When

Wednesday 17th June
RSVP to Lizzie.Randall@Platform-A.com by Monday 1 June

 
where

Delfina, 50 Bermondsey Street, London, SE1 3UD
Tel: 020 7564 2400
www.thedelfina.co.uk

 
     
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whats on the menu

1.30pm Coffee and Registration
2.00pm Welcome, Michael Steckler (Managing Director, Platform-A UK)
2.15pm Keynote Speaker, Lord Digby Jones
3.00pm IAB Update, Kieron Matthews (Marketing Director, IAB UK)
3.30pm Coffee break
3.45pm Panel Session 1, two streams:
Affiliate Panel: Hosted by Warrick Lambert (Head of Client Services, Platform-A)
Merchant Panel: Hosted by Chris King (New Business Development Manager, Platform-A�s buy.at)
4.30pm Panel Session 2: Innovation Hosted by Cameran Harman (Director of Product & Property Sales, Platform-A)
and John Fraser (Chief Technical Officer, Platform-A�s buy.at)
5:00pm Closing remarks
5.30pm Pimm�s reception
6.00pm BBQ, evening networking and DJ Neil Bowman
 
meet our speakers
 
Michael Steckler
Managing Director, Platform-A UK

Michael Steckler joined AOL in 2007 as Managing Director of AOL UK and was subsequently appointed Managing Director of Platform-A UK. Before joining AOL, Steckler worked at MSN for seven years, latterly as Director of planning and development for the EMEA region at the Microsoft Online Services Group. Prior to MSN, Steckler started his career at Haymarket and then spent four years in the outdoor advertising industry as head of agency sales at Clear Channel International.
   
Lord Digby Jones
Keynote Speaker

Click here to read a recent article from The Telegraph.

Lord Jones began his career at Birmingham law firm Edge and Ellison, where he became Senior Partner and specialised in corporate finance and client development.

For 6 years, Digby served as Director-General of the CBI, the Confederation of British Industry, the UK�s �Voice of Business�, where he regularly visited businesses in the UK and worldwide � taking their views back to those who make the rules.

Following this he held a number of senior corporate advisory positions, including Senior Advisor to Barclays Capital; Ford of Europe and Non-Executive Director of Leicester Tigers Rugby plc. He was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 2005 New Year Honours� List.

From July 2007 to October 2008 he served as the United Kingdom Minister of State for Trade & Investment accepting a lifetime peerage in the House of Lords. During his 15 months in Ministerial office he changed the way that UK Trade & Investment was perceived in delivering a record year for inward investment and expanding the UK�s presence in all of the major international markets. Following his departure from Ministerial office he was appointed as a Business Ambassador for UK Trade & Investment.

From February 2009, Lord Jones was appointed Chairman of the HSBC International Advisory Board and Corporate Ambassador for Jaguar Cars and most recently, Chairman of Triumph, the British motorcycles manufacturer.

   
Kieron Matthews
Marketing Director, IAB UK

Kieron Matthews was appointed in April 2006 as the IAB�s first head of marketing. His role is to promote online to advertisers and agencies. This includes overseeing all IAB marketing communications across brand marketing, agency presentations, PR, mobile, conference marketing and promoting results from IAB initiatives.

Before becoming Head of marketing for the IAB, Kieron was Marketing Director at the lead digital marketing agency Dare.

   
Warrick Lambert
Head of Client Services, Platform-A

Since joining buy.at as an Account Manager in 2004, Warrick held a number of roles including a brief spell in the New York office establishing the US affiliate network and now heads up a Client Services team for both the affiliate and display businesses.

   
Chris King
Business Development Manager, Platform-A�s buy.at

Chris joined Platform-A�s buy.at as Business Development Manager across Strategic Accounts in December, 2008. He has 10 years experience in online sales, marketing and production. Prior to joining Platform-A, Chris headed affiliates� sales strategy and activity at BT Group.

   
Cameran Harman
Director of Product & Property Sales, Platform-A

Cameran is responsible for product development and driving sales across all properties for Platform-A UK. Prior to this, Cameran was Commercial Director of Advertising.com. Cameran has 13 years of online and magazine media sales experience.

   
John Fraser
Chief Technical Officer, Platform-A�s buy.at

John joined buy.at in July 2008 as CTO, having previously worked for VeriSign Global Registry Services. John's current role is as CTO of Platform-A's European technology group, which includes leading a team of 20 who are responsible for delivering and maintaining buy.at's leading portfolio of technologies.

   
Delfina is a 7 minute walk from London Bridge Station
(Northern, Jubilee Lines and mainline station).

Road
Bermondsey Street is 'One-Way' and should be approached via Long Lane. Delfina is on the left-hand side, near the intersection with Bermondsey Street and St. Thomas Street.

Underground
London Bridge (Jubilee and Northern Line) - 7 minute walk
From the station take the St Thomas Street Exit and turn left

Main-line Railway
London Bridge - 7 minute walk
Direct rail link between Charing Cross Station and London Bridge Station

Buses
Local bus services are available from London Bridge with connections to the City, Waterloo and South London destinations

Parking
Unrestricted parking after 6.30pm on single yellow lines; National Car Park Snowsfields (0870 242 7144) -5 min walk from Delfina, open 24 hours; St Thomas Street open air (020 7378 9749) 2 min walk from Delfina, 6.30am - 7.30pm

Boats
Butlers Wharf - 5 minute walk


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for more information
RSVP to Lizzie.Randall@Platform-A.com by Monday 1st June
useful links
 

Local hotels - Provided as information (not recommendations!)

Bermondsey Square Hotel 4*
Reservations: 0870 423 3550 or www.bermondseysquarehotel.co.uk

The Tower Guoman, St Katherine�s Way 4*
Reservations: 0870 333 9106 or www.guoman.com

Tower Bridge Premier Travel Inn 3*
Reservations: 0870 238 3303 or www.travelinn.co.uk

London Bridge Hotel 4*
Reservations: 0207 856 2200 or www.london-bridge-hotel.co.uk

Novotel London City South, Southwark Bridge Road 4*
Reservations: 0207 089 0400 or www.novotel.co.uk

London Marriott Hotel County Hall 5*
Reservations: 0207 928 5200 or www.marriott.com

Hilton London Tower Bridge 4*
Reservations: 0208 828 2118 or www.hilton.co.uk/towerbridge

Southwark Rose Hotel 3*
Reservations: 0207 015 1480 or www.southwarkrosehotel.co.uk

Mercure Hotel 3*
Reservations: 0207 902 0800 or www.mercure.com

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