Speakers added to our stellar Engage 2018 line-up

Today, we’re announcing four additional speakers to add to our Engage line-up. 


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Last month we announced the first wave of speakers for our flagship conference Engage, which returns to its spiritual home - The Barbican in Central London - on Thursday 7 June.

From industry provocateur Tom Goodwin to HuffPost’s Editor-in-chief Polly Curtis, we have curated a diverse range of opinions on what the future of digital and our own industry holds.

Today, we’re announcing four additional speakers to add to that stellar line up - each of them handpicked to inspire, provoke and excite you with their unique perspectives on the future.

Joining us on 7 June are:

Stacey Dooley, broadcaster & writer

At just 31, Stacey has produced over 60 documentaries for the BBC with her most recent Stacey Dooley Investigates series being one of the most watched documentaries on BBC iPlayer. This year she released her first book, On the Front Line with Women Who Fight Back, which documents some of the amazing women she's encountered in the past ten years of her career.

Brian O’Kelley, CEO, AppNexus

AppNexus’ CEO & Chairman is a true visionary. As CTO of Right Media, which later sold to Yahoo! in 2007, he led the team that invented the world’s first online advertising exchange.

Frances Ralston-Good, CEO, Hearts & Science UK

Frances leads Omnicom’s Hearts & Science in the UK, a data-driven media agency with shopper marketing, content activation and innovation at its core.

Fleur DeForce, beauty & fashion vlogger

One of the most successful beauty and fashion vloggers in the world, Fleur’s YouTube channel has more than 1.4million subscribers.

We hope you’ll join us at The Barbican on 7 June as we come together to celebrate digital, learn from inspirational leaders and network with the 1,200+ attendees who together, make up one of the most powerful and influential markets in global advertising. 

And, if you book before this Friday 13 April, you will save £100 off the cost of a ticket, making it just £395 for members and £795 for non-members.

The full list of confirmed speakers to-date includes: 

  • Stacey Dooley, broadcaster & writer

  • Tom Goodwin, EVP, Head of Innovation at Zenith

  • Polly Curtis, editor-in-chief at HuffPost UK

  • Brian O’Kelley, CEO at AppNexus

  • Frances Ralston-Good, CEO at Hearts & Science UK

  • Clare Enders, founder & CEO at Enders Analysis

  • Simon Gosling, Futurist at Unruly 

  • Steven Bartlett, CEO at The Social Chain Group

  • Fleur DeForce, beauty & fashion vlogger

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