The largest global virtual event for internal communicators and digital workplace specialists
The event presents a unique opportunity for your entire team to come together, learn, seek support and network and develop your knowledge and skills.
KEYNOTE
Georgie Barrat
Tech Journalist & TV Presenter
<strong>georgie barratt, tech journalist & tv presenter</strong>
Georgie Barrat is a leading technology journalist and broadcaster. Presenter of The Gadget Show, she is a regular writer for The Mirror, Tech City News and The Huffington Post. A lover of all things tech, Georgie is devoted to getting more girls into STEM careers, and to helping businesses to understand millennials. Georgie is also ITV’s Weekend tech expert, making regular appearances on Channel 5’s The Saturday Show to comment on the latest tech stories.
KEYNOTE
Greg Williams
Editor-in-Chief, WIRED UK
<strong>greg williams, editor-in-chief, wired uk</strong>
Greg Williams is a leading authority on technology trends and how those impact business and society. As Editor-in-Chief of WIRED, Greg meets the innovators, thinkers, scientists, entrepreneurs and creatives who are changing the world and writes on a variety of subjects, including innovation, technology, business, creativity and ideas. As a journalist and author of five novels, Greg possesses a unique combination of storytelling expertise and in-depth knowledge of the future of technology and entrepreneurship. He speaks on aspects such as the internet of things, smartphones as a remote control for life, wearables, hardware as the new software, robotics and artificial intelligence, the power shift from top-down to distributed models, e-commerce, data and why old business models don’t work.
KEYNOTE
Kristin Graham
IC Expert, Speaker & Facilitator
Kristin Graham, IC Expert, Speaker & Facilitator, Independent
Kristin is a frequent trainer and speaker on the topic of communications, productivity, and information science to corporations, universities, and online courses. As part of her #CommsReset, Kristin left Amazon in March to take part in the conversations on how internal communications is transitioning and transforming.
KEYNOTE
Dhruti Shah
Award-Winning Journalist & Author
Dhruti Shah, Journalist & Author
Dhruti Shah is an award-winning journalist with a talent for spotting and creatively telling original stories. She is an “ideas factory” with extensive international experience in global newsrooms, building social media strategies and digital reportage in a variety of fields. She was trained in newspapers before moving to the BBC where she has spent the last 13 years of her career. She studied English at Oxford University; is an Ochberg Fellow at the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University, New York; and has a Rotary International Peace Fellowship. She is a member of the Women of the Future network, the Clore Cultural Leaders Network and the Society of Authors. Her debut book, a bestselling reference guide which demystifies financial jargon, is called Bear Markets and Beyond: A Bestiary of Business Terms, is out now.
Here are some of the speakers due to join us. Inspiring and entertaining audience members in equal measure. More to be announced soon!
Marc Wright
Founder, simplycommunicate
marc wright, founder, simplycommunicate
Marc Wright is an expert in corporate communications who has been following worldwide trends in enterprise digital and setting the pace of the digital workplace in the UK. He is founder and publisher of www.simply-communicate.com the website used by 7,000 communicators each month to keep up to date with developments in the fast-changing world of corporate communications. He advises on the implementation of social media inside organisations through his seminars and annual conferences.
Jonathan Phillips
Head of Consulting, simplycommunicate
jonathan phillips, head of consulting, simplycommunicate
Jonathan Phillips is a digital strategy consultant, focusing on communication, collaboration and digital workplace technologies. With 20 years blue-chip experience, he is a regular keynote speaker, contributor to the digital community and a recognised global expert.
Annique Simpson
Change Communications business partner & Journalist
annique simpson, change communications business partner & journalist
Annique Simpson is an award-winning internal communications business partner with experience spanning property, telecommunications, banking, and healthcare. She holds a BSc in Psychology, a journalism postgraduate diploma, and a CIPR Internal Communications postgraduate certificate.
Jim Ylisela
Co-owner & Managing Partner, Ragan Consulting Group
jim ylisela, co-owner & managing partner. ragan consulting group
Jim Ylisela is a co-founder and senior partner of RCG. He’s an award-winning veteran Chicago journalist and a former publisher of Ragan.com. He brings more than 30 years of experience in writing, editing, communications research and consulting. Ylisela has designed and organized newsrooms for many organizations, including Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, where he served as a faculty member and co-director of Medill News Service from 1988 to 2001.
Christina Fee
Director,
Fourtold
Christina Fee, Director, Foretold
Christina is a senior communications specialist with more than 30 years’ experience working for some of the world’s biggest brands in the UK and overseas, including Guinness, The AA, DHL/DeutschePost, The BBC, easyJet, eBay, Bupa, McLaren & DS Smith Plc. She has developed and led large-scale corporate communications programmes for major mergers & acquisitions; culture change initiatives, international re-branding campaigns, leadership development and communications skills training programmes, plus a multitude of global engagement campaigns. She is used to working at all levels, from chairmen and politicians, to CEOs, board directors, and other senior executives – right through to people on the front-line.
