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Two days that will define the future of Canadian media
October 21 & 22, 2026 • Toronto

Digital Day Camp returns this fall as two distinct one-day experiences. DDC Leadership is for senior decision-makers who need the 30,000-foot view. DDC Next is for rising leaders and hands-on teams ready to turn strategy into action.

Choose the day built for your role

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DDC Leadership
October 21, 2026

Day 1 is built for decision-makers. If you’re VP-level or above at a publisher, agency, brand, or ad tech company, this is where you need to be. No junior staff. No tourists. No sales pitches. Just the leaders shaping the future of Canadian digital media.
 

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DDC Next
October 22, 2026

Day 2 is built for next-gen leaders. If you’re a director, manager, or team lead in digital media, this is where you go deeper. Built for leaders in motion looking for strategic traction. You'll dig into real problems and solutions with a peer group that speaks your language.

What is Digital Day Camp?

What Canadian digital media needs right now

Canada’s digital media market doesn't need another pay-to-play conference built around the same broad predictions and safe talking points. It needs a room full of people who can compare what they’re seeing, pressure-test what they believe, and leave with a clearer sense of what comes next.

That is what Digital Day Camp was built for.

Signal loss, measurement pressure, AI, CTV, omnichannel strategy, and changing consumer behavior are reshaping how publishers, platforms, agencies, brands, and technology partners work together. But what applies in the U.S. or globally doesn't apply cleanly in Canada.

Hosted by
David U.K. and Rob Beeler, Digital Day Camp breaks with convention. It’s built for the people who shape outcomes across publishers, ad tech, agencies, brands, and beyond, in the same room, at the same table.

How the two-day format works

Digital Day Camp now spans two days because one conversation isn't enough. Senior leaders need space to align on what comes next, and rising leaders need space to translate that direction into better strategy, sharper execution, and stronger day-to-day decisions.

DDC Leadership (DAY 1): Senior decision-makers come together for the 30,000-foot conversations: what’s changing, what matters now, where the market is headed, and what leaders need to align around next.

DDC Next (DAY 2): Rising leaders and hands-on teams closer to the work convene to discuss strategy, execution, practical problem-solving, and the day-to-day decisions that turn direction into progress.

Across both days, Digital Day Camp is designed to create more than good conversation. It gives the people setting direction and the people carrying it forward a shared understanding of what needs to change next, and how to begin making that change real.

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"Topics and content covered in-depth...engaging content, truly unique Q&A throughout… opportunity to dive deep, inclusive environment designed to learn.  Well worth the time and investment for leaders looking to grow their business."

Past Digital Day Camp speakers
A speaker lineup built from the people the industry pays attention to

Digital Day Camp has featured senior executives, revenue leaders, media operators, technology specialists, and market-shaping voices from across Canadian digital media. The strength of the event is reflected in the caliber of people in the room: leaders with real responsibility, real perspective, and a direct role in where the market goes next.

April 2026 Past DDC Leadership Speakers

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Gah - Yee Won

Interim Country Lead, Consumer Group Canada
Intuit

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Emilie
Gauthier-Messier

Senior specialist, Sales operations
CBC & Radio-Canada

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Alex Campbell

Sr. Director Ad Tech & Programmatic
The Score

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Don Massoni

Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group

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Kin-man Lee

President & COO
SJC Communication Group

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Julie Spina

Head of Global Publisher Partnerships Canada
Google

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William Lou

Host, Hello and Welcome
The Nation Network (Better Collective)

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Jodi Peacock

President
EssenceMediacom

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Stef Mallaci

Head of Brand Partnerships
Narcity

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Geneviève Roy

Managing Director
La Presse

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Jay Downton

Co-Founder and CEO
The Nation Network

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Caroline Breton

Managing Director
Involved Media

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Nikki Stone

Founder & Business Futures Architect
YQ

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Ryan Ghaeli

Assistant Director - Media Buying, Performance & Optimization
Ontario Government

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Alexandre Simard

Chief Media Officer
Touché!

