Vitor Amos is Head of Strategy at VML Brazil

Vitor has shaped strategy for some of the world’s most admired brands, such as Nike, Heineken, Budweiser, Mondelez, Vivo and iFood.

Having worked at Wieden+Kennedy São Paulo and Africa, Vitor was in charge of efforts on a local and global scale. He was lead strategist on Nike Brazil for the 2014 World Cup, on Heineken’s consolidation in the country, on the global launch of Mondelez’s 5Star chocolate bar and on Vivo’s repositioning, promoting a healthier relationship between people and technology.

His work has been celebrated in awards such as Effie, Jay Chiat, and Cannes, including Grand Prix in 2018 for Budweiser’s “Tagwords” campaign.

In 2019, at 29 years old, he was appointed by AdAge as “40 under 40”.

Vitor also serves as a teacher at Miami Ad School.

Renata Bokel is Chief Strategy Officer of WMcCann. Since the beginning of her professional career, Renata has used data in many innovative ways to shape and direct communication to bring business results. Active in consolidating the digital culture, his last experience was at IBM iX as head of consumer and engagement for Latin America. Previously, she was VP of Planning at BETC / Havas and Isobar, Director of Planning at Africa and Manager at Ana Couto Branding & Design, working for brands as Itaú, Walmart, Vivo, Fiat, Jeep, Sky Brasil, TIM, Nivea, Banco do Brazil, Unilever, Whirlpool, PepsiCo, among others. She has been an Effie Awards judge in five editions, two global and three local, and in 2019 joined the Cannes Lions jury in the Creative e-commerce category, and was chosen by Meio & Messagem as one of the five Women to Watch honorees. In 2020, she received the honor of Planning Professional of the Year at the 2020 Caboré Awards. The Caboré Awards recognize professionals and companies that contribute to the development of the communication industry in Brazil, and is viewed as the “Oscar” of awards for the market.

He studied in Rio de Janeiro where he began his career as an Advertising Creative. Always very curious, he had experiences in different markets such as Brazil, Venezuela (current country), Spain and Panama. He is currently the founder of the Wings agency in the midst of the terrible Venezuelan crisis. He has obtained different recognitions, shining in various advertising festivals as well as being a jury in several of them.

Currently, he continues to defend Venezuelan creativity from his own agency despite the environment and is the surf coach of his 9-year-old son, a sport that has balanced him throughout his creative career.

Since 2016 Rodrigo has been in charge of the strategy approach at BBDO Group Santiago, where he has been responsible for bringing a modern view on strategy that integrates a creative and insightful approach with cultural movements, data and content, to produce integrated work for clients such as Unilever, Pepsi, Claro, Cencosud, Visa, Mercedes-Benz, and Nestlé amongst others, with work that has been recognized in different festivals such as Effie, Effie Latam, Wave and Echo.

His approach is the result of his background leading strategy teams on global and independent agencies and his experience in Chile, Spain and UK with different communication disciplines such as digital & data, relational & CRM, integrated and consultancy work for clients such as Atrápalo, Bimbo, Philips, Volvo, P&G and Kimberly Clark.

Giuseppe Constantine is founder and Chief Creative Officer of Loft51 Studio, an advertising lover, creative by nature and together with his advertising studio he has won awards at international creative and advertising festivals such as WINA Independent Advertising Awards and publications in the advertising magazine Lürzer's Archive. He has also been a jury member at creative festivals such as PHNX by Adforum.

Bernardita Cruz is the Marketing Director of the exclusive distributor of Citroen and DS Automobiles brands in Chile. With 20 years of experience in marketing and sales in the technology, wine and automotive industries, leading teams in the design and implementation of brand positioning, advertising, PR and other marketing strategies in Latin America. Currently she is involved directly in digital marketing, allocating approximately 50% of investment in digital media, achieving outstanding performance in leads generation and branding campaings. Bernardita was jury at Sabre Awards 2020 and Citroen Chile was Awarded in A'Design Awards, Lüerzer's Archive, Premios Eikon, WINA Awards, Creativepool, Never Zapping Festival, among others. She has focused her latest  studies on digital marketing with 2020 Certificate for completion Digital Marketing Strategies, Data Automation, AI & Analytics at Northwestern, Kellogg, USA;  and 2017 Diploma for completion Digital Marketing Strategies at Pontificia Universidad Católica, Chile.

