Speaking & Press

Speaking events for EmailKarma.net founder: Matthew Vernhout

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Past Speaking Engagements

• Unspam Email Deliverability Webinar – October 2026
  • Presenter: Email Deliverability in 2026 and Beyond: What Changed, What Broke, and How to Prepare for 2027
• Canadian Email Summit – September 2026
  • Moderator: Email Deliverability 2027: What’s Coming Next
  • Fireside Chat: CASL Update: A Conversation with the CRTC
• ANA Email Excellence Webinar – April 2026
  • Panellist: When the Inbox Breaks: Deliverability, Security, and Surviving Email Platform Chaos
• CleverTap Email Masterclass – 2026
  • Panellist: Email Trends: 2025 Rewind, 2026 Forward
• Unspam Webinar – 2025
  • Panellist: Inbox for the Holidays:Proven Email Deliverability Tips
• Canadian Email Summit 2025 – September 2025
  • Host  & Moderator, Deliverability Panel Discussion
• ANA Global Week of Learning – September 2024
  • Speaker: Email Delivery Spotlight: The Impact and Opportunity from Gmail and Yahoo Changes and Other Key Updates
• EasyDMARC Webinar – 2024
  • Panellist: Email Revolution: Meeting Google and Yahoo’s DMARC Requirement
• Inbox Expo – May 2024:
  • Host
    Discussion: Judgement-Free Deliverability Ask-Us-Anything
• Email Innovations Summit North America – June 2022
  • Point/CounterPoint: Brand Indicators for Message Identification (BIMI)
  • Panel: The Changing Privacy Landscape: What Email Marketers Need to Know Now and Prepare for Later
  • Panellist: Wrap Up Panel: 5 Experts, 5 Minutes
• Email Sender Provider Coalition – May 2021
• Festival of Email – June 2021
• The Netcore Inbox Expo by EmailExpert – March 2021
• The Experts on BIMI for Email: Expectations vs Reality – February 2021
• ANA EEC Email Evolution Conference – May 2021
• Inbox Expo – March 2020
  • Diagnosing Deliverability issues with your own data
  • Industry Leaders Panel: Deliverability Matters!
• Canadian Email Summit – September 2020
• OptIn Live – October 2020
  • Pandora’s Box of Deliverability
• For the Love of Email – October 2020
  • The New Email Rulebook
• ANA Webinar – October 2019
  • What Marketers & Fundraisers need to know to prepare for the CCPA
• Global Cyber Alliance – October 2019
  • DMARC: On Going Management: Analyze, Review and Adjust
• MailGun Podcast – June 2019
  • Email Is Not Dead – Episode 04 – Combatting Email Fraud & Building Your Brand with BIMI
• Email Innovation Summit: June 2019
  • Data Privacy in 2019
  • Emerging trends in Email Deliverability
• Email Evolution Conference 2019 – April 2019
  • Email Around the world
  • Deliverability training bootcamp
• Centennial College Post Grad Class – March 2019
  • Global Privacy Trends
• Canadian Email Summit 2019 – February 2019
  • Emerging trends in Email Deliverability
• Email Evolution Conference – New Orleans – March 2-3, 2016
  • All You Ever Wanted to Know about Deliverability (But Were Afraid to Ask)
• DMAC Toronto, ON – April, 2015
  • DMAC: Are you a Creepy Marketer?
• Email Evolution Conference – Miami, FL – February 2015
  • CASL’s impact on Marketers
• Osgood Hall – December, 2014
  Canada’s New Anti -Spam Law: Lessons from the Trenches and a Look Ahead to 2015
• Message Systems Insight – San Diego, CA – November, 2014
• ESPC Annual general Meeting – September 2014 – Washington, DC
  CASL: A look back
• University of Toronto – July 2014 – Toronto, ON
  CASL Panel for Digital Strategy Students at U of T School of Continuing Studies
• Silicon Halton – May 2014 – Burlington, ON
  Meetup #55: Canada’s Anti Spam Legislation
• DMAC – June 2014 – Toronto, On
  Create Your CASL Compliance Plan to avoid the $10 million fine
• MARCOM – June 10 – 12, 2014 – Ottawa, On
  Implications of Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation on your Marketing Efforts
• Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions – April 2014 – Toronto, ON
  Web, Social Media and CASL
• Email Evolution Conference 2014 – January 2014 – Miami, FL
  CASL Roundtable
• Osgood Hall Law School – January 27, 2014 – Private Webinar
  Canada’s Anti-Spam Law: Is Your Organization Prepared?
