Ross Simmonds is the founder of Foundation and is a marketer passionate about all things tech. Over the last 10 years, Ross has worked closely with a wide range of brands across the globe ranging from Fortune 500 companies to up-and-coming startups. He’s been published in Forbes, Huffington Post, Business Insider, Venture Beat, BET, CBC, Social Media Examiner and more. Ross is known for his work in growth marketing, Slideshare, Instagram and digital marketing as a whole. He was named in Mashable as one of the top Snapchat marketers in the world, and he has shared his thoughts on marketing and tech around the globe at conferences and events, such as SearchLove, CTAConf, MozCon and more.

Michael Seaman is the CEO and founder of Raccoon Events - a dynamic, high-growth media business focused on health and wellbeing markets. Mike has worked in events for over 18 years and he's passionate about creating experiences that are community-led, cutting edge, and fun. Michael and his team run events that are well-timed, community-driven, tightly focused and passion-led. Raccoon aims to bring buyers and sellers together to see cutting edge innovations in a fun and exciting way.

Derek Annan is currently the Head of Strategy at Bedrock Healthcare Communications, part of the Resonant Group. Derek has been in the medical communication industry for over 12 years with extensive experience in ensuring strategic programs are created and implemented according to the agency’s quality standards, program deadlines, and measurable objectives. Derek is passionate about helping to improve patient outcomes and the development of innovative strategies that support this.

Juliet Tripp is Group Strategy Director at Make Events, driving and delivering the strategic objectives of the agency and its brands. The go-to coach for senior level event professionals, Juliet empowers them to level up and make it happen within their events careers, businesses and personal brands. In 2021 Juliet was featured on C&IT’s Corporate A List as one of the 20 Top Corporate Event Planners in the UK.

As Slido’s Events and Partnership Manager, Lisa Johannsen runs Slido’s events and webinars and partners with conferences and tradeshows around the world that are harnessing the power of Slido at their events. Lisa is on a mission to inspire event managers and organizers to run engaging, meaningful and inclusive events.

Joseph Charlton has been producing events for the last 8 years agency side mainly corporate B2B, events from 50 up to 5000 nationally and internationally. He launched his first business in August 2020 and most recently launched his second, Planit in June 2021. Joseph is passionate about transparency, authenticity and empathetic leadership and his mission is to create a new way of working in the event industry.