dR. DAVID WEISS Dr. David Weiss is a bestselling author and internationally acclaimed keynote speaker. David has written five best-selling business books on innovation, leadership and employee development. During the past 25 years he has delivered over 200 keynote presentations, written over 40 journal articles, and he was interviewed numerous times on TV and radio.  more

gene simmons, co-founded KISS 38 years ago. KISS continues to be the juggernaut of licensing/merchandising, with over 2,500 licenses. KISS has broken BOX OFFICE RECORDS set by the Beatles and Elvis and continues stronger than ever, and has been AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE GOLD RECORD AWARD WINNING GROUP of all time. (RIAA)    more

KEN FISHER is best known for his prestigious Portfolio Strategy column in Forbes, where his 22-year tenure of high-profile calls now makes him the fifth-longest-running columnist in Forbes’ nearly ninety-year history.     more

SAM GEIST's business roots were first established in a small sporting goods store in Toronto, Canada.  With his belief that at start-up, business operation is 90% hard work, 10% know-how, he gradually grew The Outdoor Stores into a 15-store national sporting goods chain.     more

GORDON PITTS is an author and business journalist, with a specialization in issues of management, strategy, leadership, family business and entrepreneurship in Canadian companies.     more

Ron MacLean is best known as the straight man on Coach’s Corner, the listener, and some might argue the voice of reason that saves Don Cherry from getting a puck in the head. Ron’s broadcasting career began in 1978 when he took over a 16-month part-time position at a radio station in Red Deer, Alberta.     more

BRIAN WILLIAMS, considered the dean of Canadian sports commentators, with more than a quarter of a century of broadcast experience, Williams maintains a youthful exuberance that is appreciated by fans of every sport he covers.     more

Dr. JACKIE FREIBERG, Leaders shape culture, which in turn, shapes performance and determines the ultimate financial condition of your business. Leadership is a choice, not a position. If we got rid of your title would people still follow you?     more

JOHN AMATT   “The challenge of change is forcing us to rethink our values and to rekindle our spirit of adventure     more

Michael Vaughan is the host of Michael Vaughan Live, Canada's leading business interview program. Vaughan engages CEOs, politicians, authors, athletes, scientists, entertainers and newsmakers in lively one-on-one discussions and debates.    more

DAVID FOOT, Professor of Economics at the University of Toronto, is co-author of the bestselling books Boom Bust & Echo 2000: Profiting from the Demographic Shift in the New Millennium and Boom Bust & Echo: How to Profit from the Coming Demographic Shift (with Daniel Stoffman, Macfarlane, Walter & Ross, 1998, 1996.     more