Cai Kjaer
CEO,
SWOOP Analytics
Cai Kjaer, CEO, SWOOP Analytics
Cai Kjaer is the Co-founder and CEO of SWOOP Analytics and is a subject matter expert on measuring collaboration. SWOOP is a leading global enterprise social network analytics platform that uses data from Microsoft Teams, Yammer and Workplace by Facebook to help organisations and their people to become better collaborators. SWOOP have also collaborated with leading universities such as Stanford, Sydney University and Griffith University to ensure that metrics are evidence-based and valid. With more than 150 organisations participating SWOOP also runs the world’s largest independent benchmarking study of Yammer, Teams and Workplace which provides for a very deep understanding of how people collaborate, and how to make them better and faster.
Geri Rhoades
President, 2-Minute Communicator
<strong>Geri Rhoades, President, 2-Minute Communicator</strong>
Geri Rhoades, PhD, has been a leader in the communications industry for over 30 years. She has held numerous positions on both the corporate and consulting sides of the business and has built several internal and external communications organizations―including one of the first corporate change management departments in the United States. Geri helped bring Melcrum’s black belt programme to the US and created line management communications programmes for global organisations.
Andrew Fitzmaurice
CEO,
Templar Executives
<strong>Andrew Fitzmaurice, CEO, Templar Executives</strong>
Andrew is CEO of Templar Executives, an international, award winning Cyber Security advisory company; he leads an expert management team delivering world-class consultancy services and solutions. Andrew specialises in government and commercial sector board-level engagements and transformational change programmes to enhance business performance.
A thought leader and accomplished speaker and author, Andrew is regularly invited to contribute and speak on Cyber Security, Information Assurance and Governance topics, and has featured widely in the UK and international media. He is a Visiting Professor at Oxford University and an Expert Advisor to the Global Cyber Capacity Building Centre based at the Oxford Martin School at Oxford University.
He is also advising on the FCDO Commonwealth Cyber Security Programme as a mentor to Ministers and works closely with the Department for International Trade (DIT).
Andrew’s background includes 18 years in the military specialising in air command and control. He has worked in the Cabinet Office where he set up and ran the Office of the Government Senior Information Risk Owner (OGSIRO).
Andrew has also been closely involved in authoring key publications and policies including: The Data Handling Review; The IA Diagnostic Methodology; the Ministry of Defence Information Assurance Strategy; and the UK’s National Information Assurance/Cyber Security strategies.
Dev Mistry
IC Executive, Virgin Media
Dev Mistry, Internal Communications Executive, Virgin Media
Midlands born and bred, Dev is a young communications professional based in London. After graduating from Bournemouth University in 2015, where he studied Public Relations, Dev now specialises in relationship management and engagement. Currently at Virgin Media, Dev works on embedding the companies Purpose and engaging teams across the Consumer division and also wider business. Dev has also worked across PR and CSR, in the automotive, technology and entertainment industries. Outside of work, Dev is involved in a number of voluntary projects for underrepresented ethnic groups and LGBTQ+ communities.
Sarah Meurer
Vice President Global Internal Comms, Elsevier
sarah meurer, vice president global internal comms, elsevier
Sarah is an expert director with 20 years’ experience in corporate communications specialising in strategy and planning. Previous roles include Director of Customer Communications National Grid, Head of Internal Communications for the Department for business, Innovation and Skills and Director of Communications for GSK.
Matt Holder
Global Communications & Engagement Director, EY
matt holder, global communications & engagement director, ey
Matt leads Global Communications and Engagement at EY, with overall responsibility for a global network of CE program leads and their teams. He has 25 years’ experience in journalism and corporate communications across a range of employers including regional media, the BBC, BT, Prudential, Diageo, GSK, and the John Lewis Partnership.
Clare Clark
Associate Director, Comms & Engagement Digital Transformation, EY
clare clark, associate director, comms & engagement digital transformation, ey
Clare is passionate about leveraging technology and audience insights to deliver innovative and effective internal communications channels designed to reach, engage and inspire. Her strategic and creative approach to channels and content has delivered award-winning solutions in the media sector, as well as engaging hard to reach workforces in engineering and construction industries. In her role as Digital Transformation Leader at EY, Clare is responsible for shaping channel strategy to deliver an exceptional EY experience to their 300,000 colleagues across 150 countries. Most recently, that’s included leading the strategy, design and delivery of a new global intranet, aimed at supporting the organisation’s purpose of Building a Better Working World.
Kimberly Henderson
Digital Workplace Lead, Mars
kimberly henderson, digital workplace lead, mars
As Digital Workplace Technology Leader at Mars, Kimberly Henderson leads cross-segment, cross-functional, global collaboration and change management initiatives ranging from agile proofs of practice, piloted early adopter engagement and awareness, to scaled technology deployments. More specifically, she is connecting integrated Roadmaps to transform social ambiguity while folding in next generation technology (e.g., mobile apps, chatbot, and analytics) through digital capabilities and initiatives corporatewide. Over the past 7 years at Mars, she partnered with industry leaders to bring external insights and latest trends evolving in digital social connectivity to identify gaps in collaboration by leading design thinking workshops to clearly define digital strategies that challenge and influence a change.
