The conversations that will define
what digital media does next
Toronto: October 21 & 22, 2026 • New York City: December 1, 2026
Digital Day Camp is where senior and emerging leaders in digital media come together to turn market uncertainty into sharper decisions. This fall, DDC returns to Toronto and launches in New York.
Choose the day built for your role
What is Digital Day Camp?
The local digital media conversations the industry needs now
Digital Day Camp started in Canada because that’s where the need first became impossible to ignore.
Senior leaders on the buy side and sell side were showing up at industry events to speak, get swarmed, and leave. They were treated like the content, the prospect, or the mentor, but rarely like attendees with their own need to learn, compare notes, and work through what’s changing with real peers.
Digital Day Camp was built to change that.
Today, DDC is expanding beyond its Canadian roots with the same core belief: every major media market needs a better container for the strategic industry conversations standard conferences don’t make room for.
Signal loss, measurement pressure, AI, CTV, omnichannel strategy, economic uncertainty, and changing consumer behavior are reshaping how publishers, platforms, agencies, brands, and technology partners work together. But those shifts don’t land the same way everywhere.
Canada needs the Canadian version of that conversation.
New York needs the New York version of that conversation.
And as Digital Day Camp grows, the mission stays the same: bring the right leaders together in a format that is practical, interactive, peer-led, and built around the market they actually operate in.
Hosted by David U.K. and Rob Beeler, Digital Day Camp breaks with convention. Sponsors help make the day possible, but they’re there to participate, not pitch. The format keeps people leaning forward through facilitated conversations, breakout discussions, and natural movement across the day, so the value comes from what people say to each other, not what’s projected at them from a stage.
What to expect at each Digital Day Camp
Digital Day Camp is designed around local market needs, which means the format may look different depending on the city:
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In Toronto, Digital Day Camp spans two days because the Canadian digital media market needs space for both senior leadership alignment and practical operator-level translation.
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In New York, Digital Day Camp is launching with the original flagship format: a one-day leadership experience for senior decision-makers.
Toronto: the two-day DDC experience
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.
This day is built for CEOs, CROs, SVPs, VPs, publisher and agency leaders, brand-side decision-makers, and ad tech executives who are shaping direction across the Canadian digital media market.
DDC Next: Day 2
Rising leaders, directors, managers, team leads, and hands-on teams closer to the work come together to go deeper.
This day focuses on strategy, execution, practical problem-solving, and the day-to-day decisions that turn leadership direction into real progress.
Together, the Toronto format 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.
New York: the one-day DDC Leadership experience
Digital Day Camp’s first foray into New York City brings the original leadership-focused format to one of the most important digital media markets in the world.
This is a one-day experience for VP-level and above leaders across publishers, agencies, brands, and ad tech. It’s built for people who need time with real peers to compare what they’re seeing, pressure-test where the market is headed, and talk through the decisions that require senior-level alignment.
The day is local by design. It brings the New York digital media community together around the conversations that matter in this market, with the same lean-forward format that made DDC different from the beginning.
You should expect facilitated discussion, interactive breakouts, strong peer participation, and enough movement across the day to create the hallway conversations people usually hope a conference will deliver by accident.
Why DDC works
Digital Day Camp works because it treats senior attention like it matters.
The people who attend don’t need another stage-heavy event, another vendor gauntlet, or another room where they’re expected to teach more than they learn. They need a day that earns their time.
DDC is built for that kind of day: high-level, highly curated, grounded in the local market, and designed for people who want to leave with a clearer sense of what’s changing, what matters, and what comes next.
Active International- VP, Digital and Emerging Media
"A must attend for Canadian publishers and any vendor who takes the Canadian market seriously"
Featured Speakers from Spring Toronto 2026
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
Gah - Yee Won
Interim Country Lead, Consumer Group Canada
Intuit
Emilie
Gauthier-Messier
Senior specialist, Sales operations
CBC & Radio-Canada
Alex Campbell
Sr. Director Ad Tech & Programmatic
The Score
Don Massoni
Managing Director and Partner
Boston Consulting Group
Kin-man Lee
President & COO
SJC Communication Group
Julie Spina
Head of Global Publisher Partnerships Canada
Google
William Lou
Host, Hello and Welcome
The Nation Network (Better Collective)
Jodi Peacock
President
EssenceMediacom
Stef Mallaci
Head of Brand Partnerships
Narcity
Geneviève Roy
Managing Director
La Presse
Jay Downton
Co-Founder and CEO
The Nation Network
Caroline Breton
Managing Director
Involved Media
Nikki Stone
Founder & Business Futures Architect
YQ
Ryan Ghaeli
Assistant Director - Media Buying, Performance & Optimization
Ontario Government
Alexandre Simard
Chief Media Officer
Touché!
