Known for her passion for taking on initiatives that blend cultural awareness, humanity and a love of art to advance society and business alike, Vanessa’s experiences living and working in Buenos Aires, LA, New York, Mexico City and Toronto, have given Blok a unique international perspective that has been recognized and awarded around the world.

Partner and ECD at Rethink — AdAge’s Creative Agency of the Year, one of Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Creative Agencies, and Canada’s top Creative & Design agency five years in a row and counting.

Paul Wong is a media-maestro making art for site-specific spaces and screens of all sizes. He is an award winning artist and curator known for pioneering early visual and media art in Canada, founding several artist-run groups, and organizing events, festivals, conferences and public interventions since the 1970s. Wong has produced projects throughout North America, Europe and Asia.

I am a graphic designer, author, and educator based in Brooklyn, NY.  My deep and wide-ranging expertise in visual communications— from custom typography and conceptual illustration to brand visualization and the design of editorial and information systems—is the result of over thirty years of professional and academic activity.

Stanley Chow is an artist and illustrator from Manchester, England. Stanley Chow Illustrations brings portraits of famous individuals captured through artistic mediums to capture a timeless character!

Louis Fishauf is one of Canada's most respected graphic artists and visual communicators. He has designed magazines, posters, corporate logos, murals, ad campaigns, product packaging, apparel graphics, postage stamps and websites for a wide variety of large and small clients. His innovative graphic style has garnered awards and industry recognition in Canada and abroad.

Currently a Designer at NASA’s JPL and a recent speaker at Config. For over a decade, I have worked in various places, ranging from tech startups, design agencies, and Fortune 500 companies. I have a love for good design and I appreciate all things nerdy.

I’m Danielle Molyneux — but you can call me Dani. I’m a type-twisting artist and designer. I’m also the person at Dotto.  A wise woman once said to me, ‘my brain doesn’t work in numbers — it works in stories’. And with that I concur. I’m obsessed with words and their power to change, challenge and inspire. My quest is to bring words to vibrant life, playfully challenging perceptions and celebrating ideas. Making words to live by.

Stefan G. Bucher (born 1973) is an American writer, graphic designer and illustrator. He works through his design studio, 344 Design. Stefan G. Bucher was born in Germany in 1973. Bucher moved to California to attend the Art Center College of Design.

Career spanning over 18+ years John has worked with various technology corporations in roles ranging from software coder to leadership roles like CTO, Head of technology. Passionate about web technologies and was instrumental in delivering key software products for companies like Apple, Tesco, Boeing, to name a few.