Charlie founded C Squared Communications in 2002 and the company began by working on a variety of consultancy projects for clients including Adidas, Emap, Eurosport, Kantar Group, Initiative Media and the World Federation of Advertisers. Not long after, Charlie began a series of business launches that earned him the title of "international pioneer" in a 2005 poll by the readers of Campaign Magazine. This eventually led him to successfully negotiate a license deal with Emap PLC and, just two months later, conclude a round of venture capital funding. Charlie is now CEO of C Squared Holdings Ltd and the company is one of the UK's fastest growing specialist publishers. The Group is comprised of three companies: C Squared Communications Ltd (Media & Marketing Europe, Cream magazine, Cream Masterclass and www.cmdglobal.com); C Squared Events Ltd (The Venice Festival of Media) and C Squared Partnerships Ltd (C Squared's training and consultancy arm).

Charlie has become a well-known entrepreneur within the media industry and is asked to speak at conferences and seminars around the world. He has been a consultant to Sanoma Magazines, Discovery Networks and The Economist and has written for the Financial Times, Admap, The Internationalist and Ideas magazine.

Charlie graduated from New College, Oxford University, with a degree in Politics, Philosophy and Economics (PPE), and started his career as a parliamentary researcher for the Rt. Hon Tony Benn MP, one of the UK's best-known political figures. Shortly after, he joined the editorial team of Euromoney magazine where he became a fleeting expert in Europe's municipal bond markets and in the trading of UK Gilts. Charlie then joined Media & Marketing Europe magazine where he eventually became one of the youngest ever Editors of an Emap business publication – a role that developed his knowledge of the global media and advertising industry.

Outside of work, Charlie plays the drums in a London-based rock band; he loves wine and cooking and he buys more books than he reads. Charlie is married and spends whatever time there is left with his two daughters, Edie Grace and Martha Rose.

Alastair is one of the UK's best-known media journalists and now works for C Squared as a permanent part-time writer. His main responsibility is as the Editor of Cream Magazine and which he has managed from its launch in May 2005. Alastair is responsible for finding the candidates for Cream's quarterly directory section, commissioning features and overall production. Alastair also writes for C Squared's contract publishing projects. Alastair studied Earth Sciences at Oxford University and went on to the Centre of Journalism Studies in Cardiff. Before going freelance, Alastair was Deputy Editor of Media Week, the UK's leading media weekly.

Tom Himpe (ºSept 1976, Bruges, Belgium) combined three full-length studies over the course of seven years. As a result, he is a Master in Audiovisual Arts (option film), Master in Economic Sciences (specialisation Marketing Management) and Master in Communication Sciences (specialisation in Political Sciences).

He joined the Brussels-based full-service communication agency Duval Guillaume (www.duvalguillaume.com) in 2001, where he was responsible for outlining and safeguarding the communication strategies of brands such as Douwe Egberts (Sara Lee), Senseo, Stella Artois, Guylian Chocolates, Hyundai, Ricard, Quick.

In 2005, he became Head of Strategy & Media at mortierbrigade (www.mortierbrigade.com), an integrated, innovative, new-school communication agency in Brussels. During his time, the agency was awarded best agency of the year in Belgium and won several prestigious international awards for best integrated campaigns (among others Clio, the One Show and the London International Awards). He was also responsible for the start-up of productbrigade (www.productbrigade.com), a company specialized in product development & innovation, in partnership with a renowned product development company in Belgium.

In 2006, Tom joined the Naked forces in London (www.nakedcomms.com) as Senior Strategist, where he is working for among others Western Union, Nokia, Unilever and Gap.

Tom is the author and editor of the illustrated book  'Advertising is Dead, Long Live Advertising'. Thames & Hudson are responsible for global publishing (special versions for Germany, UK, US & Belgium/Holland). The book gives an overview of more than 230 of the world's most innovative & surprising communication campaigns throughout recent years, covering terrains such as ambient, guerrilla, online, experiential, consumer-generated content, and others.

Tom is contributing editor for Cream Magazine.

Cammie Dunaway joined Yahoo! in June 2003 as chief marketing officer, responsible for leading Yahoo!'s worldwide branding efforts and driving the company's product marketing initiatives. A seasoned executive with over 20 years of marketing experience, Dunaway oversees all of Yahoo!'s consumer, enterprise and partnership marketing initiatives, from brand and marketing communications to product planning and positioning to execution of customer acquisition and retention strategies.