Andrew Butts
GM
Cossette Media
Jay Wright
Global Head of Consulting
ADvendio
Matt McGowan
SVP, Business Solutions
Bell Media
Michelle Thibeault
Director of Digital Ad Operations
CBC/Radio-Canada
Ryan Webber
Vice President Sales & Client Success
Loblaw Advance
Michael Gelb
Head of Account Management
DanAds
Lesley Conway
Head of
Walmart Connect
Walmart Connect
Urania Agas
Chief Operating Officer
WPP Media
Jes Biagioni
Senior Vice President of Sales & Strategy
Ideon Media
Gillian Fitzsimons
Director, Media & Integrated Communications Canada
Danone
Robin LeGassicke
Chief Transformation Officer
Cairns Oneil
Alan Sifuentes
Chief Digital Officer
Ad Club and Chameleon
Richard Letaw
Senior Sales Director
FatTail
Marybeth McGaugh
Chief Customer Officer
Index Exchange
Jason Stein
Group Vice President
Zeta Global
Beth Thomson
Head of Strategy
Hearts & Science
Amy Sturino
Head of Search
Omnicom Media Group
Erica Meagher
Erica Meagher, Head of Ecommerce
Beiersdorf
Basil Hatto
SVP Product
NP Digital
Dustin Titus
Chief Revenue Officer
Zoomer Media
Deborah Gurofsky
SVP & Managing Director
Media Pulse
Katrina Kowalski
SVP, Content Programming and Acquisitions, Pluto TV International
Paramount
Boris Cho
Vice-President, Growth, Change makers
Co-Chair
&
NABS Canada Board of Directors
Geoff Crain
VP, Sales & Digital Marketing
Kingstar Media
Ken Davie
Senior Manager, Advanced TV Products
Rogers Sports & Media
Angus Frame
President
Torstar Corp
April 2026 Past DDC Next Speakers
Kabil Rahaman
Head of
Commercial Data
Globe&Mail
Sarah Thompson
Executive Managing Director
Glassroom
Matt McGowan
SVP, Business Solutions
Bell Media
Modestos Gikizas
Interim Head Marketing
AIR MILES
Reward Program
Peter Venus
Head of Media Effectiveness
dentsu
Kristine Sherliker
Vice President - Client Leadership
Wavemaker
Shawn Pinnock
Director of Marketing
iDREAM
Ashkan Karbasfrooshan
Founder & CEO
WatchMojo
Chuck Lapointe
Co-Founder & CEO
Narcity Media Group
Louise Clements
President and CEO
The Hive, Swarm-ai
Cameron Williamson
Vice President Client Solutions
SJC Media
Brandon Gonez
Chief Executive Officer
Gonez Media
Ryan Matier
Senior Manager, Sports & Olympic Media Sponsorships
CBC/Radio Canada
Ryan Jordan
VP, Retail Media Sales - North America
Publicis Groupe
Lakshmi Radhakrishnan
Director of Performance Marketing
Involved Media
Sam Bevacqua
General Manager
La Presse
Heather Gordon
Managing Director, Canada
Acast
Adam Ritchie
VP Product & Innovation, Canadian Broadcast Sales
AudioVelocity
David Salmon
EVP & Managing Director, International
Tubi
Jérôme Leys
General Manager
Quebecor Media
Kimberley O'Keefe
Director
(Head of Agency)
Loblaw Advance
Lisa Horbunova
Content Creator & Marketing Specialist
Independent
Brian Coones
CEO and Founder
REWIRE
Daniel Pacitto
Digital Marketing & eCommerce Lead
Church & Dwight
Kristi Lee
Creator and Narrator
Canadian True Crime
Dr. Stephanie Gutnik
President
Tuxedo Concepts
Ryan Matier
Senior Manager, Sports & Olympic Media Sponsorships
CBC/Radio Canada
Olivier J. Bergeron
CEO
Click & Mortar
Catherine Laporte
Chief Marketing
and Digital Officer
Rona
Alan Cross
Broadcaster
& Music Geek
A Journal
of Musical Things
Dwayne Morgan
OOnt Board Member
iDREAM
Ian Andre Espinet
Cultural Executive / Advisor
iDREAM
Sydney Kirkland
SVP Media Planning
Spark Foundry
Idan Driman
Vice President Marketing
Pet Valu
Karine Courtemanche
EVP
Plus Company Canada
&
President
Media Group
Shannon Lewis
President
CMDC
Monika Platek
Senior Producer, Content and Publishing, Digital and Social
CBC Sports/Olympics
Brittany MacLean Campbell
Associate Producer, Athlete and National Sport Organization Relations
CBC Sports (Bronze Medal in RIO2016)
Marissa Papaconstantinou
Bronze Medal Paralympian
(Tokyo 2020, para athletics)
Past Attending Company Examples
The market shows up here - a few examples
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...
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
