Anthony is based in London serving Interactive Marketing Professionals worldwide and specializes in emerging technologies, LBM, analytics, mobile and EMEA.

Before joining Forrester, Anthony worked as an independent consultant for numerous telecom and media publishers in Europe covering mobile, television, and Web. This work included delivering marketing strategies, research, product development, sCRM, and prototypes for the BBC, Vodafone Global, Deutsche Telekom, and many other leading brands.

Twitter handle : @ant_mull

James Thrower, Publisher, IPC Media

Natasha Conetta Senior Customer Communications Manager, Virgin Media

Ken’s involvement over the past few years has been specifically in the area of private equity investing in the mobile sector, and his previous experience in developing telecoms, IT and web commerce business strategies spans 25+ years.

His recent focus has been on the emerging new media content, applications and commerce methodologies, and the merging of these with the ubiquitous, personal access of mobile.

Jess cut her entrepreneurial teeth as the first hire at fast growth travel start-up isango.com where she was Head of Partnerships prior to moving on to manage  business development and supplier marketing in EMEA for Alibaba.com, the Chinese e-commerce sit,  on its launch into the region.

In 2010 she set up Integritour, the first responsible tourism company in Western Kenya. She has an MA in Ancient & Modern History from the University of Oxford.

With over 7 years’ experience in CRM database, email and mobile marketing, Ryan was a founding member of the RAPP Data function in the London agency and understands how to get the most out of customer data and message delivery platforms. 

At RAPP there is a saying that ‘Data Ignites Creativity’ – Ryan helps bridge the gap between data, technology, planning and creative.  He loves seeing how creative teams can come up with something amazing based on some extra insight, data or content he’s worked to uncover.

Antoine Brachet, Marketing Director, Total Immersion

Lester Madden has been involved with mobile technologies for 15 years. He was a product evangelist for Microsoft, travelling Europe and talking about smartphone development at conferences.

He also has held marketing or developer focused roles at Skype, Nokia, Symbian and Orange. In April 2009 he started blogging on augmented reality and has been involved with the community since.

Martin is an advertising and mobile specialist having led numerous mobile companies and start ups over the last 9 years. He previously ran many of the international offices for Leo Burnett in Asia, the Middle East and USA.

He is leading the acquisition of a suite of mobile applications and platforms for deployment in sport as part of Sports Revolution’s ‘Future Fan Engagement’ strategy. 

With a hybrid background in computer science and the arts, Sander Veenhof (1973, NL) has been exploring the boundaries of augmented reality in numerous ways. Examplary for his approach was the “Manifest.AR” guerilla exhibition, uninvited placed on all floors of the iconic MoMA museum in New York.

Besides the technical possibilities and opportunities, the event also showcased the radical new social and organisational consequences of the existence of a virtual parallel universe, accessible by a growing user-base of smartphone owners.

Julian Harris manages developer relations for Qualcomm in Europe, India, China, and Latin America.

His team is responsible for recruiting application developers to supply a distribution network which includes 250m+ addressable devices, 70+ device manufacturers, 1,400+ handset models, and 50m+ transactions per month.

Maani Safa, a rising star in the mobile industry, has over 10 years experience and a rich background in building cutting edge web products for some of the world’s leading brands. Maani is a true innovation and product specialist.

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Stuart Thompson, Business Development Director at Kudan, coined as the UKs hottest tech consultancy. Kudan bring the best of Japanese and UK technologies together, specialising in mobile Augmented Reality solutions and related digital services.

Kudan deliver solutions based on technology that best fits the purpose, this allows Kudan to develop best of breed bespoke solutions that often push technology and the AR sector.

James Alliban is a media artist, augmented reality specialist and international speaker from London, UK. He is primarily concerned with building installations, mobile art apps and online tools that allow users to express themselves creatively. James has become a well known figure in the world of AR for his innovative and abstract approach to the technology.

Andy has spent the last eight years covering the impact of digital on business and society. He joined us in December 2011 as Editor for Innovation to launch 12ahead. Andy was previously editor of Revolution magazine and deputy editor of Marketing.

Keiichi Matsuda (BSc. MArch) is a designer and film-maker. He began working with video during his Masters of Architecture at the Bartlett school (UCL) as a critical tool to understand, construct and represent space.

Keiichi's research examines the implications of emerging technologies for human perception and the built environment, focusing on the integration of media into everyday life.