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We hope you can join us

This conference puts the spotlight on Leeds as a city embracing digital, through celebrating innovation, creativity and online talent. The event spans design, development, search and social all the way through to data and analytics, ecommerce, mobile and futurology. We've made it our mission to bring you a conference that showcases the best of digital in Leeds right now, and what digital could mean to our city in years to come.

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All day on Friday 12 October 2012, expect a mixture of speakers from across Leeds businesses; from agency people living and breathing the cutting edge of digital to some of the city's most well-known brands showing us how digital impacts the everyday consumer. Tickets are only £30.

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Speakers

Talking on DIGITAL STRATEGY

Liz Sanderson, Web Services Manager, Leeds City Council

Simon Banoub, Director of Marketing, Opta

Dom Burch, Head of Corporate Comms, Asda

Lawrence Alexander, Head of Digital, Logistik

Talking on DATA AND CONTENT

Peter Laflin, Head of Data Insight, Bloom

Lowri Davies, User Experience Consultant, SimpleUsabilty

Jono Alderson, SEO and Data Insight Manager, twentysix

Dave Eccles, Founding Director, numiko

Talking on DESIGN

Dean Vipond, Brand and Interaction Designer

Andy Pickup, Head of Design, Sky Betting and Gaming

Dan Donald, Developer, BBC

Andy Smith, Developer, Spotify

Talking on THE FUTURE

Steve Peel, Smarter Cities and Communities Executive, IBM

Tom Woolley, Curator of New Media, Media Museum

Matt Edgar, Service Design and Innovation, Changeful Ltd

A panel on MOBILE

Tim Medcalf, Senior Mobile Architect, twentysix

Rich Carter, Digital Director, Bolser

Robin Cramp

David Cates, Managing Director, Redemption Media

A panel on SEO

David Wilding, Head of SEO, Blueclaw

Polly Pospelova, Head of SEO, fuse8

Patrick Altoft, Head of SEO, Branded3

A panel on DIGITAL FOR KIDS

Dubit

MadeByPi

Numiko

A panel on CONTENT MARKETING

Victoria Betton, Deputy Director of Strategy & Partnerships, Leeds & York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Shelli Walsh, Director, Shellshock UK

Heather Healy, Creative Communications Director, StickyEyes

Simon Zimmerman, Co-Founder, HebeMedia

WORKSHOPS & EXHIBITIONS

Best Brit Bloggers

Screen Yorkshire

homejames

 

Open schedule

WHO

  • LEANNE BUCHAN
  • @LEANNEBUCHAN
  • Marketing officer at Leeds City Council
  • Digital and Design Editor at The Culture Vulture
  • Lego Tourist Owner
  • SI WILSON
  • @IDLESI
  • Creative Services Director at Bloom
  • Get into Gaming Co-Creator
  • Legendary Tea Maker
  • PETER COBLEY
  • @COBBLERS
  • Commercial Director at HomeJames
  • SaSCon founder and organiser
  • Law Degree Under Belt
  • FERGUS CLAWSON
  • @FERGUS_BLUECLAW
  • MD at Blueclaw
  • iOn Search Founder and Organiser
  • HEATHER HEALY
  • @HEATHERHEALY
  • Head of Social Media at Stickeyes
  • Ex-Opera Singer
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Our Sponsors

These folk are helping us to make Leeds Digital Conference happen.

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