


Hotspex and their team of brand building professionals are on a mission to become the world’s most innovative and impactful brand builders. They are working with 9 of the top 10 global advertisers in over 33 countries to drive brand growth by accelerating the speed to market of new ideas, while helping reduce risk and non-marketing dollar spend. Many companies talk about emotions, but Hotspex deepens brand builders’ understanding of human motivation to unlock brand growth. Their globally validated and proprietary human motivation measurement platform ensures that global brands trigger consistent emotions, personality associations, sensory cues, and rational benefits across all touch points along the shopper journey. Recently voted among the top most innovative insights consultancies according to GRIT, Hotspex is focused on innovation, including cutting edge research related to mental availability, mental memory structures, and implicit measurement.
Impact Public Affairs is a full-service firm. Their seasoned consultants specialize in solving policy and corporate communication issues by leveraging their experience in government relations, public relations, strategic communications and event planning. Impact works with a broad range of national and provincial associations as well as corporations.
Pepper Gang is the Boston-based digital marketing agency committed to the growth and success of their clients’ business. The company was born out of a desire to tell each brand’s story in a way that compels like-minded consumers to align with the brand. They are The Pepper Gang. They are spicy, like hot. Spicy, like a unique flavor. They are not for everyone only those who want a little something extra. They are a team of passionate peppers who are creative minded, analytics driven and strategy focused.