Colin Hughes is Director, Business & Professional of Guardian News and Media, the B2B division that focuses on services to the media, education and public service professionals. Having started his career as a journalist at the Sheffield Star in 1979, he worked at the Press Association and The Times before joining the Independent in 1986 as a Political Correspondent. He went on to become Policy Editor, Education Editor, and US Correspondent, and spent his final six years at the Independent as Managing Editor of the Independent and Independent on Sunday, and Deputy Editor of the Independent. He joined the Guardian in 1998 and was appointed MD of Guardian Professional in March 2006.

As Chief Strategy and Internet Officer, Peter de Monnink drives e-revenue growth by leveraging best practices and e-competency across Reed Business, with responsibility for company strategy worldwide. He started his career as a teacher in Economics, joining Elsevier NV in 1988 as a product manager in the B2B Unit (Misset). Thereafter, Peter held several roles within RBI NL: Publisher, Managing Director, Internet Director and Director of Strategy. In January 2005 he was appointed to his most recent role as Director Internet Business for Reed Business. Peter is based in the Amsterdam office.

Mike Butcher is a former editor of New Media Age magazine and the European edition of The Industry Standard. In 2004 he was voted ‘One of the 100 Innovators of the UK Internet Decade’ by GfK NOP, the fourth-largest custom research business in the world. In July 2008 he was put at No. 47 out of the Top 100 people in London’s creative industry by The Independent newspaper and The Hospital Club. He is a regular commentator on the technology business, appearing on BBC News, Sky News, Channel 4 and Bloomberg.

Stephanie began her online career in 1996 at NetGuide Live, one of the earliest players on the web search industry.  After moving to London, she served as Managing Director for UK operations at AltaVista, a web search company now owned by Overture, a division of Yahoo!  Stephanie now directs Demand Media’s European sales and business development operations from her London base.  Launching Demand Media’s European operations in 2007 as part of the Pluck team, she has delivered valuable enterprise-scale social media series to European customers including Sky, Times Online and Boots.

Mark is President and CEO of Scout Analytics, a behavioral analytics solution that helps publishers and information providers discover and monetize the sources of visitor and customer loyalty. Mark has over 20 years experience and success in global technology sales and management. Prior to joining Scout Analytics, Upson was President and CEO of PureEdge where he led the company to leadership in the business process automation space before a strategic acquisition of PureEdge by IBM. Mark has also held senior management positions at Onyx Software, Wall Data and IBM Corporation.

Jonathan Morris joined Data Explorers from Thomson Reuters where he was Global Managing Director of Content Operations and SVP of International Technology. He managed product, content and technology teams across Asia, Europe and the US.  Prior to Thomson Reuters, Jonathan was CEO of Ideascape, a software company focused on third-generation mobile applications.  His previous roles have included developing B2B and B2C internet products at Pearson PLC for the Financial Times' electronic research and information businesses including FT.com.

In her capacity as Director & Lead Analyst, Kate Worlock leads Outsell’s coverage and research on educational publishing.  In addition, she tracks the usage and application of social media, assessing its relevance to publishing and information businesses. Furthermore, Kate serves as an executive-level advisor and consultant to clients on issues such as M&A, due diligence, private equity, and investment banking, and covers industry financial performance and benchmarks.

Jon Moss is a Marketing Consultant based in East Yorkshire. He is the founder of Hull Digital, Kingston Upon Hull's Technology Community, and regularly speaks on current and future technologies. He is a member of the Noded Network, as well as Attentif Consulting and runs Hull and East Yorkshire's Digital and Technology Conference www.hdlive09.co.uk.  Jon has been involved with the web and marketing for over 10 years, and left the corporate world in 2007 to set up his own company, and has never looked back.