing professional with more than a decade of diverse experience. He currently heads up the marketing department at Zoocasa.com , a Canadian search engine for home buyers, as well historically he was the first international employee of Zipcar Inc, hired to launch the Canadian operation. Prior to Zoocasa, Saul led the "magic" department at FreshBooks.com , the world leader in online invoicing and time tracking for freelancers and serviced based professionals.
Saul's true calling seems to be in proselytizing the value of social media and community building in the marketing process. His engaging, informative presentations at events such as South By Southwest Interactive and Mediabistro.com's Social Media Panel remind marketers that "there's never been a more important time than now to invest in your relationships." And his unassuming presence and speaking style believe his website's assertion that he is "the smartest man in the world." But with more followers on Twitter, including Crayon's Greg Verdino, GasPedal's Andy Sernovitz, and 360i's David Berkowitz, there might be more than a few marketers who agree with the designation.
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Eric Karjaluoto, Founding Partner - smashLAB |
 Eric Karjaluoto is a founding partner of the digital agency smashLAB. He has directed projects for groups including CN, Tourism Vancouver, and Canadian Heritage. He is a strong advocate of strategy and pragmatism in design.
In 2007 he spearheaded Design Can Change, an effort to unite designers and address climate change. The team at smashLAB has also launched the online community MakeFive and a crowdsourced design and marketing site called undrln. TIME, the Lotus Awards, and ICOGRADA have recognized his work; meanwhile, the agency has been featured in The Globe and Mail, The Vancouver Sun, and Studio 4.
Eric writes about design, brands, and experience at ideasonideas.com and has spoken at events for the AIGA, SEGD, and GDC. Eric studied at the Emily Carr Institute and lives in Vancouver with his lovely wife and two delightful little boys. (He still talks to his mom and dad almost every day.)
He recently released his first book, Speak Human: Outmarket the Big Guys by
Getting Personal.
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 Dan Martell is an award winning entrepreneur and co-founder of Flowtown. A New Brunswick native with over a decade of experience in the Technology industry, Dan has applied the principles he teaches to successfully launch two companies in the past five years that each produced a million dollars within the first 24 months. In his last company, Spheric Technologies (www.spheric.ca), he worked with large organizations (Procter & Gamble, Dole Foods, Yale University ) to help them make sense of Web 2.0 and create social applications focused on employees and partners. Dan now lives in San Francisco, investing in startups and focusing on building a bridge between Atlantic Canada and Silicon Valley.
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Peter Sickles, AlphaSearch Internet Marketing |
 Peter Sickles is a writer and search engine marketing professional with
six years of experience in Internet promotion and 12 years in
professional communications including public relations and travel
marketing. Peter's formal background in Public Relations and his book
and magazine writing experience, provide the foundation for his work
optimizing, creating, improving and adapting, website promotion copy.
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Mark A. Harper, VP Strategic Relations, GenieKnows.com |
 Mark joined IT Interactive Services as Director of Operations in July 2002. Prior to joining ITIS, Mark managed the Operational Budget and Accounting Office for the Delegation of the European Union (EU) in Washington DC (1997-2002). In 2004, Mark became Director of Affiliate Relations and Marketing, and in 2006 was appointed VP of Strategic Relations.
Mark studied at The Kensington School of Business in London, gaining a Business Administration Degree with the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators. A proven team leader, Mark brings with him a wealth of international project management know-how, financial and operational management experience.
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Jeff White: Principal at brightwhite |
 With over 14 years experience in the design industry, Jeff White has provided his pragmatic design insight to many of Atlantic Canada’s leading companies. When the opportunity presented itself in early 2004, Jeff decided to take the plunge and strike out on his own. He hasn’t looked back. As the lead designer on projects for clients as diverse as Nautel Limited, J.D. Irving Limited, Maritime Life, The Shaw Group, NSBI, the NSCC and many others, Jeff has applied his understanding of the design process to hundreds of projects.
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 Robert Swick is an Internet marketing expert with over 10 years in
Internet consulting and leadership roles. A communications professional
for over 15 years, Mr. Swick had his first Internet-based business in
1994. He has been strategic consultant on hundreds of websites and
CD-ROMs for promotion, education, and information delivery to special
audiences. Robert is a frequent speaker on Internet marketing topics.
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Savior A. Joseph, Director of Digital Delivery at Colour |
 Savior is one of Colour's resident online experts, and is their Director of Digital Delivery. As a lead online consultant for novascotia.com - the Department of Tourism, Culture and Heritage's official visitor website - he's responsible for a variety of online strategies, including application development, Social Media strategy and the integration of online and offline media. He has consulted with numerous successful brands in this regard and has developed a thorough knowledge of online measurement, using new and innovative tools such as Radian6. Savior leads a team of passionate consultants who help clients get to where they want to go.
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AIM covers all major topics in Internet marketing – from social media to search engine optimization, website usability to website design. 
Alfredo Tan is Senior Director of Sales at Facebook, where he leads a team responsible for strategic marketing relationships with agencies and Fortune 500 companies across Canada. Prior to Facebook, Alfredo was responsible for a broad portfolio as a Senior Director at Yahoo! in charge of leading the Mobile, Business Development and Search Marketing teams. He also managed the Rogers Yahoo! Partnership across media, internet, and wireless. Alfredo has also worked as Strategic Alliances Director at Sympatico MSN and was responsible for media sales, business development and strategic partnerships.
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