• Canadian Marketing Association – Toronto & Online – February 2014
  Canada’s Anti-Spam Law: A – Z
• Canadian Institute’s ‘Regulatory Compliance for Financial Institutions’ conference – Toronto, ON – November 13th, 2013
  • 10 things to do right now to prepare for CASL
• CMA Members Webinar Series – November 7, 2013
  • What Happened to CASL?
• Message Systems Interact 2013 – San Diego, CA – October 8-10th, 2013
  • “Using data, technology and digital messaging to engage customers and impact their behavior”
• Message Systems Interact 2013 – San Diego, CA – October 8-10th, 2013
  • Getting Your Mail to the Inbox: In High-Volume Seasons, or Any Other Time!
• IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2013 – Toronto, ON – May 22-24, 2013
  • Preparing for Canada’s Anti-Spam Legislation: Conducting a compliance audit
• Email Evolution Conference 2013 – Miami, FLA – January 2013
  • Session Title: Making it to the Inbox
• Toronto Attractions Committee (September 2012)
  • Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation Seminar – Members Only
• RAC Education Day (March 2012)
  • EMAIL PRIVACY: How These Legislations Affect Canadian Online Business
• Fanshawe College eMarketing Conference 2012 (February 2012)
  • Multi-Channel Marketing Activation
• Advertising & Marketing Law Conference (January 25-26, 2012)
  • CASL: Latest Regulatory Developments
• George Brown College (November 2011)
  • Digital Marketing in Canada – Class (Mark 1031)
• NextGen:Now – The Future of Digital Messaging is Here (October 2011)
  • New Directions in Email Deliverability
• MAAWG – 22nd General Meeting (June 2011)
• Lexpert (May 2011 – Vancouver and Toronto )
  • Canada’s New Anti-Spam Legislation: A Very Wide Objective, a Very Wide Swath
• IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2011
  • e-Marketing Policy-Building Workshop
• eMKTG (March 2011) – London, ON
  • How to Manage a Profitable Email Marketing Campaign
• 2011 Email Evolution Conference (February 2011) (Full presentation – pdf)
  • Optimize Privacy and Best Practices: Inspire Compliance, Trust, & Customer Engagement
• Brighttalk: Passport to Email (January 2011)
  • A Global Perspective of Email & Privacy Laws (Archive)
• ESPC Members Call (January 2011)
  • Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation Seminar – Members Only
• ESPC Members Call (August 2010)
  • Canadian Anti-Spam Legislation Seminar – Members Only
• IAPP Canada Privacy Symposium 2010 (Toronto)
  • ECPA and it’s effect on Marketers
• MagNet (June 2008)
  • How To Manage A Profitable Email Campaign Program
• Canadian Marketing Association (May 2008)
  • The Future Of Email Deliverability
• Canadian Marketing Association (January 2007)
  • Email Delivery Best Practices
• Deliverability Summit
  • When: December 10, 2020
• Adaptive delivery in Canada, China and the EU
• Two Perspectives on Email Delivery (Engagement Trends in North America)
• Direct Marketing Association of Canada – Toronto, Ontario
  • CASL – Interpreting the New Canadian Anti-Spam Law for Marketers
• Canadian Institute AdLaw Conference – Toronto, ON
  • Workshop – In-Depth Pre-Program Training Session: The A to Z Guide to Prepare Your Organization for CASL
• BusinessCast.ca (February): Episode #96 Email Marketing for Entrepreneurs – Bootcamp Part 2
• BusinessCast.ca (January): Episode #93 Email Marketing for Entrepreneurs – Bootcamp Part 1
• BusinessCast.ca (August): Episode #64 – Blogging for Business
• BusinessCast.ca (July): Episode #57 – Email Marketing for Entrepreneurs

Articles

• Email Geeks Show – Matthew Vernhout, Principal Email Advisor, Email Industries – June 2024
• Kickbox – Email Predictions for 2025
• Validity – Email After Hours” podcast
• theMarketer – Season 1 Episode 8: Master Email Deliverability
• Email Industries – Beyond the Google Pixel Panic & iOS18 Upcoming Challenges
• MailModo – Enhancing Deliverability Post New Sender Guidelines
• Spam Resource – Spam Resource Spotlight: Matthew Vernhout
• The Business Storytelling Podcast – 256: What’s email deliverability and more email marketing chit-chat with Matthew Vernhout
• Email Experience Council – How to manage your email marketing operation in a time of crisis
• InboxArmy – Podcast Understanding Email Deliverability And How To Ensure Your Emails Reach Their Intended Destinations
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered – Video Series, Episode #4: All About Email Authentication
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered: B2B Deliverability Challenges
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered: Overrated Metrics
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered: Gmail Tabs
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered: Email List Management
• Kickbox – Email Deliverability Unfiltered: Help! I’m Stuck in the Spam Folder
• MailCharts – Should email marketers worry about IP reputation while pausing campaigns?
