Dimple Thakkar

Location: Los Angeles
Speaking Topics: social media | Marketing | online marketing | Web 2.0 | entertainment industry | music industry | branding and identity | Community Management | new media | digital pr | publicity | Facebook | twitter | online communities | web analytics
Spoken Languages: English

Kunjnita Udeshi

Location: London
Speaking Topics: Social Media/Networking | Web 2.0
Spoken Languages: English

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Jana Herwig

Location: Austria | Vienna
Speaking Topics: anthropology | blogging | Collaboration | knowledge management | new media | online collaboration | Personal Branding | pr 2.0 | Privacy | social media | twitter | virtual collaboration | Web 2.0 | web 3.0 | wikis | Social Media & Society
Spoken Languages: German | English | Dutch | some French | some Afrikaans

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Current position: PhD Candidate in Media Studies (Theatre, Film and Media Studies) at Vienna University.

Experience: work experience both in web 1.0 (project manager new media and CRM; before 2003: screen designer, web developer, online editor, community manager) and web 2.0 (blogger - corporate and on own account, self-appointed social media evangelist).

See also: my professional CV on XING: https://www.xing.com/profile/Jana_Herwig

Number of talks about Social Media in 2009: eight (both at conferences and as part of in-house training or continued education events).

Previous Presentations: 
netcultures, Wissenschaftliche Tagung (Basel, 15.-16.10.2009)
eVideo Online-Konferenz (Berlin/Online, 12.-16.10.2009)
Internet: Critical (Milwaukee, 7.-10.10.2009)
Web as Culture (Gießen, 16.-18.07.2009)
Amateure im Web 2.0 (Wien, 24./25.4.2009)
Various Contributions to BarCamps and events such as the Viennese Digitalks.at

Svitlana Matsutska

Location: Italy | russia | ukraine
Speaking Topics: java | oracle | coherence | Web 2.0 | social networking | social networking for business
Spoken Languages: Russian | English | Italian

Helene Blowers

Location: Columbus | Ohio | USA
Speaking Topics: digital strategy | education | innovation | leadership | Learning 2.0 | Libraries | non-profits | social media | social networking | technology innovation | Tech trends | Web 2.0
Spoken Languages: English

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About Helene Blowers: ( Expanded Profile )

Previous Presentations: 
NextLibrary conference, Arrhus, Denmark (Jun 09) - Keynote: Finding the Phoenix: Feathers, Flight & the Future of Libraries
Illinois Computing Educators Conference (Mar 09) - Spotlight presentation: From Players to Guides, Learning Strategies for a 2.0 World
Innovative Environments Conference, OH (Nov 08) - Presentation: Innovation Starts with "I"
Many more ....

Liz Cable

Location: Leeds | UK
Speaking Topics: social networking | social media optimisation | women in leadership | open source | Cohesion | online communities | Web 2.0 | virtual apprenticeships | e-learning | social learning | flexible working | remote working | twitter | LinkedIn | social networking for business | social media marketing
Spoken Languages: English

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Liz Cable founded Reach Further Ltd in October 2006 with the aim of helping anyone and everyone to improve their lives using technology, specifically by increasing access to learning opportunities online, and earning opportunities beyond the traditional 9 to 5 roles.

Jenni Lloyd

Location: Brighton | UK
Speaking Topics: community design | designing for social spaces | digital marketing | managing communities | social media | social media strategy | UX design | Web 2.0 | women in media | women in technology
Spoken Languages: English

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Jenni Lloyd is lead strategist at NixonMcInnes, the UK’s largest team of social media specialists.

Previous Presentations: 
webinar: 'Monitoring the Social Media Conversation: From Twitter to Facebook', July 2009
Hit Me: An Introduction to Internet Marketing, Jan 2009
Widget Web Expo, Oct 2008

Susi Oneill

Location: Nottingham | UK
Speaking Topics: social media | online music | independent music | blogging | creative economy | digital economy | virtual collaboration | disruptive innovation | e-drama | machinima | crossplatform content | digital content | Web 2.0 | digital strategy
Spoken Languages: English

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I provide consultancy services to the digital industries and help all other sector to understand all things digital - including web marketing, e-commerce and digital strategies. I've been involved in all kind of projects particularly involving cross-platform productions - establishing IPTV channels, video-led websites, machinima, social media e-drama - and I specialise in looking at innovation led strategies to content and technology.

Previous Presentations: 
Social media for business (Girl Geek Dinners Nottingham, June 2009)
Online independent music (mediacamp Nottingham, May 2009)
Blaggers guide to blogging (North West vision training, Feb 2009)

Zaana Howard

Location: Melbourne Australia
Speaking Topics: social media | microblogging | enterprise 2.0 | blogging | Collaboration | communities | social networking | Web 2.0 | wikis | innovation | Community Building | creativity | creativity in the workplace | technology in libraries | + much more
Spoken Languages: English

Natasha D'Souza

Location: Canada
Speaking Topics: digital communications | digital marketing | enterprise 2.0 | social media | social media measurement | Web 2.0 | web 2.0 customer support
Spoken Languages: English

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Natasha D'Souza is founder of Virtual EyeSee, a Social Media consulting agency serving North America.

Being creative, a visionary and a trend spotter, Natasha helps key decision makers understand

* these new technologies and trends in these online social spaces
* how web 2.0 or social media principles can enable them to connect with their customers, thus increasing their bottom line

She also

* helps define user and community needs
* links these needs to business goals

Previous Presentations: 
Social Media Tool Kit, Social Media Marketing, Social Media for Event Planning
Social Media Press Releases, Social Media for Marketing Research
Social Media for Parents