Speakers
Please note that longer biographies are being published as blog posts.
 Greg Sterling is the founding principal of Sterling Market Intelligence (SMI), focused on how the Internet and mobile impact offline consumer behaviour and marketing. Before SMI, Sterling ran The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media program…(More) |
 Sebastien Provencher is VP Product Mgt and Co-Founder at Praized Media Inc. Prior to that he was a senior executive at Yellow Pages Group in Canada. He’s a Real-time Web and Social media aficionado. Local search, traditional media & Yellow Pages industry expert…(More) |
 Perry Evans is the founder and CEO of Closely, a start-up aimed at the live local marketing space. Previously Perry led the formation and development of MapQuest, Jabber and Local Matters…(More) |
 Mark Canon is Deputy CEO of Yell UK, responsible for sales and marketing for Yell’s UK print, online and mobile businesses. He has held senior roles in product development, marketing and technology in the online search and yellow pages businesses in the US… (More) |
 Meagan Marks is a London-based product strategist, social technology expert, and angel investor who loves improving people’s lives through technology…(More) |
 Antony Mayfield is author of Me and My Web Shadow & iCrossing‘s SVP Social Media, leading the agencies social web services and innovation efforts…(More) |
 Neal Polachek is president of BIA/Kelsey. With the company since 1998, Neal has led its foray into developing proprietary research initiatives that deliver a comprehensive and informed view of the local media and advertising sector… (More) |
 Stephen Leighton, founder and owner of leading gourmet coffee roaster Has Bean.To fully get an understanding of how Steve is using Social Media in furthering the success of Has Bean we suggest you Follow him on Twitter and watch episodes of In My Mug… (More) |
 David Ingram is co-founder and CEO of Brownbook. He spent around 10 years in traditional business directory firms (Thomson, Scoot, BT) before joining a file sharing startup in 2006 which provided the bridge from traditional publishing to the peer-produced model, before starting Brownbook in 2008… (More) |
 Robert Barnard has spent the last 15 years decoding youth, young adults and families. Since 1994 as a founder and CEO of DECODE, he has led a passionate team of decoders to discover and develop what’s next both in Toronto and London… (More) |
 Food critic Daniel Young, the “Young” in youngandfoodish, made his name covering the food scene in New York and Paris. Now he leads the action, hosting London events. He shares his latest discoveries via social media, tasting events, cookbooks and articles in leading magazines and newspapers… (More) |
 Tom Allason caught the startup bug in his teens and never recovered. In ’08 Tom founded Shutl, a web-service that connects retailers to local same-day courier companies enabling them to offer their customers immediate delivery of online purchases. Tom is the 2010 Shell LiveWIRE Young Entrepreneur for London & East of England… (More) |
