CAROL BESLER
Journalist
COLIN POTTS
Horologist & Watch Enthusiast
GIAN-PAOLO MAZZOTTA
Tailor, Designer, Stylist & Watch Enthusiat
HAKIM EL KADIRI
Founder of ELKA Watch Co.
@IAN_COGNITO
Watch Enthusiast
JEREMY FREED
Journalist
BRENT ROBILLARD @Calibre321
Watch Photography and Reviews
MARK FLEMINGER
Watch Enthusiast & RedBar Toronto Chapter Head
NABIL AMDAN
Watch Enthusiast
THE EMPIRE GROUP
Canada's watch and clock repair authority
TYLER @HOROLOGYOBSESSED
Watch Enthusiast
GEORGE SULLY
Watch Enthusiast & Entrepreneur
Multidisciplinary designer, entrepreneur, and activist are all different ways one can begin to describe George Sully. Based in Toronto, with an impressive worldwide network, Sully has established a collective of multifaceted companies that leverage him as an innovative player in the world of multimedia content creation and fashion design. Celebrated CAFA Change-maker Award winner, George Brown honorary degree recipient, and FGI Visionary Award Winner, Sully is also known for his collaborations that include but are not limited to DHL, EBAY, Disney, Hudson’s Bay, and Mercedes Benz. Sully is also a Bata Shoe Museum inductee, creator of Black Designers of Canada, co-founder of House of Hayla, and creator of the breakout brand Sully & Son Company. He loves to share his entrepreneurial experiences and his sense of fashion, inspiring others to pursue their passions and embrace their unique styles.
DR SAMANEH SOLEIMANI
Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Marketing and Tourism Management
Samaneh is a self-motivated researcher with a multi-disciplinary background in marketing and tourism management fields. She has a solid experience in applying qualitative, quantitative, and mixed research methods. Samaneh holds a PhD in Business and Management from University of South Australia (UniSA). Samaneh’s research and teaching interests cover a broad range of consumer behaviour, marketing, tourism destination marketing and developing niche tourism products. Samaneh was awarded a University of South Australia President’s Scholarship, School of Management/Marketing Scholarship and top-up Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science Scholarship to investigate the niche market of astrotourism. In this research, she integrated visual astronomy with tourism marketing to answer how to develop this niche market in Australia. She was an invited speaker at the professional learning event ‘Shared Sky, Space: STEM and Art’ at “68th International Astronautical Congress Adelaide”. Prior to joining AIB, Samaneh was working at University of South Australia, Flinders University, University of Technology, Sydney, Ehrenberg-Bass Institute for Marketing Science and Kaplan Business School as a research associate and sessional lecturer. She was working on several projects including Cultural tourism and festivals, Entrepreneurship ecosystem, Social entrepreneurship in the context of tourism enterprises, Tourists’ behaviour in festivals, and consumption of healthy beverages options in the hospitality industry. Her teaching philosophy is to ensure students’ meaningful learning experience through linking curricula, pedagogy and assessment to the real-world examples. Throughout her teachings, she engages her students to develop their critical thinking and problem-solving skills by incorporating experiential learning that links the course materials to real-world problems. Samaneh believes that utilising online learning systems promotes learning in a more integrated approach by allowing students to work individually and collaboratively and enabling teachers to provide more tailored and specific interactions with students.
THOMAS J. SANDRIN, MBA
Watch Enthusiast & Entrepreneur
Thomas J. Sandrin, a luxury watch industry veteran with 16+ years of experience, relocated from Paris to Canada. he excelled as canadian brand manager for Hamilton watches, part of Swatch Group, and holds an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business.