Originally a copywriter,  Mário D’Andrea has worked at large agencies such as FCB, Loducca and Lowe. D’Andrea has also held the position of CCO and president for JWT Brazil and placed the agency among the most creatives ones in the country.

Coordinated the communication for HSBC in all of Latin America for 10 years and has created great cases for brands such as Coca-Cola, Ford, J&J, Cadbury, Kraft (Mondelez) and Nestlé, among others.

In 2010 he was chosen as Creative Professional of the Year in the Caboré Award, from Meio & Mensagem  (Brazilian AdAge).

In February 2014 he took on the position of CCO & President of Dentsu Brazil, where he was responsible for the communication of great brands such as Toyota, SulAmerica, Sazón, Canon, Pullman/Plus Vita and Nissin, among others.  He left Dentsu on September,2020.

In August 2017 he became president of the Dentsu Creative Group, which is composed by the agencies Dentsu and McgarryBowen. He was the only latin to be part of the Dentsu network worldwide creative committee, known as Creative Link.

Was a jury member of D&AD, Wave, El Ojo and FIAP, where he was president of the Film category in 2014.

As Creative Director, he won the Professionals of the Year Award (from Globo Network) 9 times and also won 15 Lions at the Cannes Festival.

He has been a jury member in Cannes four times and, in the 2017 edition of the festival, he was the president of the jury in the Radio Lions category.

Since May 2017 he is the President of ABAP - BRAZILIAN ASSOCIATION OF ADVERTISING AGENCIES,

Chief Strategy Officer at Ogilvy Brazil, with more than 20 years of experience, Thais started her career at Publicis, where she planned for P&G for brands like Always, Ariel and Pampers, and GM. She then joined JWT, where she worked for clients like Unilever, Diageo and Ford. At Lowe, she was responsible for UL business. Since 2015, she has been leading at Ogilvy Brasil brands like Coca-Cola, Nestlé and Kimberly-Clark, with recognized and awarded strategies in Cannes and Effie. 

Karo Gómez is a Digital Creative Advertiser based in Mexico City with 10 years of experience in the Industry.Her career involves different responsibilities from Creativity to Strategy in Social Media and digital ecosystems.She has worked for international agencies like BBDO, DDB, McCann, FCB, GREY, and led the Mexican team in Together W, an Argentinian Independent Agency. Currently, she's on the Social Media Strategy team on Circus & MediaMonks, working with brands around the globe.

Last year, she was recognized by Cannes Lions International Advertising Awards, as an ambassador of their Gender Equity Program #SeeItBeIt, where she was chosen among 800 participants around the World.

Also, she's a member of Publicitarias, a collective of women in advertising that works hard to give more space and visibility to minorities & women.  Pushing for diversity in the industry and a gender's perspective on advertising.
Now, as a member of the Creative Circle in México City, she will bring this vision, pushing to improve Mexican creativity through diversity and humanized insights.

For the last few years, she has focused her career on social causes, always giving an extra message in pro of Mexican culture, inclusion, diversity, and Feminism. Taking down stereotypes in each opportunity she can.

Giacomo Groff started his career at Ogilvy & Mather in New York, and later co-founded the digital hot-shop Ambulance, which was then acquired by M&C Saatchi Brazil. A cultural builder and business problem solver with an entrepreneurial background and a global perspective, Giacomo blends strategic creativity with technology to help companies create campaigns and experiences of value. He has led award winning Strategy teams at agencies internationally in Australia and Asia such as Clemenger BBDO (2017 Cannes Lions Agency of The Year, D&AD Agency of The Year Winner, Australian Effies Winner) and HUGE Inc. before joining R/GA in 2019. He holds a Master's in Business Administration from the Berlin School of Creative Leadership, and has extensive experience in markets such as USA, Brazil, Australia, China, Japan and Singapore, having led award winning work for Google, Visa, P&G, Johnson&Johnson, Bradesco, YouTube, next Bank, Agora Investments, Mars Foods, among other clients. Currently Giacomo has a regional Strategy role at R/GA, is a teacher at Miami Ad School, and a jury for the Effies Brazil and the AME NY Festival.