In 2005, Dunaway oversaw Yahoo!'s tremendously successful 10^th year anniversary campaign, including a massive global marketing and branding initiative that the Promotional Marketing Association recognized with the 2006 Gold Reggie Award. Dunaway's numerous other achievements at Yahoo! have included the launch of Yahoo! Music Unlimited at the Yahoo! Music Penthouse in Miami for the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards and Yahoo!'s global “Life Engine" advertising campaign in 2004. Dunaway also led the Yahoo! Personals “Live Billboard" campaign, which won the 2005 Gold Effie Award and was recognized by Mediaweek as the “Best Out of Home" marketing campaign of the year. She was named as one of the 100 Top Marketers by Advertising Age and has led Yahoo! to numerous industry recognitions including the Clio Awards, the Obie Awards and the Promo PRO Awards.

Prior to joining the company, Dunaway spent 13 years at Frito-Lay, supervising prominent brands such as Doritos, Cheetos, Lays, Ruffles and Rold Gold Pretzels. Dunaway holds a B.S. in business administration from the University of Richmond and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

She is married to Lendy Dunaway and has one son Davis.  She is actively involved with the San Jose Tech Museum and serves on the board of Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley, as well as the board for the American Marketing Association (AMA).

Christopher Curtin has over eleven years of experience working at The Walt Disney Company, where he has been responsible for some of the company's most high-profile projects and has held a variety of senior executive positions.

Since 2005, Christopher has been a senior executive in the Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. As Vice President, Global New Media, Christopher is responsible for directing Disney's theme parks marketing initiatives through new media and digital distribution channels such as video on demand (VOD), digital video recording (DVR), mobile technology, video downloading/streaming, and instant messaging. Christopher's responsibilities have a global reach, involving the new media marketing plans and strategies of the parks in Orlando, Anaheim, Paris, Disneyland, Hong Kong, and the off-shore properties operated by the Disney Cruiselines. As Vice President, Global New Media, Christopher has structured and implemented a 24 hour Video on Demand parks channel launched on the Comcast digital platform and with Apple, Yahoo, Verizon, and AOL.

From 2003 until 2005, Christopher was General Manager and Vice President of The Muppet Holding Company (a division within Disney). The youngest General Manager in Disney, Christopher designed a five year strategic plan that included the roll-out of original entertainment (with appearances on a wide range of programming including Good Morning America and Saturday Night Live), revitalized consumer product and home video lines of business, and an international expansion of The Muppets franchise. Since joining the Disney family and operating under the five year strategic plan, The Muppets have enjoyed a 40% surplus of operating income for FY 2005, and are on course to return triple digit revenue growth for FY 2006 with anticipated retail revenue sales of over $500 million by Year 2009.

From 2000 until 2003, Christopher was Vice President, Corporate Synergy and Special Projects, at Disney, acting as special advisor to CEO Michael Eisner and coordinating the Company's marketing and cross-divisional priorities. The youngest corporate Vice President at Disney, Christopher helped ensure the successful launch of motion pictures, cable channels, themed attractions, television lineups, and consumer product lines. Christopher was responsible for special projects, such as the creation of the Disney Super Bowl (2003) commercial and holiday television specials, and worked with the parks and resorts division on multiple ABC Primetime Preview Weekends and the 100 Years of Magic celebration.

From 1995 until 2000, Mr. Curtin served as a Director of Government Relations for The Walt Disney Company in Washington, D.C., representing the company's interests in the merger of America Online and Time Warner before the Federal Trade Commission, Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Congress. Christopher was significantly involved in supporting enactment of the Sonny Bono Copyright Act, extending the copyright term extension for intellectual property including Mickey Mouse.

Prior to joining Disney, Mr. Curtin worked for the crisis communications firm Robinson Lake Sawyer Miller.   His clients included, among others, American Express, Exxon-Mobil, and Tyson Foods.

Christopher is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and Denison University.   He resides in Pasadena, California, with his wife and their daughter.

An innovative business thinker and dynamic team builder, Jennifer Neal is one of the key leaders of PHD's management team. Her unparallelled performance has helped drive business and transform PHD into an ideas based culture that contributes to its clients overall business objectives. PHD taps into new and emerging media, branded content and cross-platform promotions to foster new ideas and strategies for their client roster.

