Speakers
Event Chair - David Smith
Chief Executive, Global Futures and Foresight
A futurologist, and Chief Executive of Global Futures and Foresight (GFF) - a strategic futures research organization. David’s diverse business career enables him to identify the issues and implications of their insights for organisations today. This work has made him recognisable as one of the world's leading futurists. His IT career spans 30 years ending as head of strategy for Unisys' $2bn financial services business.
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Phil Barden
MD, Decode Marketing Ltd
Phil has over 25 years client-side brand and marketing management experience. After 16 years with Unilever, rising to Marketing Director, he worked at Diageo and T-Mobile.
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Prof. Gemma Calvert, BSc DPhil CPsychol FRSA
Managing Director, Neurosense Limited
Gemma spent 4 years in the marketing industry as an account executive for FKB Carlson before returning to academe. She has a BSc in Psychology from the London School of Economics, and a DPhil in Functional Brain Imaging from the University of Oxford where she subsequently established and directed a specialist...
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Bruce Daisley
Director for YouTube & Display, Google UK
Bruce Daisley is Director for YouTube & Display at Google UK. In June 2010 New Media Age awarded Bruce 'The Greatest Individual Contribution to New Media' award.
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Mark Earls
Author and Founder, HERD Consulting
Mark Earls (AKA Herdmeister) is that rare thing: a marketing strategist who is passionate about consumer data, how we collect and interpret it.
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Paul Edwards
CEO, Europe, Hall & Partners
Following a market research apprenticeship with Unilever, Paul went clientside with Smith & Nephew and Pedigree Petfoods. Moving into advertising at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, he became head of Planning at Young & Rubicam and SPLintas.
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Karen Fraser
Director, Credos
Karen is Director of the advertising industry’s think-tank, Credos. Credos aims to understand advertising: its role and its value to UK society and the economy. Prior to this, Karen founded the Ethical Reputation Index, an independent tracker of consumers’ ethical opinions.
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Will Galgey
Global CEO, The Futures Company
Will leads The Futures Company and is responsible for driving our strategy and performance globally. While much of his time is spent supporting our different business units, he still finds time to get involved with client work, helping to unlock strategies for future success across the breadth of our foresight and futures offers.
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Wendy Gordon
Co-founder & Partner, Acacia Avenue
Wendy is a co-founder and partner at Acacia Avenue, a research and strategy consultancy. Wendy is a Fellow of the Market Research Society, a visiting professor at Birmingham Business School and has been honoured by the Women’s Advertising Club as one of its ‘Women of Achievement’.
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Dr David Halpern
Director, Behavioural Insights Team, Chief Strategy Adviser
Cabinet Office/No.10
Dr David Halpern is a senior fellow at the Institute for Government, currently on secondment to both No.10 and the Cabinet Office full time as Director, Behavioral Insights Team, Chief Strategy Advisor, Cabinet Office and support on the Big Society...
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Richard Huntington
Director of Strategy, Saatchi & Saatchi
Richard Huntington joined Saatchi & Saatchi in January 2008 as Director of Strategy.
Huntington is charged with delivering strategic solutions, effective creative ideas and senior counsel to clients. He reports in to Robert Senior and sits on the UK board.
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Mark Lund
Managing Partner, Now
Mark is a Managing Partner of communications agency Now.
He was Chief Executive of the Central Office of Information and Chairman of the Advertising Association.
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Henry Mason
Head of Research & Analysis, trendwatching.com
Head of Research & Analysis at trendwatching.com Henry Mason (27) is an accomplished trend watcher, consumer analyst, and presenter. He holds a first class degree in Politics & International Relations from the University of Nottingham, and has been fascinated for many years with understanding change, whether in society...
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mills™
CHIEF WONKA™, ustwo™
mills™, ustwo's CHIEF WONKA™ literally lives and breathes mobile as the self proclaimed King of Succailure™. He has launched creative apps which have sold globally in their hundreds. He openly talks nonsense and a few people listen.
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Nick Morris
CEO, Canvas8
Nick is a veteran of b2b media. After cutting his teeth in investment banking at Deutsche Bank, Nick moved to the media giant Emap where, as Head of Business Development, he was responsible for new product development.
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Rory Sutherland
Vice Chairman, Ogilvy Group UK, London
Born in Usk, Monmouthshire in 1965, Rory read Classics at Christ’s College, Cambridge, before joining Ogilvy as a Graduate Trainee in 1988. After 18 months spent as the world’s worst account handler (as a desperate remedial measure he was once booked onto a time management course, but got the date wrong) Rory became a copywriter in June 1990.
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