Agatha Kim is Head of Strategy, Content and BI at BETC/Havas, she leads a multidisciplinary team of 30 people.

She is part of the Havas Group for over 5 years, Agatha has been working with clients such as Peugeot, Citroën, Pão de Açúcar, Reckitt Benckiser, Pepsico, Hershey and Danone. Her professional evolution was together with the evolution of the digital market. Agatha worked in operations and projects with this focus during her time at w3haus and JWT.

Agatha is graduated in Advertising at Cásper Líbero College and she has postgraduate degree in socio-psychology at FESPSP. Recently she graduated at THNK Creative Leadership School in Amsterdam.

As a Marketing Professional, she worked at Avon and Diageo – where she led regional strategies and brand repositioning.

Tiago Lara is the father of Antonio, a motorcyclist and Vice President of Strategy and Data Management at Leo Burnett Tailor Made. He was already recognized with 1 GP and 3 Gold at the Effie Awards, he was Young Lions in 2010, appointed as “30 under 30” by Meio & Mensagem in 2013 and recognized by the Publicis Group as a Star Reacher. He is at the forefront of the strategy of brands such as Fiat, Bradesco, Samsung, Boticário among others, commanding a team of more than 30 people.

2010 / 2017

Planning director at J. Walter Thompson Chile.

Clients: Ford, Nestlé, Savory, Huawei, Jack Daniel´s

2017 / 2019

Professor at Santo Tomás University. Teaching Strategic planning & Cool hunting

2017 / To the date.

Planning director at Leche Agency.

Clients: Transbank, Redcompra, CMR falabella, Lenovo, Uno afp, Tarjeta LiderBci, DirecTV, Foundation Chile Lagos Limpios, Foundation para la confianza.

Santiago is a graduate from the Foundation for Higher Studies in Commercial Sciences with studies in a Master's Degree in Corporate Communication at the University of Business and Social Sciences.

President of VMLY&R Argentina, President of Interact (Union of Interactive Agencies), member of the Advertising Self-Regulation Council, President of the Argentine Advertising Academy, former President of the Argentine Advertising Association.

Throughout his 35 years of activity he has worked in different agencies such as Ratto/BBDO, Young & Rubicam, Pragma/FCB, DDB, Savaglio\TBWA and FCB.

In 2010, he founded TBWA Buenos Aires, an agency of which he was a partner for 8 years.

He is a professor in the Postgraduate Courses at UCEMA (CEMA University).

CEO at Ampro – Brazilian Promotional / Live Marketing Association

As brand/ marketing manager/ director, worked at Coca-Cola Brazil, Honda and World Trade Center/ Sheraton Complex

In Ad agencies, worked at DPZ & T (one of the largest in Brazil), Loducca DDB and was a partner at Impact Group

In institutions, he was chairman of ABA (Brazilian Advertisers Association) committee, director of AMCHAM (American Chamber), president of MPI (Meeting Professionals International) and managing  director of FENAPRO (Brazilian Advertising Agencies Federation)

Specialist in Design Thinking and Creativity processes

Member of the Advisory Board at the CMO Council - LATAM

Columnist of the PROPMARK newspaper (Beyond the Line column)

Guest jury at several awards, having been president of the jury of the Columnists Promotion Award for the last 3 years and the Estadão Cannes Challenge Award as well.

He was a speaker at the Cannes Lions Festival in two editions (2008 and 2010) and has presented the Cannes Lions Road Show in Brazil for 5 years.

Cris is Head of Business Developement at Wieden + Kennedy  Sao Paulo.