Currently Jen has managerial and account responsibilities across PHD East. Previously she was the Account Lead with primary responsibility for both the on and off-line media planning and buying assignments for all 14 of the Discovery Communications Networks. Jen has built, led and motivated her team to create unique and impactful media strategies to engage the DCI network's diverse audiences.

Jen's background is firmly rooted in the sports and entertainment arena. Prior to joining PHD two years ago Jen held posts as the Worldwide Group Account Director for the Reebok International business at the Arnell Group and as a Director of Marketing Partnerships for the NBA/WNBA.

As the youngest of five children, Jen has always been a part of a team and is a classic “overachiever."  She earned a scholarship to Georgetown where she captained the Women's Basketball team while pursuing her Marketing Degree from the business school.

Jen was recently included in Ad Age's 40 Under 40 and Television Week's 2006 Hot List.

Scott Donaton is publisher of Advertising Age and Creativity, overseeing the business and editorial strategies and operations for those media brands across all platforms, including print, online, video and conferences.

Ad Age is the world's leading brand of news, information and data on advertising, marketing and media. Creativity is the definitive showcase of brand-driven creative work.

Before being named publisher in February 2007, Donaton served as associate publisher and editorial director, with a primary responsibility for such high-growth areas as events and conferences; digital new-product development; and global licensing. Prior to that, he spent seven years as the award-winning editor of Advertising Age, overseeing editorial strategy and day-to-day operations of the weekly Ad Age and its real-time online edition.

In 2006, Donaton was named one of the “21 Most Intriguing People in Media" by MIN Magazine, which noted in a profile that he “has the uncanny ability to anticipate the next thing." Donaton was inducted into the American Advertising Federation's Advertising Hall of Achievement recognizing the work of executives under 40, and now sits on the AAF board. He was the 2006 recipient of the American Business Media/Medill School of Journalism McAllister Fellowship.

Donaton also founded and oversees Advertising Age's Madison & Vine initiative, which includes a popular conference and subscription-based Web site. His book on the topic, “Madison & Vine: Why the Entertainment and Advertising Industries Must Converge to Survive," was published by McGraw-Hill in 2004.

Donaton served two years as chairman of the editorial committee of American Business Media, and his work has won awards from ABM, the American Society of Business Press Editors and Crain Communications. He is a frequent speaker at industry conferences and events, and a regular commentator on the intersection of popular culture and business on national media programs such as NPR's “Marketplace Radio," NBC's “Today Show" and CNBC's “On the Money".

Donaton was promoted to editor of Advertising Age in 1998 after three years as executive editor. Prior to that, he served as editor of TV Guide Online, where he was responsible for developing the online edition of the nation's largest‑circulation weekly. Donaton first joined Ad Age as a media reporter in 1989. In 1993, he helped to launch and edit a weekly section on Interactive media, and he oversaw the editorial development and launch of AdAge.com in 1995.

Bant Breen is President, Interpublic Futures Marketing Group and Director of Strategic Development and Innovation of the Interpublic Group (NYSE: IPG), one of the world's leading organizations of advertising agencies and marketing services companies.  Mr. Breen plays a key role in driving Interpublic's strategic agenda in areas such as asset alignment, communications innovation, technology and acquisitions.

Before joining Interpublic, Mr. Breen was the founder and president of Bant Breen LLC, a strategic marketing and communications consultancy affiliated with Dentsu Inc.  Prior to founding his own company, he was with Leo Burnett Worldwide for five years in roles that included regional managing director of iLeo (now Arc Worldwide) as well as digital and integrated communications director for Leo Burnett EMEA.

Mr. Breen, who has worked in Asia Pacific, Europe and the U.S., started his career as a WPP Fellow, part of the holding company's program that develops senior management talent with experience across a range of marketing disciplines. During his Fellowship, Mr. Breen worked at Mindshare Media, Ogilvy & Mather and Enterprise I.G., the identity consultancy.

Brandon Berger is the Head of Digital for MDC Partners as the Director of Digital Innovation. Brandon is responsible for the Digital Innovation Strategy for the MDC Partner Network; this includes investments acquisitions, and partnerships, as well as working with the partner companies to grow their digital capabilities. Brandon is responsible for identifying trends and areas for investment across the digital landscape, including incubating new digital opportunities.

Brandon was most recently Partner, Senior Strategist for Digital Innovation at Ogilvy, a group that he founded in 2004. While at Ogilvy, Brandon was responsible for leading client engagements regarding the application of innovative and emerging technologies. Clients included Unilever (Dove and Suave), Hershey's, IBM, American Express, DHL, Cisco, Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), DHL, AT&T Wireless and Delta.

