Digital Download Live 2022 |
Digital Download Live 2022 |
Confirmed Special Guests
Digital Download Live pulls together information and opinion from topic experts to provide you with the most informed and knowledgeable perspectives around on the things that matter most. No stuffy auditorium and no egos mean you can get up close and personal with the experts in interactive Q&As and workshops.
HOLLY ATKINSON
Holly is a blockchain developer and solution architect for the Sandbox metaverse and The Meta Factory, and a supporter of women-led projects in Web3. She is a huge believer in the technology behind the metaverse and the possibilities this may uncover in future.
ANDREW BRUCE SMITH
Andrew is a digital consultant and trainer who has worked in and around the communications industry for 35 years. With a focus on the more technical aspects of digital comms, he holds Google Partner status and Google Analytics qualifications, and in 2018 was described by the CIPR as “one of PR’s greatest thinkers”.
BAZ FURBY
Baz is a blockchain, Web3 and cryptocurrency advocate and the CEO of DisruptionX, a platform that connects blockchain, gaming and artificial intelligence. He previously worked in digital roles within data, ecommerce and gaming organisations, and is now a firm believer in the decentralization of the internet.
KATY HOWELL
Katy is CEO of Immediate Future, the social media agency she founded in 2004. She has been named as one of the top 5 most influential social media experts, one of the top 25 women to have shaped the digital industry, and has co-authored three books on social media. What she doesn’t know about social media isn’t worth knowing.
BETHANY JOY
Bethany is a brand voice strategist who works with organisations to ‘make sure brands sound as brilliant as they are’. With a background in marketing communications, she established her own brand voice consultancy in 2016 because people no longer just care about what you sell, they care about what you’re like.
FARHARD KOODORUTH
Farhad is CEO of brand performance agency Threepipe Reply, and specialises in data, search and digital advertising. He has over 15 years experience in these areas, having initially founded Blowfish Digital in 2005 before merging it with PR agency Threepipe and subsequently acquiring SEO and creative agencies.
TAMARA LITTLETON
A self-confessed social media geek, Tamara founded social media agency The Social Element as Emoderation in 2002, and social media crisis simulation platform Polpeo in 2013. She is also the co-host of the Genuine Humans podcast.
GEMMA MORONEY
Gemma is co-founder of SHOOK, an agency that ‘makes work that shakes the world’ using behaviour design and creativity. In only two years, SHOOK became the UK’s third fastest growing agency and has won awards from Creative Moment, PRWeek, the Sabres and the PRCA.
JULIAN OBUBO
Julian is now a Partner at Manifest London, having initially joined the agency in 2012 and helped it expand internationally. Listed in the PR Week Powerbook for the last couple of years, he is also acknowledged as one of the leading voices in the industry on diversity and inclusion.
DARRYL SPAREY
Darryl co-founded performance-driven marketing communications agency Hard Numbers in May 2020, slap bang in the middle of the pandemic. Having worked in the industry for 20 years, he has recently forayed into the new world of NFT marketing with a ‘learning in public’ approach to help others understand the space.
PAUL SUTTON
Paul is the founder of Digital Download Live and the associated podcast. He is an independent digital and social media consultant who supports brands and agencies with strategic advice and training. Paul was named CIPR Independent Practitioner of the Year in 2020 and PRCA Digital Journalist of the Year in 2022.
22nd September 2022
London Art House, Islington
Early Bird £199; Standard £249
