Meet the Speakers
 Alan Saxe
Alan Saxe is Senior Vice President, Business and
Legal Affairs for OWN: Oprah
Winfrey Network. Alan has a wide array of business, legal, and creative
experience
as counsel in the entertainment sector. Mr. Saxe oversees all
negotiations and legal
matters for the network, including all talent, production labor and
digital
agreements. Additionally, he oversees all of OWN’s legal and
business concerns
including the negotiations associated with acquisitions, financing and
international
distribution.
Prior to joining OWN Saxe worked at Warner Horizon
Television, following more
than two decades of work within the Warner Bros. family of companies.
As Senior
Vice President of Business and Legal Affairs, he ran the business and
legal affairs for
Warner Horizon Television, the Warner Bros. division responsible for
primetime
alternative programming for both the network and cable and scripted
dramatic
series programming for cable. Prior to his work there, he served as
Executive Vice
President of Telepictures Productions and Executive Vice President of
Business and
Legal Affairs for Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution. He
began his
career as an employment and labor litigator in private practice.
Saxe holds a Juris Doctorate and a Masters of
Business Administration from the
University of San Diego with a dual license to practice law in
California and New
York. He received his bachelor’s degree in Management from
State University of
New York Binghamton.
He lives in Calabasas, CA with his wife and two
children.
 Juliette
Powell
Listed in Forbes as the ‘ultimate
connector’ in 2010, Juliette Powell is an author,
digital media consultant and co-founder of The Gathering Think Tank, an
innovation forum at the heart of digital technology, media and
business. A featured technology futurist, social commentator and
keynote speaker, Powell’s current clients include Research in
Motion, The Knight Foundation, The Minister of Finance and Cirque du
Soleil. Powell is the author of 33 Million People in the Room: How to
create, influence and Run a Successful Business with Social Networking,
(January 2009, Financial Times Press). Powell writes about the patterns
and practices of successful business leaders who bank on social
networking to win. Powell’s background includes a decade of
experience in broadcast television as well as in interactive/new media
content and formats, and a lifelong interest in people and
community-building. With her deep knowledge of the people and
technologies at the forefront of social media, Powell has gained a
solid reputation for discovering the latest developments and distilling
their social and business implications.
 Soniya Monga
Soniya Monga's background includes roles at Morgan Stanley
and Microsoft Canada, where she
developed digital and social media strategies for technology decision
makers. She is a Contributor at Techvibes.com, co-host of Perpetual
Radio’s
Social Media Show and is leading the strategy for The Maple Leaf Digital Lounge at
the South by Southwest conference to
bring visibility to Canadian startups and entrepreneurs. Soniya
recently joined LinkedIn Canada where she works with enterprise and
consumer-focused marketers. She is a graduate of McGill
University’s Economics and International &
Developmental Affairs program.
Follow her on Twitter.
 Anthony
D. Williams
Anthony D. Williams is a speaker,
consultant and co-author of the groundbreaking bestseller Wikinomics and the recent
follow-up
MacroWikinomics: Rebooting Business and the World. He is
currently a visiting fellow with the Munk School of Global Affairs at
the University of Toronto and a senior fellow for innovation with the
Lisbon Council in Brussels. As vice president of nGenera Insight,
Anthony previously founded and led one of the world’s
definitive investigations into the impact of Web 2.0 and wikinomics on
the future of governance and democracy. His work has been featured in
publications such as the Harvard Business Review, the Huffington Post,
the Globe and Mail and BusinessWeek.
 Darren Henderson
Based in Toronto, Darren leads PwC Canada's Technology, InfoComm, and Entertainment & Media consulting practice at a national level. He holds responsibility for understanding market trends; developing thought leadership; and providing PwC's services to support client needs, with a current focus on digital transformation.
With over 16 years of experience in the telecom and entertainment sectors in both Canada and Asia Pacific, Darren has led the improvement of revenue growth, customer experience and cost reduction for various clients. Darren's leadership on digital transformation initiatives has involved the development of thought leadership, tools, and business strategies to assist clients as they transition various areas of their business to compete successfully in the digital arena. Some of these areas include:
Identifying and maximizing revenues through digital means;
Enhancing the customer experience through mobile / digital touch points; and
Leading projects to allow clients to maximize revenues through efficient and accurate content management across multiple platforms, products and transactions.
Darren holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from Australia's Deakin University, and is a Chartered Accountant.
 Dr.
Jennifer Zelmer
Dr. Jennifer Zelmer is the Senior Vice President,
Clinical Adoption and Innovation at Canada Health Infoway. Prior to
joining Infoway, she held a series of progressively responsible
leadership positions in Canada and abroad, most recently as Chief
Executive Officer of the International Health Terminology Standards
Organization and Vice President, Research & Analysis at the
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Dr. Zelmer received her PhD
and her M.A. in Economics from McMaster University and her B.Sc. in
Health Information Science from the University of Victoria. In addition
to her role at Canada Health Infoway, she is the Editor-in-Chief of
Healthcare Policy and is an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of
Victoria. Dr. Zelmer also serves on a wide range of health-related
advisory committees and boards.
Dr. Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Cultural
Anthropology, Kansas State University. Dubbed “the
explainer” by
Wired magazine, his videos on culture, technology, education,
and information have been viewed by millions and translated into more
than 15 languages. Winner of the Wired Magazine Rave Award, the John
Culkin Award for Outstanding Praxis in Media Ecology, several teaching
awards, including the 2008 CASE/Carnegie U.S. Professor of the Year for
Doctoral and Research Universities. Michael was recently named an
Emerging Explorer by
National Geographic.
Kunal Gupta, CEO, Polar Mobile, is a market leader
in launching innovative mobile applications with major media publishers
for millions of their consumers in the rapidly changing communications
landscape. Chair of the Board of Directors for the Impact
Entrepreneurship Group, Kunal has been recognized by the United Nations as a Global Citizen.
Jeremy Gutsche, MBA, CFA, innovation expert, the
award-winning author of
Exploiting Chaos, host of
Trend Hunter TV, “one of North America’s
most requested keynote speakers”, and the founder of TrendHunter.com.
Jennifer Stoddart, Jennifer Stoddart was appointed Canada's
Privacy Commissioner by the Governor in Council, effective December 1,
2003, on unanimous resolutions adopted by both the House of Commons and
the Senate. Since taking on this role, Commissioner Stoddart has
overseen a number of important investigations, including those
concerning the privacy policies and practices of the popular social
networking site Facebook and a massive data breach at U.S. retail giant
TJX, which owns Winners and HomeSense stores in Canada. The
Commissioner also led efforts to help private sector organizations
understand their obligations under the Personal Information and
Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) in the first years after the
legislation came into force. She is working to promote online privacy
for young people through the Office’s new website, www.youthprivacy.ca.
One year ago at Canada 3.0, the former Canadian
news anchor announced his sabbatical from conventional media to spend a
year exploring the potential of digital media. While pursuing his
interest, Newman has also co-produced two documentaries debuting in
May, is Executive-Producer of a television series filming this summer,
and has advised various federal agencies and artistic organizations on
their digital strategies.
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