Veritas Communications
President, CEO & Partner
Since Beverley joined Veritas in 2001, she has grown and transformed the agency into a leading Communications and Social Media agency with offices in both Toronto and New York. A veteran of both PR and politics, Beverley leads a dynamic team of multi-disciplinary specialists who develop breakthrough campaigns and give a voice to some of the country’s best known brands and organizations.
Managing Partner, Executive Vice President, Creative Director Publicis Canada
Since 1999, under Duncan’s creative leadership, Publicis Canada
has grown into one of the country’s leading agencies. He has
played a key role in building some of Canada’s most enduring
brands; Rogers Communications, CIBC and Chrysler Canada, to
name a few. Duncan is proud to be a long-standing mentor and
leader in the Canadian creative community.
SVP, Executive Creative Director BBDO Toronto
Peter is SVP, Executive Creative Director at BBDO. He’s been a research chemist for Dow Chemical in Germany, acquired an MBA from McGill University, and worked for many years as a copywriter at
such Toronto agencies as Taxi and Downtown Partners DDB. Peter Ignazi has judged many national and international shows and has won such awards as Cannes lions and One Show pencils. In 2004, he
was named top copywriter in Canada, and has twice been included in the top ten list of most awarded copywriters in the world by Boards magazine and The Gunn Rep.
Creative Director, The Hub, Manchester, UK
The Hub is an award-winning social change company dedicated to reducing inequalities and raising aspirations. By involving citizens in the development of their own solutions they empower communities, deliver sustainable interventions and build social capital.
Director of Communications, Ministry of Enenrgy and Infrastructure
Managing Director, Advertising Review Board
Laurie joined the Ontario Government in 2007 after a successful career on the agency side. Laurie worked at JWT, Leo Burnett and Grey leading assignments for a variety of private and public sector clients.
Laurie and her team bring strong marketing and advertising skills to the ARB. They act as the main interface between government clients and the communications community and exist to ensure the fair, open and transparent procurement of Ontario communications assignments.
Assistant Director, Communications & Information Branch Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care
Creative Showcase: 3 agencies present social change case studies
A passionate behaviour change marketing practitioner, Yvette is the co-founder and co-chair of Leading Social Change. Yvette also leads the Integrated Marketing Solutions team at the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. A communications professional, Yvette has spent the past twelve years building evidence-based breakthrough behaviour change programs with the Ontario government. She has set strategy and managed the conception of many award-winning integrated social marketing campaigns that have contributed to preventing disease or helping people better manage their health, such as Telehealth Ontario, Health Care Options, ColonCancerCheck and Mumps Catch-up Vaccination. Yvette has presented Ontario’s best in class social marketing around the world at the International Social Marketing Conference in Australia, the World Social Marketing Conference in Dublin and MARCOM in Ottawa. Yvette is a mother to three daughters.
Creative Showcase: Publicis, BBDO, and The Hub present social change case studies