Speakers
List of Speakers-
Valerie Pinto
CEO, Perfect Relations
Valerie Pinto is the Chief Executive Officer of Perfect Relations. She has been with Perfect Relations for the past 13 years and her experience spans across Corporate and Financial Communications, M...
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Vinay Gupta
Chairman, Via.com
Vinay Gupta is the founder of Via (formerly Flight raja). He has built a unique B2B model that enables the smallest shop owner to book travel tickets as well as the largest customers to research and...
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Sukanya Ghosh
Global Head of Corporate Communications, Infosys
Sukanya has spent close to two decades managing Corporate Communications portfolios at PR agencies and multi nationals like IBM and HSBC. Today she leads the Communication efforts for Infosys global...
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Nikhil Dey
President (Public Relations), Genesis Burson Marsteller
Nikhil Dey is President (Public Relations) of Genesis Burson Marsteller, bringing over 15 year's client side and agency experience to the role. A post-graduate in Economics from Loyola College, Chen...
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Lisa Ashworth
President EMEA & India
Lisa Ashworth, Chief Executive Officer for PR Newswire across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Israel and India joined PR Newswire in July 2002. Ashworth is responsible for the strategic direction of th...
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Katrina Megget
Senior Reporter, PharmaTimes
Katrina Megget is the Senior Reporter at PharmaTimes Magazine, writing news and features on the pharmaceutical industry and global healthcare environment. She has written about the industry for more...
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Trish Halpin
Editor-in-Chief
Trish Halpin has been Editor-in-Chief of IPC’s flagship glossy Marie Claire since September 2009. She joined the company in 2006 as editor of InStyle and for the seven years prior to this she...
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Justine Southall
Publishing Director
Justine Southall’s publishing experience spans many years in both print and digital. She was appointed publishing director for the glossy flagship brand Marie Claire in May 2011. She previous...
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Xabier Fortes
Periodista y presentador, La Noche en 24 horas (TVE)
Ha desarrollado toda su tarea profesional en medios públicos, primero en Radiocadena Española y Radio Nacional, y después en TVE. En 1997 presentó los informativos del ce...
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Isabel Saracho
Socia directora, Saracho & Team
Con una dilatada experiencia en comunicación corporativa y habiendo trabajado en consultorías como Burson-Marsteller y Bassat Ogilvy, su trayectoria también incluye el mundo del...
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Asís Martín de Cabiedes
Presidente ejecutivo, Europa Press
Previo a su incorporación a la agencia en 1994 desarrolló parte de su carrera profesional en Londres y ya en España ocupó el puesto de director general del banco de Fomen...
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Caroline Sarrot Lecarpentier
International Communications, Rémy Martin
Après une formation à l'EFAP et un premier job en agence de RP, Caroline Sarrot Lecarpentier choisit rapidement sa voie chez l'annonceur, en démarrant sa carrière chez No...
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Sandrine Plasseraud
Directrice Générale France, we are social
Sandrine Plasseraud est directrice générale de l'agence conversationnelle We Are Social France, une agence spécialisée dans les médias sociaux et qui compte parmi...
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Stéphane Delfour
Directeur vidéo, AFP
Stéphane est le directeur vidéo d'AFP-Services, filiale corporate de l'AFP. Au cours de son parcours à l'AFP, Stéphane a notamment créé le départemen...
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Peter Quiguer
Community Manager, Afnor
Diplômé de l'école de journalisme de Londres, Peter Quiguer a commencé sa carrière en PQR puis a intégré le secteur de l'économie sociale et so...
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Bernard Pellegrin
Director adjoint de I'nformation, AFP
Bernard est aujourd'hui directeur adjoint de l'Information de l'Agence France-Presse. A l'AFP, il a été journaliste politique, chef du service des Informations Générales,...
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Lucia Adams
Digital Development Editor, The Times
As The Times' digital development editor, Lucia drives development across web, tablet and smartphone. Working closely with journalists and stakeholders in technology, marketing and the wider buisn...
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Ruth Barnett
Political Producer for Sky News Online
Ruth is currently a political producer for Sky News Online. In addition to writing breaking political stories, she played a major role in our coverage of the General Election and curated our real-ti...
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David Rowan
Editor of Wired Magazine
David Rowan is editor of the UK edition of Wired magazine, which won 2009 Launch of the Year at the British Society of Magazine Editors Awards. He has edited The Guardian's websites, written tech a...
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Tom Whitwell
Assistant Editor, Times Online
Tom Whitwell is Assistant Editor of The Times, with responsibility for Online. Over the last 18 months, he's been developing Times Online and building the new paid-for site which successfully launc...
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Matthew Whalley
Technology Content Director, Edelman
Matthew Whalley joined Edelman as Technology Content Director in July 2010. His role involved creating content strategies, planning on behalf of various international clients and enhancing their ov...
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Jonathan Fildes
Editor, Future at BBC Worldwide
Jonathan is the editor of Future, the new science, technology and health site from the BBC. He is the former technology editor of the BBC News website and a long-standing multiplatform journalist u...
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Paul Wooding
MD, Technology, Red Consultancy
Paul joined Red in March 2012 as Managing Director of the Technology practice. He has nearly 20 years of journalism and PR experience, rooted mainly in technology PR (consumer and B2B) but also vide...
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Adrian Barrick
CEO, UBM Built Environment
Adrian has been chief executive of UBM’s built environment business since 2008. He also chairs Project Caxton, the UBM-wide group tasked with determining the future of the company’s pub...
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Robin Elias of ITV News
Managing Editor of ITV News
Robin Elias is one of the leading news professionals in the business. He is Managing Editor of ITV News and was appointed as the launch editor for the Setanta Sport News Channel. The former roving...
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Jennifer O'Grady
Founder - Democracy PR
PR practitioner and a digital evangelist, Jennifer has 13 years experience of working in the industry. During that time, she has scooped awards for consumer PR campaigns working on the nation’...
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Paul Gallagher
Head of Online Content, Manchester Evening News
Paul Gallagher is head of online content at MEN Media, publisher of the Manchester Evening News. He oversees the flagship site www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk, which is the UK's biggest regional ne...
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Michael Pranikoff
Global Director of Emerging Media, PR Newswire
Michael Pranikoff, Global Director of Emerging Media at PR Newswire, is responsible for educating PR Newswire staff and customers about the role of emerging media in marketing / and communications....
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Oliver Ralph
UK Companies Editor, Financial Times
Oliver Ralph started his career with Euromoney Publications, before moving to Investors Chronicle as a companies reporter in 2000. He held a number of positions at Investors Chronicle, including sma...
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Doug Wills
Managing Editor of The London Evening Standard
Doug Wills is Managing Editor of the London Evening Standard. His role involves working closely with the editor Geordie Greig and all editorial executives. He deals with circulation, advertising a...