Platinum Sponsor

CNW Group is the nation’s number one resource for time-critical news and information from more than 10,000 sources coast to coast and around the world. Public companies, associations, unions, not-for-profits, municipal, provincial and federal governments all rely on CNW Group’s unique multi-media communication services and networks to effectively send their messages to newsrooms, the financial community and the public.

Platinum Sponsor

For nearly three decades, Marketwire has played a pivotal role in sharing information with audiences worldwide, connecting news makers and news consumers. We help our clients reach the right audiences and create meaningful relationships that better their business and brand. Sysomos, a Marketwire company is the market leader in social media monitoring and analytics software. Visit www.marketwire.com for more information.

Platinum Sponsor

Infomart is Canada's leading media intelligence agency with more than 25 years of delivering media monitoring and research solutions to Canada's best-informed institutions.

Covering print, social media platforms, radio, television, and online news, Infomart gives you the intelligence you need to optimize your media strategies, saving time, saving money, and fuelling more effective media-related decisions, that drive results for your business.

Platinum Sponsor

NATIONAL Public Relations is the largest public relations consultancy in Canada with offices in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Quebec City, Halifax, Saint John, New York and London. The Firm serves leading corporate, government and institutional clients and offers the full range of communications services, including corporate communications, investor relations, public affairs, employee engagement, public consultation and participation, marketing technology and healthcare communications, as well as digital communications. It offers medical communication services under the name AXON. NATIONAL is a subsidiary of RES PUBLICA Consulting Group in Montreal. At the international level, the Firm is affiliated with Burson-Martseller, part of WPP Group, the largest communications company in the world.

Platinum Sponsor

Experts in achieving earned media coverage and guaranteed consumer reach using “ready to use” editorial content. We deliver measurable results online, on-air, inprint.

Gold Sponsor

Cision empowers businesses to make better decisions and improve performance through its software solutions for corporate communication and PR professionals. Powered by local experts with global reach, Cision delivers relevant media information, targeted distribution, media monitoring, and precise media analysis.

Gold Sponsor

For 20 years, events produced by The Canadian Institute have provided the business intelligence that Canadian decision-makers need to respond to challenges here at home, and around the world. A unique organization, The Canadian Institute is staffed by industry specialists, lawyers and other professionals. The Canadian Institute operates as a think tank, monitoring trends and developments in all major industry sectors, the law, and public policy, with a view to providing information on the leading edge.

Silver Sponsor

LEGER MARKETING is the largest independent communications and marketing research company in Canada with offices in Montreal, Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Quebec City and Winnipeg, and Philadelphia in the United States. Leger offers a full range of custom and syndicated research services using both qualitative and quantitative methodologies.

Silver Sponsor

Business Wire, a Berkshire Hathaway company, provides press release and multimedia delivery into news editorial systems worldwide. Choose from hundreds of industry and geographic circuits - we'll optimize press release content for search engines, post to thousands of websites and add social media sharing functionality. And, our innovative online newsroom hosting services and measurement reports provide additional communications tools. Learn more at BusinessWire.com and the BusinessWired blog; follow updates on Twitter: @businesswire or on Facebook.

Bronze Sponsor

The Master of Arts in Communications and Technology (University of Alberta) is the graduate degree for individuals seeking to provide reflective and informed leadership in the management and use of information and communications technologies in their organizations and fields. Study is online, part time and can be completed in two years.

Bronze Sponsor

Torchia Communications is a full service public relations firm with offices in Montreal and Toronto and working relationships with a network of leading public relations consultants and complementary firms across Canada. Its team of consultants is dedicated to promoting and maintaining dialogue, understanding, respect and cooperation between an organization and its publics.