Prior to joining OgilvyInteractive, Brandon was the director of marketing for WideRay Corp (now Qwikker), a wireless technology company he co-founded in 2000. In addition to WideRay, Brandon has been a consulting resource for entertainment, technology, gaming and mobile companies on leveraging digital media including gaming, wireless, and emerging platforms for extending a brand message into an individual's personal environment.

During Brandon's career in advertising and marketing, he has worked on multiple brands including: Adidas, Land Rover, IBM, Cisco, Bluenile, Clear Channel, Microsoft, Sony, Netscape, nVidia, AMD, and Red Envelope, to name a few.

Brandon has spoken at numerous industry events such as CES, E3 and Digital Hollywood, and is one of the early pioneers of the intersection of Advertising and Video Games, as well as leveraging the mobile channel as a marketing platform. He is a charter member of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Gaming Committee. He volunteers with the Taproot Foundation, and is an active participant with the World Wildlife Fund.

Brandon has a B.A. in economics from Tufts University and has won multiple awards in advertising, such as the Clio, the Cannes Lion, the Addy, and an Effie.

Javier has a solid academic background, graduated at ICADE and MBA at Instituto de Empresa. He has been Key Accounts Director at Publiespaña, Marketing and Commercial Director at Atlas España and became Managing Director at Doubleclick and AdLink. His last responsibility was Managing Director at Edipresse-Publiventa, until he has joined, last July 2007, Mediaedge:cia as Managing Director.

Oliver Cleaver is Kimberly-Clark's Media Director for Europe and MEA, with responsibility for media spending of $100 million a year for consumer brands such as Andrex, Kleenex, Huggies, Scottex, Poise and Kotex.

Before joining Kimberly-Clark in 1998, Oliver was Managing Director of the international division of Mediahaus Germany, based in Düsseldorf, and was Media Director of Ayer Europe advertising agency, based in the UK. He began his career in the media department of Ogilvy & Mather London, becoming a Board Director there.

Oliver was born in Macclesfield, Cheshire. He has a first class degree in English from Pembroke College, Oxford. He serves on the Executive Committee of ISBA and is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Oliver is married to designer and Channel Four TV presenter Naomi Cleaver, and lives in London.

João Miguel Jerris de Melo de Sampaio started his successful career in the Lever-Iglo Company, just after graduating in Buisness Management & Administration at the Universidade Católica Portuguesa de Lisboa in 1987. By 1991 he was already holding the position of Group Products Manager for the Marketing Department of Lever Industries Portugal and was thus invited to take up position as Marketing Director of Unicer - União Cervejeira S.A. the following year.

He was nominated responsible by the Unicer Board of Directors for several integrated strategic projects, such as Expo/98 and Euro 2004 where he both supervised the company's visibility and the strategy for publicising the sponsorship, and ensured the highest possible return on the investment.

Since May 2003, in conjunction with the functions described above, João Sampaio has acted as Director of Unicer Distribuição and Unicer Cervejas, companies affiliated to Unicer SGPS.

His growing and versatile experience was enriched by the numerous training courses he attended throughout the world- in Lisbon, London, Madrid, Copenhagen, Turin and Chicago. He became himself a trainer for professional training courses in marketing for Lever Industries Portugal and various European Social Fund and Pedip marketing courses and currently works as an Assistant Lecturer for the Nova University, for the Higher Education Institute for Finance and Fiscal Studies and for the Higher Education Institute for Finance and Fiscal Studies.

James joined Mindshare Asia-Pacific in Singapore in August 2005, where he oversees all Asian strategy and research initiatives and communications planning development. Since 1994 James has managed several pan-Asian research and marketing teams, on both the agency (Ogilvy, Grey) and client (Intel) side. James was also VP Marketing at Asiacontent.com, which launched 30 local-language sites (MTV, E!Online, CNET, DoubleClick, etc) and raised US$120m, mainly via a Nasdaq IPO. James graduated with an English degree (first class) from Oxford University, and has lived in Singapore for the past 10 years.

Actually managing the Mobile Marketing area in Telefónica móviles España, Juan Martín Blázquez is the leader of this new business in the Spanish Market. In the past, ha has served as Bussines Developer of Premium Services and Product Manager of Corporate solutions.