• Martech Series: Matthew Vernhout Joins Netcore as VP – Deliverability North America
• MediaPost: Netcore Names Vernhout As VP Deliverability, North America
• News Break: Matthew Vernhout Joins Netcore as VP – Deliverability North America
• ITBusinessEdge – The Top Three Security Issues for 2018
• Techaeris – Email security: A year in review in infographic form
• TechNewsWorld – Marcher Malware Poses Triple Threat to Android Users
• Doug Morneau (podcast) – Email Analytics From A Holistic Point Of View
• Mashable – How to make your email stand out from all the rest
• Permido – Why Promotional Email Usage and Privacy Are Inseparable
• PRNewswire: Matthew Vernhout, Industry Leading Expert on Deliverability, Privacy and Compliance Joins Netcore as VP – Deliverability North America
• BetaNews – Protecting email deliverability before and after a data breach
• BetaNews – Email: Year in review 2018
• Braze – Protect Your Email Program (And Your Customers) With Data Anonymization And Minimization
• Destination CRM – GDPR: A year Later
• Digital Trends – Yes, data is the new oil and the fight to reclaim it from tech giants starts now
• Digital Trends Español – La batalla por la privacidad de tus datos apenas está empezando
• Email Experience Council – EEC Launches: New Webpage and Resources for Consumers
• EContent Magazine – Global DMARC Adoption Report Reveals Nearly 80% of Companies Leave Consumer Data Vulnerable
• EContent Magazine – Mail Bombing Can Ruin Your Brand: Here’s How to Protect Your Reputation
• Forbs – 141 Cybersecurity Predictions For 2020
• Help Net Security – Companies still don’t understand the importance of DMARC adoption
• Help Net Security – How to combat delivery ramifications after a data breach
• Legaltech News – As Phishing Scams Evolve, Law Firms Lead Way in DMARC Defense
• Martech Advisor – Report Finds That 80% of Companies Leave Customer Data Vulnerable
• Mediapost – Email Marketing Daily: Who Has The Best Email Security? The Executive Branch
• OODA Loop – Phishing alert: 80% of companies lack DMARC policies to protect against spoofing
• POLITICO – BlueKeep exposure persists
• Security Boulevard – Delivering Email Post-Data Breach: 4 Tips for Avoiding the Impact
• TargetMarketing – 3 Ways to Combat Bad Email Deliverability Implications Post-Data Breach
• TechRepublic – Phishing alert: 80% of companies lack DMARC policies to protect against spoofing
• Threatpost – ThreatList: DMARC Adoption Nonexistent at 80% of Orgs
• ZDNet – DMARC’s abysmal adoption explains why email spoofing is still a thing
• ZDNet France- DMARC : le faible taux d’adoption contribue à la survie des emails contrefaits
• American Security today – Most Top Law Firms Worldwide Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks
• BusinessWire – Report Finds Almost 90 Percent of Top US Higher Education Institutions Fail to Protect Students and Faculty from Phishing Attacks
• BusinessWire – Report Reveals Nearly 70 Percent of SaaS 1000 Leave Consumers Vulnerable to Phishing Attacks
• BetaNews: Four ways to prevent an enterprise phishing attack
• ComputerWeekly – Most online retail sites put customers at risk of phishing
• ComputerWeekly – Lack of Dmarc email validation puts brands and customers at risk
• DZone – DZone Research: Keys to Security, Part 1
• DZone – DZone Research: Keys to Security, Part 2
• eCampusNews – How to prevent a phishing attack
• EContent Magazine – How the California Consumer Privacy Act May Impact the Digital Media Industry
• EdScoop – Higher ed particularly at risk of email phishing attacks, report finds
