Bill Thompson

Journalist and consultant who writes about the digital future. Bill is the former “Internet Ambassador” for PIPEX, founder of The Guardian’s new media lab and responsible for UK’s first webcast amongst many other things.

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Carl Chinn MBE

A passionate Brummie and history professor, Carl is the Director of the Birmingham Lives multimedia archive at South Birmingham College. He writes a weekly local history column in the Birmingham Evening Mail and edits the popular Carl Chinn's Brummagem Magazine.

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Dr. James Bellini

Future analyst looking at the future of business in e-commerce, virtual markets and e-culture. James was senior consultant for the Henley Centre for Forecasting and The Economist Intelligence Unit and presented The Money Programme, Newsnight and Panorama.

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Dr. Sadie Plant

The author of Zeros + Ones, Sadie is a provocative commentator on digital technologies, gender and the new technoculture. She has been a lecturer at Birmingham University and a Research Fellow at the University of Warwick.

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Esther Dyson

Chairman of EDventure Holdings, a company focused on emerging information technology and emerging computer markets. Fortune Magazine named her as one of the 50 most powerful women in American business.

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Inma Martinez

Considered one of the forefront lateral-thinkers of the digital economy, Inma advises on innovation and transformational technologies (Wi-Fi), consumer adoption and behavioral patterns.

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