President of Sao Paulo Account Management and Business Executives Association  (GAN) and Opinion Writer at Meio e Mensagem - Brazil’s leading publisher of Media and Marketing News. In 2018 - Nominated for the Caboré Awards by MEIO E MENSAGEM in Account Management of the Year, the main Brazilian award for the advertisement industry.                                                                                

Having a long term experience in business and communication strategies in the main areas of advertising, digital transformation, branding and performance, she is responsible for managing relations and advertising investment of local and multinational clients,

including Unilever, Kimberly-Clark, Leroy Merlin, BDF-Nivea, Whirlpool, J&J, Philips, Visa, FedEx, PepsiCo, Nestlé, Bacardi-Martini , Ford, among others. Based on these clients, she has developed not only capacity for strategic planning and business understanding, participation in digital transformation projects - for the agency and in partnership with client companies but also gaining team-bulding and leadership skills: excellent relational and interpersonal skills - long-term relationships with clients and partners.

Otto Poncelis is an award winning strategist, marketing school teacher, writer and public speaker.

Skilled in Cultural insights, Digital Content Strategy, Digital Marketing, Business insights, Branding & Identity, Integrated Marketing.

My work includes major brand engagements in different markets in Latin America, particularly in the financial services, automotive, tourism, alcoholic beverages, and telecom industries.

I worked mostly in Ogilvy & Mather as Strategy Director. almost 6 years. maybe more. 

Currently I´m the Head of Strategy for (anónimo), one of the most award-winning independent agencies from Mexico. 

I have an incredible team there.There is a strong belief in me that brands have to connect on a cultural level with the consumer. There is no other way.

"Isadora Prado is a 29-year-old Brazilian, born in Rio de Janeiro. Amateur runner and for 6 years learning with the strategy area. 

Currently she`s a senior strategy manager at Ogilvy for the largest retailer brand in Brazil, Magazine Luiza (Magalu), leading the planning, data and social team. She`s worked for great agencies such as WmCann and Talent Marcel (Publicis Groupe), planning for brands like L'Oréal, Coca-Cola, Oreo. Recently she made a shadowing job at Publicis NY with the Walmart Department. "

Fully focused in creative storytelling. Experienced manager and innovation driven. Simply loves pharma advertising.

29 years in advertising, 10 years in mass media/ATL and 19 in pharma, health and wellness.

Owner of Asterisco Healthcare Communications, a pharma advertising agency with 12 years in the marketplace, recognized as one of the most innovative and creative pharma agencies in Mexico.

He has developed global campaigns for the biggest Pharma companies in the world: Eli Lilly (Diabetes franchise, Byetta, Zyprexa, Bydureon), Pfizer, Merck, P&G Health, Astra Zeneca, Novartis and also has launched successfully new drugs into different countries around the world.

•He has been one of the pillars that pushed the creative pharma recognition in Mexico, and also in the region as a creative representation in internacional awards shows, such as:  Executive Jury at The Global Awards in NYC, Jury and Speaker at Cannes Lions Health Pharma and Health & Wellness; Jury at the Clios RX, the Lisbon Health Awards, the Creative Floor Awards, the NYC AME Awards iand the Círculo Creativo de México for 2 years, last one as Jury President.

He has written articles for pharmaphorum.com and other pharma websites

Recognized by Advertising Age as one of the most awarded creative professionals in the world, Reis started at Leo Burnett in 2011 as business partner and CCO, ahead of the agency's creative team. In 2014, he became Leo Burnett's Co-CEO and CCO - the same year when Leo Burnett became the most awarded Brazilian company in Cannes, with 22 Lions. Recently, he was appointed as Co-CEO and CCO of Arc in Brazil (one of the largest shopper marketing companies in the world and part of Publicis Groupe). He is also one of the advising members of Conar, an entity about Brazilian Advertising Self-Regulation Code.

Reis was born in Belo Horizonte and arrived São Paulo in 1999. Since then, he has worked at agencies such as W/Brasil, DM9DDB, Loducca, Y&R and Lew'Lara\TBWA. In 2008, he became Creative Director at DM9DDB and played an active role in the team that won Agency of the Year at the 2009 Cannes Festival. Reis has been a jury member at many festivals, including Cannes Lions, D&AD, Clio, Fiap, El Ojo International, and others.

With a degree in Advertising, he studied screenwriting at the New York Film Academy, as well as Digital and Social Media at the Master Classes at Hyper Island, in London. More recently, he completed the Executive Program at Singularity University in California.