• GetApp – 3 reasons to fall in love with a data protection officer
• Help Net Security – Most top US higher ed institutions fail to protect students from phishing
• InfoSecurity Magazine – Most Top E-Retailers Open Customers to Phishing Attacks
• Infosecurity Magazine – Universities Lag in DMARC Adoption
• Lane Report – Report Finds Nearly 90 Percent of Higher Education Institutions Fail to Protect from Phishing Attacks
• La Tarde Marcher Malware presenta triple amenaza para los usuarios de Android (Spanish)
• MediaPost – College-Level Schools At Risk Of Phishing, Study Finds
• MediaPost – Top Law Firms Are Failing At Email Authentication
• MediaPost – Furniture Row Polishes Its Email Reputation
• MediaPost – E-Tailers Are Failing To Use DMARC: Study
• MediaPost EmailInsider –Global Sieve: Few Brands Have DMARC In Place, Especially In China
• Moveable Ink – Consent and Data Collection Under GDPR
• My Tech Decisions – US Universities and Colleges at Risk for Phishing Scams
• Northstar Meetings Group – 16 Ways to Keep Attendee Data Safe
• PaymentSource – PayThink Online retailers are too focused on customer experience over security
• Only Influencers –The Pre-Holiday Email Warm-Up
• Politico – Today: Critical industrial vulnerability uncovered
• Retail Drive – Report Finds Almost 90 Percent of Top US and EU Internet Retailer Domains Fail to Protect Consumers from Phishing Attacks
• Security Boulevard – 90% of online retailers expose customers to phishing attacks – research
• SPAMfighter News – Ecommerce Websites Commonly Miss Safeguarding Customers Against Phishing Attacks
• TechNewsWorld – Marcher Malware Poses Triple Threat to Android Users
• The Lane Report – Report finds nearly 90 percent of higher education institutions fail to protect from phishing attacks
• DMN.ca – CASL’s Impact on email marketers; acquisition, permission and more
• Marketing Magazine – Industry greets CASL with relief, challenges remain
• Profit Guide – Are You Prepared for New Anti-Spam Laws?
• Only Influencers – Email Authentication – You’re probably doing it wrong.
• Only Influencers – 9 deliverability questions to ask your email service provider
• Notable.ca – YPDaily: Matt Vernhout
• The Email Guide: FISA: Canadian anti-spam law compliance guide for marketers
• The Email Guide: Canadian anti-spam bill C-28 to get second reading
• BtoB Online: Highlights of proposed Canadian spam legislation (pdf)
• The Email Guide: Email Delivery is like a Night Club
• Deliverability.com: CAUCE North America Announces Renewed Corporate Sponsorship By Return Path Inc
• Deliverability.com: Canada’s Electronic Commerce Protection Act
• OneDegree.ca: Bill C-27 – A Checklist of To-Do’s
• OneDegree.ca: Manufacturing Success: A Book Review of “How Toyota Became #1”
• OneDegree.ca: Deal of the Day Email Newsletter – Matthew Vernhout’s 2008 Favourite Thing
• OneDegree.ca: Holiday Helpers
• OneDegree.ca: Leverage Personalization: Build on Your Existing Email
• OneDegree.ca: How to Leverage the Do Not Call List to Enhance Your Marketing
• OneDegree.ca: Ensuring Your Email Complies with Relevant Laws
• OneDegree.ca: Taking Transactional Email to Market
• OneDegree.ca: Applying Key Lessons from Industry Studies
• OneDegree.ca: Activation Emails: How to Make a Positive First Impression
• Deliverability.com: Don’t Let this happen to you
• Deliverability.com: Video in Email poll results
• OneDegree.ca: Optimizing Your Email List For Better Campaign Results
• OneDegree.ca: Using Email to Build Trust