Programme

Day 1

Time Room 1 Room 2 Room 3
09:00 — 09:45

Keynote – A Big Brand Perspective

Speakers include:-

James Hamlin, Marketing Director, Seatwave

Ben McKay, Head of SEO, Moneysupermarket

Martin MacDonald, SEO Strategy Director, Expedia

   
10:00 – 11:00 Stat-o-rama – An Industry In Numbers

Speakers include:-

Richard Gregory, COO, Latitude

James Murray, Digital Insight Manager for Experian Marketing Services, Experian Hitwise

Scott Joslin, Senior Director, Advertising Solutions, comScore

Mike Shaw, Director, Marketing Solutions, comScore

 

SAScon Market Focus – Retail

Speakers include:-

Kristal Ireland, Head of Digital, Propaganda Agency

Barry Adams, Senior Internet Marketer, Pierce Communications

James Hamlin, Marketing Director, Seatwave

 

Running a European Search Campaign

Speakers include:-

Andy Atkins Kruger, CEO, WebCertainGroup

GJ Bramer, GJ Bramer Web en Organisatie

Kristjan Mar Hauksson, Director/Founder,
Nordic eMarketing

Massimo Burgio, Founder, Global Search Interactive

11:00 — 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 — 12:15 Advanced PPC Techniques

Speakers include:- 

Jon Myers, Director, Account Management Yahoo! UK and Ireland

Duncan Fisher, Digital Media Director, Latitude

Polly Pospelova, Head of Search, Fuse8

Gilli Goodman, Google UK

Social Commerce – Show Me the Money

Speakers include:- 

Kristal Ireland, Head of Digital, Propaganda Agency

Damian Hanson, CEO & Co-founder One iota

Stuart Bruce, Founder, Stuart Bruce Associates

Gideon Lask, Chief Executive, BuyaPowa

Simon Alexander, Head of Social Media, Carat

Are PRs from Venus and SEOs  from Mars? When will the planets ever collide?

Speakers include:-

Lexi Mills, Head of Digital PR, Distilled

James Crawford, MD, PR Agency One

Simon Wharton, MD, PushON

Peter Bowles, Creative MD, Dynamo PR

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Breaking Free of Panda

Speakers include:-

Peter Young, Regional Head of SEO at Mediacom

Neil Walker, CTO, Just Search

Gaining a Competitive Advantage in Gaming

Speakers include:- 

Nick Garner, Global Head of Search, Unibet,

Paul Reilly, Founder & CEO at MediaSkunkWorks Inc.

Search & Social – The Legal Perspective

Speaker:-

Steve Kuncewicz, Head of Legal, BooHoo

14:15 – 15:15 Mobile Marketing goes Mainstream  

Speakers include:-

Richard Gregory, COO, Latitude

Mark Kuhilow, MD, Mymcart

Ben Wightman, Senior PPC Strategist, Latitude

James Hamlin, Marketing Director, Seatwave

Gamification – A New Way of Marketing

Speakers include:-

Endaf Kerfoot, Thinker In Chief, Games for Brands

Richard Baxter, Founder / Director SEOgadget.co.uk

Jeff Coghlan, CEO and Founder, Matmi

How to Create an Online Brand Through Search

Speaker:-

Kelvin Newman, Creative Director, SiteVisibility

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Building an In-House SEO Team

Speakers include:-

Nick Garner, Global Head of Search, Unibet

Ben McKay, Head of SEO, Moneysupermarket

Stefan Svensson, CEO, SearchMe

Matt Roberts, VP Product Development, Linkdex

Social Media Meets PR

Speakers include:-

Kristal Ireland, Head of Digital, Propaganda Agency

Paul Fabretti, Digital Director, Brazen PR

Judith Lewis, Head of Search, Beyond

Stuart Bruce, Founder, Stuart Bruce Associates

Reputation Management in a Digital Age

Speaker: 

Samantha Noble, Digital Marketing Director, Koozai

16:30 – 17:15 Is There a Place for Blackhat SEO in modern day SEO campaigns?