He loves to travel to different and inhospitable places, and believes in sport as a self-development tool (he practices kitesurfing and runs marathons). Currently, Reis is one of the leaders of #VoltaPinheiros (www.voltapinheiros.com.br), a movement aimed at raising awareness to the need to clean the Pinheiros River, one of the largest in Latin America and still heavily polluted.

Hey, I’m Rodrigo.I love what I do and it shows in my work!

I am a Marketing Communications and Advertising pro with 13+ years of experience in Marketing Departments, Advertising and PR Agencies. I have worked on some of the world's biggest and coolest Brand Campaigns like Pepsi, Twitter, Nintendo, Gatorade, 7UP & Mountain Dew. In 2014 I was chosen as one of Colombia's Advertising Industry Leaders under 35 by Revista P&M. I’ve been awarded at Effie Awards Colombia & Latam, Wave Festival, Festival El Dorado, IAB Mixx Awards and shortlisted at Cannes Lions!

In my spare time you'll find me either binge watching series (lately Succession), instagramming food or reading about marketing trends that will help me keep up with the latest developments in our field.

Over 20 years of experience in the advertising industry collaborating as a team player in top ranked local agencies affiliated to global communication groups.

Enthusiastic self-starter agency leader with demonstrated success in creating long term strategies and advertising solutions. Creative thinker who can lead successful processes of branding and business construction to completion.

Previous professional experience:

F/Nazca S&S, Leo Burnett, Talent Marcel and Lew’Lara\ TBWA.

Won 8 EFFIEs, including 1 Grand Prix.

Elected Planning Professional of the year in 2013 in the Caboré Award.

Experience in global clients as AB Inbev, Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Nissan and Nutrien.

Experience in Brazilian leader brands as MDias Branco, CVC, Ipiranga and Claro.

CEO and Partner at DPZ&T, Eduardo Simon has over 20 years’ experience in managing accounts for large companies such as Ambev, McDonald’s (in Brazil and 18 Latin American countries), Natura (in Brazil and 5 Latin American countries), Renault, BMW, Vivo and Itaú, among others. A former partner and COO at Taterka, Simon holds a Bachelor’s degree in Advertising and Marketing and a Master’s degree in Business Administration. In 2009 and 2012, he was one of the nominees for the Caboré award, in the Account Managing Professional of the Year category and he competed in the Manager or Entrepreneur in the Communication Industry category in 2016 and 2019.

Rodrigro Tarquino is a multidisciplinary Colombian Creative Director passionate about innovation, media and digital. 

In 2002 Tarquino joined Leo Burnett Colombia and under Juan Carlos Ortiz’s supervision (current President for DDB Latina),

He worked for accounts such as Banco Davivienda and Toyota. In February 2005 he joined DDB Colombia and won the first Gold (LIA)for DDB Colombia. In 2006, Tarquino joined Mullen Lowe / SSP3 and under José Miguel Sokoloff supervision’s (GCC) and Francisco Samper, was recognized for work such as the “Heroes” Campaign for Pilsen Beer SAB Miller - Great EFFIE Colombia

In 2007 Tarquino joined Leo Burnett Colombia.In early 2009 he traveled to Madrid and worked for Ignition K, an agency led by Miguel Ángel Furones, current CEO of Publicis. With Tarquino´s excellent management skills at Leo Burnett, in 2010 he was promoted Chief Creative Officer Publicis Colombia, he was in charge of developing work for Renault, Nestlé, Mambo.

In 2015 Publicis Colombia were chosen as the best agencies in Colombia at El Dorado Festival, also won their first Cannes Lions the only Gold in its history and also the first GP for Publicis Iberoamérica at El Ojo de Iberoamérica.

During 2016 the historical achievement awards continued for Publicis Colombia: Best of Discipline and Gold in One Show, Yellow & Graphite Pencil in D&AD and GP at the New York Festival.In 2017 joined forces together with Leo Macias and Borja de la Plaza towards a new challenge: to create a new DDB Colombia as Creative General Director from Medellín working with accounts such as: Nutresa, AFP Protección, Cámara de Comercio, Noel, Luckia, Familia Inst, Metro de Medellín.