Amrit Nijjar
Inclusion & Belonging Manager, Tarmac
amrit nijjar, inclusion & belonging manager, tarmac
Previously an award winning engagement and communications professional with over 15 years of experience, Amrit uses these expertise to help embed Inclusion and Diversity action plans within her company.
Brian Callihan
Regional Director for Technical Expertise, Support & President, Dow
brian callihan, regional director for technical expertise, support & president, dow
Brian Callihan is the Greater North American Regional Technical Expertise and Support Director for Dow, Inc. Brian also serves as the President of the Dow Engineering Company. Brian has been in leadership roles for 15 years, guiding teams that ranged in size from 5 to 500 people. His unique perspective on the role of communication in management lends valuable context to our discussion.
Prior to his current assignment, Brian served in a number of roles throughout manufacturing, moving between Dow’s facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, The Netherlands, and Saudi Arabia. Brian has a BS and MS in Chemical Engineering from Oklahoma State University, and currently resides in Midland, Michigan.
Dave Bowman
Product Director, Fresh
dave bowman, product director, fresh
David Bowman works as product director for Fresh – an intranet and digital workspace for Office 365 at tier 1 Microsoft Gold Partner Content + Cloud. David has worked with Microsoft for over 15 years and has been responsible for 100’s of intranet and collaboration solution implementations for Content + Cloud customers.
Christopher McNulty
Director of Product Marketing, Microsoft
christopher mcnulty, director of product marketing, microsoft
Chris McNulty is Director of Product Marketing for Microsoft 365, Knowledge/Content Services, and Microsoft Viva. Chris’s experience as CTO includes companies such as Dell and Quest Software. He was first recognized as a SharePoint MVP in 2013, and led the consulting practice at Knowledge Management Associates, a US based Microsoft Gold Partner. A frequent speaker at events around the globe, Chris is the author of the “SharePoint 2013 Consultant’s Handbook” among other works. Chris holds an MBA from Boston College in Investment Management and has over twenty years’ experience with John Hancock, State Street, GMO, and Santander. He blogs at https://techcommunity.microsoft.com and co-hosts the Intrazone podcast at https://aka.ms/TheIntrazone.
Brianne McClure
Brand Marketing Content Manager, Keysight Technologies
brianne mcclure, brand marketing content manager, keysight technologies
Bio coming soon
Sam Dolan
Creative Director & Co-Founder, Attollo
sam dolan, creative director & co-founder, attollo
A talented and creative web, UX & UI specialist with 18 years of design experience, 13 of those in the SharePoint industry. With a sole focus on the SharePoint UI & UX he is the co-founder & Creative Director of Attollo and is responsible for the entire product design, usability and overall user experience of Attollo Intranet. Sam has previously been a speaker at a range of different conferences & community events.
Karen Kadin
Managing Partner, Brands at Work
karen kadin, managing partner, brands at work
Karen is the co-founder of the award-winning experiential communications agency, Brands at Work. Brands at Work was just named 2020’s Challenger Agency of the Year by EVCOM, a leading events industry association.
From live, virtual and hybrid events and brand experiences to employee engagement and cultural change programmes; Karen has over 20 years’ experience leading transformational communications campaigns. She has had the privilege of working with leading multinational corporations across a diverse range of sectors including Healthcare, Financial and Professional Services, FMCG and Tech. Her passion is to help companies become better storytellers and in so doing, build vibrant brand communities from the inside out.
Becky Graebe
Senior Director of Communication Strategy, Dynamic Signal
becky graebe, senior director of communication strategy, dynamic signal
Bio coming soon
Katherine Spencer
Internal Communications Senior Advisor, BBC Studios
katherine spencer, internal communications senior advisor, bbc studios
Bio coming soon
Jonathan Elliot
Head of Internal Communications & Engagement, BBC Studios
jonathan elliot, head of internal communications & engagement, bbc studios
Bio coming soon
Vicki Davies
Director of Internal Communication, Highways England
vicki davies, director of internal communication, highways england
Vicki Davies is Director of Internal Communication at Highways England. From a career that began as a journalist, with by-lines in national and international newspapers and magazines, Vicki moved into public relations. Her career in internal communications after attending an internal communications conference more than 20 years ago.
Since then Vicki has worked with numerous organisations to support internal communication and staff engagement.
Leigh Barlow
Employee Engagement, DVSA
leigh barlow, employee engagement, dvsa
Leigh Barlow looks after employee engagement for DVSA, part of the Civil Service, having previously worked in commercial organisation and the third sector. He has experience designing and implementing internal surveys and running employee conferences.
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