Jane Zhang

Location: Toronto | ON | Canadaa
Speaking Topics: corporate social responsibility | social networking | the internet and nonprofits
Spoken Languages: English

Suw Charman-Anderson

Location: London (will travel)
Speaking Topics: adoption of social tools in enterprise | community | social networking | blogs | copyright | Creative Commons | email reduction | freelancing | open IP | social media | social tools in journalism | Web 2.0 | wikis | work-life balance
Spoken Languages: English

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Suw Charman is a leading social software expert, specialising in the use of blogs and wikis in business. She works with companies around the world, from sectors as diverse as technology, finance and public relations, to help them understand how social software can be used both behind the firewall and for customer communications.

Suw is also the co-founder - alongside Lloyd Davis and Leisa Reichelt - of Fruitful Seminars, a series of intimate Web 2.0 workshops covering topics such as the adoption of social tools in business and the reduction of email through the use of social tools.

Previous Presentations: 
Transitions Online, Work Smarter: Using Social Tools for Information Management and Collaboration
Future of Web Apps: Preparing for Enterprise Adoption
Why HR Needs to Understand Social Media: The Social Media Age - An HR Executive's Illustrated Primer

Magen D. Hughes

Location: St. Petersburg | FL (soon to be Boston | MA)
Speaking Topics: computer security | Collaboration | communities | charity | linux | digital graffiti/guerilla advertising | hacking | Hardware modification | implementing technology in the classroom | instruction (web-based applications) | Women in IT | social networking
Spoken Languages: English

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Previous Presentations: 
Hijacking the Outdoor Digital Billboard Network-DefCon XVI
Google Docs - Tampa Bay Computer Society
The Insecurities Surrounding the Outdoor Digital Billboard Network- Tampa Bay Computer Society
Putty and Basic Unix Commands-Raymond James Financial Services

Nicole Simon

Location: Europe | Germany | Luebeck
Speaking Topics: blogging | corporate media | microblogging | speaker training | startup training | pitching VCs | podcasting | social media | social networking | twitter | Web 2.0 | Women in IT | women in technology
Spoken Languages: German | English

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I like to share knowledge, which is why I am not limited just to speaking, but also am interested in workshops / expert tables and moderation. Additionally I have become a frequent advisor for organizers of conferences as well as am involved in several barcamps.

One of my favourite topics is how to grow your business internationally, both from the side of for example the US coming to Europe as vice versa, but I am also happy to 'just' transport what is so special about the net and web 2.0.

Previous Presentations: 
speaking f.e.: reboot, blogher, republica, webstart (zagreb),
advisory boards f.e.: Web 2.0 Expo Europe, next08
organizing f.e.: web2open @ Web 2.0 Expo Europe, several barcamps, Podcastday Germany

Jacinta Richardson

Location: Australia | Melbourne | Victoria
Speaking Topics: community | Community Building | Conference organisation | online marketing | perl | Small Businesses | social networking | software engineering | technical writing | Training | Working From Home
Spoken Languages: English

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Jacinta Richardson has a Bachelor of Engineering (Software) (hons) and Bachelor of Science from the University of Melbourne. Jacinta is both the managing director and training coordinator of Perl Training Australia. In addition to the management parts of this job, Jacinta does technical writing. bespoke development and participates in the training courses. Having been involved in the business from the start, Jacinta has a lot to say about starting and running your own small IT business.

Previous Presentations: 
Not common enough code optimisations, linux.conf.au linuxchix miniconf 2008, OSDC 2007
Compulsive networking, linux.conf.au linuxchix miniconf 2007, OSDC 2006
Conferences for beginners, Open Source Developers' Conference, 2006
Understanding greediness (a guide to regular expressions), OSDC 2006

Alison Wheeler

Location: London | Europe | London UK | Glasgow
Speaking Topics: developing user-led content | localisation and global marketing | managing user-generated content | online identity | open content | open source | social networking | Web 2.0 | wikimedia | wikipedia | wikis
Spoken Languages: English | some French | some German

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By training Alison has been in the computer field since 1976, including major FTSE250 and Fortune 500 multi-national companies up to Head of Department and IT Director levels as well as self-employment and a board member (CTO) of start-up companies.

Previous Presentations: 
The Dana Centre, London, June 2007
AOP Online Publishing Annual Conference, October 2007
British Library, November 2007
London Wiki Wednesday, December 2007
London Business School, March 2008
BarCampLondon4, May 2008
also closed presentations to organisations, eg. The Guardian, December 2006
(et al)

Liz Rice

Location: London | UK
Speaking Topics: internet music | mobile music | Last.fm | Last.fm APIs and application development | translating web experiences to hardware environments | social networking
Spoken Languages: English | French (at a push!)

Previous Presentations: 
Facebook developers garage
DECT Forum
MPLS Forum

Nelly Yusupova

Location: NYC
Speaking Topics: WordPress | blogging | social networking | women in technology | Web 2.0 | CSS | database design | SEO | open source | online marketing | leadership | e-commerce | careers in technology | building communities | website development | php programming
Spoken Languages: Russian | English

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Nelly Yusupova - CTO, Webgrrls International/Cybergrrl Inc. and Founder of DigitalWoman.com

Previous Presentations: 
BlogHer, Universities, High Schools, Webgrrls

Meredith Farkas

Location: United States | Vermont
Speaking Topics: elearning | drupal | blogging | social networking | Web 2.0 | RSS | social media | technology in education | technology in libraries | Social Software | online marketing | instructional technologies | knowledge management | distance learning | technology planning | wiki
Spoken Languages: English

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I am currently the Head of Instructional Initiatives at Norwich University in Vermont and an adjunct faculty member at San Jose State University's School of Library and Information Science. I'm the author of the book Social Software in Libraries: Building Collaboration, Communication and Community Online (Information Today, 2007) and write the monthly column "Technology in Practice" for American Libraries. I'm probably best known for my blog Information Wants to Be Free and the many wikis I've created to collect professional knowledge.

Previous Presentations: 
National: Wikimania 2006, American Library Association 2007, Internet Librarian 2006-2007, Computers in Libraries 2006-2008, Alliance for Information Science and Technology Innovation 2007, Readex Digital Institute 2007
International: Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark 2007, Quebec Library Association Conference 2007, Ontario Library Assoc. Super Conference 2008
Keynotes: UC Berkeley 2007, Assoc. of College and Research Libraries Eastern NY 2007, Borough of Manhattan Community College 2007

Lee Godfrey

Location: Canada | Toronto | Ontario
Speaking Topics: blogging | eBusiness Strategy | elearning | eMarketing | project management | social media | social networking | usability | Web 2.0 | Women in IT | women in technology | Working Virtually
Spoken Languages: French | English

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Lee Godfrey began working on web-based projects in 1993, making her one of Canada’s internet pioneers.

With over twenty years of consulting experience, and nearly a decade as one of Canada’s best known eBusiness educators, Lee brings a solid understanding of how to best exploit the power of technology and the web.