Speakers include:-

Bas van den Beld, Search & Social Strategist & State of Search

Ralph Tegtmeier aka Fantomaster

David Naylor, Head of Search Marketing, Bronco

Paul Madden, Managing Director at Automica

Kelvin Newman, Creative Director, SiteVisibility

   

Day 2

Time Room 1 Room 2 Room 3
9:00 – 9:45 Keynote – Bruce Daisley, Twitter
   
10:00 – 11:00 How Social Media & the Internet is Changing the Media

Speakers include:- 

Martin Bryant, Managing editor, The Next Web

James Carson, Digital Marketing Manager, Bauer London Lifestyle

Sarah Hartley, Journalist

Gordon Young, Editor, The Drum

Increasing Site Engagement

Speakers include:-

Morgan McKeagney, MD, IQ Content

Paul Rouke, Head of Usability & Conversion, PRWD

Simon Williams, Group Search Manager, Carat

 
11:00 – 11:15 Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 Link Building

Speakers include:-

Peter Young, Regional Head of SEO at Mediacom

Jon Quinton, SEO Consultant, SEOgadget

Martin Macdonald, SEO Strategy Director, Expedia

Matt Roberts, VP Product Development, Linkdex

David Wilding, Head of SEO, Blueclaw Media

Analytics 2.0

Speakers include:-

Al Wightman, Owner, So What Analytics

Dan Croxen-John, CEO, Applied Web Analytics

George Ioannou, Head of Agency, Digital & Wise

The Advertising Revolution – is already here …. are you ready?

Speaker:-

Dan Sodergen, Go Augmented

12:15 – 13:00 Lunch
13:00 – 14:00 Marketing Across Multiple Platforms – The Challenges and Opportunities

Speakers include:-

Peter Cobley, Commercial Director, hômejames

Rob Weatherhead, Head of Digital Operations, Mediacom

Darren Herbert, Head of Conversion, Latitude

Ade Allenby, Online Marketing Manager, TalkTalk Business

Kevin Cunningham, Client Services Director, Carat

Location – Fitting it Into the Marketing Mix

Speakers include:-

Dom Hodgson, Hodgetastic

Endaf Kerfoot, Thinker In Chief, Games for Brands

Laurence O’Toole, Owner, Analytics SEO

Teddie Cowell, SEO Director, NetBooster

Malcolm Maybury, Director, 360spin

Chris Johnson, Agency Product Specialist, Google

‘Remarketing – The Art of Increasing Brand Visibility and Conversions’

Speakers include:-

Guy Levine, CEO, Return On Digital

Dan Roche, PPC Specialist, PushOn

14:15 – 15:15 Cutting Edge Search Technology

Speakers include:-

Rob Hughes, Digital Insight Manager, hômejames

Stephen James Lock, SEO Product Manager, Analytics SEO

Laurent Boninfante, MD, Acquisio

Matt Roberts, VP Product Development, Linkdex

Delivering Insights from Social Media

Speakers include:-

Kristal Ireland, Head of Digital, Propaganda Agency

Philip Coen, Partner, Social Media Ventures

Robin Wilson, Director of Social Media and PR, McCann

Simon Alexander, Head of Social Media, Carat

Andrew Grill, CEO, Kred

Danielle Fudge, SEO Manager, Forward3D

The Psychology in Search & Social

Speaker:-

Bas van den Beld, Search & Social Strategist & State of Search

15:15 – 15:30 Coffee Break
15:30 – 16:30 Creating Efficient Search Campaigns

Speakers include:-

David Towers, Head of SEO, MEC

Dixon Jones, Marketing Director at MajesticSEO & Receptional Founder

Kevin Thiele, Sales Director, Searchmetrics

Stephen James Lock, SEO Product Manager, Analytics SEO

Understanding the Role of Social in Search

Speakers include:-

Andy Betts, Digital & Marketing, Strategist

Bas van den Beld, Search & Social Strategist & State of Search

Martin Macdonald, SEO Strategy Director, Expedia

Paddy Moogan, SEO Consultant, Distilled

Kevin Gibbons, Director of Strategy, SEOptimise

 
16:30 – 17:15 Google+ Hangout