Amir Lahat is Head of Global Business Ventures for Nokia Siemens Networks, one of the largest telecommunications hardware, software and services companies in the world. In this role Amir runs the internal incubation program and external venturing activities to expand the offering of Nokia Siemens Networks to new business domains. He is currently focusing on bringing new solutions in the mobile cloud domain.

David joined thetrainline.com from Betfair where he initially had the role of Director of Engineering, went on to found the Betfair’s venture capital arm and after raising funding he moved to become Co-Founder MD of Tradefair, a spin-out, targeting exchange traded financial derivatives.  David’s earlier career includes the CTO/VP roles within start-up companies such as ITIM, Zygon and Digitivity and leading engineering teams at blue-chip businesses Citrix, Novell and Borland

Peter has worked in a variety of engineering, IT and business roles for a number of companies including Marconi, Centrica, BBC and most recently as Oxfam’s CIO.   His experience ranges across specific areas like mobile computing to Strategic responsibilities such as SAP and Oracle strategies along with determining the impact of cloud computing in the core business areas. 

Duncan joined Netbiscuits in 2010 as Vice President Business Development for the UK & Ireland, his key responsibilities are to run the commercial operation in London and spread the word about The Netbiscuits Award Winning Mobile Publishing Platform both to key local and multi national brands and mobile service providers.

Evangelos is a Vice President at Morgan Stanley, where he leads initiatives in the space of hosting, virtualization, and cloud computing. His focus is on improving the business value of global-scale enterprise infrastructures by combining novel technologies with entrepreneurial business models and strategies that improve efficiency, manageability, flexibility, and reliability.

Renaud Larsen joined Alcatel-Lucent in 2010 as the Director of Cloud Computing Strategy. After being the European Marketing Director for VA Linux he created FastTango in 2001. He joined TopSpin in 2003 as the European Business Director. In 2005 he joined Cisco after the TopSpin acquisition. At Cisco he was the European Business Development Manager for SAVBU solutions portfolio. He has three patents pending on virtualisation and one in quantum cryptography.

James has worked in and around the IT industry for over 20 years, which includes the last 9 years at Microsoft in the UK. His passion for what technology can do to deliver real value and benefit to businesses of all sizes and to individuals is clear to see when he presents and meets with Microsoft partners and customers.

Michael Crossey is responsible for directing Aepona’s marketing activities, including Strategic Marketing, Communications, Positioning and Market Intelligence. Prior to Aepona, Michael was of VP Marketing and Business Development with Transmode, a Swedish pioneer of Optical Networking technology.

Currently a senior Sales Specialist with O2, Justin Campbell is working with major Corporate accounts to help develop a communications strategy. Prior to his time at O2, Justin spent 4 years at EMC, working on Information Lifecycle management strategy for large UK companies.

Simon Stimpson, President & CEO, Life Champions 

Simon Bradshaw originally qualified in electronics and communications and served as an Engineering Officer in the Royal Air Force. His RAF experience included management of secure communications networks, technical analysis and IT project management. Having cross-qualified in Law he went on to undertake an LLM in Information Technology and Intellectual Property Law at Edinburgh, specialising in the IP implications of new technology.

An international senior telecommunications sales, marketing,
business development and customer service delivery executive with
general management, marketing, P&L , product development and revenue
management responsibilities in both consumer and enterprise segments
for both fixed and mobile sectors, with over 20 years experience in
the USA, Japan, Europe, India, Dubai, Malaysia, Latin America and
various others.

Scott leads Vodafone’s Business Products and Services team and is responsible for driving the delivery of the product and service portfolio to support the implementation of Vodafone’s total communications strategy.

Diya is a broadband services evangelist. He has managed and developed various software & hardware products for communication protocols and infrastructure systems while working for Rockwell Semiconductor, Conexant Systems and then Mindspeed Technologies. 

Bob joined Quocirca in 2002, his main area of coverage is route to market for ITC vendors, but he also has a specific focus on IT security, network computing, systems management and managed services. Bob writes regular analytical columns for Computing, Computer Weekly, silicon.com Computer Reseller News (CRN) and has written for The Times, Financial Times and The Daily Telegraph.

Hans Graux is an IT lawyer at the Brussels based law firm time.lex (www.timelex.eu), a firm that specialises in telecommunications, IT/IP, media and e-business. The firm offers strategic and operational legal support in the creation, management and exploitation of information and technology, in all of its diverse forms. In addition, Hans is an affiliated researcher at the Interdisciplinary Centre for Law and Information Technology of the Catholic University of Leuven (ICRI - www.icri.be).

David is an experienced CTO with Logica, the BBC and KPMG Consulting.  He provides board-level advice on technology alongside strategy to various industries including telecoms, media, broadcast, airline and leisure. He is also called up to pass on due diligence and strategy for venture capital groups.

Chris runs the mobile research practice at The 451 Group. His research covers all aspects of mobile within the enterprise, as well as the increasingly important prosumer space. 451's mobile research practice focuses on software, services delivery, and devices. Prior to joining 451, Chris covered worldwide device technology and market trends at IDC.

Peter Judge is UK editor of eWEEK Europe, the site which supports the new generation of IT professional. eWEEK Europe delivers news and information for those shaping future corporate technology, responding to economic and environmental pressures and building strategies of sustainability and adaptability.