Presenters 2008

This year we have a fantastic line-up of industry speakers, experts and specialists to share their knowlegde and experience of events and the events industry - find out more about them below, and then visit the courses page to see what they will be presenting.

Event Organisers & the Law

Richard John, RJA

Richard John is Managing Director of RJA (GB) Ltd, based in the UK. He has 25 years of sales, marketing, training and event management experience, working with a host of international organisations including News International and British Airways. More about this presenter

Event Organisers & the Law

Ann James, Principium

Ann offers specialist training and consultancy services in marketing, business development and sponsorship. She has worked with private and public bodies and professional associations and enabled them to become more effective through strategic input, one-to-one skills development and team training. More about this presenter

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Michael Webb, Conference House

Michael has run Conference House Ltd. for 17 years, working mainly with charities and associations (or charity cases like Richard John!) The company owns the two leading business to business events for the sector... More about this presenter

Shane Griffin, LLB

Shane is a former solicitor and General Counsel. More about this presenter

Alessandra Alonso, Shine People & Places

Alessandra Alonso is Director at SHINE PEOPLE & PLACES which she co-founded in 2004 to help organisations attract, develop and retain the best talent via coaching and mentoring, career development and management training.More about this presenter

Richard Tierney, Creative Talks

Richard is producer of more than 300 videos and events working in the UK and over 30 countries. More about this presenter

Samme & Hannah, Real Recruitment

Samme and Hannah are Senior Consultants at Real Recruitment Ltd, a boutique events recruitment consultancy based in Mayfair. More about these presenters

Mike Lyon, Write Style Communications

Mike Lyon, Director of Write Style Communications Ltd is a qualified marketing skills trainer in the financial services market and has over 10 years experience as Conference Manager for Barclays Global Payments DivisionMore about this presenter

Kate Disley, CMPi

Kate has worked at CMPi for almost 6 years. In that time she has worked her way through several different exhibition brands including; Safety & Health Expo, International Fire Expo; TFM; Call Centre Expo and launching Call Centre Executive Forum and Customer: Strategy & Management More about this presenter

Event Organisers & the Law

Kursha Woodgate, Mexia Communications

Kursha Woodgate is Managing Director of Mexia Communications, a no-nonsense PR and marketing agency with a focus on the meetings and events sector. More about this presenter

Event Organisers & the Law

Grania Sweeting, Grapevine PR

As a CIPD qualified HR Generalist with an MA in Human Resource Management, Grania established Grapevine HR to provide outsourced HR services to a variety of organisations. More about this presenter

Event Organisers & the Law

James Latham

James is presenting a session at the Mastering the Art of PR, Promotion and Publicity event

Ray Elmitt, Crystal Interactive

After an extensive career in marketing and general management within the IT industry, Ray has combined this wealth of experience with two of his long-term interests - facilitation and personal computing - to create and develop the Crystal Interactive approach to large group collaboration. More about this presenter

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