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Andrew Butts

GM
Cossette Media

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Jay Wright

Global Head of Consulting
ADvendio

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Matt McGowan

SVP, Business Solutions
Bell Media

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Michelle Thibeault

Director of Digital Ad Operations
CBC/Radio-Canada

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Ryan Webber

Vice President Sales & Client Success
Loblaw Advance

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Michael Gelb

Head of Account Management
DanAds

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Lesley Conway

Head of
Walmart Connect

Walmart Connect

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Urania Agas

Chief Operating Officer
WPP Media

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Jes Biagioni

Senior Vice President of Sales & Strategy
Ideon Media

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Gillian Fitzsimons

Director, Media & Integrated Communications Canada
Danone

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Robin LeGassicke

Chief Transformation Officer
Cairns Oneil

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Alan Sifuentes

Chief Digital Officer
Ad Club and Chameleon

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Richard Letaw

Senior Sales Director
FatTail

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Marybeth McGaugh

Chief Customer Officer
Index Exchange

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Jason Stein

Group Vice President
Zeta Global

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Beth Thomson

Head of Strategy
Hearts & Science

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Amy Sturino

Head of Search
Omnicom Media Group

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Erica Meagher

Erica Meagher, Head of Ecommerce
Beiersdorf

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Basil Hatto

SVP Product
NP Digital

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Dustin Titus

Chief Revenue Officer
Zoomer Media

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Deborah Gurofsky

SVP & Managing Director
Media Pulse

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Katrina Kowalski

SVP, Content Programming and Acquisitions, Pluto TV International
Paramount

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Boris Cho

Vice-President, Growth, Change makers
Co-Chair
&
NABS Canada Board of Directors

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Geoff Crain

VP, Sales & Digital Marketing
Kingstar Media

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Ken Davie

Senior Manager, Advanced TV Products
Rogers Sports & Media

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Angus Frame

President
Torstar Corp

April 2026 Past  DDC Next  Speakers

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Kabil Rahaman

Head of

Commercial Data
Globe&Mail

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Sarah Thompson

Executive Managing Director
Glassroom

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Matt McGowan

SVP, Business Solutions
Bell Media

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Modestos Gikizas

Interim Head Marketing
AIR MILES

Reward Program

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Peter Venus

Head of Media Effectiveness
dentsu

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Kristine Sherliker

Vice President - Client Leadership 
Wavemaker

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Shawn Pinnock

Director of Marketing
iDREAM

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Ashkan Karbasfrooshan

Founder & CEO
WatchMojo

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Chuck Lapointe

Co-Founder & CEO
Narcity Media Group

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Louise Clements

President and CEO
The Hive, Swarm-ai

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Cameron Williamson

Vice President Client Solutions
SJC Media

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Brandon Gonez

Chief Executive Officer
Gonez Media

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Ryan Matier

Senior Manager, Sports & Olympic Media Sponsorships
CBC/Radio Canada

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Ryan Jordan

VP, Retail Media Sales - North America
Publicis Groupe

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Lakshmi Radhakrishnan

Director of Performance Marketing
Involved Media

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Sam Bevacqua

General Manager
La Presse

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Heather Gordon

Managing Director, Canada
Acast

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Adam Ritchie

VP Product & Innovation, Canadian Broadcast Sales
AudioVelocity

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David Salmon

EVP & Managing Director, International
Tubi

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Jérôme Leys

General Manager
Quebecor Media

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Kimberley O'Keefe

Director
(Head of Agency)

Loblaw Advance

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Lisa Horbunova

Content Creator & Marketing Specialist
Independent

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Brian Coones

CEO and Founder
REWIRE

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Daniel Pacitto

Digital Marketing & eCommerce Lead
Church & Dwight

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Kristi Lee

Creator and Narrator
Canadian True Crime

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Dr. Stephanie Gutnik

President
Tuxedo Concepts

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Ryan Matier

Senior Manager, Sports & Olympic Media Sponsorships
CBC/Radio Canada

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Olivier J. Bergeron

CEO
Click & Mortar

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Catherine Laporte

Chief Marketing
and Digital Officer

Rona

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Alan Cross

Broadcaster
& Music Geek

A Journal
of Musical Things

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Dwayne Morgan

OOnt Board Member
iDREAM

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Ian Andre Espinet

Cultural Executive / Advisor
iDREAM

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Sydney Kirkland

SVP Media Planning
Spark Foundry

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Idan Driman

Vice President Marketing
Pet Valu

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Karine Courtemanche

EVP
Plus Company Canada
&
President
Media Group

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Shannon Lewis

President
CMDC

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Monika Platek

Senior Producer, Content and Publishing, Digital and Social
CBC Sports/Olympics

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Brittany MacLean Campbell

Associate Producer, Athlete and National Sport Organization Relations
CBC Sports (Bronze Medal in RIO2016)

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Marissa Papaconstantinou

Bronze Medal Paralympian
(Tokyo 2020, para athletics)

Past attending companies
The market shows up here

Digital Day Camp has welcomed companies from across the Canadian digital media ecosystem, including leading publishers, agencies, brands, platforms, ad tech companies, and industry partners. That breadth is what makes the room valuable: the event brings together the organizations setting direction, building solutions, buying media, selling media, and making the market work.

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Who Needs Another Water Bottle...

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This Spring alone, we raised $15,600.00 for NABS, the National Advertising Benevolent Society. This registered Canadian charity provides financial aid, career coaching, and wellness support for professionals in media, marketing, and communications—100% funded by the generosity of our industry. We are proud to support NABS and our industry.

“Digital Day Camp has created one of the most successful third-party fundraisers for NABS over the past three years. The idea is simple: in the name of sustainability, ask sponsors to switch out swag bags for a donation to the charity. The result? Hundreds of industry colleagues have been able to access emergency Financial, Career and Wellness resources when they’ve needed them most. We want to say a huge THANK YOU to the team at Digital Day Camp for proving that industry events can be meaningful both in content AND in community impact."

-Libby Begg, 

Director, Communications 

NABS/BEC

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