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Location: Alberta | Canada | Edmonton
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | Design | expressionengine | self-branding
Spoken Languages: English

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Lea Alcantara is often hired to kill bad design, with her weapon of choice, ExpressionEngine. She has been an active part of the web, designing and developing for 10 years, and through her efforts, has been considered one of the best women designers in the world and an amazing female role model for web designers. She has been published on several online publications including Design-in-Flight, Digital Web, and A List Apart. Most recently, she participated in a .net magazine "Build Off" published in Issue 199.

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Location: London | London UK
Speaking Topics: web 2.0 and the arts | twitter | branding | social media marketing | agency integration
Spoken Languages: French | English

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I found my spiritual home in the web after escaping telesales in 1995. Getting involved that early has meant that I've covered the full range of roles from programming and server management through design and user experience to content and strategy development - which is what I do now.

I'm head of strategy within the digital arm of Imagination (http://www.imagination.com), a global communications company, and focus on using technology to help our clients to engage their audiences appropriately and innovatively with the best technology available.

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Location: NYC | NY USA
Speaking Topics: Marketing | women in technology | social media | new media | branding | music | youth | activism | trends | podcasts | street culture | personal | LGBTQ | new journalism | real time web | twitter culture | tech diversity | multiplatform
Spoken Languages: English

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Daniela Capistrano (@dcap on Twitter) hails from California but in 2004 gave up road rage and boredom for the Big Apple. Since then she has been a creative nomad, most recently residing in an increasingly gentrified neighborhood in Bushwick, Brooklyn.

She is 5ft4 and not Italian. Nope. She is a Chicana Mexi-CAN (not a Mexi-can’t).

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Location: Canada | Vancouver
Speaking Topics: blogger | blogging | branding | buzz marketing | Design | expressionengine | publishing | social media | twitter
Spoken Languages: English

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Susannah Gardner is the co-founder and creative director of Hop Studios Internet Consultants, a Web design company specializing in custom Web solutions for content publishers.

Susannah is also a freelance writer and author. Her books include,
• Blogging for Dummies, 2nd Edition, with co-author Shane Birley
• BitTorrent for Dummies, with co-author Kris Krug
• Buzz Marketing With Blogs for Dummies
• Dreamweaver MX 2004 for Dummies, with Janine Warner
• Teach Yourself Visually: Dreamweaver MX 2004, also with Janine Warner

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Location: Toronto | ON | Canada but frequent trips to USA
Speaking Topics: marketing strategy | social media | SEO | digital marketing | e-commerce | branding | word-of-mouth | community engagement

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Location: seattle | Washington
Speaking Topics: branding | Building Community | Marketing | microsoft | open source | Social Software | Web 2.0 | Web Platforms

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Lauren Cooney has ten years of experience building technical communities, strategies, and GTM plans for enterprise software companies.

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Location: New York | San Francisco
Speaking Topics: blogging | branding | personal brand | advertising | long tail | community | twitter | entrepreneurship | women in tech | future of web | startup experiences | hiring | growing a company

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Jessica Mah is a sophomore in college and aspiring entrepreneur - she's 17 years old and feeds on the idea of being an underage entrepreneur. Later this spring, she will be featured in the PBS TV Series, Biz Kids. As of recently, she became a TEDster.